Chapter 60. For the relief of certain persons who made entry under the provisions of section six, Act of May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight
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CHAP. 60.— An Act For the relief of certain persons who made entry under the provisions of section six, Act of May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight. February 25, 1915.[[S. 5629](/us/bill/63/s/5629).][[Public, No. 255](/us/pl/63/255).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all entries made byWisconsin Central Railroad grants.Patents to issue for completed entries.Vol. 35, p. 460. beneficiaries under section six of the Act of Congress approved May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight, entitled “An Act authorizing a resurvey of certain townships in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes” (Thirty-fifth Statutes, page four hundred andVol. 33, p. 184. sixty-five), in connection with which such beneficiaries have submitted proof of their compliance with the homestead law in Wisconsin, and where such proof shows full five years’ residence and improvements on the Wisconsin land, to which their title failed by reason of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company against Forsythe (One hundred and fifty-ninth United States, page forty-six), whether such entry is now being asserted by the original entryman or by his transferee, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, and the Secretary of the Interior is directed to issue patents thereon: *Provided*, That this legislation*Provisos*.Objections to transfer removed. is to be construed as only removing the objection with relation to transfer, heretofore raised by the Interior Department against said entries, and is not to be construed as confirming entries, if any, made for lands not subject to entry or entries made by persons not entitled thereto: *Provided further*, That if any of the said entries under theCanceled entries not reinstated. remedial Act or amendments thereto have been canceled and the lands embraced therein reentered by intervening adverse claimants, such canceled entries are not to be reinstated and validated by this Act.
Approved, February 25, 1915.