Chapter 437. To amend sections five and six of an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the drainage of certain lands in the State of Minnesota,” approved May twentieth, nineteen hundred and eight
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CHAP. 437.— An Act To amend sections five and six of an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the drainage of certain lands in the State of Minnesota,” approved May twentieth, nineteen hundred and eight. September 5, 1916[[S. 5496](/us/bill/64/s/5496)][[Public, No. 253](/us/pl/64/253)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Public lands.Minnesota drainage assessments, charges. That section five of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the drainage of certain lands in the State of Minnesota,” approved May twentieth, nineteen hundred and eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 5. Patents to purchasers of unentered lands on paying Government price, etc.Vol. 35, p. 170, amended. That at any time after any sale of unentered lands has been made in the manner and for the purposes mentioned in this Act patent shall issue to the purchaser thereof upon payment to the receiver of the minimum price of $1.25 per acre, or such other price 723as may have been fixed by law for such lands, together with the usual fees and commissions charged in entry of like lands under the homestead laws.
But purchasers at a sale of unentered lands shall haveLimitations. the qualification of homestead entrymen, and not more than one hundred and sixty acres of such lands shall be sold to any one purchaser under the provisions of this Act. This limitation shall notSales to State excepted. apply to sales to the State, but shall apply to purchases from the State of unentered lands bid in for the State. Any part of the purchase money arising from the sale of any lands in the manner andExcess of drainage charges to be used for maintenance, etc. for the purposes provided in this Act which shall be in excess of the drainage charges then delinquent shall be paid to and used by the county in which such land is located for the purpose of maintenance, improving, and extending such drainage works within the area benefited by the drainage project in which such land shall have been assessed for such drainage charge.
” " That section six of said Act be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: " “Sec. 6. That any entered lands sold in the manner and for thePatents to purchasers of entered lands on paying Government price, etc.Vol. 35, p. 170, amended. purposes mentioned in this Act may be patented to the purchaser thereof at any time after the expiration of the period of redemption provided for in the drainage laws under which it may be sold (there having been no redemption) upon the payment to the receiver of the fees and commissions and the price mentioned in the preceding section, or so much thereof as has not already been paid by the entryman; and if the sum received at any such sale shall be in excess of the paymentsDisposal of excess. herein required and of the drainage assessments and cost of the sale, such excess shall be paid to the proper county officer for the benefit of and payment to the entryman.
That unless the purchasersForfeiture if charges, etc., not paid in 90 days. of unentered lands shall, within ninety days after the sale provided for in section three, pay to the proper receiver the fees, commissions, and purchase price to which the United States may be entitled, as provided in section five, and unless the purchasers of entered lands shall, within ninety days after the right of redemption has expired, make like payments, as provided for in this section, any person havingRights of subsequent purchaser. the qualifications of a homestead entrymen may pay to the proper receiver for not more than one hundred and sixty acres of land for which such payment has not been made:
First, the unpaid fees, commissions,Payment to be made. and purchase price to which the United States may then be entitled; and, second, the sum due at the sale for drainage charges; and, in addition thereto, if bid in by the State, interest on the amount bid by the State at the rate of seven per centum per annum from the date of such sale, and thereupon the person making such payment shall become subrogated to the rights of such purchaser to receive a patent for said land. When any payment is made to effect such subrogationDisposal of drainage charges. the receiver shall transmit to the treasurer of the county where the land is situated the amount paid for drainage charges, together with the interest paid thereon.
” " Approved, September 5, 1916.