Chapter 126. Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 126.— An Act Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands, and for other purposes. March 4, 1919.[[S. 3797](/us/bill/65/s/3797).][[Private, No. 42](/us/pvtl/65/42).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.Homestead patents to be issued. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue patents upon the entries hereinafter named upon which proof of compliance with law has been filed:
Jacob Osterhus.Homestead entry, Havre, Montana, numbered naught nineteen hundred and sixty-four, made by Jacob Osterhus on March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, for the east half, section twenty-five, township thirty-three north, range eleven east, Montana meridian. Anna W. Thrailkill.Homestead entries naught twenty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty-five and naught thirty-five thousand three hundred and twenty-five, Great Falls, Montana, made by Anna W. Thrailkill, for the southeast quarter, section twenty-four, and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, section twenty-five, township twenty-three north, range nine east, and lot three, section nineteen, township twenty-three north, range ten east, Montana meridian.
Dora Delano, formerly Gaines.Homestead entry, Tucumcari, New Mexico, numbered naught four-teen thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, made by Dora Delano, formerly Dora Gaines, on December seventh, nineteen hundred and eleven, for the west half section thirty-two, township eight north, range thirty-seven east, New Mexico principal meridian, and that1539the approval by the Department of the Interior of the selection made by the State of New Mexico of three hundred and twenty acres of other land in lieu of that above described is hereby validated.
Homestead entries, Glasgow, Montana, numbered naught fifty-twoEdward Vanderhoof. hundred and eighty-three and naught twenty-five thousand nine hundred and forty-five, made by Edward Vanderhoof for the east half of the northeast quarter and east half of the southeast quarter, section thirteen, township twenty-five north, range fifty-eight east, and southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, section eighteen, and west half of the northwest quarter and northwest quarter of the south-west quarter, section nineteen, township twenty-five north, range fifty-nine east, Montana meridian.
Additional homestead entry, Rapid City, South Dakota, numberedJesse D. Elliott.Vol. 34, p. 233. naught twenty-seven thousand three hundred, made by Jesse D. Elliott on April twentieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, under Act of June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page two hundred and thirty-three), for a tract of sixty-five and forty-nine one-hundredths acres of land situate in sections twenty-nine, thirty-one, and thirty-two, township two south, range three east, Black Hills meridian.
Homestead entry, Lewistown, Montana, numbered naught eighteenAnna Corcoran. thousand eight hundred and seventy, made by Henry W. Klinkman on September twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and twelve, for the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, south half of the northeast quarter, northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, north half of the southwest quarter, and the south half of the northwest quarter, section twenty-four, township fourteen north, range thirty-two east, Montana meridian, such patent to be issued to Anna Corcoran, guardian of the devisees of Elizabeth C.
Klinkman, widow of Henry W. Klinkman, deceased. Homestead entry, Cheyenne, Wyoming, numbered naught fifty-twoWilliam Smith. hundred and eighty-eight, made by Douglas Jiggetts on November tenth, nineteen hundred and nine, for the east half, section twenty, township fifteen north, range sixty-seven west, sixth principal meridian, such patent to be issued to William Smith, devisee of Annie Jiggetts, deceased, widow of Douglas Jiggetts, deceased. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Land patents issued. authorized to issue patents to the parties named, and for the lands described, as follows:
Elizabeth Davis, for the east half of the northwest quarter,Elizabeth Davis. northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, and northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, section twenty-eight, township forty-seven north, range three east, Boise meridian, lying within the Coeur D’Alene National Forest, in the State of Idaho: *Provided*, That the issuance of*Proviso.*Payment for timber. patent shall not release the Milwaukee Lumber Company from its obligations to pay the value of the timber cut from this land, with a reservation in the Government of the United States of an easement across said land for roadway or other purposes which the interests of the United States may require.
E. D. Partridge, for the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter,E. D. Partridge. the east half of the southwest quarter, and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, section five, township six south, range three east, Salt Lake meridian, in the State of Utah, upon the payment of $1.25 per acre within six months after the approval of this Act. William M. Wilson, of Chilton County, Alabama, for the southeastWilliam M. Wilson. quarter of the southeast quarter of fractional section thirty-two, and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of fractional section thirty-three, township twenty-one north, range seventeen east, Saint Stephens meridian, in the State of Alabama, reserving to the UnitedReservation for river improvements.
States the right to overflow all or any part of said land in the con1540struction and maintenance of work for the improvement of navigation in the Coosa River, without compensation to the said Wilson, his heirs or assigns, for any damages they may sustain by reason of such overflow. Alma Harris.*Ante*, p. 1529.Alma Harris, for the southeast quarter, section twelve, township twenty-nine south, range seven west, New Mexico principal meridian, in the Las Cruces land district, New Mexico, upon payment of the lawful purchase price of said land within six months after the approval of this Act.
Harriet Fisher.Harriet Fisher, of Saint Louis, Missouri, for the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section twenty-eight, township seventeen south, range seven west, fifth principal meridian, in the State of *Proviso*.Payment, etc.Arkansas: *Provided*, That she shall file application for the land and pay therefor at the rate of $1.25 per acre within six months after the approval of this Act. George H. Finnegan.George H. Finnegan, for the southeast quarter section thirteen, township four north, range five west, San Bernardino meridian, Los Angeles land district, in the State of California.
Laura B. Nelson.Laura B. Nelson, for lot two, section thirty-five, township three north, range nine east, Willamette meridian, in the State of Oregon. Carl and Anna Kvavle.Carl and Anna Kvavle, for lots three and four, section thirty-five, township three north, range nine east, Willamette meridian, in the State of Oregon. Thomas Tumlin.Heirs at law.Heirs at law of Thomas Tumlin, deceased, late of Cherokee County, Alabama, for the southwest quarter of southeast quarter, section ten, township ten south, range eleven east, of Huntsville meridian, situated in Cherokee County, State of Alabama, each of such heirs taking such respective interest in said tract as he or she would have done had the land become the property of said Thomas Tumlin in his lifetime and said Thomas Tumlin had died intestate seized and *Proviso*.Payment required.possessed of said lands: *Provided*, That the said heirs at law shall within six months from approval hereof file their application for said tract and pay the register and receiver of the land office at Montgomery, Alabama, the sum of $1.25 per acre therefor.
Alexander F. McCollam.*Ante*, p. 1529.Alexander F. McCollam, of Yankee Jims, Placer County, California, for the lands described in homestead entry numbered naught seventy-three hundred and forty-nine, Sacramento series, being homestead-entry survey numbered one hundred and forty-seven, in section twenty-eight; township fourteen north; range ten east, Mount Diablo meridian, in Sacramento land district, in Placer County, California, and containing one and sixteen one-hundredths acres, according to official plat of homestead-entry survey numbered one hundred and forty-seven, in the Tahoe National Forest made July nineteenth, nineteen hundred and fifteen.
Francis Stewart.Francis Stewart, for the southwest quarter, section thirty-three, township twenty-eight south, range seven west, New Mexico meridian, Las Cruces land district, New Mexico, upon the payment of $1.25 per acre within six months after the approval of this Act. Sec. 3. Homestead entries validated, etc. That the entries hereinafter named be, and the same are hereby, validated, and the Secretary of the Interior authorized to issue patents thereon upon submission of satisfactory proof of compliance with the laws under which such entries were allowed:
Frederick Tessin an.Homestead entry of Frederick Tessman on farm unit “J,” or the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, section eight, township twenty north, range two west, Sun River reclamation project, Montana, Vol. 32, p. 388.under Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two (Thirty-second Statutes at Large, page three hundred and eighty-eight), and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. William F. Carter.Homestead entry of William F. Carter, of Lothair, Montana, for the south half, section twenty, township thirty-one north, range four east, Montana meridian, in the State of Montana, made under the1541Act of February nineteenth, nineteen hundred and nine (Thirty-fifthVol. 35, p. 639.
Statutes at Large, page six hundred and thirty-nine). Homestead entry, Sundance, Wyoming, numbered naught twelve Hester W. Kelly.thousand six hundred and forty-five, made by Hester W. Kelly, on July third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, for the east half of the southwest quarter, southeast quarter, and southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, section thirty-three, and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, section thirty-four, township forty-five north, range seventy west, sixth principal meridian.
Additional homestead entry, Gregory, South Dakota, numberedJohn Joseph Williams. naught nine thousand six hundred and fifty-nine, made by John Joseph Williams on May tenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, under section three of the Act of February nineteenth, nineteen hundred andVol. 35, p. 639. nine (Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, page six hundred and thirty-nine), for the east half of the southeast quarter and the east half of the northeast quarter, section fourteen, township thirty-five north, range thirty-eight west, sixth principal meridian.
Additional homestead entry, Guthrie, Oklahoma, numbered naughtSarah E. Taylor. ten thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, made by Sarah E. Taylor on September twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, under section six of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred andVol. 25, p. 854. eighty-nine (Twenty-fifth Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and fifty-four), for the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, section twenty, township twelve north, range twenty-six west, Indian meridian.
Desert-land entry, Denver, Colorado, numbered naught sixteenJohn N. Baker. thousand four hundred and twenty-nine, made by John N. Baker on January twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and twelve, for the south-east quarter southeast quarter, section thirty, and west half south-west quarter section twenty-nine, township eight north, range eighty-one west, sixth principal meridian. Homestead entry of Frank D. Ovesen, numbered naught thirty-oneFrank D. Ovesen. thousand nine hundred and twelve, made March first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, for the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, section nine, and the west half of the southwest quarter of the south-west quarter of the northwest quarter, section four, township thirty-four north, range nineteen cast, Montana meridian.
Homestead entry, Bismarck, North Dakota, numbered naughtPeter Andersen. nineteen thousand five hundred and seventy-seven, made by Peter Andersen on October thirteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, for the west half, section twenty-four-, township one hundred and twenty-nine north, range eighty-one west, fifth principal meridian. Homestead entry numbered naught eleven thousand three hundredLizzie G. Garin. and ninety-five, made by Lizzie G. Garin for the west half of southeast quarter, section three, west half of northeast quarter, section ten, township thirty-five north, range three east, Montana principal meridian.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Homestead applications authorized. authorized to allow the following applications to make entry: Homestead application, Phoenix, Arizona, numbered naught Albert O. Brown.thirty-three thousand three hundred and twenty-eight, filed by Albert O. Brown, for the southeast quarter, section seventeen, town-ship one south, range two east, Gila and Salt River meridian, subject to the reclamation law, and to allow said entryman, in complying with the requirements of the homestead laws, credit for his residence upon and cultivation of said land prior to the date of this Act.
Desert-land application, Phoenix, Arizona, numbered naught James B. Sayers.twenty-seven thousand two hundred and twenty-one, filed by James B. Sayers for lots four, six, and seven, section twenty-one, and lots one and two, section twenty-eight, township fourteen south, range fifteen east, Gila and Salt River meridian. 1542 Frank Walsh.Homestead application naught thirty-two thousand and eighty-six, Rapid City series, of Frank Walsh, for the southwest quarter section two, township six south, range one east, Black Hills meridian.
Fred F. Fuller.Homestead application naught fourteen thousand seven hundred and two, Belle Fourche series, of Fred F. Fuller, for northeast quarter section twenty-seven, and west half of northeast quarter and west half of southeast quarter section twenty-two, township sixteen north, range eight east, Black Hills meridian. Otto F. Schroeder.Homestead application naught thirty-seven thousand seven hundred and eight, Rapid City aeries, of Otto F. Schroeder, for north half of northwest quarter of northwest quarter, northeast quarter of northwest quarter, north half of southeast quarter of northwest quarter, and north half of northeast quarter of section two, township one north, range six east, Black Hills meridian.
Clyde M. Giddings.Homestead application naught sixteen thousand six hundred and sixty-five, Belle Fourche series, of Clyde M. Giddings, for the west half of the northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter of section seven, township nine north, range four east, Black ills meridian. Peter W. Hockert.Additional homestead application, Glasgow, Montana, numbered naught forty-nine thousand nine hundred and twenty, filed by Peter W. Hockert, for the north half of the south half, section twenty-five, township twenty-six north, range thirty-two east, Montana meridian.
Sec. 5. Frederick W. Seidell.Patent authorized. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow Frederick W. Seidell, of Sedro Woolley. Washington, to make a selection or entry of a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of nonmineral unreserved public land in any State or Alaska, and to issue patent thereunder without any proof of residence, cultivation, or improvement, and without payment of any original or final *Proviso*.Time limit.fees and commissions: *Provided*, That the selection or entry be made within one year from the approval hereof.
George E. Windecker.Homestead application allowed, etc.That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow George E. Windecker to make homestead application for the east half, section twenty-one, township thirty-four north, range fourteen east, Montana meridian, in the State of Montana, subject to reconveyance of the said land to the United States by said George E. Windecker. Sec. 6. Thomas M. Gray.Homestead entry allowed. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow Thomas M.
Gray, of Brocket, North Dakota, to make homestead entry for the east half of the southeast quarter, southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, and southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section fourteen, township twenty-nine north, range seven east, Montana meridian, hereby restored to entry from withdrawals in connection with the Saint Mary Canal and Milk River *Proviso*.Time limit, etc.project: *Provided*, That said Gray tender a proper application therefor within ninety days from receipt of notice from the register and receiver that the land is subject thereto.
Sec. 7. Alfred Saint Michell.Homestead entry allowed. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow Alfred Saint Michell to make homestead entry for the northwest quarter southeast quarter, section ten, township twenty-one *Proviso*.Time limit, etcnorth, range twenty-four west, Montana meridian: *Provided*, That he file a proper application for the land and pay the appraised price therefor within sixty days from receipt of notice from the register and receiver that the land has been opened to entry.
Sec. 8. Dorothea V. Stillman.Homestead entry allowed. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow Dorothea V. Stillman to make homestead entry for the east half of the northwest quarter, section thirty-two, township *Proviso*.Time limit, etc.twenty-one north, range nineteen west, Montana meridian: *Provided*, That she file a proper application for the land and pay the appraised price therefor within sixty days from receipt of notice from the register and receiver that the land has been opened to entry. 1543 Sec. 9.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is herebyChristian Frederickson.Issue of homestead patent to. authorized to issue a patent to Christian Frederickson, of Ray, North Dakota, upon homestead entry numbered naught twelve hundred and nine, made at Williston, North Dakota, on October twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight, for the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-two, in township one hundred and fifty-seven north, of range ninety-six west, of the fifth principal meridian, upon which satisfactory proof of compliance with law has been filed, provided he shall have paid the price of fifteen and seventeen one-hundredths acres at the rate of $1.25 per acre.
Sec. 10. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Lloyd B. Barley.May make new entry. authorized to allow Lloyd B. Barley, of Barley, Montana, to make individual selection, within one year from the date of the approval of this Act, of one hundred and sixty acres of unappropriated, surveyed, nonmineral, public land, upon his filing formal relinquishment of all right and claim to the former entry and reconveyance of same to the United States: *Provided*, That the right of*Provisos*.Not assignable. selection hereby granted shall not be assignable but must be exercised by the said Lloyd B.
Barley in person, or, in case of his death, by or in behalf of the decedent’s heirs: *Provided further*, That the land selectedCharacter of land. shall be of similar general character to that in the original homestead, but if selection is made of land designated or subject to designation, under the enlarged homestead Act, double the area of the selection authorized in the foregoing paragraph may be selected: *Provided further*, That the selection hereby authorized may be made subjectMinerals reserved. to existing laws relating to surface entry, with reservation of minerals to the United States.
Sec. 11. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized toLaura E. Graves.Sale of lots in Caldwell Parish, La., to. sell and patent to Laura E. Graves, of Columbia, Louisiana, lots three, five, six, nine, and ten, and southwest quarter of southeast quarter; west half of southwest quarter and lots seven and eight; and northwest quarter of section thirty-six, township fourteen north, range four east, Louisiana meridian, situated in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, at $1.25 per acre, lands which she and her grantors have occupied, under claim and color of title from the State of Louisiana, ever since November fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four: *Provided*, That application for the purchase of the described*Proviso*.Time limit. tracts, under this authorization be filed at the United .States land office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, within sixty days from the passage of this Act.
Sec. 12. That the homestead entry numbered naughtVictoria A. Thomson.Homestead entry validated. thirty-seven thousand one hundred and fifty-three, made by the heirs of Victoria A. Thomson, deceased, for the northeast quarter, section four, township eight north, range fourteen east, Montana principal meridian, be, and the same is hereby, validated, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue patent thereon upon the submission of satisfactory proof of compliance with the laws under which the entry was allowed.
Sec. 13. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is,C. R.. Allen, and Robert Shaw.Land patent to. authorized to issue patent to C. R. Shaw, Alien Shaw, and Robert Shaw for the lands described as lot one of section thirteen and lot one of section fourteen, in township one south, range sixteen west of the Huntsville meridian, containing twenty-four and nineteen one-hundredths acres, according to the official plat of survey now on file, known as State Line Island, situated in Lauderdale County, Alabama, on the payment of $1.25 per acre.
Sec. 14. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,H. B. Rogers.Land patent to. authorized and directed to issue a patent conveying all the right, title, and interest of the United States to the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight, township twelve north, range twelve east,1544Columbia County, Wisconsin, to H. B. Rogers, upon the payment by him to the United States of the sum of $1 .25 per acre. Sec. 15. Ella Oliver and Edmund Richardson.Land, patent to. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue and patent to Ella Oliver Richardson and Edmund Richardson the west fractional half of southwest fractional quarter of section two, twenty-seven and twenty-four one-hundredths acres; all fractional section eleven, three hundred and twenty acres; all that part of northeast quarter of northwest quarter section thirteen lying west of the eastern boundary of what was formerly section forty, approximately twenty-four and eighty-four one-hundredths acres; north-west quarter of northwest quarter section twenty-seven, thirty-nine and ninety-five one-hundredths acres; south half of northeast quarter and northwest quarter of northeast quarter section twenty-eight, one hundred and six and ninety-one one-hundredths acres; all situated in township eighteen north, range ten east, Louisiana meridian, being approximately five hundred eighteen and ninety-three one-hundredths acres in East Carroll and Madison Parishes, Louisiana, upon payment to the Government the sum of $1.25 per acre, lands which they and their grantors have occupied under claim and color of title and open and notorious possession for upward *Proviso*.Time for filing, etc.of fifty years: *Provided*, That proper application for the purchase of these lands be filed hereunder in the district land office within six months from the passage of this Act and that no adverse claim thereto be officially on record as pending when the application is allowed and the sale is made.
Sec. 16. William Watson.Location confirmed, etc. That the location numbered thirty-three in township six north, range nine west, second principal meridian, Indiana, which has been surveyed in the name or William Watson, as appears from the field notes of survey on file in the General Land Office, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to the said William Watson, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall issue his certificate as register ex officio and cause a patent to be issued for said claim to William Watson, his heirs, assigns, and legal representatives: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Relinguishment only of right of Government.That this Act and the patent which may be granted in pursuance of the same shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall m no way prejudice any valid adverse right, if such exists, to the said land; the intent being that title shall inure to the true owners of the land under the laws of Indiana, including laws of limitation and prescription, as though patent had issued during the lifetime of said William Watson.
Sec. 17. James Panneter.Homestead entry validated. That the homestead entry numbered naught six thousand three hundred and seventy-six made by James Parmeter on February tenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, for the west half of the south-east quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter, section fifteen, township five south, range thirty west, fifth principal meridian, on which proof of compliance of law has been made., be, and the same is hereby, validated, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue patent thereon.
Sec. 18. Andrew J. Brasswell.Homestead application allowed, etc. That the additional homestead application numbered naught twenty-seven thousand four hundred and ninety-eight, filed by Andrew J. Brasswell on July sixteenth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, be, and the same is hereby, validated and allowed as to the west half of the southeast quarter, section thirty-two, township fourteen south, range thirty-six east, New Mexico principal meridian, effective as of the date filed, and that the State of New Mexico, through its proper officers, be, and it is hereby, authorized to select eighty acres of surveyed, nonmineral, unappropriated, and unreserved public land in lieu of the above described tract.
Sec. 19. George Van Voast.Land patent to. That upon the tender of a valid and sufficient soldiers’ additional right, within a period to be fixed by the Secretary of the Inte1545rior, in support of the pending application of Hugh L. Shafer, known as Great Falls serial numbered naught forty-five thousand five hundred and thirty-four, to enter the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-two, township twenty-two north, range twelve east, Montana meridian, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue patent for the land herein described to George Van Voast, in whoso interest said application was submitted, notwithstanding the intervention of any claim to the land not lawfully initiated prior to the filing of said application by Hugh L.
Shafer. Sec. 20. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorizedNathan L. Seamon.Second homestead entry allowed.*Provisos*.Credit for former residence, etc. and directed to permit Nathan L. Seamon to make a second home-stead entry: *Provided*, That in perfecting title to any homestead entry made under the provisions hereof said Seamon shall be entitled to claim credit for all residence, cultivation, and improvements shown in connection with his former entry, known as Denver serial naught eleven thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and, if such entry is commuted, shall be entitled to credit for the $200 paid in connection with said Denver entry: *Provided*, That Seamon firstReconveyance of former entry. reconvey to the Government the land embraced in said former entry.
Sec. 21. That Clarence Hazelbaker is hereby granted right ofClarence Hazelbaker.Lieu lands selection by, authorized. selection of eighty acres of unappropriated nonmineral, unreserved public lands of the United States in lieu of lands described as follows: The west half of the northeast quarter of section fifteen, township thirty-one north, range three east, Boise meridian, for which patent was issued him upon his final homestead certificate, but which it subsequently appeared was included in the land patented to Me-yone-yan, under Indian allotment numbered twelve hundred and eighty-seven, in the Nez Perces Indian Reservation: *Provided*, That the*Proviso*.Selections permitted. land selected shall be of similar general character to that in the original homestead, but if selection is made of land designated or subject to designation under the enlarged homestead Act, then selection may be in double the area of the original selection, and if selection is made under lands available for entry under the stock-raising homestead law, then selection may be made in area equal to four times the area of the selection authorized heretofore.
Sec. 22. That Rebecca C. Pepper is hereby permitted and givenRebecca C. Fepper.Homestead entry permitted. the right to select from lands subject to homestead entry in the United States eighty acres of such land, and upon selection being made, the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to execute proper conveyance of title to such land to said Rebecca C. Pepper, without requiring her to comply with any of the usual homestead provisions as to residence on or improvement of such land; *Provided*, That the land selected shall be of similar general*Proviso*.Character of selection. character to that in the original homestead, but if selection is made of land designated or subject to designation under the enlarged home-stead Act, then selection may be in double the area of the original selection, and if selection is made under lands available for entry under the stock-raising homestead law, then selection may be made in area equal to four times the area of the selection authorized heretofore.
Sec. 23. That Oliver P. Pring, of Lewiston, Idaho, is hereby grantedOliver P. Pring.Lien lands selection by, authorized. right of selection of one hundred and sixty acres of nonmineral unreserved public lands of the United States in lieu of lands purchased by the said Oliver P. Pring, for which patent was issued to Ulysses S. Bartlett upon his final homestead certificate numbered fifty-six hundred and eighty-nine, but which it subsequently appeared was partly included in the land patented to Hattie Moody under Indian allotment numbered seventeen hundred and eleven, embracing the following-described land:
The east half of lot four, section thirty-five, township thirty-six north, range four west, Boise meridian:*Proviso.*Character of selections. *Provided*, That the land selected shall be of similar general character to1546that in the original homestead, but if selection is made of land designated or subject to designation under the enlarged homestead Act, then selection may be in double the area of the original selection, and if selection is made under lands available for entry under the stock-raising homestead law, then selection may be made in area equal to four times the area of the selection authorized heretofore.
Sec. 24. I. N. Ellis.Purchase of lots by, permitted. That I. N. Ellis be permitted to purchase from the United States at the price of $1.25 per acre, lots six and seven of section three, and lots four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven of section ten, township eight north, range twenty-one west, of the Saint Stephens meridian survey, in Lawrence County, Mississippi, containing two hundred and thirty-four and eighty-two hundredths *Provisos*.Rights of Mack and John P.
Sutton.acres: *Provided*, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to deprive Mack and John P. Sutton of any rights they may-have under their pending application to make entry of portions of said lands under the homestead laws: *Provided further*, That application Time limit.for the purchase must be filed within six months from the passage of this Act. Approved, March 4, 1919.