Chapter 166. For the relief of Anton Rospotnik and the exchange of certain lands owned by the Northern Pacific Railway Company
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CHAP. 166.— An Act For the relief of Anton Rospotnik and the exchange of certain lands owned by the Northern Pacific Railway Company. February 28, 1923.[[S. 3594](/us/bill/67/s/3594).][[Private, No. 205](/us/pvtl/67/205).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Northern Pacific Railway Company.Patent to, in exchange for land relinquished. That the Northern Pacific Railway Company, upon its filing with the Secretary of the Interior a proper relinquishment disclaiming in favor of the United States all title and interest in or to the north half northwest quarter, section fifteen, township eight south, range twenty east, in the Bozeman, Montana, land district, under its mineral indemnity selection, list numbered one hundred forty-six, embracing said tract, shall be entitled to select and receive a patent for other vacant unreserved non-mineral public lands of an equal area in that State and of approximately the same value, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to permit, after the filing of such relinquishment by said railway company, the homestead entry of Anton Rospotnik.Homestead entry of, or relinquished lands, to be reinstated.Anton Rospotnik, to be reinstated as though said entry had been properly allowed, the same to remain subject to compliance with the laws governing entries of like character.
Approved, February 28, 1923.