Chapter 435. Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands
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CHAP. 435.— An Act Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands. September 22, 1922.[[H.R. 10419](/us/bill/67/hr/10419).][[Private, No. 146](/us/67/pv/146).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of thePublic lauds.Homestead, etc., patents to be issued. 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, upon the payment of all moneys due thereon:
Additional homestead entry, Blackfoot, Idaho, numbered naughtHenry Brower.Heirs of. eighteen thousand two hundred and twenty, made by Ora R. Brower, for the heirs of Henry Brower, deceased, on August 15, 1914, under the Act of June 17, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 531),Vol. 36, p. 531. for the east half of the northeast quarter and east half of the southeast quarter, section twenty, township ten north, range forty-one east, Boise meridian. Homestead entry, Miles City, Montana, numbered naught Susanna McLain.thirty- three thousand three hundred and five, made by Susanna McLain on December 9, 1916, for the west half of the west half of section ten, township ten north, range forty-three east, Montana principal meridian.
Homestead entries, Roswell, New Mexico, numbered naughtAlma E. Squire. thirty- five thousand three hundred and twenty and naught thirty-seven thousand one hundred and twenty, made by Alma E. Squire, for the south half of the northeast quarter, southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, east half of the southwest quarter, north half of the southeast quarter, and southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section seven, the southwest quarter of section eight, and the northwest quarter of section seventeen, township nine south, range thirty east, New Mexico principal meridian.
Additional homestead entry, Pierre, South Dakota, numberedOrlo W. Horsley. naught fourteen thousand three hundred and thirty-two, made by Orlo W. Horsley on November 20, 1916, under the Act of February 19, 1909 (Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 639), for the north halfVol. 35, p. 339. of the northeast quarter and north half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-one, township three north, range thirty east, Black Hills meridian. Homestead entry, Bozeman, Montana, numbered naught nineGlenn Conklin. thousand and ninety-four, made by Glenn Conklin on June 3, 1914, under the Act of June 11, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large,Vol. 34, p. 233. page 233), for a tract of land described as homestead entry survey numbered eight hundred and eighty-four.
Homestead entry, Durango, Colorado, numbered naught seven Alva John Burch.thousand one hundred and sixty-six, made by Alva John Burch on September 10, 1917, for the east half of section nine, township thirty-five north, range fourteen west, New Mexico principal meridian. 1760 Enger K. Chrisman.Desert-land entry, Evanston, Wyoming, numbered naught six thousand and ninety-eight, made by Enger K. Chrisman on March 22, 1919, for lots four and five of section twenty-nine, lot one and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-two, and lots two, three, and four and the south half of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-three, township twenty-six north, range one hundred and thirteen west, sixth principal meridian.
Maurice E. Williams.Homestead entry, Evanston, Wyoming, numbered naught four thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, made by Maurice E. Williams on June 12, 1915, for east half of the east half of the west half of the northeast quarter, east half of the east half of the north- west quarter of the southeast quarter, east half of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, west half of the east half of the northeast quarter, west half of the east half of the east half of the northeast quarter, west half of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter, west half of the east half of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter, and the west half of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, section twenty-eight, township forty-two north, range one hundred and thirteen west, sixth principal meridian.
Clarence R. Smith.Homestead entries, Douglas, Wyoming, numbered naught twenty- two thousand and sixty-four, and naught twenty-two thousand and sixty-five, made by Clarence R. Smith, for section twelve, township thirty-five north, range seventy-five west, sixth principal meridian. Theodore A. Crapsey.Homestead entry, Alliance, Nebraska, numbered naught eighteen thousand three hundred and eleven, made by Theodore A. Crapsey on January 21, 1918, for lots one, two, three, and four, section, three, township twenty-nine north, range forty-two west, sixth principal meridian.
James H. Parker.Desert-land entry, Sterling, Colorado, numbered naught ten thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight, made by James H. Parker, on February 2, 1910, for the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section twelve, township eleven north, range forty-six west, sixth principal meridian. John A. Hawk.Preemption declaratory statement, Durango, Colorado, numbered naught fifty-two thousand and sixty-nine, filed by John A. Hawk, on July 3, 1915, for the northeast quarter of section eleven, township thirty-nine north, range eighteen west, New Mexico principal meridian.
Paul A. Marcellino.Small holding claim, Las Cruces, New Mexico, numbered five thousand one hundred and twenty-two, serial naught nineteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-two of Paul A. Marcellino, embracing tract one in sections fifteen and sixteen, township three south, range one west, New Mexico principal meridian, containing five and two one-hundredths acres. H. P. Kennett.Forest lieu selection, Missoula, Montana, numbered naught eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, filed by H.
P. Kennett, attorney in fact, embracing lot nine, section fourteen, township eight north, range twenty-one west, Montana principal meridian, containing seventeen and six one-hundredths acres. Sec. 2. Homestead, etc., 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 law under which such entries were allowed:
Isabelle S. Forest.Desert-land entry, Phoenix, Arizona, numbered naught thirty-one thousand four hundred and eleven, made by Isabelle S. Forest on January 10, 1920, for the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, section twenty-three, township fourteen north, range four east, Gila *Proviso*.Purchase price, etc.and Salt River meridian: *Provided*, That the payment of $1.25 per acre required under the provisions of the desert-land law shall be in1761lieu of the like amount at which this land was appraised when open to entry.
Additional homestead entry numbered naught twenty-nine Erich von Buddenbrock.thousand five hundred and thirty-nine, made by Erich von Buddenbrock, on November 1, 1918, under the Act of December 29, 1916Vol. 39, p. 862. (Thirty- ninth Statutes at Large, page 862), for the south half of the northeast quarter, east half of the southeast quarter, southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section ten, southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and west half of the southwest quarter of section eleven, township thirty-one south, range sixty west, sixth principal meridian.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Homestead application authorized. authorized to allow the following application to make entry: Homestead application, Phoenix, Arizona, numbered naught Frank D. Thomas.thirty-nine thousand five hundred and seventy-one, filed by Frank D. Thomas, for the north half of the southeast quarter, section nine, township 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, improvement, and cultivation of said land prior to the date of this Act.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Mary E. Battles.Acceptance of residence of, on homestead entry of husband. authorized to accept proof of residence of Mary E. Battles, formerly Mary E. Burdett, upon the homestead entry of her husband, Albert L. Battles, in lieu of residence upon her homestead entry, Portland, Oregon, numbered naught fifty-four hundred and seventy-three, made August 7, 1918, for the northwest quarter of section eleven, township seven south, range two east, Willamette meridian, in conformity with the election filed by her husband under the provisions of the Act of April 6, 1914 (Thirty-eighth Statutes at Large, page 312).Vol. 38, p. 312.
Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue aEdwin Gartner.Homestead patent to. patent to Edwin Gantner upon homestead entry, Newcastle, naught twenty-five thousand three hundred and four, embracing the west *Post*, p. 1768.one-half section twenty-six and the north one-half section twentyseven, township fifty-two north, range seventy-four west, sixth principal meridian, made by said Edwin Gantner, without requiring further residence. Sec. 6. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Otha Potter.Homestead application of, allowed as heir to Rufus A.
Potter. authorized and directed to allow the additional homestead application of Otha Potter, Havre, Montana, numbered naught forty-six thousand two hundred and ninety-seven, as heir and legal representative of Rufus A. Potter, who was killed in action during the war with Germany, for the northwest quarter, the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-six, the south half of the south half of section twenty-three, and the east half of the northeast quarter of section twenty-seven, township twenty-four north, range twenty-three east, Montana principal meridian, subject to the Act ofVol. 40, p. 248.
Congress approved July 28, 1917 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, page 248). Approved, September 22, 1922. PRIVATE LAWS OF THE SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES *Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the twentieth day of November, 1922, and was adjourned without day on Monday, the fourth day of December, 1922*. Warren G. Harding, President; Calvin Coolidge, Vice President; Albert B. Cummins, President of the Senate *pro tempore*;
Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the House of Representatives.