Chapter 516. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell and patent certain lands to Flora Horton, a resident of De Soto Parish, Louisiana
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CHAP. 516.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell and patent certain lands to Flora Horton, a resident of De Soto Parish, Louisiana. March 3, 1925.[[H. R. 6045](/us/bill/68/hr/6045).][[Private, No. 243](/us/pvtl/68/243).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That upon the Flora Horton.Patent to, of land in Louisiana occupied in good faith, etc. Mineral deposits reserved.payment of $1.25 per acre, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell and patent to Flora Horton, a resident of De Soto Parish, Louisiana, with a reservation to the United States of all the coal, oil, gas, and other minerals in the lands patented, together with the right of the United States, its grantees or permittees, to prospect for, mine, and remove the same, the north half of the north half of section 14, township 13 north, range 13 west, Louisiana meridian, containing one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, land which she and her grantors have occupied under claim and color of title, and of which they have had actual possession, beneficial use, and enjoyment, believing themselves to be owners in good faith, for more than thirty years: *Provided*, That application *Proviso*.Application to be made within ninety days, etc.for the purchase of the described tract of land be filed at the United States land office at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, within ninety days after the passage and approval of this Act, and that no adverse claim thereto be officially of record as pending when the application is allowed and the sale consummated.
Approved, March 3, 1925.