Chapter 121. To authorize a departure from the rectangular system of surveys of homestead claims in Alaska, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 121.— An Act To authorize a departure from the rectangular system of surveys of homestead claims in Alaska, and for other purposes.April 13, 1926. [[H. R. 3953](/us/bill/69/hr/3953).] [[Public, No. 104](/us/pl/69/104).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Alaska.Homestead entries on unsurveyed lands in, relieved from rectangular form.Vol. 30, p. 409; Vol. 32, p. 1029.Surveys under general system modified.
That the provisions of the Act of May 14, 1898 (Thirtieth Statutes at Large, page 409), extending the homestead laws to Alaska, and the Act of March 3, 1903 (Thirty-second Statutes at Large, page 1028), amendatory thereof, in so far as they require that the lands so settled upon, or to be settled upon, if unsurveyed, must be located in rectangular form by north and south lines running according to the true meridian, and marked upon the ground by permanent monuments at each of the four corners; and the provisions of the Act of June 28, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, page 632), in so far as theyVol. 40, p. 632. require that surveys executed thereunder, without expense to the claimant, must follow the general system of the public land surveys, 244shall not apply where, by reason of the local or topographic conditions, it is not feasible or economical to include in a rectangular’ form with cardinal boundaries the lands desired; but all such claims must be compact and approximately rectangular in form, and Corner monuments required.marked upon the ground by permanent monuments at each corner, and the entryman or claimant shall conform his boundaries thereto.
In all other respects the claims will be in conformity with the pro-visions of the aforesaid Acts. Sec. 2. Applications for rectangular system for soldier’s additional entries, etc., on unsurveyed lands.That if the rectangular system of the public land surveys has not been extended over the lands included in a soldier’s additional homestead entry, authorized by the aforesaid Act of May 14, 1898, as amended by the Act of March 3, 1903, or a trade and Vol. 30, p. 409; Vol. 32, p. 1028,manufacturing site authorized by section 10 of the first-named Act, the entryman or claimant may, upon the approval of the register and receiver, make application to the public survey office for an official survey of his claim, accompanied by a deposit of the estimated cost of the field and office work incident to the execution of such survey.
Immediate orders for surveys on receipt of application and deposit.Upon receipt of the application and its accompanying deposit the public survey office will immediately issue appropriate instructions for the survey of the lands involved, to be executed by the surveying service of the General Land Office not later than the next surveying season under the direction of the supervisor of surveys, unless by reason of the inaccessibility of the locality or other conditions the supervisor of surveys decides that it will result to the advantage Execution by deputy surveyors.of the Government or claimants to have the survey executed by a United States deputy surveyor, in which event the laws and regulations now governing the execution of the surveys by United States deputy surveyors will be observed.
Sec. 3. Use of deposit.The sum so deposited shall be held by the public survey office, and may be expended by it in payment of the cost of such survey, including field and office work; and any excess over the cost of the survey shall be repaid to the depositor or his legal representative. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make all necessary rules and regulations to carry this Act into full force and effect. Approved, April 13, 1926.