Chapter 219. Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 219.— An Act Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands, and for other purposes. April 28, 1930.[[S. 3477](/us/bill/71/s/3477).][[Public, No. 174](/us/pl/71/174).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public lands.Patents allowed to designated entries. 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, upon the payment of all moneys due thereon:
William D. Brydon.Stock raising homestead entry. Stock-raising homestead entry, Cheyenne, Wyoming, numbered 035545, made by William D. Brydon on August 24, 1921, for the northeast quarter, section 21, northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, section 22, and east half of the northwest quarter, southwest quarter and northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, section 15, township 32 north, range 79 west, sixth principal meridian. Jennie K. Chaffin.Stock raising homestead entry.
Stock-raising homestead entry, Miles City, Montana, numbered 046599, now Billings 019823, made by Jennie K. Wells (now Jennie K. Chaffin) on January 15, 1921, for the east half of the west half, west half of the east half, section 9, and west half of the southeast quarter, east half of the southwest quarter, southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, section 4, township 9 south, range 49 east, Montana principal meridian. Edwin M.
Ballinger.Stock raising homestead entry. Stock-raising homestead entries, Cheyenne, Wyoming, numbered 044849 and 045077, made by Edwin M. Ballinger on November 8, 1924, and September 8, 1926, respectively, for lots 3 and 4, section 11, south half of the southwest quarter, northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, and lot 6, section 12, and northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, and northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, section 13, township 51 north, range 103 west, sixth principal meridian.
Sec. 2. William T. Jones.Homestead entry. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to reinstate homestead entry, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, numbered 014808, made by William T. Jones on April 20, 1918, for lot 1, southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, north half of the southeast quarter, and southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, section 6, and west half of the northeast quarter section 7, township 3 north, range 102 west, sixth principal meridian, which is hereby validated, and to issue patent thereon upon submission of satisfactory proof of compliance with the law.
Sec. 3. Mahala F. Edwards.Homestead entry. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to accept final proof submitted July 16, 1928, on homestead entry, Alliance, Nebraska, numbered 020335, made on June 16, 1924, by the heirs of Mahala F. Edwards, deceased, for the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter section 23, and east half of the northwest quarter section 26, township 22 north,*Proviso*.Proof required.Vol. 32, p. 388; Vol. 38, p. 113.[U.
S. C., pp. 1358, 1359, 1360](/us/usc/pp1358/1359/1360). range 57 west, sixth principal meridian: *Provided, however*, That patent shall not be issued thereon until proof is made showing compliance with the provisions of the Act of June 17, 1902 (Thirty-second Statutes at Large, page 388), and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. Sec. 4. John J. McInerney.Homestead entry. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to allow John J.
McInerney, of Nashua, Montana, to make homestead entry for the south half of the northwest quarter section 23, township 31 north, range 42 east, Montana principal meridian, upon payment of the appraised price of the land. Sec. 5. Theresa Alexander.Stock raising homestead entry. That stock-raising homestead entry, Sacramento, California, numbered 018236, made by Theresa Alexander on April 14, 1924, for the west half of lot 2 of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, northeast quarter of the southeast quarter, and the south half of the southeast quarter, section 3, 257township 23 south, range 11 east, Mount Diablo meridian, be, and the same is hereby, validated.
Sec. 6. That where a conveyance of land has been made or mayQuitclaim deeds to conveyed lands if not exchanged, etc. hereafter be made to the United States in connection with an application for amendment of a patented entry or entries, for an exchange of lands, or for any other purpose, and the application in connection with which the conveyance was made is thereafter withdrawn or rejected, the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized and directed, if the deed of conveyance has been recorded, to execute a quitclaim deed of the conveyed land to the party or parties entitled thereto.
Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Donald Skougard.Stock raising homestead entry. authorized to accept the final proof submitted by Donald Skougard in support of his stock-raising homestead entry, Salt Lake City, Utah, numbered 033922, made on July 28, 1924, for the southeast quarter, east half of the northeast quarter, section 34, southwest quarter, south half of the northwest quarter, southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, section 35, township 30 south, range 17 west, and lots 1, 2, 7, and 8, section 3, township 31 south, range 18 west, Salt Lake meridian, and to issue patent thereon.
Sec. 8. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Orange A, Roode.Additional stock-raising homestead en try. authorized to accept the final proof submitted by Orange A. Roode on January 15, 1929, in support of his additional stock-raising homestead entry, Buffalo, Wyoming, numbered 017490, made on November 15, 1923, for the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and southwest quarter of southeast quarter, section 19, township 55 north, range 81 west, sixth principal meridian, upon payment therefor at the rate of $1.25 per acre.
Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,James Kennedy.Patent to, for relinquished land.Vol. 44, p. 648.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 592](/us/usc/p592). authorized to exchange, under the provisions of section 44 of the Act of Congress approved May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. L. 636), lots one and two, and south half of the northeast quarter, section 5, township 30 north, range 31 east, Montana principal meridian, for east half of the southeast quarter, section 24, township 30 north, range 31 east, and lots two, three, and four, section 19, township 30 north, range 32 east, Montana principal meridian, and issue to James Kennedy, an unrestricted patent therefor.
Sec. 10. That stock-raising homestead entry, Cheyenne, Wyoming,Warren F. Deuel.Stock raising homestead entry. numbered 041699, made by Warren F. Deuel on January 15, 1926, for the southwest quarter, south half of southeast quarter, section 13, and north half of northeast quarter, section 24, township 38 north, range 66 west, sixth principal meridian, be, and the same is hereby validated. Sec. 11. That notwithstanding the provisions of any other lawPatrick J. Greaney.Homestead entry. the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow homestead application numbered 014848, filed by Patrick J.
Greaney, junior, on July 23, 1929, for the south half northeast quarter section 18, township 64 north, range 21 west, fourth principal meridian, in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, subject to compliance with the requirements of the homestead law, and payment of all moneys due thereon. Sec. 12. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Alma Laird.Patent to. authorized and directed to convey by patent to Alma Laird one hundred and twenty-seven and eleven one-hundredths acres, said land being lots 5, 6, and 8, section 32, and lot 4, section 31, all being in township 2 south, range 17 west, Tallahassee meridian, according to Government survey of 1924, upon payment by said Alma Laird to the United States of $1.25 per acre within six months after passage of this Act.
Approved, April 28, 1930.