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862 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 539, 5-10. 1891. ¤¤**·¤°*°¤¤ fh-mation of, or to patent for, more than one hundred and sixty acres in his own right by virtue of this section: And provided further, That this section shall not apply to any city lot, town lot, village lot, farm lo]t, op pasttpre lpt Lield unéieii a giianttgom any cor- .1 r ,p.859. oration or town the c aim 0 w ic may a TV1 - in e provisions n 5 of section eleven of this act. _ sufvtxukgjggggg Sec. 17. Tp? in Ltihe case if townsliipislherpltofoge lsuigreyed ipéhle ` Territories o ew exico rizona, an ta , an the tateso 0 - orado, Nevada, and Wyoming, all persons who, or whose ancestors, _Cirl¤e¤s,cw..inc¤¤— grantors, or their lawful successors in title or possession, became cit- §'f,"§‘§`}’,, RT mens of the United States by reason of the treaty of Guadalupezj_¢¤;iHglj{S— my gg; I-lidalgo, and who have been in the actual continuous adverse possesem. sion and residence thereon of tracts of not to exceed one hundred and V<>\-¤,·v·9¤- sixty acres each, for twenty years next preceding such survey, shall bp entitled, uplon makingf pgoof of smc dfadcts to the sptisfaiptipjn of t e register an receiver o the ro er an istrict, an of the ommissioner of the General LandpO£ce upon such investigation as is ppovided for in sectic;n sixteen of this act, to engef witzhoultdpayment 0 purc ase money, ees, or commissions, suc ega su 1v1sions not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, as shall include their mm. said possessions: Provided, however, That no person shall be entitled umn. to ente; more than one such tract, in his own right, under the provi- · sions 0 is section. d"F“*:§v‘;’ Sec. 18. That all claims arising under either of the two next premn. ceding sections of this act shall be filed with the surveyor-general of

 the proper State or Territory within two years next after the passage

of this act, and no claim no so filed sha] be valid. And the class of im es be adiudi- cases provided for in said two next preceding sections shall not be con-

   sidered or adjudicated by the court created by this act, and no tract of

mnéugséxeiuaee grep land shall be subject to entry under the land laws of the United · a es.

 of Sec. 19. That the powers and functions of the court established

eogpéc ’ py this ict shall c?sedandddetermi1Ec on the thirty-first déniy of Dgcem- ‘ er, eig teen un re an ninety- ve an a papers, es, an recmiéief;-;c¤· gg-·,¤f fee; oiéds in Echeipoxmesisiplnspftmidhcaupg lielongggg to any oéiher pulbltc nepmuiém, 0 ceo te nie aessa return tosuc office an a other (papers, files, and records in the possession of or appertaining tie said court shall be returned to and H ed in the Department of the nterior. Approved, March 3, 1891. Mnrch8, 1801. 540.-An act making appropriations to supply denciencies in the appro· "‘·——··‘—‘— prrptgons for the fiscal yles? enépng une thirtwth, eig teen hundred and ninety-one, BD O1' PHO? yB8.l`S, 3D Ol' O Gl' pl1Ip®8S. _ Be it enacted pf; the Senate and House og Representatives of the p£°t§g;¤¤*°¤ *P¤'°· United States of merica in Congress assem led. That the following ' sums be, and the same are_here y, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropr1ations for the fisca year eighteen hundred and ninety- one, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely; ¤¤¤<=¤¤*¤- _ EXECUTIVE. E*°*?““'° °m°°· For contingent expenses Executive Ofnce, including stationer C°m°gm°xpm°°' therefor, as well as record books, telegrams, books for library, mi; cellaneous items, and furniture and carpets for offices, care of omce carriage, horses and harness. one thousand Eve hundred dollars.