FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 5, 7. 1902. 757 teenth and thirty-sixth sections, who settled before the surveys of public lands, to preempt their settlements," certain lands were appropriated for school purposes in lieu of such as might be patentedp by preemptors, and to compensate deficiencies for school purposes where said sections sixteen and thirty-six were. fractional 1D quantity, or where one or both were wanting by reason of the township being fractional, or from any natural cause whatever, and providing for their selection; and Whereas certain lieu lands have been selected by the Territory of Washington under said Acts of Congress: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House 3fRepresentat¢}vea af the United States ofrlmertca in Cbngress assemble , That in all cases where sec- %¤£g1¤¤d¤- tions sixteen and thirty-six, or either or any of them, or any por- se1wu%i¤i°iii lieu ot tion thereof, have been occupied by actual settlers prior to survey §2;,°§,§_ "“’““ °°”‘ thereof, and the county commissioners of the counties in which said sections so occupied as aforesaid are situated, have, under said Act of V0]-1°»v-171 Congiress of March second, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, located or se ected other lands in sections or fractional sections, as the case may be, within their respective counties, in lieu of said section so occupied as aforesaid, the lands so located or selected, when the same shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be deemed and taken to have been granted to said State by said Act of v°‘·“·*‘·“"’· February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and the title of said State thereto is hereby confirmed. Sec. 2. That where aniy lands appropriated by Congress to said Hm fegdg Territory to compensate eciencies for school purposes, where sec- munmea. tions sixteen or thirty-six were fractional in uantity, or where one or both were wanting by reason of the township being fractional, or from any natural cause whatever, or where section sixteen or thirty- six were patented by preemptors, have been selected and appropriated as provided in said Act of Congress of February twenty-sixt , eighteen V°‘- u· P- $8*- hundred and fifty-nine, the lands so selected and appropriated, when the same shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be deemed and taken to have been granted to said State of Wash- _ ington by the said Act of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred V°‘· "‘· ”·‘"· and eighty-nine, and the title thereto confirmed. Approved, December 18. 1902. CHAP. 7.-An Act Provifor the recognition of the mili servi of the D¤¤°¤¤l>¢¤’ 1% 1*01 officers and enlisted men of mtuidm Regiment Ohio Volunteer Liga Artillisry. Q ""fp,Q§j{f§§`§“` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreaentatues of the United States of America in Ormgress assembled, 'I`hat the officers and enlisted F'gg*gggX<>i¤¤*w men of the First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery (three minnmyseivxiesme months’ service), furnished by the State of Ohio under the ca l of the °"“'°°· President of the United States issued on the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and which rendered actual military service under the command of officers of the United States and in cooperation with the regularly organized military forces of the United States, shall be held and considered to have been in the military service of and to have formed a part of the military establishment of the United States during the period for which said organization was enlisted and was in active service, and that the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to issue certiiicates of discharge, upon due application and satisfactory proof of identity, for all honorably discharged members of the said organization: Provided, em That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or paya— ' ble by virtue of the passage of this Act. Approved, December 19, 1902.
