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306 FIFIY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Cris. 1495, 1496, 1600,1602. 1904. each township, and the reserved tracts mentioned in section twelve, or to dispose of said land except as provided herein, or to guarantee to find purchasers for said lands or any portion thereof, it being the intention of this Act that the United States shall act as trustee for said Indians to dispose of said lands and to expend and pay over the proceeds receive from the sale thereof only as received. Approved, April 23, 1904. pg.-uzr,1gc4_ CHAP. 1496.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the - K- 12687-] opening of certain abandoned rnilita reservations, and for other purposes,"

 approved August twenty-third, eighteenlhnndred and ninety-four.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of.RQ?7‘686%¢d¢tU68 of the United _Mi1itary reserve- States 0__fAmeriea in Congress assembled, That an Act entitled "An Act “‘}‘_}’;,d, on umd_ to (provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations, ¤¤\g?)ier;¤g¤dgr¤¤;9r{· an for other purposes," approved August twenty-third, eighteen hunmenaea. ’ ’ dred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, amend by adding ‘ thereto section three, which said section shall read as follows: rm Abl'8.11|1:!11 mu- “Sec. 3. That all persons now havingior who may hereafter iile, '{f§_ ’“*°°"““°“· N· homestead azpplications upon any of the nds situate within the aban- _]£¤)gv¤_;d¢¤¢¢¤¤ ¤¤¤ri¤¤ doned Fort braham Lincoln Military Reservation, in Morton County, ' State of North Dakota, shall be entitled to a patent to the land filed upon by such t-person upon compliance with the provisions of the homestead law of e Unite States and proper proof thereof, and shall not be required to pay the appraised values of such lands in addition to such compliance with the said homestead law." Approved, April 23, 1904. Ar·i125, . CHAP.160d.-—A AtF th disposal fth ldlh F Cm ui. ¤=· rah military me at Prairie fu ¤‘E.mf’c·¤.wm°¤0.r.`Zt$°6·r¤c.§’.{*§r.l'T t ° °" `""""’ [Public, No. 161.] Be it enactedb the Senate andHou.seo R esentattvea o the U 'ted rg; gmvzrom nw States of Arneriea in Congress aasen¢li£d,£T'hat all lotsin the nliort °'§,;,,‘],{1,,,§‘,,, ,,0,,,,. Crawford military tract at Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wis- 1**1,*3; gsi consm, not heretofore sold under the Act entitled “An Act to provide fpr!-;he_ rgsposg of} celrtaig lands }thereinh'nprped," approved March 1 , erg teen un re an sixty-t ree s a e disposed of and patented to the occupants and settlers thereon under bona tide title thereto who shall apply therefor within one year from the passage of this Act and furnis proof of such occupation and settlement under claim of title and pay therefor the appraised value heretofore placed thereon, together with interest on said appraised value at the rate of I03cr1c of undisputed five per centum per annum from the date of said appraisement. All lots rn said tract not so drsposed of at the exprratron_of one year from the passage of this Act shall be sub]ect to sale at private entry at not less than the said appraised price, with interest thereon at the rate of fiv; per cergum pe; annum from the date of said appraisemeut. pprove , pri 25, 1904. Apri1s2%'}904. CHAP. 1602.-An Act To regulate electrical wiring in the District ot Columbia. rrubuc, Nu rm.] Be it enacted ty ttm Senate and House o_/'Rqn·eaentat£ve.e e f the Umm! nrsmaggpoargmepérz; States ofelmeraca an Cjongress assembled, That the Commissioners of ¤.$§"{,,.,,,g,,,_ the District of Columbia shall have power to make from time to time such rnlesand regulations respecting the production, use, and control of electricity for light, heat, and power purposes rn the District of