1456 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 28-31. 1919. any to the United States of America, on_or about the 21_st day of guly, 1904, as the purchase price of certam public lands in Searcy County, Arkansas,_the patents to which have since been canceled at ,,,0,,80 the suit of the United States of An1er1ca_and the said lands having Investigaciqu and been restored to the public domain: Proozded, That the Secretary of °°“‘°°“t° ”°q““°d‘ the Interior shall first make an investigation of all the facts concerning said claim, and shall be satisfied of its justness and of the fgood faith of the said company and its officers, and that the acts 0 the agent of the company by reason of which the said patents were canceled were done wholly without the knowledge or consent of said company or any of its officers, and shall certify these facts t_o the Secretary of the Treasury the expense, however, of said mvestigation, if any, shall be deducted from the amount found to be due said company. Approved, December 30, 1919. D°°°{§P§{§;§j, 19*** cmp. ze.-Aa Act For the tenet of Aibea N. cones. 'v . 1. . [Pu mi M 5] Be it enacted by the Senate and House <mpresentatiues of the United
- ,§,‘§,°,{;§{é§g“é$,$£ry States of America in Congress assembled, t homestead entry naught
valmam. thirty-six thousand five hundred and six, Glasgow series, of Albert N. Collins, for lots two, three, and four, and the southeast quarter northwest quarter, section nineteen,_ township twenty-five north, range thirty-eight east, Montana meridian, be, and_ the same is hereby, validated, and the Secretary_of the Interior is authorized to issue patent thereon upon submission of satisfactory proof of comphance with the law under which said entry was allowed. Approved, December 30, 1919. Decemberso 1919. CHAP. 30.-An Act To authorize the issuance of patent to John Albert Thomp- [Pml;g3?6i 16] son, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United sggm Albm 'I`*=°¤P· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the time pmutm. lnterior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue patent for the west half of the northeast tiluarter of section twenty-three, township one hundred and fifty-eig t north, range ninet west of the fifth principal meridian,North Dakota, to John Albert Thompson, ` pursulalnuti to his homestead entry naught two thousand and twenty- two, ot series. m§;;¤<;¤§2;%ryg;¢¤<it¤ Sno, 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, ve1.zz,p.aea' directed to set aside and appro riate, in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of the Act of .l)une 17, 1902, entitled "An Act appropriating the recei ts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States andpTerritories to the construction of irrigation works for reclamation of arid lands," the sum of $120, which was paid by said Thompson as purchase price of the described land. Approved, December 30, 1919. Deceuzxbgg 10, 1919. CHAP. 31.—AniAct To relieve the estate of Thomas H. Hall, deceased, late posi- ...g.J;%:l.T.. master at Panacea, Florida, and the hondsmen of said Thomas H. Hall, of the payment [ m al°’ ‘ O' L'] ot money alleged to have been misappropriated by a clerk in said office. I §§g‘;§,{,{,,§`;@§,€¤, Be it enactedby the Senate and House owepresentat/it·es of the United gr postal mms swleu States of America in Uozzgress assembled, at the estate of Thomas H. °m‘ Hall, deceased, late postmaster at Panacea, Florida, and the bondsmen of the said Thomas H. Hall as such postmaster, be, and they are
