Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 42 Part 1.djvu/1045

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SIXTY·SEVENTH conennss. sm. II. cus. 403, 404. 1922. 1017 CHAP: 403.—An_Act To grant and confirm to the State of Florida title in and to S°P*°mb°*2i19@· sections sixteen within the exterior limits of the area patented to the State of Florida April 23, 1903, and for other purposes. [P“°u"· N°‘ 338*] Be it en¢u:ted_by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the unsurve ed sec- §*;’*udr*;·e 6,, puma tions sixteen with1n the exterior limits of the area patented? to the lands in school sections State of Flonda April 23, 1903, under the provisions of the Act of }?,,°d"§,u°{°ff,§ September 28 1850, Ninth Statutes at Large, page 519, embracing °°**°°lS· the so-called lllvervlades, not mmeral m character, and not occu 1ed on May 27, 1922,bby bona fide settlers under the homestead l)aw, be, and the same are hereby, reserved, granted, and confirmed to the State of Florida for the benefit of public schools as though the official surveys had been extended over such lands. Approved, September 22, 1922. CHAP. 404.-An Act For the relief of certain persons, their heirs or assigns, who Sep§?lllr8lli>l922• heretofore relinquished lands inside national forests to the United States. [Public, N0. sas.] S Be it ;_nacted by the ienate and H0"1?5 arg I%2}presen1§atii*es of the United tates 0 America in on ess asse , at w ere any person or P¤l>“°l¤¤§S¤ . _ persons in good faith relirfiquished to the United States lands in a m§%'<is:¤r°b¤1`§°i$rl]i1 national forest as a basis for a lieu selection under the Act_ of June 4, $?§u“§,°},§§§¤§?°°"` 111897 gl`lnrt1<ith_Statutes at Large, pages 11, 36), and failed to get p.1gf»4,P·36: V¤1..33, e1r eu se ections of record prior to the passage of the Act of me orpcmca March 3, 1905 (Thirti-third Statutes at Large, page 1264), or whose }’,§‘,,,,,,,,,,; ,,{°§,,‘,§{,h§ heu selections, thoug duly filed, are finall§cre]ected, the Secretary ¤¤¤*¤· of the Interior, with the approval of the retary_of Agriculture, upon application of such person or persons, their he1rs or assigns, IS puthorizeilmltq accept title to sua gl fhedgase land; as are desirable or natio - orest purposes w `c an thereupon me parts of the nearest national forest, and, in exchange therefor, may issue patent for not to exceed an equal value of national-forest lan , unoccupied, surveyed, and nonmineral in character, or the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the grantor to cut and remove an equal value of timber within the nationa forests of the same State. Where ,,g§‘”d°,{p;,°*f,f€§,,,,”§,§ an exchange can not be agreed upon the Commissioner of the General revert to parties relin- Land Office is herebry aut prized to relinquish and qu1tcla1m to such q"“m“g‘ person or persons, the1r heirs or assigns, all title to such lands which the rgspectiilve Gelingusishmenti, of such pplrson oi persons may have rrhggnvg rdmqumk t t t t t : cmded t u ers n or ns ·.· Zfiiif site JL $1;..4, wrist. aa y.§L§‘ fre? a3 datepiailfythis ?¤é""’°"""°‘"“ ° Act, make satisfactory proof of the relinquishment of such lands to the United States by su mrtting to the Commissioner of the General Land Office an abstract of t1tle to such lands showing relinquishment of the same_ to the United States, wh1ch abstract or abstracts shall be retained m the_files of the General Land Ofhce. _ _ H uu mud! ds Sec. That if it shall appear that any of the lands relinquished to ,,,,g,§,§,,,,§,,f to ${*},8, the United States for the purpose stated m theprecedmgl section {gg gghglmég have been disposed of or appropriated to a public use other than from james- having tht? genegal purposes for which thqggrest rilesprvg thetbgundsugf ’""”'·“°"°“‘ w ich they are situate was crea suc an s s no e re - quished and quitclaimed as provided therein, unless the head of the department having jurisdiction over the lands shall consent go surih 1;: Omapubucmdsip mqurshment, and 1f he shall fa1l_to so consent, or if anyyo the an uw my 1,,, alum K so tfelinquishedi have been gfhewnse dispiosed of by tliie aged Stgstesf °°¤¤°¤*¤°°¤"°¤· ot er surveys , nonmxner unoccupie unreserve u c an 0 approximately equal area ahd value mafy_be selected, and patented in lieu of the lands so appropriatedor disposed of m the manner and subject to the terms and cond1tions prescribed by said Act of