except that it shall not be necessary to submit said leases to the Secretary of the Interior for his approval; and Expenses.all necessary expenses and costs incurred in the leasing, management, and protection of said lands and leases may be paid out of the proceeds derived from such leases.
Timbercutting, etc., forbidden.
And it shall be unlawful to cut, remove, or appropriate in any way any timber growing upon the lands leased under the provisions of this Act, and not more than one section of land shall be leased to any one person, corporation, or association of persons, and no lease shall be made for a longer period than five years, and Termination of leases.all leases shall terminate on the admission of said Territory as a State, and all money received on account of such leases in excess of actual expenses necessarily incurred in connection with the execution thereof shall be placed to the credit of the public school fund of said Territory, and shall not be used for any other than public school purposes: Proviso.
University and normal school lands.Provided, That the proceeds of leases of university and normal school lands shall be placed to the credit of separate funds for the use of said institutions.
Received by the President, March 26, 1896.
[Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]
Chap. 96.—An Act To authorize the Light-House Board to proceed with the construction of the light-house and fog signal on North Manitou Island, Lake Michigan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congreass ssembled, North Manitou Island, Michigan.
Temporary lease of site for light-house authorized.That the Light-House Board be authorized to proceed with the construction of the light—house and fog signal on North Manitou Island, Lake Michigan, heretofore appropriated for, and that the aforesaid board be authorized to lease the land necessary for the site of said aid to navigation until a perfect title to said site can be secured by condemnation proceedings.
Approved, April 13, 1896.
Chap. 98.—An Act For the relief of settlers upon lands within the indemnity limits of the grant to the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Public lands.
New Orleans Pacific Railway Company may relinquish lands settled under land laws.That authority be, and is hereby, given the New Orleans Pacific Railroad to relinquish any lands within the indemnity limits of its grant, which by decision of the Land Department of the Government has been awarded it, in favor of any settler entitled to the right of entry under the laws of the United States who has been allowed to make entry thereof, or who has resided upon and improved the same for five years, and Selection in lieu.to select in lieu thereof an equal quantity of other lands, from any of the public lands not mineral, and within the limits of its grant and not otherwise appropriated at the date of selection, to which it shall receive title the same as though originally granted.
Approved, April 14, 1896.
Chap. 99.—An Act Repealing chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the Supplement of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
