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FIFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 3553-3555. 1906. 517 hundred and four, and March third, nineteen hundred and live, not ‘ reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, shall be reimbursed to said Treasury out of the revenues of the District of Columbia from time to time, within five years, beginning July first, nineteen hundred and seven, together with interest thereon at the rate of two er centum per annum until so reimbursed: 1·’m·vided_fin·t}'ze¢·, That the Auditor for Report. the State and other Departments and the auditor of the District of Columbia shall each annually report the amount of such advances, stating the account for each fiscal year separate] , and also the reimbursements made under this section, together with the balances remaining, if any, due to the United States: And provided jin·t/Aer, That nothing sum extensions contained herein shall be so construed as to require the United States f,”,?{§`_m°"i°°r°v°"°“ to bear any part of the cost of acquisition of land for street extensions, and all advances heretofore or hereafter made for this purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be repaid in full from the revenues of the District of Columbia. " Sec. 8. That all laws and parts of laws to the extent that they are inconsistent with this Act are repealed. Approved, June 27, 1906. CHAP. 3554.-—·An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend section June 2*1, 11106. twenty-four hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States/’ [8-*1*-} approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. [Public, N0, ;-m_] Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf'Reg·esentatlves of tbe United States ofAm.eriea in Congress assembled, That the Act of February Public umn. twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An Act to v°l‘°8· "°"‘ amend section twenty-four hundred and fifty-tive of the Revised Statutes of the United States,” be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: " lt shall be lawful for the Commissioner of the General Land Office Isolated mcs. toorder into market and sell, at public auction at the land office of the ,h§,',’fi§”,,,{‘ ““°°°° "` district in which the land is situated, for not less than one dollar and m§é,§Hgg¤·?*“·P·*”· twenty-tive cents per acre, any isolated or disconnected tract or parcel ' of the public domain not exceeding one quarter section which, in his judgment, it would be dpr?er to expose for sale after at least thirty days’ notice b the lan officers of the district in which such land may be situated: Izrevided, That this Act shall not defeat any vested right \€m;j;>,,gh,s_ which has already attached under any pending entry or location." Approved, June 27, 1906. . l CHAP. 3555.-An Act Granting lands to the State of Wisconsin for forestry pur- mp; Qsé?. poses _ _ [Puma, so. ua.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofltepresentatzves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the prune nquds. M Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to cause patents to issue to the ,,,,c{”°'},§‘,?"'}.,,'E,”,{°,,. State of Wisconsin for not more than twenty thousand acres of such ¤°"°· unappropriated, unoccupied, noumineral Dublic lands of the United States north of the township line between townships thirty-three and thirty-four north, fourth principal meridian, as may be selected by and within said State for forestry purposes. The lands hereby granted, except as herein provided, shal be used as a forest reserve only, and should the State of Wisconsin abandon the use of said lands for such purpose, alienate or attempt to alienate or use the same or