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I 1%9 · rrma 4s.-ra ungeiecmi by the State. and wt otherwise uppreprtgtan gc. ccxdins te law, ahallbe subjmt te dlspw unkr ewan! law¤· as etmr pubuelnmdn: And psnvwel further, That the Gemmimibner et, the General Land GQ: shall give notice immedintéy et the &;·vetlen e! any tewmsnip ez townships to the mem land e@ce*in Which the land is altuute ei the `witndmvéap gr mh township er tew@1n¤».ter the p¤ hereinbetore pmvim: Asn! pmvléeé rurtber,—'1‘hat tl1• geyernors ot the several mmm med are anthoidzed te advance money tremtim te tim fe: the wwe: et the townships withdrawn gt such United Stttw demitory as may be — tleslmategi by the cmmi@mr et the General Lam _0§ce,‘nnd thehoneys so, Qduuneed be reiznbumnble. (Aug,. ,18, 1%-1; c; 801, l, 1, 28 Stat. @4; 11;:18, 19&.e. tw., 48 Stat. 1144.) — ` Smivey at éints te. l•`lu·ids.—It shall be lawful fen the properly credited agwt er 0§cial of the State ct Florida having in charge tk ddjustment of its school grant to egply tn, the 1mimer et General Lund 0¤ce`.fo1· me @rvey et any te@ips or parts_et_ tcvénshimé gyspubuc land. unmrveyed ln nny et1the’ surveying d 0t_ said State, with 1 flew tasntldy the gnuntin uid et schools- made to_mid‘·State ei Florian to the extent let the full qugntitiot land for thereby; and upon the application ot mid. agent or e$ci¤l, the -C»6!BEl§i0D€1’· of the Gemral Land OEce` ehuil proceed- tu lupve the . énrvey er surveys so applied tot nmde, `as in the easelut- mrveys bfetker public lands; and the lands that imgv be feund te` ta.l1Y,withln the limits ot such bcwnshipé ei parts et. townships is qseertained by the survey shall be reserved, nppn . the ating, et the jgpplicntion foi'ESi11’Y&§ from adverse appropriation by settlement or etwrwise, except qmer rights that may be_ found to eyist » of prior inception, ter- a period te extend front such application for survey untH`he eiplratien of sixty- days from date of ming e£_ the tewnship plat of survey. in tlie proper distriet -,1nnd e§ee, which period bef · sixty days the “State may select any ot such lands not embraced in any valid adverse claim` fer the uthsfacticn ot lite school. grant., as aforesaid, with the condition, hewever, —_ that the agent or `0$cial_ et the State, `within thirty ddys from thedete of such of the np; pimtien tc: survey, shall. cause an notice ·t0, be published, which publlmtion shall ;be continued fer thirty days- from date · et nm publication in some n¥wspaBer of general circula-· tien in the vicinity of the lands likely te n_be* embraced in nach townships er parts ot tewnships {giving notlee tb all parting: interested or the tact qt such upplimtien fer survéy and tm exclusive right dt séectldn, by the Stete tqr the uimmnid period pt sixty days as herein ·p1·0vided_t0r, and letter the egpiretien of such sixty dnjé_· any lands whie may remain unseiected by the Qtate and not dtherwlse _%p1·<i— printed mcerdtng te law. shell be subject to' disposal · nude: generei laws sh other publie xlnnds ; `Prpvided, That; the Comnzissiener ct the General Land Othee shall ‘ give ncttee immediately of the freservatian of any township or pn-rtg of townnhips to the enictnls of the local land, pmce at the land district in wnléh the land is éituat& of the withdrawal- of such tewnghips; mj narté ot townships for the pnrpom lierelnbetqre provided: Provided farther, That nothing herein .sha11` be deemed to authorize the Qommiséiener ot the General Land Gtnce to survey any lands; within. the exterior boundaries off the Everg1ud&,Y ns . deuw in Everglam patent numbered 137; ixned to the State not Fleridaby the·United Suites under the Swamp Lend Act, éhnpter 23 ct this title. `(Feb. 18, 1921, ¢.~ 60, 41 sm. uw.; - - · · t 865.aCQl’t·1i§' lands se1ect& u by California wn&i·med.-—-A11 selection; ot any portion et tm public domain, tc which, pilot to July ·%,— 1%} no hoxgwtead, mwmptien, or emer right hud. been acquired py any settler under the laws of the United Statu, and net bein.: mineral land, not teserved for naval,

UBLIO, LANDQ § 867\ mllltan, or Indian purposes nor held or claimed under any ‘ valid ltloxlcan or Spanish grant, and not included within the · limits of any sclty, town, or villam or of munty oi , San Francisco, made prior to the 23d day of July, 18%, and theretofore sold to bona tide purchasers by the State. offlalitornia are conhrmed to the State of California: Provided, however, That said-State shall not receive any greater quantity of land for school or improvement. purposes than she is entitled to by aw. · ‘ ‘ , ' Selections on lands already 'aarveyedr-When @ctions I named in the labove paragraph have been made upon meas, already surveyed by authority oi the United States, the authorities of said Btata, where the same has not been already done, > shall notify the register of the land omce, for the district in. which- the rland is situated, which, notice shall he regarded as ,the date of the State selection; andthe said‘r®sters of the [ wveral land ,0mces,_ after h investigation and decision, ” shall, {under the instruction ot the Commissioner of the General land Omce, forward all such selections to the General Land 0§tce, and the Commissioner of the_`General Landw O&¢€ shall certify the same over to the State in the usual, manner. Helectioms on land surveyed xmly by State ualfhorritye-·Whén the State. of California has made such selections from lands, _n0t surveyed by the authority of the United States, but which selections have been. surveyed by the authority ot mid State, and the land sold to purchaers in good faith, under the laws of the State, such. selections, from said ofiuly; 1866; wma marked od and designated ln the held, shall have the same force and edect as the preemption rights of a settler upon unsuryeyed Public lands; and if upon a survey oi such. lands by the United States, the linesof the two surveys shall be found not to agree, the selection shall he so changed as to lnclmel thoseilegal subdivisions which nearest conform to the identical land included `in the`·State survey and selection. Uponntlling with the register of the proper United States land oB`ice;of thé township plat, in- which- any such selection of nnsurveyed land ls` located, the holder ot the State title shall be allowed the same time to present and prove up his purchase and claim as " was allowed preemptors under laws existing prior to July 1866, and lf found in accordance with- the law ‘*the land embraced therein shall be certihed over to the `State·`hy the Qornmlssioner of the General Land Omoo. (R. S. $5 2485—24S‘¥,)" ` 866. Exchange of cuhover land in Montana.-—-Tracts of timbered lands prior to February 14, 1923, granted to the State of Montana for educational purposes, irom which the timber has beenfcut or removed pursuant to State laws, ° may, under suchr rules and regulations asthe legislature of said State shall prescribe, be exchanged for other lands `of like" character and approximately of- equal value, in _ private ownership, which ex-- changed land shall be subject to the same requirements · and. limitations to the end that the—State may acquire holdings in reasonably compact form and reforestlng he undertaken in an economic manner, anything in the enabling act of, saldf State to the contrary notwithstanding. 14, 1923, o. *74, 42 Stat.- 124Q.) _. · t —. . — 867. Agricultural college aérlp.-·4Rei:sue of ogriculmroz rollege land acrip lost or, de.·§troy.ed.=-·-—The provisions of section 8%,ot chapter;19 of this title, relating to the reissue of land t warrants in certain cases, be, and the same are hereby extended se as to includethe reissue of agricultural college land scrip lost, canceled, or destroyed vritlnout the fault ot the owner thereof, underrsuch rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. . t IAm&totto•t°of entries by ogrécalturel college a¢·r~£p.—-In no use shall more than three sections of public lands. he entered nt private entry in any one township by scrlp issued to any_`Statc undorthe Act approved July 2, 1862; for the es-