Appropriation for expenses. Fort boine Mont. Military Lands entitled to make entry thereon; and no person shall be permitted to settle upon, occupy, or enter any of said land except as prescribed in said proclamation. SEC. 9. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $20,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the survey and classification of said lands and for the expenses incident to their opening to settlement and entry, and for the care of said buildings.3 Approved, February 11, 1915 (38 Stat. 807). An Act To amend the Act of February eleventh, nineteen hundred and fifteen (Thirty-eighth Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and seven), providing for the opening of the Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation. Assinni- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresenReservation, tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved February eleventh, nineteen hundred and fifteen (Thirty-eighth Statutes at of, Large, page eight hundred and seven), entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to survey_the lands of the abandoned Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation and open the same to settlement," be, and the same is hereby, amended by the addition thereto of the following sections: opened to settlement. Rocky Boy's Band of Chippe was. for. "SEC. 10. That fractional townships twenty-eight north. ranges fifteen and sixteen east, and fractional townships twenty-nine north, ranges fourteen and fifteen east, Montana principal meridian, within the boundaries of said reservation, embracing a total area of approxiLands reserved mately fifty-six thousand and thirty-five acres, are hereby set apart as a reservation for Rocky Boy's Band of Chippewas and such other homeless Indians in the State of Montana as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to locate thereon, and the said Secretary is authorized, in his discretion, to allot the lands within the reservation hereby created under the provisions of the general allotment Act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes at Large, page three hundred and eighty-eight), as amended. Allotments. Lands granted Description. "SEC. 11. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to patent to the city of Havre, Mont. Havre, Montana, for reservoir purposes, the followingto, for reservoir. described lands lying within said reservation: The west half southeast quarter. west half section twenty-five, and the southeast quarter northeast quarter, northeast quarter Southeast quarter, section twenty-six, township thirtyone north, range fifteen east, Montana principal meridian, comprising reservoir site numbered one and embracing an area of approximately four hundred and eighty acres; and the northwest quarters, west half northeast quarter, Amended by the act of Sept. 7, 1916, following, and the act of Jan. 6, 1921. north half southwest quarter, northwest quarter southeast Reversion. Camping Description. "SEC. 12. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby grounds, lands reauthorized and directed to withdraw and set aside as a served. camping ground, the same to be kept and maintained without cost to the Government of the United States, the following-described land in said reservation lying on both sides of Beaver Creek within townships twenty-nine, thirty, and thirty-one north, fifteen and sixteen east, to wit: The west half section thirty-four; all of sections thirty-three, twenty-eight, and twenty-one; the west half southwest quarter, northwest quarter section twenty-two; all of section sixteen; the south half, northwest quarter, west half northeast quarter, section nine; the east half northeast quarter section eight; the east half southeast quarter section five; the west half, northeast quarter, west half southeast quarter section four, township twenty-nine north, range sixteen east; and the south half southwest quarter, south half southeast quarter, northeast quarter Southeast quarter, east half northeast quarter, section thirty-three; the southeast quarter southeast quarter, north half southeast quarter, southwest quarter southwest quarter, north half southwest quarter, north half section twenty-eight; the west half southeast quarter, west half northeast quarter, west half, section twenty-one; the east half southeast quarter, east half northeast quarter, section twenty; the west half section sixteen; east half, east half northwest quarter, section seventeen; the east half southwest quarter, east half northwest quarter, east half, section eight; the west half southwest quarter, west half northwest quarter, section nine; all of section five; the northeast quarter section six, township thirty north, range sixteen east; and the southwest quarter section thirty-two; the south half, northwest quarter, southwest quarter northeast quarter section thirty-one, township thirty-one north, range sixteen east; and the east half southeast quarter section twenty-five; southeast quarter southeast quarter, northwest quarter southeast quarter, northeast quarter northeast quarter, west half northeast quarter, east half northwest quarter, northwest quarter northwest quarter, section twenty-six; south half south Fort Assinni Mont. lands of doned. Interest ments. pay west quarter, south half southeast quarter, section twentythree, township thirty-one north, range fifteen east, Montana principal meridian, embracing an area of approximately eight thousand eight hundred and eighty acres.' Approved, September 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 739). An Act Providing additional time for the payment of purchase money under homestead entries of lands within the former Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation, in Montana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemboine Military bled, That any person who has made homestead entry Reservation, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved Time extension February 11, 1915 (Thirty-eighth Statutes at Large, page homesteaders on 807), entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of the aban- Interior to survey the lands of the abandoned Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation and open the same to settlement," may obtain an extension of time for one year from the anniversary of the date of entry last preceding the passage of this Act within which to pay all of the installment then due or any part of any preceding installment, where payment has not yet been made and where an extension of time therefor is not authorized by any Act of Congress by paying interest at the rate of 5 per centum per annum on the sums to be extended from the maturity of the unpaid installments to the expiration of the period of extension, the interest to be paid to the receiver of the land office for the district in which the lands are situated, within such time as may be prescribed Extension pay for that purpose by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That any installment which becomes due within. one year from the passage of this Act and for which an extension of time for payment is not otherwise authorized, may also be extended for a period of one year by paying interest thereon in advance at the said rate: Provided further. That any payment so extended may thereafter in the discretion of the Secretary of the InteCommutation rior be extended for a further period of one year in like manner: And provided further, That if commutation proof is submitted, all the unpaid payments must be made at that time. Provisos. ments due within one year. Additional ex tension. payments. Forfeiture of SEC. 2. That the failure of any entryman to make any payment that may be due, unless the same be extended, or to make any payment extended either under the provisions hereof or other Act of Congress, at or before the time to which such payment has been extended, shall forfeit the entry and the same shall be canceled, and any and all payments theretofore made shall be forfeited. Approved, January 6, 1921 (41 Stat. 1086). NEBRASKA. An Act To subject lands of former Fort Niobrara Military Reservation and other lands to homestead entry. mer Fort Nio Homesteads. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the unreserved lands within the former Lands on forFort Niobrara Military Reservation, in the State of rara ReservaNebraska, and the adjacent public lands on the east and tion, etc., Nebr., south thereof withdrawn from entry by Executive order opened to entry. June twenty-second, nineteen hundred and four, except as hereinafter expressly provided, shall be subject to homestead entry at such time and in such manner and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, as follows: All that portion lying north and west of the Niobrara River, together with that part of the southeast quarter of section twenty-two, the southwest quarter of section twentythree, the west half of section twenty-six. and all of section twenty-seven, in township thirty-four north, range twenty-seven west, lying south and east of the said Niobrara River, shall be appraised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, entered and patented under the general provisions of the homestead laws, subject to the payment of the appraised price to be made in three annual payments as prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; and all the remaining por- tries." tion of said lands lying south and east of the said Niobrara River shall be entered and patented under the provisions of the one-section homestead law for a certain part of Nebraska, approved April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four, and Acts amendatory thereof: Provided, That lands open to entry under this Act shall Lieu selections, not be subject to disposition under section twenty-three etc., not allowed. hundred and six of the Revised Statutes of the United States or other form of scrip or lieu selection, nor shall homestead entries made thereof be subject to commutation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the In- Lands for powterior is authorized, in his discretion, to reserve from sale or disposition any lands chiefly valuable for power purposes. One-section en commutations, er purposes. Nebraska. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior shall, of Special grants, such military lands, issue patent to the State of Nebraska for the lands it now occupies as a State agricultural experimental station, upon payment of one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, and shall cause patent to issue to the city of Valentine, upon payment of the ap- Valentine. praised price, for such area as it may reasonably need for waterworks, water power, and electric-light plant sys Extension of time for one year on two last payments granted by act of Aug. 11, 1916, following. man. tem, and for a fish hatchery, including the lands it now occupies for such purposes, and shall issue patent to Stephen F. Gil- Stephen F. Gilman, upon payment of the appraised price, to not exceed five acres adjacent to his milldam, and shall cause patent to issue to Charles H. Cornell, upon payment of the appraised price, not to exceed sixty-eight acres. Charles H. Cor nell. tion. Sale of miliSEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby ditary buildings and lands at auc- rected to reserve from entry under this Act a tract of land, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres in area, upon which the buildings used in connection with said military reservation are located, and to sell the lands so reserved and the buildings thereon at public auction at not less than their appraised value within one year from the date of the approval of this Act if the Government shall not have appropriated the same to some public purre- pose: Provided, That the disposition of the said military reservation lands shall be subject to rights, if any, acquired by Charles H. Cornell or by the city of Valentine, Sale of lands when a village, by any acts of Congress: Provided furundisposed of aft- ther, That all lands so opened to settlement under this Act, remaining undisposed of at the expiration of three years from the date of its approval, shall be sold and disposed of under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, not more than six hundred and forty acres to any one purchaser. Rights served. er three years. Expenses. Settlers on former Fort Nio SEC. 4. That the costs of carrying out the provisions of this Act, including the necessary compensation of the custodian, not exceeding sixty dollars per month, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be paid from the appropriations for the expense of the survey, appraisal, and sale of abandoned military reservations. Approved, January 27, 1913 (37 Stat. 651). Joint Resolution Providing for one year's extension of time to make installment payments for the land of the former Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, Nebraska. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives brara Reserva- of the United States of America in Congress assembled, tion, Nebr., al- That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, of time for pay- authorized and directed to allow entrymen of such lands lowed extension ments. of the former Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, Nebraska, made under the Act entitled "An Act to subject lands of the former Fort Niobrara Military Reservation and other lands to homestead entry," approved January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and thirteen, as are required to be paid for at their appraised values, one year extension of time in which to make each of the two remaining unpaid installments of the purchase price. Approved, August 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 514). |