plicable to lands Carey Act ap and Acts amendatory thereto, be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the lands in the former Fort Bridger Military Reservation in Uinta County, Wyoming. Act. Nevada. Additional Approved, February 16, 1911 (36 Stat. 913). Extract from the sundry civil appropriation Act, approved March 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1363-1417). An additional one million acres of arid lands within grant of desert the State of Nevada is hereby made available and sublands under Carey ject to the terms of section four of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and by amendments thereto, and the State of Nevada is allowed under the provisions of said Acts said additional area, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes and under the provisions of said Acts. Colorado. Act. Joint Resolution Providing for additional lands for Colorado under the provisions of the Carey Act. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an additional one million acres of arid lands within grant of arid the State of Colorado be made available and subject to lands under Carey the terms of section four of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and by amendments thereto, and that the State of Colorado be allowed, under the provisions of said Acts said additional area, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes and under the provisions of said Acts. Oregon. for segregating Approved, August 21, 1911 (37 Stat. 38). An Act Providing for the extension of time for the reclamation of certain lands in the State of Oregon under the Carey Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby Time extended authorized, within his discretion, to extend for a period lands under Carey of not exceeding ten years the time of segregation in the Oregon Carey Act segregation lists numbered six and nineteen, the two areas comprising one hundred and forty thousand seven hundred and fourteen acres, in the aggregate, approximately eighty-six thousand acres of which are irrigable, same being situated in Crook Act. mation. County, Oregon: Provided, That the Secretary of the Extension of Interior is further authorized to grant to the State of time for recla Oregon a similar extension of ten years for the reclamation of said lands in addition to the time allotted under existing rules, regulations, contracts, and laws. Approved, February 26, 1917 (39 Stat. 942). An Act Providing for the extension of time for the reclamation of certain lands in the State of Oregon under the Carey Act. Time extended Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby author- Oregon. ized, within his discretion, to continue to not beyond for segregating January twelfth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, the lands under Carey segregation of the lands embraced in approved Oregon segregation list numbered thirteen, under the Carey Act. Approved, March 3, 1919 (40 Stat. 1322). An Act Providing for the extension of time for the reclamation of certain lands in the State of Oregon under the Carey Act. Act. lection by, con Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem- Oregon. bled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby author- Carey Act, seized within his discretion to continue to not beyond tinued. October 21, 1930, the segregation of the lands embraced in approved Oregon segregation list numbered eleven, under the Carey Act. Approved, June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 987). An Act To authorize a preference right of entry by certain Carey Act entrymen, and for other purposes. Vol. 28, p. 422. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, when restoring Carey Act. to the public domain lands that have been segregated to a State under section 4 of the Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the Acts and resolutions amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, commonly called the Carey Act, is authorized, in his discretion and under such rules and regulations as he may establish to allow for not exceeding ninety days to any Carey Act entryman a preference right of entry under Preference applicable land laws of any of such lands which such person had entered under and pursuant to the State laws providing for the administration of the grant under the Carey Act and upon which such person had established actual bona fide residence or had made substantial and permanent improvements: Provided, That each entry See the acts of Mar. 3, 1919, and June 5, 1920. 36039-23-6 right. idence. Credit for res- man shall be entitled to a credit as residence upon his new homestead entry allowed hereunder of the time that he has actually lived upon the claim as a bona fide resident thereof. Approved, February 14, 1920 (41 Stat. 407). An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept completion of Carey segregation numbered eleven and to issue patent therefor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to accept work already performed and the proof submitted under Carey segregation num- . bered eleven, State of Colorado, and to issue patent to the State of Colorado for lands embraced therein. Approved, December 16, 1922 (42 Stat. -). CERTIFIED COPIES OF RECORDS. Revised Statutes.-Sections 891, 2469. 2470-Exemplification of records and use of such copies as evidence. Act of August 24, 1912-Cost of copies and admissibility of same in evidence. UNITED STATES REVISED STATUTES. ords, etc., of SEC. 891. Copies of any records, books, or papers in the Copies of recGeneral Land Office, authenticated by the seal and cer- General Land Of tified by the Commissioner thereof, or, when his office is fice. Apr. 25, 1812, vacant, by the principal clerk, shall be evidence equally 2 S. 717. with the originals thereof. And literal exemplifications of any such records shall be. held, when so introduced in evidence, to be of the same validity as if the names of the officers signing and countersigning the same had been fully inserted in such record. Copies of records, etc., to be certified. July 4, 1836, SEC. 2469. The Commissioner of the General Land Office shall cause to be prepared, and shall certify, under the seal of the office, such copies of records, books, and 5 s. 111; Mar. papers on file in his office, as may be applied for, to be 18, 1874, 18 S. used in evidence in courts of justice. 21; Mar. 3, 1875, 18 S. 481. fications valid names of officers sign SEC. 2470. Literal exemplifications of any records Exempliwhich have been or may be granted in virtue of the pre- without ceding section shall be deemed of the same validity in all ing and counterproceedings, whether at law or in equity, wherein such signing. exemplifications are adduced in evidence, as if the names 5 s. 627. of the officers signing and countersigning the same had been fully inserted in such record. ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED SUBSEQUENT TO THE REVISED STATUTES. An Act To make uniform charges for furnishing copies of records of the Department of the Interior and of its several bureaus. Mar. 3, 1843, Interior De furnished. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, the head partment, copies of any bureau, office or institution, or any officer of that of records to be department, may, when not prejudical to the interests of the Government, furnish authenticated or unauthenticated copies of any official books, records, papers, documents, maps, plats, or diagrams within his custody, and charge therefor the following fees: For all written Schedule of fees. Verification. copies, at the rate of fifteen cents for each hundred words, therein; for each photolithographic copy, twentyfive cents where such copies are authorized by law; for photographic copies, fifteen cents for each sheet; and for tracings or blue prints the cost of the production thereof to be determined by the officer furnishing such copies, and in addition to these fees the sum of twenty-five cents shall be charged for each certificate of verification. official use. and the seal attached to authenticated copies: Provided, That there shall be no charge for the making or verification of copies required for official use by the officers. cated copies of of any branch of the Government: Provided further, printed rules, etc. That only a charge of twenty-five cents shall be made for furnishing authenticated copies of any rules, regulations, or instructions printed by the Government for gratuitous distribution." No charge for Authenti Inspection of records. Acceptance of evidence. Use of seal. Deposit of re ceipts. SEC. 2. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or restrict in any manner the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem proper governing the inspection of the records of said department and its various bureaus by the general public, and any person having any particular interest in any of such records may be permitted. to take copies of such records under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. That all authenticated copies furnished under this Act shall be admitted in evidence equally with the originals thereof. SEC. 4. That all officers who furnish authenticated copies under this Act shall attest their authentication by the use of an official seal, which is hereby authorized for that purpose. * SEC. 6. That all sums received under the provisions of this Act shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. Approved, August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497). |