Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-04-09

ted States Of AMERICA in Congress
assembled:
That all persons who, in good faith,
shall have settled and made valuable
and permanent improvements upon
any odd-numbercl section of land
within any railroad withdrawal which
may, for any cause, be restored to the
public domain, and who, at the time
ofsuch restoration, may not be entitled
to enter and acquire title to such land
under the pre- smption, homestead or
timber culture acts of the United
States, shall he permitted, at any time
within three months after such restor-
alton, and under such rules and regu-
latiOns as the Commissioner 0f the
General Land Office may prescribe, to
purchase not to exceod ono hundred
and sixty acres in extent Of the same
BY legal subdivisions, At the price of
two dollars aud fifty cents per acre,
and to receive patent therefor.
SEC :. That al persons who, prior
to the passage Of this act and after the
date Of any railroad withdrawal, may
have entered tract Of eighty acres or
fraction thereof, under the provisions
of the homestead laws Of the United
States, within the limits of such with
drawal, shall be, under such rules and
regulations as the Commissioner Of the
General Land Office may prescribe,
entitled to enter other public lands,
which, with their original entries, re-
spectively, shall not exceed one humid
red aud sixty acres, and upon compli-
ancc with said laws relative to such
original entry, shall also receive pat
ent for such additional tracts on ray
ment of the fees therefor only.
SIC. 3. That all persons who shall
have entered any public laDds of tho
United States within the limits of any
railroad withdrawal under the pre-
cmption laws of the United States,
which, on the definite location Of the
limits of the land-grant, to coycr which
such withdrawal may have been made,
shall fall outAide the limits OF such
definite location, and all persons who
shall have 10 entered such lands with
in the limits of such withdrawal where
the lands 20 withdrawn may bc, by
reason Of the forfeiture of the land
grant, to cover which such withdrawal
may have beeu made, or for other
cause afterward restored to the public
domain, shall be entitled to pay for the
same 1t the minimum rate Of one dol
lar and twenty-five cents per acre, and,
upon complying with such laws in
other respects, to receive patents there
for; and all such persons who shall
have paid for such lands at higher
rate, their heirs or assigns shall be en-
titled to have the amount SO overpaid
repaid out Of the Treasury Of the Uni
ted States.
SEC. 4. That all homestead, prc-emp-
ton and other entries of public lands
made within the limits Of any railroad
withdrawal prior to the time when no
tice Of such withdrawal was received
at the local land office of the district
wherein the lands affected BY the same
are situated, and where such laws have
been complied with by the persons by
whom such entries have been made,
shall be confirmed, and patents fol
such lands shall, under such rules and
regulations as the Commissioner of the
General Land Office may prescribe
issue to the persons entitled thereto
and the railroad company for whose
benefit such withdrawal may have beer
made shall he entitled to select, in le
gal subdivisions, OH equal quantity o.
other public lands, not mineral, no,
otherwise appropriated at the date o.
selection, to which they shall receive
title the same as originally granted.