estited "An At to Irurile anal talakaatoloned and useless m Ltary reserany cublensees, heirs or assiems, vad ka «full- Jewel tracts on December fifth, le 1 and eventeen, who do not purchase hall be the privilege of removing from wie: band hours placed thereon, and the SecreFile Tubaonde authorized to reappraise any unsold ken bu be an kung fu font be fore offering the same for sale caid of July 6th, erhteen hundred and eighty I Host any landa needed for lighthouse or roadwa puqori nory be avategated or reserved for such good the bạn by a scanviated or reserved shall not be ulpe-4 hede por al horsunder pproved March 3–1919 (40 NGAU 1419) ! An Act Providing for the appraisal and sale of the Vashon Island Military Reservation in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. Vashon Islands, Survey, etc., didoned military 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 shall cause the land in the Vashon Island abandoned military reserva- Wash. tion in sections one, two, and three, all in township rected of abantwenty-one north, range two east, Willamette meridian, reservation. in the county of King, in the State of Washington, to be surveyed and subdivided into tracts and lots to conform as far as practicable to the tracts and lots lawfully occupied by the tenants thereon as lessees or sublessees on May 1, 1920. Occupants un der former lease may purchase a surveyed tract at appraised value. SEC. 2. That after said survey and the approval thereof by the Commissioner of the General Land Office the plat thereof shall be filed in the office of the register and receiver in the manner provided by law, and thereafter any person who as lessee or sublessee was in actual occupation of any portion of the lands described in section 1 hereof on the 1st day of May, 1920, who made actual settlement thereon in good faith under the terms of a certain lease held of the War Department by one James Bachelor, or a sublease thereunder, or anyone who has since said date succeeded to the occupation and interest of any such prior settler, his heirs or assigns, shall be entitled to purchase for the appraised value one of such surveyed tracts so occupied, no right of purchase to exceed the tract actually occupied and improved by a lawful lessee or sublessee on May 1, 1920, and in no case exceeding twenty acres in a body, according to Government surveys and subdivisions thereof, upon the payment to the Government of a sum of money equal to the appraised value thereof, such appraisement to be made as provided by law: Provided, That in making such appraisement the Provisos. appraisers shall not include the improvements thereon striction. made by the occupants of such lands: Provided further, Installment That payment to the Government may be made in one sum, or not less than one-tenth cash and the balance in nine or less number of equal annual installments, with interest at 5 per centum per annum, payable annually, as the purchaser may elect, and with the option in the purchaser, his heirs and assigns, to pay the remaining installments on any date when installment becomes due. SEC. 3. That if any tract of the lands described in section 1 hereof be not purchased by the lessee or sublessee, his heirs or assigns, as provided in section 2 of this Act, within ninety days after the same becomes subject to purchase under the provisions of this Act, then and in that event the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to dispose of the remaining lands under the provisions of the Act of Congress of July 5, 1884, entitled "An Act to provide for the disposal of abandoned and useless Appraisal re payments al Tracts not pur chased to be sold at public sale. Vol 23, p. 103. Removal of sees, etc. military reservations," and the said lessees, sublessees, heirs or assigns, who do not purchase such tracts shall have buildings by les- the privilege within a period to be fixed by the Secretary of removing from their tracts any buildings placed thereon, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to reappraise any unsold tracts from time to time before offering the same for sale under said Act of July 5, 1884. SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior in making for lighthouse or the survey provided for by this Act shall ascertain what part of said lands, if any, are needed for lighthouse or roadway purposes, and any lands needed for such purposes shall be segregated or reserved for such use, and the lands so segregated or reserved shall not be subject to disposal hereunder. Reservations roadway uses. Approved, July 15, 1921 (42 Stat. 142). NOTE.-There are numerous old acts relating to the disposition of individual abandoned military reservations, but they are not considered of sufficient importance to be given here. ALASKA. ALLOTMENTS AND RESERVATIONS.-Act of March 3, 1891-An- COAL LANDS.-Act of June 6, 1900-Coal land laws, sections 2347-2352, Act of April 28, 1904-Qualifications of applicants-Boundaries-No- Act of May 28, 1908-Consolidation of claims located prior to November Act of March 4, 1921-Prospecting permits for coal.. Act of March 3, 1903-Homestead-Lieu selections-Location of scrip- Act of July 8, 1916-Homesteads limited to 160 acres. Act of June 5, 1920-80-rod shore space not required.... Act of March 8, 1922-Surface entries of coal, oil, etc., lands_ LAND DISTRICTS.-Act of May 14, 1898--President authorized to establish land districts. Act of February 14, 1902-One land district in Alaska. MINERAL LANDS.-Act of May 17, 1884-Mining laws made applicable to Alaska.. Act of May 14, 1898-Mining rights to citizens of Canada_. Act of June 6, 1900-Instruments to be recorded-Gold explorations on 39 Act of March 2, 1907-$100 in annual improvements-Forfeiture_ Act of August 1, 1912-Placer claim not in excess of 40 acres-$100 annually in labor or improvements-Locations by attorney restricted....... Act of January 25, 1919-Performance of annual assessments not required while in the military service_ Act of February 28, 1919-Performance of annual assessments not required during years 1917, 1918, and 1919_. MISSION SITES.—Act of June 6, 1900-Religious societies conducting schools. RAILROADS AND RIGHTS OF WAY.-Act of May 14, 1898-Railroad right of way-Minerals-Materials-Wharves-Map of location- · Wagon roads-Toll-Forfeitures__. Act of March 4, 1915-Use of materials from forest reserves. 44 Act of March 12, 1914-President authorized to construct and operate railroads, telegraphs, and telephone lines, etc. 53 54 50 53 Act of October 7, 1919-Additional appropriation for construction of railroad. Act of November 18, 1921-Additional appropriation for construction of railroad. 42 43 43 34 36 36 36 37 38 40 42 Fage. SCHOOL GRANTS.-Act of March 4, 1915-Sections 16 and 36-Section SURVEYS.—Act of March 3, 1899-System of surveys extended to TIMBER.-Act of May 14, 1898-Sale and use of timber_-_. Act of February 1, 1905-Pulp wood and wood pulp may be exported from Alaska. TOWN SITES.-Act of March 3, 1891-Entry by trustee under section Act of June 6, 1900-Jail and courthouse sites___ lotments to tives. na ALLOTMENTS AND RESERVATIONS. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to allot homesteads to the natives of Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asHomestead al- sembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered, in his discretion and under such rules as he may prescribe, to allot not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres of nonmineral land in the district of Alaska to any Indian or Eskimo of full or mixed blood who resides in and is a native of said district, Allotments in- and who is the head of a family, or is twenty-one years alienable and non- of age; and the land so allotted shall be deemed the homestead of the allottee and his heirs in perpetuity, and shall be inalienable and nontaxable until otherwise Preference provided by Congress. Any person qualified for an allotment as aforesaid shall have the preference right to secure by allotment the nonmineral land occupied by him not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres. Approved, May 17, 1906 (34 Stat. 197). taxable. rights. Annette Islands reserved for Met An Act To repeal the timber-culture laws, and for other purposes. SEC. 15. That until otherwise provided by law the lakahtlan Indians. body of lands known as Annette Islands, situated in Alexander Archipelago, in southeastern Alaska, on the north side of Dixon's entrance, be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use of the Metlakahtla Indians, and those people known as Metlakahtlans who have recently emigrated from British Columbia to Alaska, and such other Alaskan natives as may join them, to be held and used by them in common, under such rules and regulations, and subject to such restrictions, as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095-1101). |