Public lands. R. S. sec. 2455, p. 452. Sale of isolated tracts of, in Alabama authorized. Vol. 22, p. 487. sold and of the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same in accordance with the provisions of said Act of June twenty-second, nineteen hundred and ten, and such lands shall be subject to all the conditions and limitations of said Act. Approved, April 30, 1912 (37 Stat. 105, U. S. C., title 30, sec. 90). COAL LANDS IN ALABAMA An Act To extend the provisions of section 2455 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C., title 43, sec. 1171), as amended, to coal lands in Alabama Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section 2455 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C., title 43, sec. 1171), as amended, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the surveyed unreserved, unappropriated public lands in the State of Alabama which have been reported as containing coal deposits and which were withheld from homestead entry under the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to exclude the public lands in Alabama from the operation of the laws relating to mineral lands," approved March 3, 1883, but there shall be a reservation to the United States of the coal in all Vol. 36, p. 583. such lands so sold and of the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 22, 1910,5 entitled "An Act to provide for agricultural entries on coal lands," and such lands shall be subject to all the conditions and limitation of said Act. Mineral rights reserved. Public lands. tural lands of revested California-Oregon grants. R. S., sec. 2455, p. 449. Vol. 39, p. 218. Approved, May 23, 1930 (46 Stat. 377). 4 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD GRANT RE- An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of at public sale certain isolated and fractional tracts of lands formerly embraced in the grant to the Oregon and California Railroad Company Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaties of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section 2455, Revised Statutes, be, and the same are hereby, extended to class three of the lands formerly embraced by what are known as the Oregon and California railroad grants, title to which was revested in the United States under the provisions of the Act approved June 9, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at 4 For the act of Mar. 3, 1883 (22 Stat. 487), see Mineral Lands," p. 321. For the act of June 22, 1910 (36 Stat. 583), see "Agricultural Entries on Coal Lands," under "Homesteads," p. 183. ditions. Large, page 218): Provided, That no sales hereunder Proviso. shall be made for less than $2.50 per acre, and the ap- Price, etc., conpraised value of the timber on the land, nor until such lands shall have been subject to homestead entry for a Disposition of period of two years: Provided further, That the proceeds proceeds. of such sales shall be applied in the manner prescribed in Vol. 39, p. 222. said Act of June 9, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 218). Approved, May 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 622, U. S. C., title 43, sec. 1174). FORMER OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, OKLAHOMA An Act To extend the provisions of section 2455, United States Revised Statutes, to certain public lands in the State of Oklahoma of isolated R. S., sec. 2455, U. S. Code, p. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem- Oklahoma. bled, That all the provisions of section 2455, United Auction sales States Revised Statutes (Section 1171, Title 43, United tracts in. States Code), as amended, be, and they are hereby, ex- p. 449. tended to surveyed, unreserved, unappropriated nonmin- Vol. 37, p. 73. eral public lands in that part of the State of Oklahoma 1411. formerly comprised in Oklahoma Territory: Provided, Provisos. That this Act shall not apply to any such area where Areas excepted. under existing law such lands are now subject to public Deposit of or private sale: Provided further, That the proceeds of proceeds. all sales hereunder shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of such fund or funds as may be provided by existing law for the disposition of such lands. Approved, April 24, 1928 (45 Stat. 457, U. S. C., 3d supp., title 43, sec. 1171a). For the act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), see " Grants to Oregon and California Railroad," under "Railroad Lands," p. 439. LAND LOCATORS An Act To punish persons who make false representations to settlers and others pertaining to the public lands of the United States representations etc., a mis Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who, for a reward paid or prom- Public lands; ised to him in that behalf, shall undertake to locate for making false an intending purchaser, settler, or entryman any public to purchasers, lands of the United States subject to disposition under demeanor. the public land laws, and who shall willfully and falsely represent to such intending purchaser, settler, or entryman that any tract of land shown to him is public land of the United States subject to sale, settlement, or entry, or that it is of a particular surveyed description, with intent to deceive the person to whom such representation is made, or who, in reckless disregard of the truth, shall falsely represent to any such person that any tract of land shown to him is public land of the United States subject to sale, settlement, or entry, or that it is of a particular surveyed description, thereby deceiving the person to whom such representation is made, shall be deemed Punishment guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $300 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprison ment. Approved, February 23, 1917 (39 Stat. 936, U. S. C. title 18, sec. 114). for. 303 |