two; township twenty-nine north, of range thirty-five, all west of the sixth principal meridian, in the State of Nebraska; townships seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty north, of ranges thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, and thirty-five west of the sixth principal meridian, in Nebraska; and all rules and regulations of the Interior Department requiring petitions from all settlers of said counties asking for resurvey and agreement to abide by the result of the same, so far as these lands are concerned, are hereby abrogated: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair the present bona fide claim of any actual occupant of said lands so occupied: Provided further, That before any survey is ordered it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that the former official survey of said lands is so generally inaccurate or obliterated as to make it necessary to survey the land, and only such parts of the land where the survey is so inaccurate or obliterated shall be surveyed. Approved, June 27, 1906. [PUBLIC-No. 286.] By the Act Providing for the resurvey of certain townships of land in the county of Baca, Colorado. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be made a resurvey of the lands in townships numbered thirty-one, thirty-two, thirtythree, thirty-four, and thirty-five south, in each of the ranges numbered forty-one, forty-two forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine, and fifty west of the sixth principal meridian, in Baca County, in the State of Colorado; and all rules and regulations of the Interior Department requiring petitions from all settlers of said townships asking for resurvey and agreement to abide by the result of same, so far as these lands are concerned, are hereby abrogated: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair the present bona fide claim of any actual occupant of any of said lands so occupied: Provided further, That before any survey is ordered it shall be made to appear to the Secretary of the Interior that the former official survey of said lands is so inaccurate or obliterated as to make it necessary to survey the land, and only such parts of the land where the survey is so inaccurate or obliterated shall be surveyed. Approved, June 25, 1906. [PUBLIC-No. 346.] By the Act For the exchange of certain lands situated in the Fort Douglas Military Reservation, in the State of Utah, and other considerations, for lands adjacent thereto, between Le Grand Young and the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War, for and on behalf of the United States, is hereby authorized to grant and convey by deed to Le Grand Young, his heirs and assigns forever, that portion of the lands comprised within the Fort Douglas Military Reservation, adjoining Salt Lake City, Utah, described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the west boundary line of the Fort Douglas Military Reservation at a point where it is intersected by the south line of First South street, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, State of Utah, and running thence north on said west boundary line of said military reservation a distance of one thousand five hundred and ninety feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of what is known as "Popperton place," in Salt Lake City; thence east on a line between the said military reservation and the said Popperton place, a distance of one thousand one hundred and fifty-nine feet; thence south on a line running parallel to the said west boundary line of the military reservation a distance of one thousand five hundred and ninety feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of the land granted to the University of Utah by Act of Congress approved July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four; thence west along the north line of said university lands a distance of one thousand one hundred and fiftynine feet, to the place of beginning, containing forty-two and threetenths acres of land, reserving, however, for the use of the military and the public a right of way in and over the present macadamized road leading from the post of Fort Douglas through said premises to Salt Lake City: Provided, That there is hereby granted and reserved to the University of Utah and to Salt Lake City, a municipality organized and existing under the laws of the State of Utah, in the State of Utah, a perpetual easement for the construction, maintenance, and repair of a pipe line or lines over the following-described portion of said lands: Beginning at the intersection of the north line of First South street with the west line of the said military reservation, and running thence north along the west line of the said reservatation fifty feet; thence east one thousand one hundred and fifty-nine feet; thence south fifty feet; thence west one thousand one hundred and fifty-nine feet, to the place of beginning: And provided further, That there is hereby granted and reserved to Salt Lake City, a municipality organized and existing under the laws of the State of Utah, in the State of Utah, a perpetual easement for the construction, maintenance, and repair of the tank-house belonging to the said Salt Lake City, as at present situated on the foregoing described land. The Secretary of War is further authorized to convey to the said Le Grand Young, his heirs and assigns, a right of way one hundred feet wide, for a railroad and wagon road, along the south side of the said military reservation, within metes and bounds as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of the said military reservation, and running thence west six hundred and forty rods to the southwest corner; thence north one hundred feet; thence east six hundred and forty rods; thence south one hundred feet to the place of beginning: Provided, That said roadway shall be subject to use by the public for highway purposes. SEC. 2. That the deed provided for in section one of this Act shall not be delivered to the said Le Grand Young until said Le Grand Young shall have first conveyed to the United States a title in fee simple, free and clear of all incumbrances, subject to the approval of the Attorney-General of the United States, to all of the followingdescribed lands, easements, and ways, to wit: All of lots four, five, and six, of section two, township one south, range one east, and all of section thirty-six, township one north, range one east, Salt Lake meridian; also, a release of all rights reserved by deed from Le Grand Young, trustee, dated April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eightyeight, under Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act granting a right of way through certain public lands of the United States in the Territory of Utah, and for other purposes;" and of all rights granted by said Act to the Salt Lake Rock Company, its successors or assigns, in and over the following-described land, to wit: Sections twenty-four, twenty-five, and thirty-five, and east half of section twenty-six, township one north, range one east; section nineteen, the south half of section eighteen, the west half of section twenty, and the north half of section thirty, township one north, range two east; including all rights of way on said lands, and also all rights of way on the Fort Douglas Military Reservation appurtenant to said lands, or used in connection therewith. SEC. 3. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, upon the approval of the conveyances provided for in section two of this Act, to pay to the said Le Grand Young, his heirs or assigns, in further consideration therefor, the sum of five thousand dollars; and there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to make said payment and cover the expenses of the execution of this Act Approved, June 29, 1906. $6,000.00 [PUBLIC-NO. 44.] By the Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to supplement existing laws relating to the disposition of lands, and so forth, approved March third, nineteen hundred and one,' approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to supplement existing laws relating to the disposition of lands, and so forth, approved March third, nineteen hundred and one," approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, be amended by adding thereto the following: "And provided further, That in the event the amount which the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cause to be expended for the town of Lawton is found by him to be not sufficient for the purpose intended, including the securing of an adequate water supply for said town of Lawton, he is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to cause to be expended out of the proceeds of the sale of town lots in said town, under the conditions, limitations, and restrictions above set forth, and subject to his supervision and control, the further sum of sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available from said proceeds, so that the total amount which he is authorized to cause to be expended as aforesaid for the town of Lawton from the proceeds of the sale of town lots in said town will not exceed two hundred and ten thousand dollars." Approved, March 14, 1906. [PUBLIC NO. 306.] By the Act Granting to the State of California five per centum of the net proceeds of the cash sales of public lands in said State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of California five per centum of the net proceeds of the cash sales of the public lands which have been heretofore made Indefinite. [PUBLIC NO. 12.] By the Act To provide for a land district in Yellowstone, Carbon, and Rosebud counties, in the State of Montana, to be known as the Billings land district. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the State of Montana included within the present boundaries of Yellowstone and Carbon counties and all that portion of the ceded and unceded part of the Crow Indian Reservation lying within the limits of Rosebud County, west of the Big Horn River, is hereby constituted a new land district, and that the land office for said district shall be lo cated at Billings, in said Yellowstone County. Approved, February 5, 1906. [For appropriation, see Sundry Civil Act, p. 310.] [PUBLIC NO. 130.] By the Act Creating an additional land office in the State of North Dakota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of North Dakota lying north of the twelfth standard parallel and west of a line beginning at the juncture of the range line between ranges ninety-two and ninety-three with the said twelfth standard parallel and running north to the fifteenth standard parallel, and thence west along the said fifteenth standard parallel to the range line between ranges ninety-six and ninety-seven, and thence north along the said range line to the international boundary line, all west of the principal meridian, be, and the same is hereby, created into a separate land district, to be known as the Williston district; and the land office for said district shall be located at the town of Williston until such time as the President may, in his discretion, remove the site of said land office from said town. SEC. 2. That the President be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and a receiver for said district; and they shall be subject to the same laws and be entitled to the same compensation as is or may hereafter be provided by law in relation to the existing land offices and officers in said. State. Approved, April 26, 1906. [For appropriation, see Sundry Civil Act, p. 310.] [PUBLIC NO. 209.] By the Act For the preservation of American antiquities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who shall appropriate, excavate, injure, or destroy any historic or prehistoric ruin or monument, or any object of antiquity, situated on lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States, without the permission of the Secretary of the Department of the Government having jurisdiction over the lands on which said antiquities are situated, shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum of not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a period of not more than ninety days, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. SEC. 2. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected: Prorided, That when such objects are situated upon a tract covered by a bona fide unperfected claim or held in private ownership, the tract, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the proper care and management of the object, may be relinquished to the Government, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to accept the relinquishment of such tracts in behalf of the Government of the United States. SEC. 3. That permits for the examination of ruins, the excavation of archæological sites, and the gathering of objects of antiquity upon the lands under their respective jurisdictions may be granted by the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and War to institutions which they may deem properly qualified to conduct such examination, excavation, or gathering, subject to such rules and regulations as they may prescribe: Provided, That the examinations, excavations, and gatherings are undertaken for the benefit of reputable museums, universities, colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions, with a view to increasing the knowledge of such objects, and that the gatherings shall be made for permanent preservation in public museums. SEC. 4. That the Secretaries of the Departments aforesaid shall make and publish from time to time uniform rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. Approved, June 8, 1906. [PRIVATE-NO. 3557.] By the Act For the relief of Thomas H. Kent. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any money now in his hands or hereafter received from the sale of Crow lands in Montana, to Thomas H. Kent, of Sweet Grass County, Montana, the sum of two thousand and seven dollars and twenty cents, for the reimbursement to the said Thomas H. Kent for money actually expended by him in causing to be made the survey known as the Bundock survey, |