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48 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 101-103. 1908. N[a¤'¢§• fm- 101.-An Act To validate certain entries of public lands in the State of [Public, No. 66.] 0 0- _ _ Pam mm Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRej>re.sentatm{es 0 f the United cel-ain sim-its in States of zlmerica in Cbngress assembled, That no entries or lilmgs for °°'°‘“° "*“°"“’°* lands in township five and one-half south, of ranges forty-two, forty- three, forty-four, forty-five, and forty-six west, in the State of Colorado, shall be canceled or held invalid because they were not allowed, made, or perfected in the proper land district. Approved, March 26, 1908. umn 26, 1901;. CHAP. 102.-An Act To provide forthe repayment of certain commissions, excess

  1 payments, and purchase moneys paid under the public laws.

0, » Be it enacted the Senate and Hauseo R eeentattves 0 the United 1;;`,Q:,°.li§£l.l°l°‘qg pm. State: of Amervzya in 0 resa assembled{Th?tTwhere purcliase moneys §°“¥,;¤g°e‘;f,{f-“°*§,;}“ and commissions paid ihider any public land law have been or shall ' hereafter be covered into the Treasury of the United States under an application to make any filing, location, selection, entry, or proof; —such purchase moneys and commissions shall be repaid to the person who made such application, entry, or proof, or to his legal representatives, in all cases where such a plication, entry, or proof has been or l-°°¤¤’*°“°’¤ shall hereafter be reypcted, and neither such applicant nor his legal representatives shlall ave bpen guilty of any fraud or attempted fraud in connection wit suc a p ication. ¤fL3vbg;¤_?y*;jg;,§?' Sec. 2. That in all casels where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that any rson has heretofore or shall ' hereafter make any payments to the States under the public land laws in excess of the amount he was lawfully required to pay under such laws, such excess shall be repaid to such person or to his legal .re resentatives. tm+;,¤¤,$;*'§c;°Nbt:I)?°;; Sec. 3. That when the Commissioner of the General Land Office rnm-im-, em. shall ascertain the amount of any excess moneys, purchase moneys, or commissions in any ease where repayment is authorized by this statute, the Secretary of the Interior shall at once certify such amounts to the Secretary of the Treasury, who is hereb authorized and directed to make repayment of all amounts so certified, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated and issue his warrant in settlement thereof. Approved, March 26, 1908. sph-.? CHAP. 103.-An Act Providing for second desert-land entrie . `Triutic, N0. sv.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRqn·e.sentatives of the United Pubucmudsi State.; of America an (hzrzplress assembled, That any person who rior rm-seam usssm to the passage of this Act as made entry under the desertland laws, "}{‘§‘,,$;§f,*,°;’;,,,0w,,,,_ but fx-pm any cause has lost, forfeited. or abandoned the same, shall be entitled to the benefits of the desert-land law as though such former entry had not been made, and any person applying for a second desertpr _ land entry under this Act shall furnish the description and date of his R,,§,£f§,,,,,,_ former entry: Promded, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any person whose former entry was assigned in whole or in part or canceled for fraud. orwho relinquished the former entry for a valuable consideration. Approved, March 26, 1908.