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558 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 213. 1914. J¤1g2S. 1914- CHAP. 213.-An Act Authorizing the surveyaud sale of certain lands in Coconino [ · °31°‘] County, Arizona, to the occupants thereof. ( .154. [Pubuc’N° I Be it enacted by the Senate and House ko; Re£>resentati*ves of the United §€rt$l;°l°3gf¤¢ar- States of America in Congress assemb , That the Secretary of the . Y. . _ _ . . . %§;.,‘j*f,_},,“,fi°°°”‘“° Interior rs hereby author1zed_and_d1rected to cause each occupied and improved legal subdivision m sections seventeen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-eight, twenty-nme, and thirty 111 township numberecl forty-one nort , of ragge two west Cala and Salt River Meridian, Arizona, to be survey and_platted mto town lots and necessary public reserves, and mto agricultural tracts of not exceeding twenty acres, and into dam and reservoir sites where used for such urposes, following the lines of occupation rn each case where occupiedp as near digs may be, and delineating on the plat all rrrrgatmg ditches and CRD . ¥§°t§‘{,€§’“‘t° ,0.,.,. Sec. 2. That the_town lots shall be appraised without considering P“"'· the value of any improvements thereon, and any person or his successors in interest, who prior to January first, mneteen hundred and fourteen, were in the actual occupation of one or more of such lots in good faith for town·site purposes, with substantial and permanent improvements upon each ot and have maintained such ·*PP”¤¤¤¤¤· occupation and improvements to date of application, upon the tiling of an a plication therefor within six mont from the date of the approvd of the appraisement herein provided for, shall_ be entitled to a patent for the same upon paying the appraised price therefor. sseerrmdkpwduz All such lots not covered gy va apphcations at the expiration of ‘°"‘ said six months shall there ter be offered at public sale to the highest bidder, and the lots not so d1S%?;Bd of shall thereupon be subject to private 8Illi1’y' but no lot shall sold at public sal or private entry A _ 1 ml mm at less than the appraised price. r>$Z°¤'i¤t to wei. Sec. 3. That any person, or his successors in interest, who prior P°“‘°· to January first, nrneteenhrmdred and fourteen, were in the actual occplpancy of and 1mprov1ng one or more of said tracts for agricultur edpurposes, not exceeding m twenty acres, and have maintain the same rn good farth for sard purposes, upon the filing of an application to enter the same within six months from the hling of the p at oglsaid sprvey the local land ctigice, shall be entitled to 31 patent , 1, E, orsu trac or rac supon ayrng esumo $1.25 eracre erefor. ¢r§?i:.°fmd °‘ All such tracts not covered gy vahd applications at Ithe expiration of sard six months shall thereafter be subject to cash entry upon payment of $1.25 per acre. ,¤Q*;g*n,_°¤d *$*°"‘°" Sec. 4. That the dam and reservoir tracts are hereb reserved forserved . . . . y palmgncs tv mums- the use of said commumty for the purpose of urrgatron and water supply, and patent there or shall rssue to the mumcrpahty when organized upon payment of $1.25 per acre therefor. Patents to the pu he reseryes H1 the town site may be issued to the municipality reemsntmseme. when organized. Any easements maintained by authority and for use of the United States are hereby reserved, and said sruye shall show all such easements and the patents to all lands affected thereby Q I d shall contain a reservation of the easement to the United States. .;,;£f,',,i’],;,,,‘i§€·· ° “ ‘ Sec. 5. That the Secretary] of the Interior is fur·ther authorized to survey, plat, patent suc lots, agricultural tracts and town-site reservations, whrc may situated upon the west half of the southwest quarter of section sixteen, in townshi numbered forty-one north, of range two west, Gala and Salt River ltlbridian, Arizona, upon the same terms and conditions as prescribed in sections one, two, three, and four hereof should the tit e to said west half of the southwest quarter be found vested rn the United States or revert thereto. P“”‘°¤°°'°’Pm¤· Sec. 6. That the expenses mcident to the survey, appraisement and sale, herem requu·ed to be made, shall be paid out of any fund