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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cas. 114, 115. 1916. 65 CHAP. 1 14.-An Act To amend the Act of June twenty-third, nineteen hundred M8? 8, 1916- and ten, entitled "An Act providing that entrymen for homesteads within the recla» _ [H• R·38*·l mation projectsmay assign their entries upon satisfactory proof of residence, improve- {Public, No. 72.] ment, and cultivation for five years, the same as though said entry had been made under the original homestead Act. " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cj the United Publ, 1 States of America in U ress assembled, That the Act of June twenty- Assigiimagiiséruome third, nineteen hundriielff and ten (Public Two hundred and forty- §;l0u°'·;f{§jc{g ’°°“* three, Thirty-sixth Statutes, lpage five hundred and ninety-two), V¤1- 36, pi 592. entitled "An Act providing t at entrymen for homesteads within °m°°d°d‘ reclamation projects may assign their entries upon satisfactory proof ‘ of residence, improvement, and cultivation for five years, the same as though said entry had been made under the original homestead Act," is hereb amended by adding the following proviso: "Prov*ided, hat in the absence of an intervening valid adverse m$,Z§i§?'§$'},2§ ffaj interests an assignment made between dune twenty-third, nineteen "°°‘ "Y'°'m “¤i*S· hundred and ten, and January first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, of land upon which the ass` or has submitted satisfactory final proof and the assignee urchaseldgnwith the belief that the assignment was valid and under the Act of June twenty-third nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby confirmed, and the assignee shall be entitled to the land assigned as under the Act of June twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten, notwithstanding that said original entry was conformed to farm units and that the part was canceled and eliminated from said entry prior to the date o final proof: Provided further, That °°“‘“"°“‘“· all entries so assigned shall-be subject to the limitations, terms, and conditions of the reclamation Act and Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and all of said assignees whose entries are hereby] confirmed shall, as a condition to receiving patent, make the proof eretofore required of assignees." · Approved, May 8, 1916. CQAP. 115.-ytloint Resolution Authorizing the erection on the public grounds in ig? gggg-1 the c1ty of Washington, District of Columbia, of a memorial fountain to Alfred Noble. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Amd Nom States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chief of Engineers, u»m¤nnrmin;m_e¤ United States Army, be, and he is hereby, authorized and 'rected },’{’,§{,‘{;‘L‘,,,{" D“""°‘ to grant permission to the American Society of Civil Enineers for the erection on public ounds of the United States in the city of Washington, District otgllolumbia, other than those of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and the White House, of a memorial fountain to Alfred Noble, a civil engineer of distinguished ability in connection with Government work, whose services have been of conspicuous _ benefit to the country; Provided, That the site chosen and the design f,`;,°{,',§'g, by cm of the memorial fountain shall be approved by the Commission of ¤¤i<¤i¤¤¤fFi¤¤ Arts- Fine Arts, and that the United States shall be put to no erépense rn or by the erection of the said memorial fountain: Provide further, Ti¤¤¤¤i¤¤i¢- That if the erection of this memorial fountain shall not be_ begun within three years from and after the passafge of this resolution the pgrmission granted may, in the discretion o the Chief of Engineers, revoked at any time. Approved, May S, 1916. 91890°—vor. 39-rr 1--5