62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CHS. 152 -155-MAR . 25 , 1948 any Indian who is a member of said tribe shall have ninety days in which to execute preferential rights to purchase said tract at a price offered to the seller by a prospective buyer willing and able to purchase. Approved March 25, 1948. 1327 [CHAPTER 153] AN ACT March 25, 1948 Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Clarence M. [S. 401] Scott. [Private Law 220] 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 is hereby authorized, upon the filing of a written application by the Indian owner named in this Act, to issue to Clarence M. Scott, of Billings, Montana, a patent in fee to the following- described lands, including homestead lands allotted to him on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana: The south half of section 16, and the north half of the northwest quarter and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 21, township 6 south, range 32 east, Montana principal meridian. Approved March 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 154] AN ACT Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Mrs. Mary E. Leaf. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon applica- tion in writing, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue to Mrs. Mary E. Leaf, of McIntosh, South Dakota, a patent in fee to the following-described lands allotted to her in Corson County, State of South Dakota: The west half of section 20, township 22 north, range 21 east, of the Black Hills meridian: Provided,That when the land herein described is offered for sale, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe or any Indian who is a member of said tribe shall have ninety days in which to execute preferential rights to purchase said tract at a price offered to the seller by a prospective buyer willing and able to purchase. Approved March 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 155] AN ACT Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Robert E. Doyle. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon applica- tion in writing, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his dis- cretion to issue to Robert E. Doyle a patent in fee to the following- described lands situated in Big Horn County, Montana: The north half of the northwest quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the southwest quarter, section 28; the north half of the northwest quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the southwest quarter, section 28; the north half of the northeast quarter, the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter, and the east half of the east half of the west half, section 29; township 8 south, range 37 east, Montana principal meridian, con- taining six hundred and forty acres. Approved March 25, 1948. Clarence M. Scott. March 25, 1948 [S. 773] [Private Law 2211 Mrs. Mary E. Leaf. March 25, 1948 [8.14071 [Private Law 222] Robert B. Doyle.
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