nineteen, the two areas comprising one hundred and forty thousand seven hundred and fourteen acres, in the aggregate, approximately eighty-six thousand acres of which are irrigable, same being situated in Crook County, Oregon: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is Extension of further authorized to grant to the State of Oregon a sim-time for reclailar extension of ten years for the reclamation of said lands in addition to the time allotted under existing rules, regulations, contracts, and laws. Approved, February 26, 1917 (39 Stat. 942, U. S. C., title 43, sec. 648). An Act Providing for the extension of time for the reclamation of certain lands in the State of Oregon under the Carey Act' mation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Oregon. assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby Carey Act, authorized within his discretion to continue to not be- selection by, yond October 21, 1930, the segregation of the lands embraced in approved Oregon segregation list numbered Vol. 28, p. 422, eleven, under the Carey Act. Approved, June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 987, U. S. C., title 43, sec. 648). UTAH AND WYOMING Extract from the Indian appropriation Act, approved April 4, 1910 (36 Stat. 269, 285) continued. vation. visions extended SEC. 23. * * * That the provisions of section four Uintah Reserof "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June Carey Act prothirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other to lands of former purposes," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hun- Vol. 28, p. 122. dred and ninety-four, and the Act amendatory thereof, Vol. 29, p. 434. approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninetysix, respectively, be, and are hereby, extended over and shall apply to the desert lands included within the limits of the former Uintah Indian Reservation, in Utah, not Payment by included in any forest reservation: Provided, That before State. a patent shall issue for any of the lands aforesaid under the terms of the said Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and amendments thereto, the State of Utah shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the lands so patented, and the money so paid shall be subject to the provision of "An Act mak- Use of receipts. ing appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and See the act of June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 987), infra. Previously extended to Jan. 12, 1929, by the act of Mar. 3, 1919 (40 Stat. 1322). for other purposes," approved May twenty-seventh, nineVol. 32, p. 264. teen hundred and two. Lands excluded. Shoshone Reservation. Carey Act provi That no lands shall be included in any tract to be segregated under the provisions of this Act on which the United States has valuable improvements or which have been reserved for Indian schools or farm uses or for other purposes. SEC. 27. * * * That the provisions of section four of "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil exsions extended to penses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June lands of former. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for Vol. 28, p. 422. Other purposes," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the Act amendatory Vol. 29, p. 484. thereof, approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, respectively, be, and are hereby, extended over and shall apply to the desert lands included within the limits of the former Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation, in Wyoming, not included in any forest reservation: Provided, That before a patent shall issue for any of the lands aforesaid under the terms of the said Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and amendments thereto, the State of Wyoming shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for Use of receipts, the lands so patented, and the money so paid shall be subject to the provisions of "An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June Vol. 88, p. 1018. thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes," approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and two. Payment by Post, p. 860. Lands excluded. Fort Bridger Military Reservation, Wyo. Carey Act That no lands shall be included in any tract to be segregated under the provisions of this Act on which the United States has valuable improvements or which have been reserved for Indian schools or farm uses or for other purposes. WYOMING Cross Reference: See "Idaho and Wyoming" and "Utah and Wyoming," ante. An Act Extending the provisions of section four of the Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and acts amendatory thereto, to the Fort Bridger abandoned military reservation in Wyoming Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section four of the Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and Acts amendatory thereto, be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the lands in the former Vol. 28, p. 422. Fort Bridger Military Reservation in Uinta County, Wyoming. applicable to lands of. Approved, February 16, 1911 (36 Stat. 913). COLOR OF TITLE AND PREFERENCE Cross references: See subtitles "Private Claims within Indian COLOR OF TITLE An Act For the benefit of occupying claimants Dispossessed octo have remedies Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rperesentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when an occupant of land, having color of cupants of lands title, in good faith has made valuable improvements in certain cases. thereon, and is, in the proper action, found not to be the rightful owner thereof, such occupant shall be entitled in the Federal courts to all the rights and remedies, and, upon instituting the proper proceedings, such relief as may be given or secured to him by the statutes of the State or Territory where the land lies, although the title of the plaintiff in the action may have been granted by the United States after said improvements were so made. Approved, June 1, 1874 (18 Stat. 50, U. S. C., title 28, sec. 728). An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for lands held under color of title Public lands. acres of, to citi years under color Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Patent for 160 assembled, That whenever it shall be shown to the satis- zen holder for 20 faction of the Secretary of the Interior that a tract of of title. public land, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, has been held in good faith and in peaceful, adverse, possession by a citizen of the United States, his ancestors or grantors, for more than twenty years under claim or color of title, and that valuable improvements have been placed on such land, or some part thereof has been reduced to cultivation, the Secretary may, in his discretion, upon the payment of not less than $1.25 per acre, cause a patent to issue for such land to any such citizen: Pro- Provisos. vided, That where the area so held is in excess of one Determination, if hundred and sixty acres the Secretary may determine area in excess, what particular subdivisions, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, may be patented hereunder: Provided Minerals refurther, That coal and all other minerals contained therein are hereby reserved to the United States; that served, etc. said coal and other minerals shall be subject to sale or disposal by the United States under applicable leasing and mineral land laws, and permittees, lessees, or grantees of the United States shall have the right to enter upon said lands for the purpose of prospecting for Consideration of and mining such deposits: And provided further, That no patent shall issue under the provisions of this Act for any tract to which there is a conflicting claim adverse to that of the applicant, unless and until such claim shall have been finally adjudicated in favor of such applicant. (U. S. C., 3d supp., title 43, sec. 1068.) adverse claims. Appraisal, etc., of lands on applica thereof. SEC. 2. That upon the filing of an application to purtion for purchase chase any lands subject to the operation of this Act, together with the required proof, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the lands described in said application to be appraised, said appraisal to be on the basis of the value of such lands at the date of appraisal, exclusive of any increased value resulting from the development or improvement of the lands by the applicant or his predecessors in interest, and in such appraisal the Secretary shall consider and give full effect to the equities of any such applicant. (U. S. C., 3d supp., title 43, sec. 1068a.) Public lands. Patents may be issued to holders of title, etc., for more than 20 years, in Michi gan. Approved, December 22, 1928 (45 Stat. 1069). MICHIGAN An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for lands held under color of title Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asscmbled, That if within five years after passage of this Act it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that a tract or tracts of public land in the State of Michigan, not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred and sixty acres, has or have been held in good faith and in peaceable, adverse possession by a citizen of the United States, his ancestors or grantors, for more than twenty years prior to the approval of this Act under claim or color of title, and that valuable improvements have been placed on such land or some part thereof has been reduced to cultivation, the Secretary may, in his discretion, upon the payment of $1.25 per acre, cause a patent or patents to issue for such land to any such citizen: Provided, That the term "citizen," as used herein, shall be held to include a corporation organized cluded as citizen. under the laws of the United States or any State or Territory thereof. Payment required. Proviso. Corporation in Approved, February 16, 1929 (45 Stat. 1188). NEW MEXICO An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for lands held under color of title by adverse pos than 20 years, to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as- Public lands. sembled, That whenever it shall be shown to the satis- Patents to citifaction of the Secretary of the Interior that a tract or zens holding title tracts of public land, not known to be mineral, in the session for more State of New Mexico, not exceeding in the aggregate one lands in Mexico. hundred and sixty acres, has or have been held in good faith and in peaceful, adverse possession by a citizen of the United States, his ancestors or grantors, for more than twenty years under claim or color of title, and that valuable improvements have been placed on such land, or some part thereof has been reduced to cultivation, the Secretary may, in his discretion, upon the payment of $1.25 per acre, cause a patent or patents to issue for such Payment. land to any such citizen: Provided, That where the area. or areas so held by any such citizen is in excess of one Area limited to hundred and sixty acres the Secretary may determine 160 acres. what particular subdivisions, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres in the aggregate, to any such citizen may Provisos. be patented hereunder: Provided further, That the term Corporation in"citizen" as used herein shall be held to include a cor- cluded as citizen. poration organized under the laws of the United States or any State or Territory thereof. Approved, June 8, 1926 (44 Stat. 709, U. S. C., 3d supp., title 43, sec. 177). REFUGIO COLONY GRANT, NEW MEXICO Cross reference: See "Private Land and Small Holding Claims." An Act To quiet title to certain land in Dona Ana County, New Mexico N. Mex. excluded from grant. stead patents. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as- Dona Ana County, sembled, That in all cases where persons have made a claim or claims to land in Dona Ana County, New Mex- Settlers on lands ico, by virtue or under color or bona fide claim of right Refugio Colony or title derived from the Mexican land grant, known as the Refugio Colony grant, in said county, and which Allowed homegrant was confirmed by the final decree of the Court of Private Land Claims, rendered in nineteen hundred and two, and where such person or persons in good faith and for a valuable consideration have purchased such lands and occupied and improved the same prior to the rendition of said decree, in the bona fide belief that said lands were embraced in and a part of said grant and which lands were excluded therefrom by the final survey of said grant ordered by said court, and where said persons, their assigns, and successors in interest have used, improved, |