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prior to the passage of this Act shall not be impaired: Provided^ 

 That selections heretofore made in lieu of lands relinquished to the 

 United States may be perfected and patents issue therefor the same 

 as though this Act had not been passed, and if for any reason not 

 the fault of the party making the same any pending selection is held 

 invalid another selection for a like quantity of land may be made in 

 lieu thereof. 



Act March 3, 1905, c. 1495, 33 Stat. 1264. 



The provlsious of act June 4, 1897. c. 2, as amendetl by act June 0, 

 1900, c. 804, mentioned and repealed by this act, are set forth on p. 9oi 

 ante, and the provisions of act March 3, 1901, c. 831, also mentioned and 

 repealed by this act, are set forth above. 



ACT JUNE 25, 1910, c. 421. An act to authorize the President of the United 

 States to make withdrawals of public lands in certain cases. (36 Stat. &47.) 



Withdrawals from settlement, etc., and entry, and reservation of public lands 

 for water-power sites, irrigation, classification, and other public purposes. 



That the President may, at any time in his discretion, temporarily 

 withdraw from settlement, location, sale, or entry any of the public 

 lands of the United States including the District of Alaska and re- 

 serve the same for water-power sites, irrigation, classification of 

 lands, or other public purposes to be specified in the orders of with- 

 drawals, and such withdrawals or reservations shall remain in force 

 until revoked by him or by an Act of Congress. 



Act June 25, 1910, c. 421, s. 1, 36 Stat. 847. 



Lands withdrawn open to exploration, etc., and occupation under mining laws; 

 rights of claimants of ore or gas-bearing lands; lands embraced in home- 

 stead, etc., entries excepted from act; establishment of, or additions to, 

 forest reserves in certain States restricted. 



Sec. 2. That all lands withdrawn under the provisions of this Act 

 shall at all times be open to exploration, discovery, occupation, and 

 purchase under the mining laws of the United States, so far as the 

 same apply to metalliferous minerals: Provided^ That the rights 

 of any person who, at the date of any order of withdraAval heretofore 

 or hereafter made, is a bona fide occupant or claimant of oil or gas 

 bearing lands and who, at such date, is in the diligent prosecution of 

 work leading to the discovery of oil or gas, shall not be affected or 

 impaired by such order so long as such occupant or claimant shall 

 continue in diligent prosecution of said work: Prooided further^ That 

 this Act shall not be construed as a recognition, abridgment, or en- 

 largement of any asserted rights or claims initiated upon any oil or 

 gas bearing lands after any withdrawal of such lands made prior to 

 June twentv-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten: And provided further, 

 That there 'shall be excepted from the force and effect of any with- 

 drawal made under the provisions of this Act all lands which are, 

 on the date of such withdrawal, embraced in any lawful homestead 

 or desert-land entry theretofore made, or upon which any valid settle- 

 ment has been made and is at said date being maintained and per- 

 fected pursuant to law ; but the terms of this proviso shall not con- 

 tinue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman 

 or settler shall continue to comply with the law under which the entry 

 or settlement was made: And provided further. That hereafter no 

 forest reserve shall be created, nor shall any additions be made to ono 



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