140 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ACT JULY 3, 1912, c. 195. An act excepting certain lands in Lawrence and 

 Pennington Counties, South Dakota, from the operation of the provisions 

 of section four of an act approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and 

 six, entitled "An act to provide for the enti'y of agricultural lands within 

 forest reserves." (37 Stat. 188.) 



Certain townships in Black Hills Forest Keserve excepted from provisions re- 

 stricting homestead settlements or entries therein. 



That the following-described townships in the Black Hills Forest 

 Reserve, South Dakota, to wit: Township three north, one east, and 

 so much of townships two north, one east, and two north, two east, 

 as are within Lawrence County, and township one north, three east, 

 in Pennington County, Black Hills meridian, are hereby excepted 

 from the ojDcration of the provisions of .section four of an Act entitled 

 "An Act to provide for the entry of agricultural lands within forest 

 reserves," approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six. The 

 lands within the said townships to remain subject to all other pro- 

 visions of said Act. 



Act July 3, 1912, c. 195, 37 Stat. 188. 



Act June 11, 1906, c. 3074, s. 4, mentioned in this act, is set forth on 

 p. 139, ante. 



ACT MARCH 15, 1906, c. 950. An act to extend the provisions of the home- 

 stead laws to certain lands in the Yellowstone Forest Reserve. (34 

 Stat. G2.) 



Homestead laws extended to certain lands in Yellowstone Forest Reserve; com- 

 mutation provisions not to apply; rights of prior settlers revived. 



That the general provisions of the homestead laws of the United 

 States be, and the same are hereb}'', extended to and over the surveyed 

 lands in townships forty-eight, forty-nine, and fifty, and ranges one 

 hundred and five and one hundred and six, within the Yellowstone 

 Forest Reserve, and the said lands shall be subject to entry ninety 

 daj's after the passage of this Act, within which ninety-day period 

 the Secretary of Agriculture may set aside such portions of said 

 lands as were not occupied by a bona fide settler January first, nine- 

 teen hundred and six, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred 

 and sixty acres, as may be necessary for forest reserve administrative 

 purposes, which lands so set aside shall not be subject to settlement 

 entry or location during the life of the forest reserve: Provided, 

 That the commutation clau.se of the homestead laws shall not apply 

 to the said lands, and any bona fide settler who made settlement on 

 said lands prior to January fir.st, nineteen hundred and six. and who 

 had prior to that time lost or exercised his homestead right, may 

 enter and perfect title to the lands settled upon by him as though 

 his homestead right had not been lost or exerci-sed, upon the payment 

 of the sum of one dollai- and twenty-five cents per acre for the land 

 included in his entry at the time of making final proof. 



Act March 15, 1906, c. 950. 34 Stat. 62. 



r.t^iiornl iirovisions for opening to homestead entry agricultural lands 

 within forest reserves are contained in act June 11, 190G, o. 3074, set forth 

 on p. 139, ante. 



ACT MARCH 3. 1911, c. 225. An net providing for the validation of certain 

 honiostead entries. (3(; Stat. 10.84.) 



Reinstatement of homestead entries canceled or relinquished because of errone- 

 ous allowance after withdrawal of lands for national forest purposes. 



That all homestead entries Avhich have been canceled or relin- 

 quished, or are invalid solely because of the erroneous allowance of 



