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Sec. 4. That no homestead settlements or entries shall be allowed 

 J D . i° ^^^^ portion of the Black Hills Forest Re- 

 loil^SS "c^te""*^" '^erve in Lawrence and Pennington counties, in 

 South Dakota, except to persons occupying 

 Actual settlers prior to lands therein prior to January first, nineteen 

 «pte57 '' ' "" hundred and six, and the provisions of this 

 act shall apply to the said counties in said re- 

 serve only so far as is necessary to give and perfect title of such 

 settlers or occupants to lands chiefly valuable for agriculture 

 therein occupied or claimed by them prior to the said date, and 

 all homestead entries under this act in said counties in said re- 

 serve shall be described by metes and bounds survey. 



Sec. 5. That nothing herein contained shall be held to author- 

 ize any future settlement on any lands within 



in^fteiSis'!^"" °'*°" ^°'^^^^ reserves until such lands have been 

 opened to settlement as provided in this act, 

 or to in any way impair the legal rights of any bona fide home- 

 stead settler who has or shall establish residence upon public lands 

 prior to their inclusion within a forest reserve. 



