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circulation published in the county in which the lands are situated: 

 Provided, That any settler actually occupying and in good faith 

 claiming such lands for agricultural purposes prior to January first, 

 nineteen hundred and six, and who shall not have abandoned the 

 same, and the person, if qualified to make a homestead entry, upon 

 whose application the land proposed to be entered was examined and 

 listed, shall each in the order named, have a preference right of set- 

 tlement and entry : Provided further, That any entryman desiring to 

 obtain patent to any lands described by metes and bounds entered by 

 him under the provisions of this act shall, within five years of the 

 date of making settlement, file, with the required proof of residence 

 and cultivation, a plat and field notes of the lands entered, made by 

 or under the direction of the United States surveyor general, show- 

 ing accurately the boundaries of such lands, which shall be distinctly 

 marked by monuments on the ground, and by posting a copy of such 

 plat, together with a notice of the time and place of offering proof, in 

 a conspicuous place on the land embraced in such plat during the 

 period prescribed by law for the publication of his notice of intention 

 to offer proof, and that a copy of such plat and field notes shall also 

 be kept posted in the office of the register of the land office for the land 

 district in which such lands are situated for a like period; and fur- 

 ther, that any agricultural lands within forest reserves may, at the 

 discretion of the Secretary, be surveyed by metes and bounds, and that 

 no lands entered under the provisions of this act shall be patented 

 under the commutation provisions of the homestead laws, but set- 

 tlers, upon final proof, shall have credit for the period of their actual 

 residence upon the lands covered by their entries. 



Settlement forbidden. 



Sec. 5. That nothing herein contained shall be held to authorize 

 any future settlement on any lands within forest 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 homestead settler 

 who has or shall establish residence upon public lands prior to their 

 inclusion within a forest reserve. 



Segregation of agricultural lands. 



Act of August 10, 1912 (37 Stat. 287) ; sec. 512, title 16, U. S. C. 



That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed and required 

 to select, classify, and segregate, as soon as practicable, all lands 

 within the boundaries of national forests that may be opened to 

 settlement and entry under the homestead laws applicable to the 

 national forests. 



Permits for summer homes, hotels, stores, etc. 



Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1101) ; sec. 497, title 16, U. S. C. 



That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may, upon such terms 

 as he may deem proper, for periods not exceeding thirty years, per- 

 mit responsible persons or associations to use and occupy suitable 



