FORTY-THIBD CONGRESS. Sess. II. GH. 159, 160. 1875. 497 CHAP. 159.-An act approving the action taken by the Secretary of War under the · March 3, 1875. act approved July fifteenth eighteen hundred and seventy, and to provide for repay- 1--;- ment of certain moneys paid to oiii cers mustered out of the Army, as supemumersry, but subsequently re-appointed by the President. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqwecenuztive: of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the action heretofore taken Action of secreby the Secretary of War to cause the years pay and allowances granted ***7 °f ls?" "* *‘; by the act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, en- g§,°%*;§°' :m}f;g,.;’d titled “An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for out and r.,-,,}.- the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and p0lllt€d. for other purposes,” to such commissioned oiilcers of the Regular Army 1870, n. 294, s.3, as were, under the said act, mustered out of the service of the United V- 16· P- 317- States, to-be refunded when any of the said officers have been, or shall be, again commissioned in the Regular Army, is hereby approved. Sec. 2. That hereafter whenever any person, who was mustered out OWBYB m¤¤*€*· as a supernumerary officer of the Army with one years pay and allow- ffcQ:,§€*;S_“Q;’¤p,fr'Q';f zmces, in addition to the pay and allowances due him at the date of his appointed, to ,5. discharge, under the provisions of the act making appropriations `ibr fund the one year: the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth eighteen pw hundred and seventy-one and for other purpose , approved July fifteenth eighteen hundred and seventy, shall be re-appointed by the President, an officer of the Army, such appointment shall be under and with the express condition, that fifty per cent of such omcers pay shall be stopped M¤¤*mS’ S l 0 P· monthly, until the sum total of the extra years pay and allowances re- P“g°“· ceived by him, when mustered out as aforesaid, shall have been refunded to the- United States. Approved, March 3, 1875. _ CHAP. 160.-An not to provide for the sale of desert lands in Lassen County, Cali- March 3, 1875. omni. ——-—-— Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That it shall be lawful for any _ Declaration of citizen of the United States, or any person of requisite age who may be “{*S’“°‘f,“ "Q ,' °,{ entitled to become a citizen, and who has filed his declaration of inten- §’,,"‘T,“f;°§°¤:Ey tion to become such, to iile a declaration with the register and the c nisrsrnas; ny? receiver of the proper land district for the county of Lassen, California, whom maybe filedin which any desert land is situated, that he intends .to reclaim a tract of desert land situated in said county, not exceeding one section, by conducting; water upon the same, so as to reclaim all of said land within the period of two years thereafter; and said declaration shall be under Form and canoath and shall describe particularly said section of land, if surveyed, €€’“*“b°f d°°l’“`f; and, if unsurveyed, shall describe the sameas nearly as possible with- gym °w °“Pp°* ont a survey; which said declaration shall be supported by the a-Hidavit of at least two credible witnesses, establishing to the satisfaction of the register or receiver the fact that said lands are of the character described in this act. And at any time within the period of two years Right c f e¤try after Bling said declaration, and upon making satisfactory proof of the f·D§]f,°' '°°]“‘"’l”8 reclamation of said tract. of land in the manner aforesaid, before the ° register and the receiver of said land office, such person shall be entitled to enter or locate the reclaimed section, or any part thereof, in the same manner as in cases where public lands of the United States are _ Subject to entry, at a price not exceeding one dollar and twenty-tive P“°°' cents per acre, and shall receive a patent therefor. ` Sec. 2. That all lands within said county of Lassen, exclusive of tim- Desert MMS d¤· ber lands and of mineral lands, which do not produce grass, or which H“€d· will not, without such reclamation, produce some agricultural crop, shall be deemed desert lands within the meaning of this act. Approved, March 3, 1875. Vol. 18, pt. 3-32
