184 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 1393,1394. 1901. April 18, 1904. CHAP. 1393.-An Act To authorize the donation of a certain unused and obso- [H· R' Mlm'] lete gun now at Chickamauga Park, Georgia, to Phil Kearny Post of the GrandArmy [Public, No. 117.] of the Republic, at Nelsonville, Ohio. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRq»•esentah}ves of tbe United c.Pi]iiz.{fi··°;i1sg¤»iiii·i§ States ofAmemIca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Oigg- mm of Wk and he is hereby, authorized and directed to donate one six—pounder dBm1I1I3d cannon en. smoothbore bronze gun of three and seventh-eighths inches caliber, now at Chickamauga Park, Geo ia, which was issued to the Commis- _ _ sioners of the Chickamau andrglhattanooga National Military Park l"'· “’· "‘ 376* under the provisions of di; Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two (volume twenty-seven, Statutes at I Lar e, page three hundred and sevent -six), and is not now needed by _ the Uommission, to the Phil Kearny Post of the Grand Army of the §".§’"§`§,,,,,,,c to Rep1ublic,Nelsonville, Ohio: Provided, That the donation shall bemade Umm S“”· wit out expense to the United States. Approved, April 18, 1904. Avril 19. 1Q0i. CHAP. 1894.-An Act For the relief of certain settlers upon Wisconsin Central is- *7-1 imnwi me me military me land gms. Public, No. 11B. • · [ 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House gflfejyresentatives y` the United ,,*;‘1g§§s@'gc",;, mm States of America in Omtgress assemble , That all qualiiie homesteadcertain had anne ers who, under an order issued by the Land Department, bearing date §i,l,ZI;,Z{$gil;¤[:1;m October twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and taking “°" °“"i°*’· effect November second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, made settlement u n and improved an portion of an odd—numbered section within tb; conflicting limits ofy the grants made in aid of the construction of the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway and ` the Wisconsin Central Railroad, and were thereafter prevented from completing title to the land so settled upon and improved by reason of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case o Wisconsin Central Railroad Company against Fors the, One hundred and fifty-ninth b United States, page forty-six; andy all qualified homesteaders who made settlement upon and improved any portion of an odd-numbered section within the conflicting limits of the grants made in aid of the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad and The Dalles military wagon road, under orders issued by the Land Department treatin such lands as forfeited railroad lands, and were thereafter preventedg from completing title to the land so settled upon and improved by reason of the ecision of the Supreme Court in the case of ilcox a inst Eastern Oregon Land Company, One hundred and seventy-sixth%nited States, page fifty-one, shall, m making final proof upon homestead entries made for other lands, be given credit for the period of their bona tide _ residence upon and the amount of their improvements made on the {f{,'{}$',;,,,_ lands for w ich they were unable to complete title: Provided, That no such person shall be entitled to the benefits of this Act who shall fail to make entry within two years after the passafe of this Act: And R<¤¤¤ri¤¤¤¤· pmvidedfurt er, That this Act shall not be consi ered as entitlirég any mrson to make another homestead entry who shall have receiv the netits of the homestead law since being prevented, as aforesaid, from couipleting title to the lands as aforesa1d settled upon and improved by im. Approved, April 19, 1904.
