The following words only: "And provided further: That where soldier's additional homestead entries have been made or initiated upon certificate of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the right to make such entry, and there is no adverse claimant, and such certificate is found erroneous or invalid for any cause, the purchaser thereunder, on making proof of such purchase, may perfect his title by payment of the Government price for the land: but no person shall be permitted to acquire more than one hundred and sixty acres of public land through the location of any such certificate." REPEAL OF LAWS RELATED TO DISPOSAL SEC. 703. (a) Effective on and after the tenth anniversary of The following words only: "Provided, That the President is hereby authorized by proclamation to withhold SEC. 704. (a) Effective on and after the date of approval of this Only the following portion under the section headed U.S. Geological Survey: The last sentence of the para- Mar. 3, 1891 561 24 26: 1103 16 U.S.C. 471. Only that portion of the first sentence of the second paragraph beginning with "and the Secretary of the Inte- Only the words "withdraw from public entry any lands needed for townsite purposes", and also after the word Only that portion which authorizes the President to withdraw, locate, and dispose of lands for townsites. Only the words "and to withdraw public lands from entry or other disposition under the public land laws." 8 70: 110 Only the words "and to withdraw public lands from entry or other disposition under the public land laws." (b) [Omitted-Amendment] REPEAL OF LAW RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC LANDS SEC. 705. (a) Effective on and after the date of approval of this REPEAL OF LAWS RELATING TO RIGHTS-OF-WAY SEC. 706. (a) Effective on and after the date of approval of this Act, R.S. 2477 (43 U.S.C. 932) is repealed in its entirety and the following statutes or parts of statutes are repealed insofar as they apply to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System: The following words only: "and the right-of-way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purpose herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed: but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damages shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage." Revised Statutes 2340 661. The following words only: ", or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights." The following words only: "that in the form provided by existing law the Secretary of the Interior may file and approve surveys and plots of any right-of-way for a wagon road, railroad, or other highway over and across any forest reservation or reservoirs site when in his judgment the public interests will not be injuriously affected thereby." Only the last two paragraphs under the subheading "Improvement of the National Forests" under the healing "Forest Service." 40 U.S.C. 319319c. |