Colorado, desert lands in former

expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes," and the amendments thereto be, and the same are hereby, extended to the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, and that said Territories upon complying with the provisions of said act shall be entitled to have and receive all of the benefits therein conferred upon the States.

SEC. 2. That this act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.

Approved, February 18, 1909 (35 Stat., 638).

An Act To provide for the granting and patenting to the State of Colorado desert lands within the former Ute Indian Reservation in said State.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Ute Indian Reser- of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That vation granted to. the provision of section four of "An act making appropriation for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the amendments thereof, approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and March third, nineteen hundred and one, respectively, be, and are hereby, extended over and shall apply to the desert lands within the limits of all that portion of the former Ute Indian Reservation, not included in any national forest, in the State of Colorado, described and embraced in the act entitled "An act relating to lands in Colorado lately occupied by the Uncompahgre and White River Ute Indians," approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two: Provided, That before a patent shall issue for any of the lands aforesaid under the terms of the act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninetyfour, and amendments thereto, the State of Colorado shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the sum Price per acre. of $1.25 per acre for the lands so patented, and the money so paid shall be subject to the provisions of section three of the act of June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An act to accept and ratify the agreements submitted by the confederated bands of Ute Indians in Colorado for the sale of their reservation in said State, and for other purposes, and to make the necessary appropriation for carrying out same.

Restriction.

SEC. 2. That no lands shall be included in any tract to be segregated under the provisions of this act on which the United States Government has valuable improvements, or which have been reserved for any Indian schools or farm purposes.

Approved, February 24, 1909 (35 Stat., 644).

An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to make temporary withdrawals of public lands for certain purposes.

withdrawals

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Temporary of the United States of America in Congress assembled, applications unThat to aid in carrying out the purposes of section four der "Carey Act." of the act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes," it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior, upon application by the proper officer of any State or Territory to which said section applies, to withdraw temporarily from settlement or entry areas embracing lands for which the State or Territory proposes to make application under said section, pending the investigation and survey preliminary to the filing of the maps and plats and application for segregation by the State or Territory: Provided, That if the State or Territory shall not present its application for segregation and maps and plats within one year after such temporary withdrawal the lands so withdrawn shall be restored to entry as though such withdrawal had not been made. Approved, March 15, 1910 (36 Stat., 237).

Extract from the Indian appropriation act, approved April 4, 1910 (36 Stat., 285).

vation.

visions extended

SEC. 23. * * * That the provisions of section four Uintah Reser of "An act making appropriations for sundry civil ex-Carey Act propenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June to lands of former. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the act amendatory thereof, approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninetysix, respectively, be, and are hereby, extended over and shall apply to the desert lands included within the limits of the former Uintah Indian Reservation, in Utah, not included in any forest reservation: Provided, That before a patent shall issue for any of the lands aforesaid under Payment the terms of the said act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and amendments thereto, the State of Utah shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the sum of $1.25 per acre for the lands

State

by

so patented, and the money so paid shall be subject to Use of receipts. the provision of "An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes,' approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and two.

That no lands shall be included in any tract to be seg- ed. regated under the provisions of this act on which the United States has valuable improvements or which have

Lands exclud

ervation.

visions extended

been reserved for Indian schools or farm uses or for

other purposes.

Shoshone Res- SEC. 27. * * * That the provisions of section four Carey Act pro- of "An act making appropriations for sundry civil exto lands of former. penses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the act amendatory thereof, approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, respectively, be, and are hereby, extended over and shall apply to the desert lands included within the limits of the former Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation, in Wyoming, not included in any forest reservation: Provided, That before a patent shall issue for any of the lands aforesaid under the terms of the said act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and amendments thereto, the State of WyoPayment by ming shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the sum of $1.25 per acre for the lands so patented, and the money so paid shall be subject to the provision of Use of receipts. "An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes," approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and two.

State.

Lands excluded.

Fort Bridger Military Reservation, Wyo.

plicable to

of.

That no lands shall be included in any tract to be segregated under the provisions of this act on which the United States has valuable improvements or which have been reserved for Indian schools or farm uses or for other purposes.

An Act Extending the provisions of section four of the act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and acts amendatory thereto, to the Fort Bridger abandoned military reservation in Wyoming.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, licable to lands That the provisions of section four of the act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and acts amendatory thereto, be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the lands in the former Fort Bridger Military Reservation in Uinta County, Wyoming. Approved, February 16, 1911 (36 Stat., 913).

Nevada.
Additional

Extract from the sundry civil appropriation act, approved March 4, 1911 (36 Stat., 1417).

An additional one million acres of arid lands within grant of desert the State of Nevada is hereby made available and sublands under Carey Act. ject to the terms of section four of an act of Congress entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for

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other purposes," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and by amendments therto, and the State of Nevada is allowed under the provisions of said acts said additional area, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes and under the provisions of said acts.

Joint Resolution Providing for additional lands for Colorado under the provisions of the Carey Act.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an additional one million acres of arid lands within the State of Colorado be made available and subject to the terms of section four of an act of Congress entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and by amendments thereto, and that the State of Colorado be allowed, under the provisions of said acts, said additional area, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes and under the provisions of said acts.

Approved, August 21, 1911 (37 Stat., 38).

Colorado. grant of arid lands

Additional

under Carey Act.

Copies of records, etc., of Gen

2 8., 717.

CERTIFIED COPIES OF RECORDS.

Revised Statutes.-Secs. 891, 2469, 2470-Exemplification of records and use of such copies as evidence.

Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 497)-Cost of copies and admissibility of same in evidence.

UNITED STATES REVISED STATUTES.

SEC. 891. Copies of any records, books, or papers in the eral Land Onice. General Land Office, authenticated by the seal and cerApr. 25, 1812, tified by the Commissioner thereof, or, when his office is vacant, by the principal clerk, shall be evidence equally with the originals thereof. And literal exemplifications of any such records shall be held, when so introduced in evidence, to be of the same validity as if the names of the officers signing and countersigning the same had been fully inserted in such record.

Copies of records, etc., to be

July 4, 1836, 5

SEC. 2469. The Commissioner of the General Land certified. Office shall cause to be prepared, and shall certify, under 8., 111: Mar. 13, the seal of the office, such copies of records, books, and 3, 1875, 18 S., 481. papers on file in his office, as may be applied for, to be used in evidence in courts of justice.

1874,18 S., 21; Mar.

tions valid with

cers signing and

Exemplifica- SEC. 2470. Literal exemplifications of any records out names of offi- which have been or may be granted in virtue of the precountersigning. ceding section shall be deemed of the same validity in all Mar. 3, 1843, 5 proceedings, whether at law or in equity, wherein such exemplifications are adduced in evidence, as if the names of the officers signing and countersigning the same had been fully inserted in such record.

S., 627.

Interior Department, copies of nished.

ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED SUBSEQUENT TO THE

REVISED STATUTES.

An Act To make uniform charges for furnishing copies of records of the Department of the Interior and of its several bureaus.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives records to be fur- of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, the head of any bureau, office, or institution, or any officer of that department, may, when not prejudicial to the interests of the Government, furnish authenticated or unauthenticated copies of any official books, records, papers, documents, maps, plats, or diagrams within his custody, and charge Schedule of fees. therefor the following fees: For all written copies, at the rate of fifteen cents for each hundred words therein; for each photolithographic copy, twenty-five cents where such copies are authorized by law; for photographic