Public Law 62–28

That all persons who have

Public lands.

Homestead settlers in certain districts granted leaves of absence.

heretofore made homestead entries in the Lemmon, Timber Lake, Rapid City, Chamberlain, Belle Fourche, Gregory, and Pierre land districts in the State of South Dakota; in the Denver, Pueblo, Sterling, Hugo, Lamar, and Glenwood Springs land districts, in the State of Colorado; in the Valentine, O’Neill, North Platte, Broken Bow, and Alliance land districts, in the State of Nebraska; in the Lawton, Woodward, and Guthrie land districts, in the State of Oklahoma; in the Dickinson, Minot, Williston, Devils Lake, and Bismarck land districts, in the State of North Dakota; in the Cheyenne, Evanston, Sundance, Buffalo, Lander, and Douglas land districts, in the State of Wyoming; in the Clayton, Fort Sumner, Las Cruces, Tucumcari, Roswell, and Santa Fe land districts, in the Territory of New Mexico; in the Phoenix land district, in the Territory of Arizona: in the former Spokane Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington; and in the Burns, Vale, La Grand, and The Dalles land districts, in the State of Oregon, are hereby relieved from the necessity of residence and cultivation upon their lands from the date of approval of this Act to April fifteenth, nineteen hundred and

Proviso.

Not deducted from full period.

twelve: Provided, That the time of actual absence during the period named shall not be deducted from the full time of residence required by law.