Private Law 67–354

That the Northern Pacific Railway Company, upon its filing with the Secretary of the Interior a proper relinquishment disclaiming in favor of the United States all title and interest in or to the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, section eleven, township fifty-three north, range twenty-three west, fourth principal meridian, in the Duluth, Minnesota, land district, under its indemnity selection, list numbered five hundred and fifty-one, embracing said tract, shall be entitled to select and receive a patent for other vacant, unreserved, nonmineral public lands of an equal area situate within any State into which the company’s grant extends; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to permit, after the filing of such relinquishment by said railway company, the homestead entry of Israel Butts to remain intact as though said entry had been properly allowed, accept the proof offered, and duly issue patent thereon.