and be subject to all the duties and liabilities to taxation of other citizeus of the United States. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive such chiefs, warriors, or heads of families of annuities to which they are or may be entitled. * PUBLIC SALES AND PRIVATE ENTRIES. SEC. 2353. All the public lands, the sale of which is authorized by law, shall, when offered at public sale to the highest bidder, be offered in half quarter-sections. SEC. 2354. All the public lands, when offered at private sale, may be purchased at the option of the purchaser in entire sections, halfsections, quarter-sections, half quarter-sections, or quarter quartersections. SEC. 2355. Every person making application at any of the land offices of the United States for the purchase at private sale of a tract of land shall produce to the register a memorandum in writing, describing the tract, which he shall enter by the proper number of the section, halfsection, quarter-section, half quarter-section, or quarter quarter-section, as the case may be, and of the township and range, subscribing his name thereto, which memorandum the register shall file and preserve in his office. SEC. 2357. The price at which the public lands are offered for sale shall be one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre; and at every public sale, the highest bidder who makes payment as provided in the preceding section shall be the purchaser; but no land shall be sold, either at public or private sale, for a less price than one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre; and all the public lands which are hereafter offered at public sale according to law, and remain unsold at the close of such public sales, shall be subject to be sold at private sale, by entry at the land office, at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, to be paid at the time of making such entry: Provided, That the price to be paid for alternate reserved lands along the line of railroads within the limits granted by any act of Congress shall be two dollars and fifty cents per acre. [The first section of the act of March 2, 1889 (page 187), enacts that from and after the passage of that act "no public lands of the United States, except those in the State of Missouri, shall be subject to private entry."] SEC. 2358. Whenever the President is authorized to cause the public lands in any land district to be offered for sale, he may offer for sale, at first, only a part of the lands contained in such district, and at any subsequent time or times he may offer for sale in the same manner any other part, or the remainder of the land contained in the same. SEC. 2359. The public lands which are exposed to public sale by order of the President shall be advertised for a period of not less than three nor more than six months prior to the day of sale, unless otherwise specially provided. SEC. 2360. The public sales of lands shall, respectively, be kept open for two weeks, and no longer, unless otherwise specially provided by law. [Section 9 of the act of March 3, 1891, (page 224) enacts— That hereafter no public lands of the United States, except abandoned military or other reservations, isolated and disconnected fractional tracts authorized to be sold by section twenty-four hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes, and mineral and other lands the sale of which at public auction has been authorized by acts of Congress of a special nature having local application, shall be sold at public sale.] REPAYMENTS. * Purchase money refunded firmed. SEC. 2362. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, upon proof being made, to his satisfaction, that where sale can not be conany tract of land has been erroneously sold by the 12 Jan., 1865, c. 5, v. 4, p. United States, so that from any cause the sale can not 1, v. 11, p. 387. 80. 28 Feb., 1859, c. 64, s. Refunding in certain cases: 28 Feb., 1859, c. 64, s. 2, v. how done. be confirmed, to repay to the purchaser, or to his legal representatives or assignees, the sum of money which was paid therefor, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.' SEC. 2363. Where any tract of land has been erroneously sold, as described in the preceding section, and the money which was paid for the same has been in- 11, p. 388. vested in any stocks held in trust, or has been paid into the Treasury to the credit of any trust fund, it is lawful, by the sale of such portion of the stocks as may be necessary for the purpose, or out of such trust-fund, to repay the purchase-money to the parties entitled thereto. * * DEPOSITS FOR SPECIAL SURVEYS. SEC. 2401.2 When the settlers in any township, not mineral or reserved by Government, desire a survey made of the same, under the authority of the surveyor-general, and file an application therefor in writing, and deposit in a proper United States depository, to the credit of the United States, a sum sufficient to pay for such survey, together with all expenditures incident thereto, without cost or claim for indemnity on the United States, it may be lawful for the surveyor-general, under such instructions as may be given him by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and in accordance with law, to survey such township and make return thereof to the general and proper local land office, provided the township so proposed to be surveyed is within the range of the regular progress of the public surveys embraced by existing standard lines or bases for the township and subdivisional surveys. SEC. 2402. The deposit of money in a proper United States depository, under the provisions of the preceding section, shall be deemed an appropriation of the sums so deposited for the objects contemplated by that section, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to cause the sums so deposited to be placed to the credit of the proper appropriations for the surveying service; but any excesses in such sums over and above the actual costs of the surveys, comprising all expenses incident thereto, for which they were severally deposited, shall be repaid to the depositors respectively. SEC. 2403.3 (As amended by act of March 3, 1879.) Where settlers make deposits in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-four hundred and one, the amount so deposited shall go in part payment for their lands situated in the townships, the surveying of which is paid for out of such deposits; or the certificates issued for such deposits may be assigned by indorsement and be received in payment for any public lands of the United States entered by settlers under the pre-emption and homestead laws of the United States, and not otherwise. [Provided, That no certificate issued for a deposit of money for the survey 1 Amended by act of June 16, 1880 (21 Stat., 287; Appendix No. 21). 2 Sections 2401 and 2403, amended by act of August 20, 1894; 28 Stat., 423. See pages 97 and 233 of this circular. 3Sections 2401 and 2403, amended by act of August 20, 1894; 28 Stat., 423. See pages 97 and 233, of this circular. of lands shall be received in payment for lands except at the land office in which the lands surveyed for which the deposit was made are subject to entry, and not elsewhere; but this section shall not be held to impair, prejudice, or affect in any manner certificates issued or deposits and contracts made under the provisions of said act prior to the pas sage of this act.]1 Military bounty-land war able. rants and locations assign22 Mar., 1852, c. 19, 8.1, : 10, p. 3; 3 June, 1858, c. 84, s. 2, v. 11, p. 309. MILITARY BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS. SEC. 2414. All warrants for military bounty lands which have been or may hereafter be issued under any law of the United States, and all valid locations of the same which have been or may hereafter be made, are declared to be assignable by deed or instrument of writing, made and executed according to such form and pursuant to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, so as to vest the assignee with all the rights of the original owner of the warrant or location. Warrants located at $1.25, excess paid in cash. 22 Mar., 1852; c. 19, s. 1, v. 10, p. 3. SEC. 2415. The warrants which have been or may hereafter be issued in pursuance of law may be located according to the legal subdivisions of the public lands in one body upon any lands of the United States subject to private entry at the time of such location at the minimum price. When such warrant is located on lands which are subject to entry at a greater minimum than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the locator shall pay to the United States in cash the difference between the value of such warrants at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre and the tract of land located on. But where such tract is rated at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and does not exceed the area specified in the warrant, it must be taken in full satisfaction thereof. SEC. 2437. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secre tary of the Interior, to cause to be located, free of expense, any warrant which the holder may transmit to the General Land Office for that purpose, in such State or land district as the holder or warrantee may designate, and upon good farming land, so far as the same can be ascer tained from the maps, plats, and field notes of the surveyor, or from any other information in the possession of the local office, and, upon the location being made, the Secretary shall cause a patent to be transmitted to such warrantee or holder. * Cases of "suspended en BOARD OF EQUITABLE ADJUDICATION. SEC. 2450. The Commissioner of the General Land tries of public lands" and Office is authorized to decide upon principles of equity and justice, as recognized in courts of equity, and in ac 66 suspended 3 Aug., 1846, c. 78, s. 1, v. 9, P. 51. s. 1, v. 10, p. 258. 16 June, 3 Mar., 1853, c. 152, cordance with regulations to be settled by the Secretary 1856, c. 47, v. 11, p. 22. of the Treasury] [Interior (see act February 27, 1877)], the Attorney-General, and the Commissioner, conjointly, consistently with such principles, all cases of suspended entries of public lands and of suspended preemption land claims, and to adjudge in what cases patents shall issue upon the same. The portion within brackets is an amendment added by act of August 7, 1882 (22 Stat., 327; Appendix No. 24, p. 181). SEC. 2451. Every such adjudication shall be approved Adjudications under above: 3 Aug., 1846, c. 78, s. 1, v. 9, by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney-Gen- how approved eral, acting as a board; and shall operate only to divest p.51. the United States of the title of the lands embraced thereby, without prejudice to the rights of conflicting claimants. Report of adjudications un 3 Aug., 1846, c. 78, s. 2, v. 9. p. 51. SEC. 2452. The Commissioner is directed to report to Congress at the first session after any such adjudications de preceding sections. have been made a list of the same under the classes prescribed by law, with a statement of the principles upon which each class was determined. 3 Aug., 1846, c. 78, s. 3, v. 9, SEC. 2453. The Commissioner shall arrange his deci- Decisions to be arranged sions into two classes; the first class to embrace all such into classes. cases of equity as may be finally confirmed by the board, P. 51. and the second class to embrace all such cases as the board reject and decide to be invalid. SEC. 2454. For all lands covered by claims which are placed in the first class, patents shall issue to the claimants; and all lands embraced by claims placed in the second class shall ipso facto revert to, and become part of, the public domain. in Patents to issue for lands the first class, and lands in second class to revert to the United States. 3 Aug., 1846, c. 78, s. 4, v. 9, 51. Commissioner to order into 3 Aug.,1846, c. 78, s. 5, v. 9, SEC. 2455. It may be lawful for the Commissioner of the General Land Office to order into market, after due market lands of second class. notice, without the formality and expense of a proclama- P. 51. tion of the President, all lands of the second class, though heretofore unproclaimed and unoffered, and such other isolated or disconnected tracts or parcels of unoffered lands which, in his judgment, it would be proper to expose to sale in like manner. But public notice of at least thirty days shall be given by the land officers of the district in which such lands may be situated, pursuant to the directions of the Commissioner. Patents surrendered cases. and 3 Mar., 1853, c. 152, s. 2, v. 10, p. 258. SEC. 2456. Where patents have been already issued on entries which are confirmed by the officers who are new ones issued in certain constituted the board of adjudication, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon the canceling of the outstanding patent, is authorized to issue a new patent, on such confirmation, to the person who made the entry, his heirs or assigns. 26 June, 1856, c. 47, v. 11, SEC. 2457. The preceding provisions, from section Extent of foregoing protwenty-four hundred and fifty to section twenty-four visions. hundred and fifty-six, inclusive, shall be applicable to P. 22. all cases of suspended entries and locations, which have arisen in the General Land Office since the twenty-sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, as well as to all cases of a similar kind which may hereafter occur, embracing as well locations under bounty-land warrants as ordinary entries or sales, including homestead entries and preemption locations or cases; where the law has been substantially complied with, and the error or informality arose from ignorance, accident, or mistake which is satisfactorily explained; and where the rights of no other claimant or preempter are prejudiced, or where there is no adverse claim. [The rules and regulations of the board of equitable adjudication will be found printed hereinafter. See Appendix No. 85, p. 265.| 'Amended by act of February 26, 1895 (28 Stat., 687), Appendix No. 63, p. 238. 3073- -11 CERTIFIED COPIES. SEC. 2469. The Commissioner of the General Land Office shall cause to be prepared, and shall certify, under the seal of the office, such copies of records, books, and papers on file in his office as may be applied for, to be used in evidence in courts of justice. (See secs. 461 and 891.) SEC. 2470. Literal exemplifications of auy records which have been or may be granted in virtue of the preceding section shall be deemed of the same validity in all 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. (Secs. 461, 891.) Power of Commissioner of title. APPROPRIATE REGULATIONS. SEC. 2478. The Commissioner of the General Land Land Office to enforce this Office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Inte rior, is authorized to enforce and carry into execution, by appropriate regulations, every part of the provisions of this title not otherwise specially provided for. AN ACT to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where any oath, affirmation, or affidavit shall be made or taken before any register or receiver, or either or both of them, of any local land office in the United States or any Territory thereof, or where any oath, affirmation or affidavit shall be made or taken before any person authorized by the laws of any State or Territory of the United States to administer oaths or affirmations, or take affidavits, and such oaths, affirmations, or affidavits are made, used, or filed in any of said local land offices, or in the General Land Office, as well in cases arising under any or either of the orders, regulations, or instructions concerning any of the public lands of the United States, issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office or other proper officer of the Government of the United States, as under the laws of the United States, in anywise relating to or affecting any right, claim, or title, or any contest therefor, to any of the pub lic lands of the United States, and if any person or persons shall, taking such oath, affirmation, or affidavit, knowingly, willfully, or corruptly swear or affirm falsely, the same shall be deemed and taken to be perjury, and the person or persons guilty thereof shall, upon conviction, be liable to the punishment prescribed for that offense by the laws of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1857. (11 Stat., 250.) REVISED STATUTES, SEC. 5392. Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that |