thereof has been reduced to cultivation, the Secretary may, in his discretion, upon the payment of $1.25 per acre, cause a patent or patents to issue for such land to any such citizen: Provided, That where the area or areas so held by any such citizen is in excess of one hundred and sixty acres the Secretary may determine what particular subdivisions, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres in the aggregate, to any such citizen may be patented under this section: Provided further, That the term "citizen" as used in this section shall be held to include a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any State or Territory thereof. (June 8, 1926, ch. 501, 44 Stat. 709.) § 178. Same; lands contiguous to Spanish or Mexican land grants. Whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that a tract or tracts of public land, contiguous to a Spanish or Mexican land grant, in the State of New Mexico, not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred and sixty acres, has or have been held in good faith and in peaceful, adverse possession by a citizen of the United States, his ancestors or grantors, for more than twenty years under claim or color of title, and that valuable improvements have been placed on such land, or some part thereof has been reduced to cultivation, the Secretary may, in his discretion, upon the payment of $1.25 per acre, cause a patent or patents to issue for such land to any such citizens: Provided, That where the area or areas so held by any such citizen is in excess of one hundred and sixty acres the Secretary may determine what particular subdivisions, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres in the aggregate, to any such citizen may be patented hereunder: Provided further, That coal and all other minerals contained therein are reserved to the United States; that said coal and other minerals shall be subject to sale or disposal by the United States under applicable leasing and mineral land laws, and permittees, lessees, or grantees of the United States shall have the right to enter upon said lands for the purpose of prospecting for and mining such deposits: Provided further, That the term "citizen", as used in this section, shall be held to include a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any State or Territory thereof. (Feb. 23, 1932, ch. 52, 47 Stat. 53.) § 179. Free homesteads to settlers; rights; payments to Indians. commutation All settlers under the homestead laws of the United States upon the agricultural public lands, which were prior to May 17, 1900, opened to settlement, acquired prior to May 17, 1900, by treaty or agreement from the various Indian tribes, who have resided or shall reside upon the tract entered in good faith for the period required by existing law, shall be entitled to a patent for the land so entered upon the payment to the local land officers of the usual and customary fees, and no other or further charge of any kind whatsoever shall be required from such settler to entitle him to a patent for the land covered by his entry: Provided, That the right to commute any such entry and pay for said lands in the option of any such settler and in the time and at the prices fixed by existing laws on May 17, 1900, shall remain in full force and effect: Provided, however, That all sums of money so released which if not released would belong to any Indian tribe shall be paid to such Indian tribe, by the United States, and that in the event that the proceeds of the annual sales of the public lands shall not be sufficient to meet the payments provided for agricultural colleges and experimental stations by sections 321 to 326 and 328 of Title 7, for the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agricultural and mechanic arts, established under sections 301 to 305, 307, and 308 of Title 7, such deficiency shall be paid by the United States: And provided further, That no lands shall be herein included on which the United States Government had made valuable improvements, or lands that have been sold at public auction by said Government. (May 17, 1900, ch. 479, § 1, 31 Stat. 179.) SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 180, 187a of this title. § 180. Extension of right of settlers to commute entry. The provisions of section 173 of this title, allowing homestead settlers to commute their homestead entries are extended to all homestead settlers affected by or entitled to the benefits of the provisions of section 179 of this title: Provided, however, That in commuting such entries the entryman shall pay the price provided in the law under which original entry was made. (Jan. 26, 1901, ch. 180, 31 Stat. 740.) RIGHT OF PARTICULAR PERSONS TO MAKE ENTRY § 181. Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1029. Section, act June 5, 1900, ch. 716, §3, 31 Stat. 270, provided that a person making an entry which was lost or forfeited should be entitled to the benefits of the homestead laws as though the former entry had not been made. See section 182 of this title. § 182. Entry after forfeiture of prior entry without fault. Any person otherwise duly qualified to make entry or entries of public lands under the homestead or desert-land laws, who has prior to September 5, 1914, made or may thereafter make entry under said laws, and who, through no fault of his own, may have lost, forfeited, or abandoned the same, or who may lose, forfeit, or abandon same, shall be entitled to the benefits of the homestead or desert-land laws as though such former entry or entries had never been made: Provided, That such applicant shall show to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that the prior entry or entries were made in good faith, were lost, forfeited, or abandoned because of matters beyond his control, and that he has not speculated in his right nor committed a fraud or attempted fraud in connection with such prior entry or entries. (Sept. 5, 1914, ch. 294, 38 Stat. 712.) § 183. Minor veterans; serving in military establishment; relinquishment of entries. No person who has served, or may hereafter serve, for a period not less than fourteen days in the Army or Navy of the United States, either Regular or Volunteer, under the laws thereof, during the existence of an actual war, domestic or foreign, shall be deprived of the benefits of this chapter on account of not having attained the age of twenty-one years. Any person, under the age of twenty-one, who has served or shall hereafter serve in the Army of the United States during the emergency contemplated by the act of August 31, 1918, shall be entitled to the same rights under the homestead and other land and mineral entry laws, general or special, as those over twenty-one years of age now possess under said laws: Provided, That any requirements as to establishment of residence within a limited time shall be suspended as to entry by such person until six months after his discharge from military service: And provided further, That applications for entry may be verified before any officer in the United States, or any foreign country, authorized to administer oaths by the laws of the State or Territory in which the land may be situated. No relinquishment of any public-land entry made under and by authority of the preceding paragraph shall be valid or effective for any purpose unless executed after the entryman shall have actually resided upon and cultivated the land, in the case of a homestead entry, for at least six months, and in the case of an entry made under other than the homestead laws, after the entryman shall have complied with the provisions of the applicable law for at least one year. Any person, firm, or corporation soliciting or dealing with the relinquishment of such claim or entry prior to the completion of compliance with the applicable law and with this section, and who or which solicits, demands, or receives, or accepts any fee or compensation for locating, filing, or securing the claims or entries for persons entitled to the benefits of said paragraph shall, upon conviction, be fined not to exceed $1,000 or imprisoned for not exceeding two years, or both. (R. S. § 2300; Aug. 31, 1918, ch. 166, §8, 40 Stat. 957; Sept. 13, 1918, ch. 173, 40 Stat. 960.) DERIVATION Act May 20, 1862, ch. 75. § 6, 12 Stat. 393. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 173, 184, 191, 201, 211, 255, 271 of this title. § 184. No distinction on account of race or color. No distinction shall be made in the construction or execution of sections 161 to 164, 169, 171, 173, 175, 183, 184, 191, 201, 211, 239, 254, 255, 271, 272, 274, 277 and 278 of this title, on account of race or color. (R. S. § 2302.) DERIVATION Act June 21, 1866, ch. 127, § 1, 14 Stat. 67. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 173, 191, 201, 211, 255, 271 of this title. § 185. Preference right of entry of successful con testants. In all cases where any person has contested, paid the land-office fees, and procured the cancellation of any preemption, homestead or timber culture entry, he shall be notified by the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior of the land office of the district in which such land is situated of such cancellation, and shall be allowed thirty days from date of such notice to enter said lands: Provided, That should any such person who has initiated a contest die before the final termination of the same, said contest shall not abate by reason thereof, but his heirs who are citizens of the United States, may continue the prosecution under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and said heirs shall be entitled to the same rights under this section that contestant would have been if his dealth had not occurred. (May 14, 1880, ch. 89, § 2, 21 Stat. 141; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 4, 26 Stat. 1097; July 26, 1892, ch. 251, 27 Stat. 270; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of that Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3. §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Words "officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior" were substituted for "register" by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3. See note under former section 1 of this title. § 186. Preference right of entry of veterans; rules and regulations. For the period of ten years following February 14, 1930, on the opening of public or Indian lands to entry, or the restoration to entry of public lands theretofore withdrawn from entry, such opening or restoration shall, in the order therefor, provide for a period of not less than ninety days before the general opening of such lands to disposal in which officers, soldiers, sailors, or marines who have served in the Army or Navy of the United States in any war, military occupation, or military expedition and been honorably separated or discharged therefrom or placed in the Regular Army or Naval Reserve shall have a preferred right of entry under the homestead or desert-land laws, if qualified thereunder, except as againset prior existing valid settlement rights and as against preference rights conferred by existing laws or equitable claims subject to allowance and confirmation: Provided, That for the purposes of this resolution the war with Spain shall be considered to include the period from April 21, 1898, to July 4, 1902: Provided further, That the same preference rights are extended to apply to those citizens of the United States who served with the allied armies during the World War and who were honorably discharged, upon their resumption of citizenship in the United States, provided the service with the allied armies shall be similar to the service with the Army of the United States for which recognition is granted in this joint resolution: Provided further, That the rights and benefits conferred by this joint resolution shall not extend to any person who, having been drafted for service under the provisions of the Selective Service Act, shall have refused to render such service or to wear the uniform of such service of the United States. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make any and all regulations necessary to carry into full force and effect the provisions of this section. (Feb. 14, 1920, ch. 76, §§ 1, 2, 41 Stat. 434, 435; Jan. 21, 1922, ch. 32, §§ 1, 2, 42 Stat. 358; Dec. 28, 1922, ch. 19, 42 Stat. 1067; June 12, 1930, ch. 471, 46 Stat. 580.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Selective Service Act, referred to in the text, is act May 18, 1917, ch. 15, 40 Stat. 76, which was formerly classified to section 201 et seq. of Title 50, Appendix, War and National Defense. CROSS REFERENCES Preference right of World War II and Korean conflict veterans, see sections 279-283 of this title. § 187. Entrants on ceded Indian reservations. Any person who prior to February 25, 1925, entered, under the homestead laws, and paid a price equivalent to or greater than $2.50 per acre, lands embraced in a ceded Indian reservation, shall, upon proof of such fact, if otherwise qualified, be entitled to the benefits of the homestead law as though such former entry had not been made: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who has failed to pay the full price for his former entry, or whose former entry was canceled for fraud. (Feb. 25, 1925, ch. 326, 43 Stat. 981.) SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 187a of this title. § 187a. Same; new homestead entry. Any person who prior to June 21, 1934, made entry under the homestead laws on any lands embraced within any reservation ceded to the United States by the Indian tribes, and has paid for his land the sum of at least $1.25 per acre, shall, upon proof of such facts, if otherwise qualified, be entitled to the benefit of the homestead law as though such former entry had not been made; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who has failed to pay the full price for his former entry or whose former entry was canceled for fraud: Provided, That, in making any new homestead entry as authorized by this section or the prior similar Acts of February 20, 1917 (39 Stat. 926), and section 187 of this title, such entry shall not include any land to which the Indian title shall not have been fully extinguished. (June 21, 1934, ch. 690, 48 Stat. 1185.) § 187b. Second homestead entry by certain settlers. Any person who, prior to May 17, 1900, having made a homestead entry and perfected the same and acquired title to the land by final entry by having paid the price provided in the law opening the land to settlement, and who would have been entitled to the provisions of section 179 of this title had final entry not been made prior to May 17, 1900, may make another homestead entry of not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres of any of the public lands in any State or Territory subject to homestead entry: Provided, That any person desiring to make another entry under this section will be required to make affidavit, to be transmitted with the other filing papers required by law, giving the description of the tract formerly entered, date and number of entry, and name of the land office where made, or other sufficient data to admit of readily identifying it on the official records: And provided further, That said person has all the other proper qualifications of a homestead entryman: And provided also, That commutation under section 173 of this title, or any similar statute, shall not be permitted of an entry made under this section, excepting where the final proof. submitted on the former entry hereinbefore described, shows a residence upon the land covered thereby for the full period of five years, or such term of residence thereon as added to any properly credited military or naval service shall equal such period of five years. (May 22, 1902, ch. 821, § 2, 32 Stat. 203.) § 188. Purchaser of Flathead Indian land, Montana. Persons who purchased land under and in accordance with the terms of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the sale of lands patented to certain members of the Flathead band of Indians in the Territory of Montana, and for other purposes", approved March 2, 1889, shall not be held to have impaired or exhausted their homestead rights by or on account of any such purchase. (June 5, 1900, ch. 716, § 3, 31 Stat. 270.) § 189. Indians abandoning tribal relations. Any Indian born in the United States, who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and who has abandoned, or may hereafter abandon, his tribal relations, shall on making satisfactory proof of such abandonment, under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, be entitled to the benefits of this chapter, except that the provisions of section 173 of this title shall not be held to apply to entries made under this section: Provided, however, That the title to lands acquired by any Indian by virtue hereof shall not be subject to alienation or incumbrance, either by voluntary conveyance or the judgment, decree, or order of any court, and shall be and remain inalienable for a period of five years from the date of the patent issued therefor: Provided, That any such Indian shall be entitled to his distributive share of all annuities, tribal funds, lands, and other property, the same as though he had maintained his tribal relations; and any transfer, alienation, or incumbrance of any interest he may hold or claim by reason of his former tribal relations shall be void. (Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 131, § 15, 18 Stat. 420.) CROSS REFERENCES Indians located on public lands to have full rights under homestead laws, see section 190 of this title. § 190. Indians located on public lands; patents. Such Indians as may have been located on public lands prior to July 4, 1884, or as may, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, or otherwise, thereafter, so locate may avail themselves of the provisions of the homestead laws as fully and to the same extent as may now be done by citizens of the United States. No fees or commissions shall be charged on account of said entries or proofs. All patents therefor shall be of the legal effect, and declare that the United States does and will hold the land thus entered for the period of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian by whom such entry shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his widow and heirs according to the laws of the State where such land is located, and that at the expiration of said period the United States will convey the same by patent to said Indian, or his widow and heirs as aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incumbrance whatsoever. (July 4, 1884, ch. 180, § 1, 23 Stat. 96.) SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 190a of this title. § 190a. Indian allotments or homesteads; discontinued in San Juan County, Utah. No further allotments of lands to Indians on the public domain shall be made in San Juan County, Utah, nor shall further Indian homesteads be made in said county under section 190 of this title. (Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 160, § 1, 47 Stat. 1418.) CODIFICATION Section is repeated in part in section 337a of Title 25, Indians. § 191. Stockbridge Munsee Indians. Each of the chiefs, warriors, and heads of families of the Stockbridge Munsee Tribes of Indians, residing in the county of Shawana, State of Wisconsin, may, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, enter a homestead and become entitled to all the benefits of sections 161 to 164, 169, 171, 173, 175, 183, 184, 191, 201, 211, 239, 254, 255, 271, 272, 274, 277, and 278 of this title, free from any fee or charge; and any part of their present reservation, which is abandoned for that purpose, may be sold, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and the proceeds applied for the benefit of such Indians as may settle on homesteads, to aid them in Improving the same. The homestead secured by virtue of this section shall not be subject to any tax, levy, or sale; nor shall it be sold, conveyed, mortgaged, or in any manner incumbered, except upon the decree of the district court of the United States. (R.S. §§ 2310, 2311.) DERIVATION Act. Mar. 3, 1865, ch. 127, § 4, 13 Stat. 562. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 173, 184, 201, 211, 255, 271 of this title. LANDS SUBJECT TO ENTRY §201. Mineral lands. Mineral lands shall not be liable to entry and settlement under the provisions of sections 161 to 164, 169, 171, 173, 175, 183, 184, 191, 201, 211, 239, 254, 255, 271, 274, 277 and 278 of this title. (R.S. §2302.) DERIVATION Act June 21, 1866, ch. 127, § 1, 14 Stat. 67. Coal lands opened to homestead entry, see sections 77 and 83-85 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 173, 184, 191, 211, 255, 271 of this title. § 202. Relinquished entries. When a homestead claimant shall file a written relinquishment of his claim in the local land office, the land covered by such claim shall be held as open to settlement and entry without further action on the part of the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate. (May 14, 1880, ch. 89, § 1, 21 Stat. 140; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 4, 26 Stat. 1097; Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 208, 27 Stat. 593; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of that Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. "Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate" was substituted for "Commissioner of the General Land Office" by section 403 of 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3. See note under former section 1 of this title. § 203. Former Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado. The provisions of the homestead laws are extended over and shall apply to the lands included within the limits of the former Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado not included in any national forest in addition to the existing laws relating to cash entries thereon: Provided, That no selection or entry of lands in lieu of land included within a national forest or of soldiers' or sailors' additional homesteads shall be allowed within said limits. Reimbursement of Ute Indian fund. All sums of money that may be lost to the Ute Indian fund by reason of the enactment of this section shall be paid into the fund by the United States, and all moneys received by reason of the commutation of any homestead entry shall be credited to said Ute Indian fund. Lands on which Government has improvements excepted. No lands shall be included in any location or settlement under the provisions of this section on which the United States Government has valuable improvements. (June 13, 1902, ch. 1080, §§ 1-3, 32 Stat. 384; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269.) § 204. Entries on even sections within railroad and other grants. The even sections within the limits of any grant of public lands to any railroad company, or to any military road company, or to any State in aid of any railroad or military road, shall be open to settlers under the homestead laws to the extent of one hundred and sixty acres to each settler, and any person who has, under laws in force March 3, 1879, taken a homestead on any even section within the limits of any railroad or military road land grant, and who, by such laws shall have been restricted to eighty acres, may enter under the homestead laws an additional eighty acres adjoining the land embraced in his original entry, if such additional land be subject to entry; or if such person so elect, he may surrender his entry to the United States for cancellation, and thereupon be entitled to enter lands under the homestead laws the same as if the surrendered entry had not been made. And any person so making additional entry of eighty acres, or new entry after the surrender and cancellation of his original entry, shall be permitted so to do without payment of fees and commissions; and the residence and cultivation of such person upon and of the land embraced in his original entry shall be considered residence and cultivation for the same length of time upon and of the land embraced in his additional or new entry, and shall be deducted from the three years' residence and cultivation required by law: Provided, That in no case shall patent issue upon an additional or new homestead entry under this section until the person has actually, and in conformity with the homestead laws, occupied, resided upon, and cultivated the land embraced therein at least one year. (Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 191, 20 Stat. 472.) CROSS REFERENCES General requisites to issuance of patent or certificate for public lands, see section 164 of this title. Patents for additional entries within railway limits to be granted without further cost or proof of settlement or cultivation, see section 206 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 206 of this title. § 205. Entries on odd sections within railroad and other grants. The odd sections within the limits of any grant of public lands to any railroad company in the States of Missouri and Arkansas, or to such States respectively, in aid of any railroad where the even sections have been granted to and received by any railroad company or by such States respectively in aid of any railroad shall be open to settlers under the homestead laws to the extent of one hundred and sixty acres to each settler, and any person who has, under laws in force July 1, 1879, taken a homestead on any section within the limits of any railroad grant in said States, and who by such laws shall have been restricted to eighty acres, may enter under the homestead laws an additional eighty acres adjoining the land embraced in his original entry, if such additional land be subject to entry; or if such person so elect, he may surrender his entry to the United States for cancellation, and thereupon be entitled to enter lands under the homestead laws the same as if the surrendered entry had not been made. And any person so making additional entry of eighty acres, or new entry after the cancellation of his original entry, shall be permitted to do so without payment of fees or commissions; and the residence of such person upon and cultivation of the land embraced in his original entry shall be considered residence and cultivation for the same length of time upon and of the land embraced in his additional or new entry, and shall be deducted from the three years' residence and cultivation required by law: Provided, That in no case shall patent issue upon an additional or new homestead entry under this section until the person has actually, and in conformity with the homestead laws, occupied, resided upon, and cultivated the land embraced therein at least one year. (July 1, 1879, ch. 60, 21 Stat. 46.) CROSS REFERENCES General requisites to issuance of patent or certificate for public lands, see section 164 of this title. Patents for additional entries within railway limits to be granted without further cost or proof of settlement or cultivation, see section 206 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 206 of this title. § 206. Patents for additional entries within railway limits. All homestead settlers on public lands within the railway limits restricted to less than one hundred and sixty acres of land, who have prior to May 6, 1886, made or may thereafter make the additional entry allowed by either section 204 or 205 of this title, after having made final proof of settlement and cultivation under the original entry, shall be entitled to have the lands covered by the additional entry patented without any further cost or proof of settlement and cultivation. (May 6, 1886, ch. 88, 24 Stat. 22.) § 207. Military reservations in Nevada. All the agricultural lands embraced within the military reservations in the State of Nevada which have been placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposition may be disposed of under the homestead and desert-land laws, and not otherwise: Provided, That this section is intended to make applicable to the desert-land laws only such lands as were included under sections 321 to 323, 325, and 327 to 329 of this title, providing for the disposition of public lands under the desertland laws. (Aug. 21, 1916, ch. 361, 39 Stat. 518.) § 208. Unreserved public lands in Columbia or Moses Reserve. All unreserved public lands within the former Columbia or Moses Reserve in the State of Washington, made subject to acquisition under the homestead laws by the Act of Congress approved July 4, 1884 (Twenty-third Statutes, page 76) are made subject to acquisition under sections 321 to 323, 325, 327, to 329 and 1171 of this title, and other Acts applicable generally to the public domain. (June 3, 1924, ch. 240, 43 Stat. 357.) § 209. Extension of public-land laws to certain lands in Oklahoma. The public-land laws of the United States be, and the same are, extended to the public lands in that part of the Red River between the medial line and the south bank of the river, in Oklahoma, between the ninety-eighth meridian and the east boundary of the territory established as Greer County by the Act of May 4, 1896 (29 Stat. 113): Provided, That such lands shall not be subject to disposition, settlement, or occupation until after the same have been classified and opened to entry, and other disposal by the Secretary of the Interior according to law. (June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 1, 62 Stat. 576.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Act of May 4, 1896 (29 Stat. 113), referred to in the text, is act May 4, 1896, ch. 155, 29 Stat. 113, and was not classified to the Code. § 210. Same; recognition of equitable claims; validation of homestead entries. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to recognize equitable claims to such lands based on settlement made prior to January 1, 1934, |