AZ vs. CA:14 California Exhibits, Vol. XIV; Nos. 2051-2100

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18 1 tenant structures; said payments to be made in such install- 2 ments and at such times as may be specified by the Secretary 3 of the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of the said 4 reclamation law, and shall constitute revenue from said 5 project and be covered into the fund herein provided for: 6 Provided, That all persons who have served in the United 7 States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps during the war with 8 Germany, the war with Spain, or in the suppression of the 9 insurrection in the Philippines, and who have been honorably 10 separated or discharged therefrom or placed in the Regular 11 Army or Navy reserve, shall have the exclusive preference 12 right for a period of three months to enter said lands, subject, 18 however, to the provisions of subsection C of section 4, Act 14 of December 5, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 15 702); and also, so far as practicable, preference shall be 16 given to said persons in all construction work authorized by 17 this Act: Provided further. That in the event such an entry 18 shall be relinquished at any time prior to actual residence 19 upon the land by the entryman for not less than one year, 20 lands so relinquished shall not be subject to entry- for a 21 period of sixty days after the filing and notation of the relin- 22 quishment in the local land office, and after the expiration of 23 said sixty-day period such lands shall be open to entry, 24 subject to the preference in this section provided.