Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-03-14

twenty acres, aui any othSI
lands secured by the said COM
nissioners, shall be lail off and
staked out into town lots, blocks,
streets and alleys aud pubic
squares, aud shall he disaos,.d os
as hereinafter provided. for the
sole benefit OF the Territory Of
Dakota
Soc. 6. After said land shall
have been properly surveyed,
stakel off aud laid out, three ac-
curate plats of the same shall be
luade, j owing the blocks, lots,
strce:s, alleys, PARKS, squares
isnsl reevrvatios.s for pubic
! buildings, one of which shall be
recorded IN the office of the
register of deeds OF the county
in which such site is situated,
and 10y him entered IN the prop
er deed book, one of said plats
shalt be flied in the office ot the
secretary OF the territory, anu
the third plat shall be retained
by the commission.
Said commissioners shall fix a
minimum price upon each lot
not reserved for pub!ic ases,
which said price sla!l be marked
u pom each lot in said plat. The
said commissioners shall then
advertise in six newspapers pub
li.hed within the Territory oi
Dakota, that they Will upon a
day To be therein named, not
less than ten nor more than
thirty days after the date OF the
notice, offer or canse to be Of
fered for sale to the highest and
best bidder at pubic sale, each
lot lot r,served as aforesaid.
Said sale shall be held fret at or
near said capital grounds aud
shall be opened from day to day
ut ten o'clock A. NJ, aad be
| kept open for at least five con-
secutive days, Sundays excepted,
and thereafter any remainder of
SAID lots, may be sold by SAID
commissioners, at pnblic or pri-
vate sale, aud at such times and
places as said commissioners
may decide, aud at said sales no
lots shall be sold for any sum
less. than the minimum price
marked upon the plat above pro-
f'vidcci fer, nor upoD~apy other
terms than for cash IN hand.
Sec. 7. Every purchaser ofl,ts
shall deposit the purchase money
therefor with the commissioners
W ho shall give receipt tor said
money, which receipt shall speci-
fy the amount OF money and the
number OF the lot and block tor
which tile money was paid, aud
which receipt, upon its presen-
tations to the secretary Of the
territory, shall entltle the person
named therein, TO a deed in fee
simple, absolute from the Terri
tory OF Dakota, 10 the real estate
named IN the receipt, which
conveyance shall be executed for
and in behalf OF the territory, by
the governor and ass sted by the
secretary of the territory, under
the seal of said territory, and
said secretary shall fiie aud safe
Iy keep all receipts thus pre-
| sented.
Sec. 8. All moneys received
by the commissioners for the
sale of lots shall be deposited in
the territorial treasury, and said
money shall be held by the
treasurer as territorial building
fund, and shall be kept by him
separate from other funds, and
be scparately accounted for.
Sec. 8. All expenses incurred
by tho commissioners for sur.
veyor, ~ not exceeding five dol
lars per day and necessary as
sistants, at not exceeding two
and ons-half dollars per day
each, necessary bills for team
hire, advertising, stationery and
other necessary expenses, shall
be paid by the auditor OF the
territory by his warrant upon
the territorial treasurer, upon
the certificate of the sa,d CON-
aissioners; and the commission
ers shall be paid for their servi-
ces, the sum of ten dollars each,
tor each aud every day actually
employed, by the warrant OF the
auditor Of the territory, upon
the territoria!! treasury.
See. 10. As soon as said com
| missioners have secured n su,ta-
be site, and a building fund Of
ct least one hundred THOUSAND
dollars, they shall issue q notice
to architects, asking for plans
and specifications for building,
the foundations Of which shall
be of stone, and the superstruct-
ure of " hich shall be suited for
the executive officers, aud the
assembly of the two houses OF