St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
LAND SHARKS WARNED
The President Declares That the Public
Domain Will Be Kept for
Actual Settlers.
congressman Who Depend on Seeds for
Popularity Not Likely to Favor
Oolmans Reform.
Female Clerks in the Departments
Being Dispensed With--Wh1te
House Closed for Repairs.
Secretary Endicott,s Order to Cause a
Resurrection of the Army
Some Treasury Changes.
Norice to Land Sharks.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-The following
proclamation by the president was issued
to-day:
whereas. The public policy demands that
+l,a nuhlic domain snail be kept for the occu-
nancy of actual settlers i'll good falth, that
our neople who seek homes upon such DO
rnai,1 shall in no wise be prevented by any
onofr1l interference from safe and free en-
try thereon which they may be entitled to,
and
whereas. To secure and maintain this be-
neficent policy statute was passed
bv the congress of the United States on the
25th day of February in the year 1855,
which decided to be unlawful all
Enclosures of any public lands In
any state or territory to any or
which land included within said 1nclosure
the person or party, association or corpora
ton making or controlling such llclosure
had no claim or color of title made or acquired
in good faith, or au asserted right thereto py
or under claim in good faith with view 10
entry thereof at the proper lano ohSe' anu
which statute also prohibited any person Dy
force threats intimidation or by any fenclng
enclosure or other unlawful means from pre-
venting or obstructing any person from
peaceably entering upon or establishing
settlement or residence. or any tract OF
public land subject to settlement or entry
under the public land laws OF the United
States. and from preventing or obstructing
public lands; and,
Whereas. 1t is by the fifth section Of said
act nrovided as follows: "'That the presi-
dent is hereby authorized to take such
means as shall be necessary to remove and
destroy any unlawful inclosure OF any SAID
land and to employ civil or military force as
may be necessary for that purpose" And
Whereas. 1t has been brought to my knowl-
edge that unlawful Enclosures, and such as
are prohibited by the terms of the aforesaid
statute, exist upon the public DOMAIN, and
that actual legal settlement thereon is pre-
vented and obstructed by such enclosures,
and by force, threats and intimidation.
Now therefore. i, Grover Cleveland, pres
ident of the United States, do hereby order
and direct that any and every unlawful IN
closure of the public lands maintained by
Rny person, association or corporation be i'm
mediately removed; and 1 do hereby forbid
any person. association or corporation from
preventing or obstructing by means OF such
Enclosures, or by force, threats or intimda-
ton any persons entitled thereto from peace
ably entering upon and establishing settle
ment or residence on any part OF such public
lands which is subject to entry and settlement
made under the laws of the United States,
and command and require each ana every
Dfficer of the United States, upon whom the
dutv is legally devolved. to cause this order
10 be obeyed and all the provisions OF the act
of congress herein mentioned to be faithfully
enforced In testimony whereof have
hereI1uto set my hand and caused the seal of
The United States to be affixed. Done at the
city of Washington this 18th day of August,
1885, and of the independence of the United
States of America the one hundred ana tenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.