Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-12-24
FORT HALLECK RESERVA-
TlON.

| By order Of President Cleveland
dated October 18th, the Fort Hal
leck Reservation was abaEdone,
as a military post and transferred
to the Department of the Interior
1t has been decided by Secretar,
Lamar to have the same surveyed
appraised and sold under the pro
visions of an Act of Congress O
July 5, 1884. and y. S. Surveyor
General Powning has received in
structions from COMMISSIONS
Sparks to invite proposals for sale
survey, which have been prepared
and are as follows:
q. S. SURVEYOR GEN. OFFICE /
RENO, New. Dec. Il. 1886. {
Proposals will be received at this
Office, for thirty days from date. fol
the survey Of the late Fort Halleck
Military Reservation. The reser-
walton consists of three parts, viz:
The military reservation proper,
located in I. 81 n, r. Sc E.; the
timber reservation directly to the
South Of it. and the hay reservation
located in I. 80 n, z. 50 E.
The lines to be surveyed will
consist Of the establishment of
the boundaries of the reservation, if
found necessary, and the subdivis-
ion of the reservation in the same
manner as public lands according
to surveying laws of United States.
The contract for the above work
will be let subject to the approval
of the Commissioner Of the General
Land Office, to the lowest response
BILE bidder( being practical and reli-
able surveyer) at rates not ex-
ceeding the legal rates for section
and township lines, and not ex-
coed S. per mile for reservation
boundary lines. The right to re-
ject any and all bids is hereby re-
served.
After the reservation has been
surveyed, and the surveys have
been approved by the Com missioner
IF the General Land Office, the
and will be sold according to the
of the Act Of Congress
heretofore referred, which are as
'ollows: The Secretary of the
shall appoint three ccmpe-
ent and disinterested men who
hall after being duly sworn to I'M
partially and faithfully execute the
rust reposed in them appraise the
aid lands, subdivisions and tracts,
md each of them, and then report |
heir proceedings to the Secretary |
or his action thereon. If such |
ppraisement be disapproved the
secretary shall again cause said
ands to be appraised as before pro-
ided; and when the appraisement
as been approved, he shall cause
be said lands to be sold at public
ale, to the highest bidder for cash,
t not less than one dollar and
cents per acre, first
aving given less than sixty
avs public notice of the time, place
nd terms of sale, Immediately
rior to such sale, by publication in
least two papers having general
REGULATION in the country or section
country where the land to be
I'D is situated; and lands or sub
visions remaining unsold may be
,-offered for sale at any subsequent
me in the same manner, at the
secretion of the Secretary Of the
,terior; and if not sold at such
cond offering for want of bidders
len the Secretary may sell the
me at private sale for cash, at
1t less than the appraised value,
,r less than one dollar and twenty
1e cents per acre; provided, that
~ settler who was in actual occu-
ltlon up to the present time, and
BY law entitled to make a home
cad entry shall be entitled to en-
r the land SO occupied, not ex-
eding 100 acres in one body ac
riding to the Government surveys
ID subdivisions; provided further,
at said land were subjectto entry
time of their withdrawal. Any
lildings or other property which
ay be situated within the bounds
the reservation, shall be sold
same manner as herein-before I
scribed for sales Of land. and .
CIV NAV be sold at the discretion