Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-04-13
LAND REGULATIONS.
How to OBTAIN Land-6OO.O 900 Acres
Yet Owned by the State.

How to OBTAIN Lend.SOo: 900 Acres
Vet Owned by the State.
Surveyor General Jones has issued little
pamphlet that contains much useful informa.
ton for those who are DESTROYS OF acquiring
land Of any description in this State. In his
remarks he says:
In explanation Of the mode Of selecting
and securing approval Of lands. I will state
as follows: An application. for tract Of land
is filed in this office, and, it being land to
which the State has no legal title at the time,
a memorandum list or description Of the land
is made out and sent to the proper District
United States Land Office, asking this tract
as portion Of the 1000 900 Acres Grant.
If there are no conflicting entries such as
Homestead, Pre- -emplon, Desert Land and
various other U. S. entries, this Office is mott
fed that the tract is "clear," and, upon pay.
ment Of fees, it is entered against said 1000,
ooo- Acres Grant. AT the close of the month
this "clear list" Of selections is made out in
quadruplicate. One copy is then sent to the
proper District United States Land Office,
one to our agent in Washington, one is re-
tanned here and the fourth is sent to the Com.
missioner General Land Office in Washington.
This clear list of selections is then kept in
the Washington Office at least FIVE months, 10
allow proper examination and to adjust con-
aiCts fhara ind 6pn
perion Of time list is returned, called an
abproveI list, bearing the seal of the Gener-
al Land Office and the signatures Of the
Honorable Commissioner and the Honorable
Secretary Of the Interior. This list is then
examined here and notes made of errors and
Of tracts inadvertently omitted. 1t is then
compared with the plats, the proper entries
made in the abstract books and on the ap.
pications, and prompt notification is given
each applicants or agent that the land can be
contracted for on the installment plan, or
patented upon full payment being made.
Thus, from the date Of application it takes.
under the most favorable circumstances,
nearly one year to perfect title. The aver
age time is nearer two years.
The State Of Nevods, at the present time,
has about 500, 900 acres of land subject to
application. consisting Of agricultural, graz
ing and timber lands, that can be selected
from any unappropriated nor mineral sur.
veyed public lands within the State, wher.
ever desired, the sixteenth and thirty sixth
sections included. Any male or female citi
zen, resident or non resident, can apply to
purchase from forty to SIX hundred and forty
acres, and is not confined to one application,
but can make as many applications as will,
in the aggregate, comprise six hundred and
forty acres. The presence of the applicant
at this Office is not demanded. The aprlica-
ton can be signed by applicant or authorized
agent. All lands are sold at one dollar and
twenty FIVE cents per acre, excepting such
'.old" or "reverted" lands as have been ap.
proved as "double minimum"-i. e., two
acres for one, which are two dollars and fifty
cents per acre.
The applicant for unapproved agricultural
or grazing lands is required to deposit one.
fifth of purchase price and the United States
selection fees at the time Of application, and
in due time make contract to pay the balance
in twenty years, with interest at the rate
Of six per cent. per annum (interest only
payable annually.) The party contracting
can make full payment at any time and OBJ
tain patent. In event Of said lands having
been approved to the State prior to the max.
ing Of application therefor, no selection fees
will be payable. but the applicant will be re.
quired to enter into contract, paying twenty
per cent. OF purchase price, or to make full
payment Immediately.
The applicant for timber lands is required
to deposit the whole ahout of purchase price
($I IS per acre) at the time Of making ap,
plication,
The State has no mineral lands--these are
reserved by the United States Government.
Within the limit Of twenty miles on each
side of the Central Pacific Railroad the odd
numbered sections belong to the railroad,
while the even numbered sections are public
lands,
Merit Wins.
We desire to say to our citizens. that for