The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-16

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be allowed to tut . waste more timber than shall be necessary for the improve.
Section 49, Whenever ten houaehodcrs Of any school district in which the
land Is situated as I'd shall pethon the state board to expose to sae any portion or p@.
hon OF said lands, describing the same, the state board shall direct the county %
misaones o. the county in which such land is situated, to cause the sam to be APP
praised by three dhntresed householders, each legal subdivision Oft the land be-
ing appraised separately tits real value. and return the apprmnnent in writing
s IgId h az h hen i me e'd't n .. ,a %s s eoanayi md on. IN case AS . an p'se, % Of the na said mna.
of the land retarna AM file with the saidc clerk a separate apprahement of the m
provements upon said land. The appraisers shall receive four dollars per day for
me I'M actually employed in such 'pprasement to be paid BY warrants n the
Section A. The county chrk. shall immediately file the apprasement o. said
appraisers in his Office, and record the same n a book kept for that purpose, and
transmit a certified copy of thu asme to the state board of land commissioners. All
state lands shai be exposed for sale to the highest bidder at the county seatin the
county where such lands ar situated.
The board IF land commissioners shall direct he county treasurer to sell such
lands and give notice of such sale as provided in this act All moneys arising
mited to thu state treasurer who shall invest the same as provided in this act; and
the payment for school lands shall be the same as provided for in the sale of other
Section a. 1t shall be unlawful for The state board of land commissioners
county commissioners county supedntendent or any persons appnising lands or
any person or persons in the employ # the state for the selection, Appraisal, sale or
leasing OF the sateo rs school lands to purchase or lease, directly or indirectly any
portion of the lands of the state.
Section a. School lands known as secion-md-.o n nmt thereof O
any other sute lands situated in Oh adjacent to- achy or town, may be surveyed
or aid off in lots or blocks streets, alleys, avenues, highways or public squares to
commissioners shall cause correct maps and plt of such lands to be made ant re-
corded; when SO surveyed and plated, and not otherwise TIL said board may, in
its discretion sell the sae at public auction to the highest bidder. Provided, that
each block or lot as numbered o plated upon said maps shall be sold separately
as provided in this act for he ale O. other school lands.
Section A. Any person who by affidavit Or otherwise shall show to the state
board OIL land commissioners that he has right ito the improvements of any such
lot piece, tract or parcel ofl land in good faith for the purpose 0 making for him.
self a home, shall have the preference right to purchase said tract Of land, provd-
Section As 1t shall be the duty of the county superinendent of schools in
aeAeoa"J y" "S "e " ePNo lily e"1 "oaoA ""u COMMISSIONERS on
several several e unit sbowi yg h amour thereof whether anv nm 4o of u sam ~ oe n
cupied and by whom, whereupon it shall be the duty of the state board to ascer-
tain the amount of such lands occupied and rightfuly held under any law of the
United States by occupants thereof, and to make a location of other lands equiva.
lent thereto for the support OF the public schools.
by or donated to the state of Montana " may be purchased by, or may have been
donated o 1.-THE territory of Montana and the state of Montana remains the n
and secretary Of state shall be and hereby are authorized to- execute an ad sgn N
behalf o: the state a proper deed OF other instrument of writing therefor, and
should the owner o owners Of said land adjoining any such land desire to lay out
any city OFT or should THE state board OF land commissioners desire to subdi-
vide any of the lands belonging to the state of Montana into any addition to any
city or town, the said governor and secretary Of state shall be and they are hereby
authorized to execute and acknowledge the proper acquitnnces or other papers
and shall join in the execution of a plat of such addition for the purpose of grant
afn and m aear rich Of way wa over UGH lands to all intenn and purpose he sams
as though the same was executed by IN individual owner; provided, however, that
this section shall not be deemed to great grantD authority to convey any such
And, provided, further thatn nothing in this act contained shall be Construed as
five acres or es, and not nor than onehmf Of any m tract of land subdivded
pats or parcels of land which have been ubdivided, plated and surveyed as al
addition to any town, may be leased under such terms and restrictions as may be
prescribed by thu said BOARD of land commissioners.
Section A. In caem any person appointed to select and apprahe any state lands
shall wnfuuy and knowingly make a false returno of an survey or m appraisal
of The vaue of land at variance from the true value thereof Or without having
personally surveyed and examined the same he shall be deemed guilty of wHful
Section 4s. The state board shall annually n or before the first day of Deee":
Der in each year, publish full report of its transactions, showing the amount of
lands belonging to the state, to what fund they belong, their value and 1.-THE mount
sold or leased during the year.
Section TO-. In all cases of the sale, leasing o. other disposition OF the school or
other lands of the state by the tate board ofa land commissioners under thu pro-
visions of this act shall be the privilege OF every occupant pr settler pom any of
such lands, $50 to be sold or leased to have the preference right of purchase orl lease
at the price bid by the highest bidder at suchs sale or leasing and is hereby made
the duty of said board of land commissioners to construe this section literally
with a view to the establishment of homes for adual. settlers and to prevent the
said lands from being sold or leased to spectators.
Section TO- Leases for lands of the first lass known as grazing lands" shall
notb be frl est than nes section, or such part of the section as ma be- thu property
oft state. Provided, that no lands shall be leased under the provisions of this
actto my person lot a citizen of the United States OR who has declared his
intention to become such. All occupants OIL settlers having Improvements O.
grazing lands, and who do o wish to lease the same shall have the privilege of
disposng of or recovering such improvements at any time within ninety G0 days
from the date of the lease.
Approved March g. 1891.
STATE O. MONTANA Ice
SECRETARYs OFFICE
L. RoMit secretary of state of the state of Montana, do hereby certify
hiatt thu above is, With the exception of corrections in photography and runctua.
tin and insertions of omissonso IL substitute words in brackets a true m cor
retc COPY Of IN act entitled "n att % provide for the selection, location, apprais
all sale mi leasing Of state lands" enacted by the second session of the legislative
assembly If the state of Montana, and approved by Jos. K. Tooe, governor o said
state o ne 9th day of March, 1891.
In tesirnon whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seal of
said Estate.
Done at the city of Helena. the capital of said state, this 18th day of March, A
y 1SI L. RoTwITT,
N Isrn I Secretary of State.