The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-09-03

two witnesses that such town or tltN .
has been established in good iuith,and .
"A similar map and statement must oe /
fled with the register and receiver oi /
the proper district Office. There .
after the president may cause /
thn lots embraced within the F.
limits of such city or town to be I
offered at public sale to the highest /
bidder subject TO a minimum of ten
dollars for each lot and such lots as
may not be disposed of at public sale
shall thereafter be liable To private
entry ut such minimum, or at sucn
reasonable increase or dimiuutiOn
thereafter as the secretary OF the lntc-
rior may order from tune 70 time, at
ter at ,uast three months mott q. in
view OF the increase or decrease In the
value of the municipal property Any
actual settler upon any lot and upon
any additional lot upon which he may
have substantial, improvements, shall
be entitled TO prove up and purchase
the same as "a precmption, at such
minimum, at any time before the day
fixed for The public sale. (Scc section
23Sy. L s. x. 81 81 ln case the
parties interested shall fail or refuse,
within twelve months af.cr founding
a city or town, TO file in the General
Land Office a transcript map, with the
statement and testimony as requir ID
in paragraph twenty, the Secretary Of
the Interior may cause a survey and
plat to be made Of said city or town,
and thereafter the lots viii be sold at
an increase of hfty per cent, on the
minimum price OF $40 per lot (See
ection 2jst L. ). H. - 20 Wnen
lots vary in size from the limitation Of
A Mo-. r 9 "a
ings and improvements cover an area
greater than 60 acres, such variau
as TO size of lots or excess in area will
prove no bar To entry, but the price of
the lots may be increased to such rea-
sonable amount as the Secretary of
the Interior may by rule establish
(See section 23sj. L. ). H. s. % Tn
der the second method lands actually
settled upon and occupied as IA town
site and therefore not subject TO en-.
try under the homestead laws, may be
entered as n towusite at the proper
district land office. tScc section 1885,
L. S L. - =. II the town is incor-
porated, the entry may be made by
the corporate authorities thereof
through HE mayor or other principal
officer duly authorized SO 10 do If
the town is not Incorporated, the en-
try may be made 10y the Judge of the
county court for the county In which
said town is situated In either case
the entry must be made in trust for
the use and benefit of the occupants
thereof. according TO Their respective
interests The execution of such
trus. rs to the disposal of lots and the
proceeds of sales is to be conducted
under regulations prescribed 10y the
Territorial laws Acts Of trustees not
in accordance with such regulations
are void. (Sec sections 23s7 and 23gi,
L. ). r. 81 %. The officer anthor-
lied To enter IA townsite may make en-
try at once, or he may initiate an en-
try by filing IA decclnratory statement
of the purpose of the inhabitants TO
make townsite entry OF the land de-
scribed The entry or declarutory
statement shall include only such land
as is actually occupied by the town.
and the title to which is in the United
States and It's exterior limits must
conform TO the legal subdivisions of
the public lands. (Sec sections 23ss
and 23s9, L. 5 r. 81 20. The amount
of land that may be entered under
this method rs prOportionate to the
mum ber OF inhabitants One hundrc 4
and less than two hundred inhnbi-
tants may enter not TO exceed 32O
acres; two hundred and less than one
thousand inhabitants may enter not TO
exceed 64O acre, ;and where the inhaSDi-
tants number one thousand and over
an amount not to exceed 1880 acres
may be entered; and for each addi-
tional one thousand inhabitants, not
to exceed five thousand in all, fur
thcr amount of 500 acres may be al
lowed. When the number Of iuhab-
itants of IA town is less than one hun
dred, the townsite shall be restricted
to the land actually occupied for town
purposes by legal subdivisions (Sce
section 23S9, L. 5. Il. 81 %. Where
an entry is made of less than the max
imum quantity of land allowed for
towns'tc purposes, additional entries
may bc made OF contiguous tracts oc-
cupied for town rr poses, which. when
added d.. Ur .us entry COS outr.y-
Will uDt acres; but mo- ad
ditiona .atr allowed which
VIII ma fr. I area aNrccd ihc
area 90 own may bc plG-
tled 10y population at dHLo
ot addit. lScc section I of
the act o. aarcn 81 '-71 10 Stat, 3Qs
2S. The land must be paid for at the
price per acre, ANA proof
must be furnished relating-l5t 10
occupation of the land; 2l. /
Number of inhabitants Sd, Extent and
value of town improvements; 4th, .
Date when land was first used for
townsite purposes; 5th Ollcial char F..
acter and authority of officer making
entry; 9th, II an Incorporated town.
proof of Incorporation. which should .
be certified copy Of the act of incor.
poration; and, 9TH That majority of I
'he occupants or owners of the lots I
within the town desire that such ac-
tion be taken. Thirty DAYS publicp.
tion of notice of intention TO make .
proof must bc made and proof Of pub F
lication furnished OSee section 33s7,
L. ;. Ii. - %. All surveys for town
sites on said lands shall contain reser-
vatlons for parks (of substantially 4
equal area If more than one parlI) and /
for schools ami other public purposes .
en- Oracing in the aggregate not less
than ten nor more than twenty acres.
and patents for suca reservations, 20
be maintained for such purposes. viii
be issued To the towns respectively
when organized as muni ipalities.
See section 30, act OF May .. 1890, 26
stat 92.) 80. In case any of said
lands which may be entered under the
homestead laws by person who is en-
titled TO perfect his title thereto under
eneh lnWs nra raauiral for tnVyneft,