Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-22
The eRoKeE STRIP.
Proclamation BY the Prcsiden, Opening l.
10 Settlement.
The seven csssu-. asd The R-.erNa-
aud Term. ot fasm~nt.

The Presidents proclamation opening the
Cherokee strip for settlement a. uoun GA
the 18th day of September Was received al
the state Department this morning a. Nas
IN the White House mail from Ruzzari's
Say and was complete in form except that
II required the counter signature 30 the
Secretary OF State. That Was attached
without the loss OF a minutes tim. aud
the law that means 50 much 20 man, ana
ious settlers was promulgated at once.
seven Counties.
The lands now open 70 settlement are d.
vided into seven counties. whose boundaries
are described I'm the proclamation.
After reciting the law and treaties With
the Indians under which the land vas ce,iei
10 the government. the proclamation de-
scrioes the Tract Reserved for county s.als
Of the several counties.
In each OF these county seats four acres
are reserved FOR the site of a c1tIrf NOS.
10 DC designated by lot and block up IN the
0fhcial plat Of survey OF said reservation
be issued by the commissioner OF the grn-
eral land office, said reservation q he adj
schools. and other public purp1ses r,ti,,sirsl
10 be made BY section . OF the act 81 May
2 lSsO In counties NJ, y. . ana Z and la
addition TO the four-acre rsservafiNrS Tor
county seat purpose. there IL additional
RESERVATION OF one acre FOR a site FOR a
The land districts are TO be described as
the Perry district the Enid District the
AVA district and the Woodward district
Ihe land offices Tor the districts are 20 hs
located AT the towns after which tha lis
tricts are named. A. t. the terms of pay
ment. the act under which the outlet j.
opened 10 settlement provides as follows.
Each settler on the lands 50 10 t,s opsnct
10 settlement as aforesaid. shall. before re-
ceiHtng patent Tor his homestead .av 70
the United States Tor the lands - taken bv
him. In addition 10 the fees provided ii,
law, the sum OF s. SO per acre for anV ianf
east OF % l-2 degrees west Longitude. the
81 I-2 and IS IL degrees west longitude and
the sum OF 81 per acre for any land vest oe
ss l-2 degrees west longitude. and shall also
pay interest upon the amount 50 % De paid
Tor said land from the date OF entry 10 no
date OF final payment therefor al the rate
OF per cent per annum.'
The boundary strip.
With view 20 preventing one person
from obtaining any advantage over another
In making homestead settlement rules and
regulations have been prescribed st.bstan-
TALLY as follows: strip % lhnl I.a fe,.t
around and Immediately within thu out
boundaries OF the lands 20 te opened Is set
apart and entrance upon said strip is per
mitted prior To the day for the opening =
the lands. Upon this strip booths sre 10 he
located and clerks from the general land
ofhce detailed 10 take charge Of them The
booths TO be conveniently located lpon tae
regular lines OF travel. five on the northern
ana Tour on the southern boundary of tie
outlet, and Will be opened for business On
the 10th and be kept open each business
udy from a m. 10 l. m and 10 y. m.
until discontinued 10y direction OF the Sec
retary OF the Interior
Each party desiring to enter upon IN.
lands Tor the purpose OF making a home
stead entry, or soldiers declaratory state
ment. or settling upon town lot Will be
required 10 first appear AT one Of these
booths and there make a declaration. show
ing his or her qualifications TO make such
entry or statement or to settle upon a town
lot. IL the declaration proves satisfactory
10 the officers In charge Of the booth a GER
tiiicate will be issued by such officers per-
mitting the party who makes the declara-
tion to go in upon the outlet at the tins
fixed for the opening
Parties making these declarations will be
required to make oathE before the district
land officers or other officers who may take
their homestead affidavits that all the
statements contained In their declarations
are true in every particular. The officers
of the United States are expressly cha rces
10 permit no party without a certificate 10
occupy or enter upon any part of the out
let Rules and regulations prescribed bv
the Secretary of the Interior. under the
direction OF the President. are set out at
length In the proclamation. hut these are
merely a synopsis Of the rules and regula-
tions heretofore prescribed By the Depart
ment Of the Interior TO govern homestead
and town site entries.