Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-19


notice thereof shall be given by the
Commissioner of the Genera! Land
Office, for not less than sixty DAYS. by
| publication in a newspaper Of general
circulation, published in the county i'm
! which the timber is Situated, if any
is thereia published, and if not,
then in newspaper Of general citcula.
! ton published nearest TO the reserva.
ton, and also IN n newspaper Of general
circulation published at the capital of
the State or Territory where such reser-
yation exists; payment for such timber
TO be made to the receiver Of the local
land Office Of the district wherein said
timber NAV be sold, under such rules
and regulations as the Secretary of the
Interior may prescribe and the mon
eys arising therefrom shall be accounted
for by the receiver Of such land office to
the Commissioner of lhe General Land
office, in separate account, and shall
he covered into the Treasury. Such
timber, before being sold, shall be mark
ed and designated, and shall be cut and
removed under the supervision of some
person appointed fer e., purpose by
the Secretary Of the Interior, not inter
ested IN the purchase or removal ofsuch
timber nor in the employment of the
purchaser thereof. Such supervisor
shall make report in writing TO the Com
missioner Of the General Land office and
to the receiver in the land office IN
which such reservation shall be located
Of his doings in the premises
The Secretary of the Interior may
permit, under regulations TO be prescrib-
ed by him, the use Of timber and stone
found upon such reservations. free of
charge, by bona fide settlers, miners,
residents and prospectors for minerals,
for tirewood, fencing, buildings mining,
prospecting, and other domestic pur.
poses, as may be needed by such per-
sons for such purposes; such timber to !
be used within the State or Territory, |
respectively, where such reservations |
may be located
Nothing herein shall be construed as
prohibiting the egress and ingress of ac |
tual settlers residing within the bound |
aries Of such reservations, or from cross
ing the same 10 and from their property /
or homes and such wagon roads and .
other improvements may be constructed |
thereon as may be necessary 10 reach
their homes and TO utilize their prop
erty under such rules and regulations as
may be prescribed by the Secretary of
the Interior. Nor shall anything herein
prohibit any person from entering upon
such forest reservations for all proper
and lawful purposes, including that of
locating, and developing
the mineral resources thereof: Provid
cd, That such persons comply with the
rules aud regulations covering such for
est reservations.
That in cases in which q tract covered
by an unprotected bona tide claim or by
4 patent is included within the limits of
a public forest reservation, the settler or
owner thereof may, If he desires 10 do
so, relinquish the tract to the govern
Inent, and may select in lieu thereof
tract of vacant land open TO settlement
not exceeding in area the tract covered |
by his claim or patent; and no charge |
. hall ls@ --..aa So, S.'4.l ---'NeI for naHEines
the entry of record or issuing the patent |
to cover the tract selected: Provided |
further, That in cases Of unprotected |
claims the requirements Of the laws re-
specting settlement, residence, improve
ments. and so forth, are complied with |
on the new claims, credit being allowed
for the time spent on the relinquished
claims
The settlers residing within the ex-
terror boundaries of such forest reserYa-
tions, or in the vicinity thereof, may
maintain schools and churches within |
such reservation, or for that purpose /
may occupy any part of said forest ressr-
vation, not exceeding two acres for each |
school house and one acre for Il church. !
The jurisdiction. both civil and crimi |
nal, over persons within such reserya-
tions shall not be affected or changed by |
reason of the existence Of such reserya.
tions, except so far as the punishment |
of Cfenses against the United States |
therein is concerned; the intent and |
meaning of this provision being that /
the State wherein any such reservation |
is situated shall not, by reason of the /
establishment thereof, lose 1t. jurisdic- |
tion, nor the inha bitants thereof their |
rights and privileges as citizens, or be
absolved from their duties as citizens of |
the State.
All waters on such reservations may /
be used for domestic, mining, milling, |
or irrigation purposes, under The laws OF
the State wherein such forest reserva-
tions are situated. or under the laws of
the United States and the rules and reg |
established hereunder.
Upon the recommendatiOH Of the Sec
-etayy of the Interior, with The approval |
of the President, after sixty days notice |
thereof, published in two papers of gea-
eral circulation in the State or Territory |
wherein any forest reservation Is sltuat /
ed, and near the said reservation, any |
public lands embraced within the limits |
of any forest reservation which, after |
due examination hy personal inspection |,
of competent person appointed for that |
purpose by the Secretary of,he Interior, |
shall be found better adapted for aiming J
or for agricultural purposes than for /
forest usage, may be restored TO the (,
public domain. And any mineral lands |
in any forest reservation which have |
been or which may be shown to be |
such, and subject 10 entry under the !
existing mining laws of the United |
States and the rues and regulations APP |
plying thereto, shall continue to be sub |
ject to such location and entry notwith- |
standing any provisions herein con-
tanned
The President is hereby authorized at |
any time to m odify any Executive order
that has been or may hereafter be made |
establishing any forest reserve. and by |
such modification may reduce the area |
or change the boundary lines OF such |
reserve, or may vacate altogether any |
order creating such reserve
Approved. June 4 1897.
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