The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-27
Entry Under Homestead Laws.

the proclamation Il is provided that sub
Ject TO the reservations and allotments
TO Indians Of the Colvllle reservation all
the tracts shall be disposed Of under the
general laws applicable TO the disposition
Of public lands In the state OF Washing
ton
IL IL provoked IN the act OF lSs2 that
each entrvman under the homestead laws
shall within five years from the date of
his original entry and before receiving n
final certificate for the land covered by
hts entry, pay 10 the United States for the
land so taken by him In addition to fees
provided hy law the sum OF one dollar and
nifty cents per acre, one-third OF which
ahall he paid within two years after the
date Of the original entry: but the rights
~ honoraby discharged Union soldiers
and sailors, as defined and described I'm
sections twenty-three hundred and four
ana twenty-three hundred and Ave- Of the
revised statutes OF the United States.
shan not be abridged, except as to the
sum To ee paid as aforesaid.
All applicants TO enter these lands must
posses the qualifications required by law
under which they desire to make entry
The homestead applicant must pay the
usual fee and commissions al the time
Of making his entry Within two years
thereafter he must pay the sum Of Hftv
cents yer acre, and within i've years from
the date of his entry and before receiving
a hnai certificate he must pay an adj
ditonal sum 81 81 nor acre
Communication of Entries.
AZ said lanis are restored 20 entry under
The general laws homestead entrymen
may commute their entries under section
&&0l, revised statutes by paving Tor the
Land az the rate of s.. 70 Der acre. the price
fixed Ia the act o. iS92 but M FINAL com
missions viii be collected when communal
ton proof Is submitted The commissions
IN the original and final entry under sec-
ton ISL revised statutes VIII be- COM
putcd az the rate OF - Is per acre. tho Or
binary minimum price ~ public lands I'm
der the general provisions Of section Ss7,
revised statutes.
The ordinary blanks for the different
elassrs ~ entries under the general laws
VIII ho used, reference being made there
on. and on the abstracts TO the act Of TuIv
J. lN'@, t0lNllle indian reservation lands
Upon receipt az fhc first payment IN 20
cents per acre from homestead claimants
the receiver will issue a cash recent for
the money, noting thereon. FIRST payment
tolvnte Indian reservation homestead. 70
and when hnRl proof is submitted and
hnai payment mado the regular aual cer-
thcate and receipt should ispue ne we'll
as separate CASH receipt fur the unal
payment Df 8 per acre.
Sections rs ana So in each township Will
hf subject 20 such tirht ot the state ~
Washington thereto aa may b. asrer-
taiWrd Hod determined by ne land de-
rarfmert tn mo administration ~ the
grant OF lands in place 20 che state Tor the
support % common schools
The proclamation nuder which the res
"rvaNon D. thrown npen Ter sottement "a
as Follows.
Pr~sta~Bt'- Proclamation.
whereae. By section 0f 'hs act ~ Tuty
T. tSe ~ stat. 1l cu,itrd An act 20
provide fer tho opening ~ a mart n fhr
CuiVNte reservation, IN the state ~ yraah-
iugton- ard Per ether purpose Il - ro-
Nldet.
.-rhnt sah'eei 20 tho rssrrvafIsns ana
alfarustnts ~ lands in sevvrnltv o. ere
Individual mauhers % shs Indians ~ the
CnlNute reese gvaticn. o. ths state ~ wash
lpw.aE descrlbea tract or portion 10 sala
EolVlNe ym~crfatt1D namely Beginning