Arizona silver belt., 1900-03-15

TINTED STATES INDIAN SERVICE-Pro- C poSalS for grazing privileges on the White Mountain or san Carlos Indian feserha
 tion. Arizona: sealed proposals for grazing horses or cattle Cbut not sheep or hOgsj on the surplus lands of the White Mountain or san Carlos Indian reservation, hriznna endorsed Proposals for grazing privilege on the san Carlos reservation and addressed to the act ing [. :. Indian agent of the san nrlos agency
 Arizona will be received at this oince uuth Q clock D. m. on the igth day Of March, l"vp
 IL k proposed to grant informal permits GOV
 ering the grazing priyilegesO or sald rcseFNatloh to the party ar parties proposing to pay tnc highest price per head per aunum Tor me
 period of three years from April l. lNS NO bld for a different period will be accepted or considered. For the information or bidderS II
 k stated that the ranges of the reservation are unfenced. So far aS practicable gwen
 portion of the reservation. suificient Tor the
 pasturage of nisstock. willbc aS>gnedto each successful bidder, and each permittee VIII De
 expected to contlne his stock to the portion or
 th,s reservation assigned him: but the govern
 ment win assume no responsibility in the maj
 ter of preventing the Straying or Stock lroih
 range to range. There are two separate
 ranges or grazing districts on tn" reserNatioh. separated by natural boundaries: one embraces
 an estimated area Of about NnWN acres Hhu
 the other about sOOb0b acres The sraIlnH
 permits issued under this advertisement VIII
 ne prescribed by the commissioner ot Indian
 affairs md will be based upon the nulnper ol
 head of cattle or horses the bidder proposes to
 ,raze on the reservation and not upon me
 ncreage assigned to ach pcrmittcc. Any iur.
 thcr information concerning the matter Nli
 be furnished upon application to ths oIuce'
 Each bidder must state whether ne propose
 to graZe horses or cattle, the number ne pro
 noses to graZe. and the price per head per an
 mum which he will pay tcalNeS at thelr mother
 side not to be cuunted). and give the location
 of his ranch aud his p0Stonice address m the
 consideration of biGs, horses and cattle VIII pc
 regarded as upon equal basis. An adjustment will be required on the lSt or Aprli or each year Of the term and permltteeN VII pe ". uuired to enter into supplemental contract upon the same terms and conditions as the original contract covering any aduttlohS ol stock that he may have brought upon the res
 eryation and covering all young stock that have approximately attained the nSe ol one year during the preceding twelve mOhthN. iuc ,razlng tax must he paid In two Seml lahnua nstallments in advance. to-wit: on Aprl lst ! and October lSt. of each year. Eachperhhttee will be required to furnish bond Wlth two or more good and sufficient Nuretles lh an amount equal to the deferred payments unuef nlS per | init An actual count or the number or neau | of stock brought upon the reservation VIII pc required of each pcrmlttee: 1T Il Shoulu pc us ! covered upon inspection and count, that me ! number and count certified to k incorrect. the | permttee will be held to the paymeni ot Nuch ] surplus, and such surplus of stock Will be Sun- 1 feet to removal from the rcscrvaiion- m the l discretion Of the r S. Indian agent. in case ! he should deem such H couts" eNpeueht. l Everything being satisfactory, it iS prOpo>ed
 to award the grazing privileges 70 the pa, ' VI ''r parties proposing to pay the hiSheNt pflcc per i head per annum. but the right k hereby re l served to reject any or all bids, or any part or ] n bid without assignment of cause should the | Secretnry of the Interior deem such a course ! udvisable: and the permits executed hereunder 1 will be subject to the approval or the Secre ! tary Of the Interior Each proposal must pc
 accompanied by a certified check or drait upon some United States depository or solvent
 national bank in the vicinity or the bldder > place of residence made payable to the ordei
 of the Commissioner 0f Indian AiiairS. TOT al
 least ten per ccntum of the entire amount ol
 the propos,ll for the three years which chccH
 or draft will be forfeited to the United State' . for the use and benefit of the Indians occupy ! ing the San Carlos reservation: m ease any plu
 der receiving an award shall fall to enter into
 the prescribed permit for the number or heat
 of stock covered by his bid, and to furnish i
 suitable bond with two or more good and sum
 cicnt suretieS conditioned upon the taithiu
 performance of the terms of the permit; other
 wise 1t will be returned to the bidder Propos
 als not conforming to the requirements or tns
 advertisement will not he considered. tapt
 w J Nicholson. Acting $. Indian Agent
 San Carlos Agency Arizona February lo' l'VO