Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-07-13

be considered in their numerical order
during the second day, and so on at
that rate until all of said lands subject
to entry under hunestead law, and de-
sired Hereunder, have been entered.
If any applicant fails to appear and
present his application for entry when
the number assigned to him by the
drawing is reached, his right to enter
will be passed until after the other ap-
plications assigned for that day have
heen disposed of. when he will be Civ
en- another opportunity to make entry,
failing in which he will be deemed to
have aban 1oned his right t0make en-
try under such drawing.
To obtain the allowance Of a home
stead entry each applicant must per-
sonaily present the certificate of regis
tration Heretofore issued to him
to eether with a regular homestead APP
plicatiOn and the necessary accompany
/ ing proofs, and with the regular land
Office fees, but an honorably discharged
soldier or sailor may file his declara-
tory statement through the agent rep
resenting him at the registration The
production of the certificate of regis
tration will be dispensed with only
upon satisfactory proof of its loss or
destruction. If at the time of consid-
erirg his regular application for entry
1t appears that any applicant is dis
quail fed from ma.>ing homestead entry
of these lands his application will be
re iected Notwithstanding his prior
registration. If any applicant shall
register more than once hereunder or
in any other than his true name, or
shall transfer his registration certifi-
cate he will thereby lose all the bene-
fits of the registration and drawing
herein provided for and will be pre-
Guided from entering or settling upon
any of said lands during the first sixty
days following said opening.
NEUTRAL STRIP LAND.
! Because of the provision of the said
act O. congress approved June u, 1900
That the settlers VINO locate on that
part of said lands called and known
/ as the Neutral Strip shall have pref
erence right for thirty days on the
lands upon which they have located
and improved, the said lands in the
Neutral Strip shall for the period OF
thirty days after said opening be sub
ject to homestead entry and towns;te
entry only by those who have hereto
! fore located upon and improved the
same and who are accorded a prefer
ence right of entry for thirty days as
| aforesaid. Persons entitled to make
entry under this preference right viii
be permitted to do SO at any time dur
ing said period of thirty days following
the opening without previous registra
ton, and without regard TO the draw
ing herein provided fer, and at the ex
piratiou of that period. the lands il
said Neutral Strip for which no entry
shall have been made will come undel
the general provisions of this procla
nation.
The intended benefciaries OF the
provision of the said acts of congress
approved respectively, March ,, 1885,
and June 6, 1900, which authorizes
qualified ,entryman having lands ad
Joining the coded lands whose origina
entry embraced less than 100 acres, Il
enter so much of the coded lands a
will make his home tead entry con tail
in the aggregate not exceeding lot
acres. may obtain such au extension o
his existing entry, W thout previou
registration and without regard to tn
drawing herein provided for, only b,
making proper application, accom-
panied by the necessary proofs, with
the proper new Ian office at SOM
ii prior to the opening herein pro
vided for.