Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-20

after said opening be subject to home
stead entry and townsite entry only by
those who have heretofore located upor
and improved the same. and who are ac-
corded a preference right of entry foI
thirty days as aforesaid. Persons en-.
Titled to make entry under this prefer
ence right will be permitted to do SO at
any time during said period of thirty
DAYS following the opening without pre-
vlous registration. and without regard te
the drawing herein provided for and al
the expiration of that period the lands
IN said neutral strip for which no entry
shall have been made will come under
the general provisions of this proclama-
ton
The intended benefciaries of the r,ro-
vision in the said acts of Congress an
proved. respectively. March 2 1895. anc
June 8, 1890. which authorizes a qualified
ceded lands. whose original entry EN-
braced less than 160 acres, to enter sc
much of the ceded lands as will make
mis- homestead entry contain in the a--
gregate not exceeding I60 acres. NAV OBJ
tain such an extension of his existine
entry, without previous registra ton an6
Mllnout regard to the drawing hereir
PROVIDED for. only by making appropriate
application. accompanied by the neces-
sary proofs. at the proper new land
once at some time prior to the opening
herein provided for.
Any person persons desiring tc
Iouno, or to suggest esta blishing, q
lo"nsite upon any of said ceded lands
at any point not in the near vicinity OF
either of the county seats therein, here
tofore selected and designated as afore-
SAID may, at any time before the Opening
herein provided for. file in the proper
local land office a written application tic
that effect, describing by legal sub
divisions the lands intended to be AFFECT
ed, and stating fully and under oath the
necessity or propriety of founding or es-
tapilsh1ng town at that place. The
local officers will forthwith transmit said
petition to the commissioner of the gen.
eral land office with their recommends
ton in the premises Such commissioner
If he believes the public interests will be
subserved thereby, will, if the secretary
or the interior approve thereof, issue
an order Withdrawing the lands de-
scr1bed in such petition, or any portion
thereof, from homestead entry and set
Element. and directing that the sans, be
held for the time being for townsite set
tlement. entry. and disposition only. In
such event the lands so withheld from
homestead entry and settlement WILL at
the time of said opening, and not before
become subject to settlement entry and
disposition under the general townsite
laws of the United States None of said
ceded lands will be subject to settlement
entry or disposition under such general
townsite laws except in the manner here
in prescribed until after the expiration
of sixty days from the time of said open
ing.
Attention is hereby especially called
to the fact that under the special pro-
proved March 3, 1901, the townsites Sc
lected and designated at the county
seats of the new towns into which said
lands have been formed, cannot be dis
posed of under the general townsite laws
of the United States, and can only be
disposed of in the special manner pro-
vided IN said act of Congress, which de-
clares-
TOWNSHIP REGULATIONS.
THE lands SO set apart and designated
shall. advance of the opening, be sur
6ad md 1nfa rn6o h
direction of the secretary of the interior
into appropriate lots, blocks, streets
alleys, and sites for parks and public
buildings, so as to make a townsite
thereof.
Provided. That no person shall pur-
chase more than one business and one
residence lot. Such town lots shall be
offered and sold at public auction the
biggest bidder, under the direction of the
secretary of the interior, at sales to be
had at the opening and subsequent there
to.
''An persons are especially admonished
that under the said act of Congress ap-
proved March 3. 1901, it is provided that
no person shall be permitted to settle
upon, occupy, or enter any of said cedeG
lands except in the manner prescribed
in this proclamation until after the ex-
piration of sixty days from the time
when the same are opened to settlement
and entry. After the expiration of said
period of sixty days. but not before. any
of said lands remaining undiSposed OF
may be settled upon, occupied and en-
tered under the general provisions of the
homestead and townsite laws of the
United States in like manner as il the
manner of effecting such settlement, oc-
cupancy and entry had not been pre-
scribed herein in obedience to law.
1T appearing that there are fences
around the pastures into which, for con-
venience, portions of the coded lands
have heretofore been divided, and that
these fences are of considerable value
and are still the property of the Indian
tribes ceding said lands to the United
Staes, all persons going upon. exanin-
ing. entering settling upon any OF
said lands are cautioned to respect such
fences the property of the Indians
and not to destroy, appropriate. or carry
away the same, but to leave them undis-
turbed so that they may be Seasonably
removed and preserved for the benefit OF
the Indians.
THE secretary of the interior shall
prescribe all needful rules and regula-
lions necessary to carry into full fleet
the opening herein provided for.
I'm witness whereof 1 have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed. Done at the
city of Washington this 9Th day of July
in the year of our Lord 1901. and of the
independence of the United States the
10th.
civilian MCKINLEY.