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upon the payment of s1-25 per acre. And
provided further That the rights of
honorably discharged Union soldiers and
sailors of the late civil war. as defined
and described in sections 2304 and 2305
of the revised statutes shall not be
abridged And, provided further That
any person who, having attempted to,
but for any cause failed to secure a
title in fee to a homestead under exist
ing laws. or who made entry under what
is known as the committed provision. of
the homestead law. shall be qualified to
make homestead entry upon said lands.
And, provided further That any quail
fed entry man having lands adjoining
the lands herein coded. whose original
entry embraced less than lou acres in all,
| shall have the right to enter much of
the lands by this agreement coded lying
contiguous to his said entry shall.
with the land already entered. make in
the aggregate 160 acres, said land be
taken upon the same conditions as are
required of other entry men, And, pro-
| vided further. That the settlers who
located on that part of said lands called
and known as the neutral strip shan
have preference right for thirty days on
| the lands upon which they have located
and improved.
That should any of sai6 lands allotted
to said Indians. opened to settlement
under this act contain valuable mineral
open to location and entry, under the
existing mining laws of the United
States. upon the passage of this act.
and the mineral laws of the United
states are hereby extended over said
lands.
And, whereas. by the act of Congress
approved January 4, 1901 (31 Stat, I'D,
the secretary of the interior was author
lied to extend, for period not exceed
ing eight months from December 6, 1900.
the time for making allotmentS to the
Comanche, Kiowa and Apache Indians
and opening to settlement the lands so
coded by them;
Ard xxrHn
of Congress approved March 8, 1901 go
Stat, 1888, the secretary of the interior
has regularly subdivided the lands so as
aforesaid respectively coded to the Unit
ed States by the Wichita and affiliated
bands of Indians and the Comanche
kiowa and Apache tribes of Indians in
to counties, attaching portions thereof to
adjoining counties in the territory of
Oklahoma, has regularly designated the
| place for the county seat of each new
county, has regularly set aside and
served at each county seat land for
sownsite to be disposed of in the nam
| ner provided by the act of congress last
named, and has regularly caused to be
surveyed subdivided and plated the
lands so set aside and reserved for dis
position such townsites;
'And whereas, by the act of Congress
last named it is provided
The lands to be opened to settlement
and entry under the acts of Congress
catifying said agreements respectively
shall be SO opened by proclamation of
he President, and to avoid the contests
ana connecting claims which have here
tofore resulted from opening similar pub
lie lands to settlement and entry, the
President S proclamation shall prescribe
the manner in which these lands may
be settled upon. occupied and entered, by
persons entitled thereto under the acts
ratifying said agreements, respectively;
and no person shall be permitted to set
tie upon occupy or enter any of said
lands except as prescribed in such proc
lamation until after the expiration of
sixty days from the time when the same
md TRY
TO OPEN AUGUST 6.
And. whereas, BY the act of Congress
TO establish two additional United States
land districts and land offices in the
territory of Oklahoma to include the
lands so coded as aforesaid. which land
districts and land offices have been es-
tablished by an order of even date here
with:
required by law to be performed prior
to the opening of said tracts of land to
settlement and entry have been, as 1
hereby declare. fully performed;
Now, therefore. 1. William Mckinley
President of the United States of Amer
ca by virtue of the power vested in
ne by law. do hereby declare and make
znown that all of the lands so as afore-
said coded by the Wichita and amliated
bands of Indians. and the Comanche.
<iowa and Apache tribes of Indians.
spectively. saving and excepting Sec
lions Is. So. Is and 80 in each township
and all lands located or selected by the
territory of Oklahoma indemnity
school or educational lands, and saving
and excepting all lands allotted in sew
eralty to individual Indians. and saving
and excepting all lands allotted and con-
Irmed to religious societies and other
organizations. and saving and excepting
/ The lands selected and set aside as graz
ing lands for the in common for
said Comanche, Kiowa and Apache tribe
of Indians. and saving and excepting
the lands set aside and reserved at each
of said county seats for disposition as
townsites. and saving and excepting the
lands now used. occupied set apart
for military, agency, school. school farm.
religious. Indian cemetery. wood re-
serve, forest reserve. other public
uses. Will the 9Th day of August.
1901. at 9 O'Clock a m. in the manner
herein prescribed and not otherwise, be
opened to entry and settlement AMI to
disposition under the general provisions
of the homestead and townsite laws of
the United States.
Commencing at o'clock a. m.
Wednesday. July 10. 1901, and ending at
6 O'Clock p. M. Friday, July 20. 1901.
registration will be had at the United
States land Offices at Ell Reno and Law
ton. in the territory of Oklahoma tthe
quarters in the immediate vicinity of
Fort Sill. Oklahoma territory. until suit
able quarters can be provided at Law
toni. for the purpose of ascertaining
what persons desire to enter, settle upon.
and acquire title to any of said lands
tanning their qualifications to do The
registration at each Office will be for
both land districts, but at the TIM of
registration each applicant will be re-
tr.cr he desires to make entry To OBJ
tain registration each applicant viii be
required to show himself duly qualified
to make homestead entry of these lands