The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-07-12
LAND OPENING IN OKLAHOMA.
Good System Of Registration-To be
Determined by Drawing

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WASHINGTON, July. THE proc
lamation of President Mckinley,
opening up to settlement the
lands coded in Oklahoma was made
public to-day. The proclamation
covers the cessions made by the
Wichita and affiliated hands of In
dams, in accordance with the Act
of March, 1899, and those made by
the Comanche. Kiowa and Apache
tribes, in pursuance of the Act OF
of June, 1900.
The proclamation provides for
the opening of lands in those reser-
vations which are not reserved at 9
o'clock a. m. on August 6 next, the
lands to be opened to settlement
under the homestead and town site
laws of the United States.
Beginning on July 10, and ending
on July 26, those who wish to make
entry of land under the homestead
law, shall be registered. The reg
istration will take place in the land
offices at Reno and Lawton. The
registration at each office will be
tor both land districts. To obtain
registration the applicant will be
required to show himself duly quail
flied to make homestead entry of
these lands under existing laws,
and to give the registering officer
such appropriate matters of de-
scription and identity as will pro-
tect the applicant and the Govern
ment against any attempted imposi-
ton.
Registration cannot be effected
through the use of the mails or by
the employment of an agent, ex-
cepting that honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors may present
their application through an agent,
no agent being allowed to represent
more than one. After being regis
tered, applicants will be given GER
tificates allowing them to go upon
the ceded lands and examine them
in order to aid them in making an
intelligent selection. 1t is explicit
ly stated that no one will be allowed
to make homestead settlement on
any of said lands, and then only in
pursuance of a homestead entry
duly allowed by the local land off,
GERS or a soldiers declaratory state
ment, duly accepted by such officer,
DETERMINED BY DRAWING.
The order of the applications is
to be determined by drawing, the
plan for which is described as fol
lows: The order in which, during
the first sixty DAYS following the
opening the registered applicants
will be permitted homestead entry
Of the lands opened hereunder, will
be determined by drawings for both
the Reno and Lawton districts,
held at the United States
and Office at Ell Reno, commencing
1t 9 o'clock a. m, Monday, July %, |
1901, and continuing tor such period
as may be necessary to complete
the same. The drawings will be
held under the supervision and i'm
mediate observance of a committee
IF three persons whose integrity is
such as to make their control Of the
drawing a guarantee OF its fairness.
The members of this committee
wall be appointed by the Secretary
Of the Interior, who will prescribe
suitable compensation for their
services. Preparatory to these
drawings the registration officers
will, at the time of registering each
applicant who shows himself duly |
qualified, make out card, which
must be signed by the applicant,
stating the land district in which
he desires TO make homestead en-
.ry and giving such description
If the applicant as will enable the