The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-09

II any app icant fails TO appear and
present his application for entry when
the number ass signcd Go him by the
drawing Is reached, his right 10 enter
will bc passed until after the other ap.
plications assigned for that day have
hecu disposed Of when hc will he civ.
en- another opportunity TO make entry,
falling In which he will be deemed TO
have aban ioned his right to mako en-.
try under such drawing.
To obtain tho allowance of a home
stead entry each applicant must per.
soually present the certificate of regis.
tration heretofore issued TO him
together with regular homestead APP
plicHtion aud the necessary accompany
ing proof, aud with the regular land
Office fees. but an honorably discharged
soldier or sailor may hle his dcclara.
tory statement through the agent rep
rcsentlng him at the registration. The
production Of the certificate ~ regis.
tration will be- dispensed with only
upon satisfactory proof Of its loss or
destruction. n az the time Of consid-
crirR his regular application for entry
II appears that any applicant Is dis
quail fled from ma iug homestead entry
Of these lands hi- application will bc
rejected Notwithstanding his prior
registration II amy applicant shall
register more than once hereunder or
In amy other than his true name or
shall transfer his registration ceriif-
cate he will thereby lose all the bcnc-
ITS OF the registration aud drawing
herein provided for aud will Doe pre-.
cluded from entering or settling upon
any OF said lands during the first sixty
days following said opening.
NEUTRAL STRIP GANp.
because Of the provision Of the said
act o congrcs, approved June q, 1900:
That the settlers who locate on that
part OF said lands called and known
AS the Neutral Strip shall have pref
ercnce right for thirty days on the
lands upon which they have located
aud improved, the said lands in the
Neutral Strip shall for the period OF
thirty days after said opening be sub
ject 10 homestead entry and towns.te
eutry only by those who have hereto
fore located upon aud improved. the
same aud who are accorded prefer
ence right Of entry for thirty day- as
aforesaid. Persons entitled to make
entry under this preference right will
he permitted to do 50 at any time dur
ing said period Of thirty days following
the opening without previous rcgistra-
tion, and without regard To- the draw
ing her,sn provided for, and at the eN-
piration 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 procla.
nation.
The intended bcnchciaries Of the
provision OF the said acts of congress
approved respectively, March 2, 1895
and June q, 1900, which authorizes "A
qualified entryman having lands ad-
joining the ceded lands whose original
entry embraced less than 100 acres, to
enter so much of the ceded lands as
will make his homestead entry contain
In the aggregate not exceeding 100
acres. may obtain such an/extcnsion of
his existing entry, W thout previous
registration and without regard 20 the
drawing herein provided for, only by
making proper application, accom-
panied by the necessary proofs, with
the proper new lanl Office At somc
ii re prior TO the opening aerein pro-
vidcd for.
MAY FOUND rowNsIrEs.
Any person, or persons desiring to
found or 10 suggest establishing a
t0Wns.ta upon auy of the ceded lands
at any point not la the near vlcrNAy ~
the county seats selected and oesigna-
TED AS Aforesaid may, at any time
before the opening herein provided
for, tile in the proper local laud onice
"A written application 20 that effect
describing by legal subdivisions the
land intended 10 be effected, and
stating fully and under Oath the
necessity or propriety OF founding or
establishing a town at that place. Inc
local officers will forthwith transmit
such petition 10 the commissioner % (
the general land Office with their
recommendation Ia the premises. such
commissioner, II he believes the public
interests will be subscryed thereby,
wll, II the secretary of the interior
approve thereof, issue an order with
drawing tile lands described In such
petition, or any portion thereof from
homestead entry aud settlement, and
directing that the same be held for the
time being for tOwnsite settlement,
entry, and disposition In such events,
the lands So withheld from homestead
entry and settlement will, az the time
OF said opening, and not before, be-
come subject TO settlement, entry and
disposition under the general tOwnsite
laws of the United States. None of
said ceded lands VIII be subject 10 set.
tiement, entry or disposition under
such general townsito laws except la
the manner herein prescribed until
after the expiration OF sixty days from
the time Of said opening.
Attention is hereby ospoc ally called
TO the fact that under the special
provisions OF the said act Of congress,
approved March 8, 1901, the townsites
selected and designated as the county
seats of the new counties into which
said lands have been formed cannot be
disposed of under the general townsite
laws OF the United States and can
only be disposed OF In the special
manner provided in said act OF con-
gress. which declares;
"The lands 80 set apart and desig-
mated shall, ia advance Of the opening,
be surveyed, subdiylded and plated,
under the direction OF the secretary of
the interior, into appropriate blocks,
lots, streets, alleys aud sites for pards,
or public buildings, so as 20 make a
townsite thereof;
Provided, That no person shall pur-
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