The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-05-09
AUDITOR COLE ISSUES A BULLE-
TIN ON KANSAS SCHOOL LAND.

looking Tor cheap homes IL IS as FOL
lows:
According to official reports by coun-
ty clerks of Kansas, there are 670, ,Is7
acres of unclaimed school land in this
state subject TO sale under the provisions
of the state laws. or this land, 321 ,997
acres now leased; the remaining 34S,-
100 acres are not leased.
Approximately, there are 3S 900 acres
of this land. % 900 acres in Cove and
5000 acres in Sheridan county, adopted
to farming, especially the growing of
wheat. The balance of the land is
ported to be best adapted to grazing for
cattle, hay land. The leased land,
amounting to 3Z1 ,997 acres, is open to
sale, subject to the leases now in exist
ence- These leases run from three to five
years, according to law, unless such lease
is forfeited by non pay nent of rent.
The Unbiased land, 34s, 100 acres, is also
subject to sale.
sit is established that there is, in adj
dition to the lands reported to this de-
partment, about 1000, 900 acres in the
state which have not been patented,
LEASED lands may be purchased by
observance of the following requirements
Of the law:
ssFirst-On petition of ten household
ers of any organized township, in which
the land is located, to the county super
intendent. asking that such land be sold.
.'Second-The county superintendent
shall then notify the board of county
com IL issioners of such petition and the
commissioners shall cause notice of such
petition to be published three consecu-
tive weeks in the official county paper.
One year after the date of the first pub
1ication the land becomes subject to ap-
praisement.
ssThird-The appraisers selected by
the comm missioners. The land must be
appraised at not less than $1.25 per acre.
s.Fourth-FolIlowing the appraise
1nent. the county treasurer sells the land
at public sale to the highest bidder, the
purchaser paying to the treasurer one
tenth of the purchase price, obtaining
therefor a receipt from the treasurer,
which procures from the county clerk
certificate of purchase. The purchaser
thereupon files with the county clerk a
bond double the sum named as purchase
price, conditioned that he, the purehas-
er, will commit no waste or damage upon
the land, Where purchasers pay the to-
tai in cash for lands no bond is required.
purchasers accept all leased lands
subject to the leases upon them
s'The proceedings for the purchase of
the unIeased lands are exactly the same
as those for the purchase of leased lands,
except that a petition of twenty house
holders is required and delay of one year
for sales is avoided and the purchaser
obtains Immediate possession.
ssIn case where school lands offered for
sale, by the county treasurer, after the
compliance with the provisions of the
law recited in the foregoing, are sold, the
law authorizes the treasurer to dispose of
such lands at private sale to actual set
tiers, only, in tracts of not to exceed 160
acres to each purchaser.
I'm cases where such lands fail to sell
at public sale, the law provides that the
land must be reappraised and sold at
public sale. After second nppraise ment
any person, at public auction, can buy
any or all of such land offered for sale.
This prevents lands being closed to pur-
chasers or prospective settlers for per-
iod longer than one year, except where
it is leased.
stAny person locating upon school land
for homestead purposes shall file with the
county clerk, within ten days, an affidavit
of such settlement. The county clerk
shall issue to the settler certificate
showing the date of such settlement.
LANDS so occupied cannot be brought
into market until six months following
such settlement
ssAfter a person has resided piece
of school land for six months, twenty
householders may petition to expose to
sale such land. aud the settler way, with
in sixty days after its appraisement, file
in the probate court his petition to prove
his settlement
ssAfter residence of six months, if
the land is not appraised, the settler can
reside on the land until the land is ex-
posed to sale by petition of twenty house
holders or being appraised.
SIN making proof of settlement the
probate judge is the officer who hears the
evidence. From his decision, if aggriev-
ed. either the purchaser or the state may
appeal to the district court within fifteen
days subsequent to the decision.
ssPurchasers of school lands should
bear in mind that possession of leased
lands is governed by the lease thereon
Purchasers of Unbiased laHds may obtain
immediate possession.
ssWhen lands fail to sell at private sale