The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-06
OFFICIAL RULES FOR
SALE OF TOWN LOTS.


Department Of the lrterior July 10. 1871
Hon william A. Richards. Assistant Com
missioner. General Land Office
Sir. In addition to the duties hereto
fore deVolVing upon you under special IN
struciions respecting the opening 10 en-
try and settlement Of the lands Ia the
Wichita and ComanChe, kiOwa and
Apache reservations under the proclama-
tion Of the preseideut of the fourth inst
you will also take charge OF and super
intend. subject 10 the provisions Of the
act OF March g. 1901, (3i stat, lg)3D and
these regulations, the Offering and sale
OF the town lots I'm the county seat town
sites Of LaWtOn, Anadarko and Hobart,
IN the respective aud newly formed coun-
ties of Comanohe Caddo and ki0wa
After providing for the subdividing OF
said ceded reservations into counties, the
designation OF the county seats thereof,
and the setting aside and reserving at
each county seat a tOwnsto OF 800 acres,
the act of March 2, 1901, supra, provides.
The lands so set aside and designated
shall, In advance of the opening. be sur
veyed subdivided and plated. under
the direction Of the secretary OF the in
terior, into appropriate lots, blocks,
streets. alleys, ana sites Tor parks or pub
hc buildings, so as 10 make "a toWnsite
thereof: Provided, that no person shan
purchase more than one business ana one
residence lot. such town lots shall be of
fered aud sold at public auction 10 the
highest bidder, under the direction OF the
secretary OF the interior, az sales 60 be
had az the opening and subsequent there
TO. The receipts from the sale OF these
lots in the respective county seats shall
after deducting the expenses incident to
the surveying, subdiVidiug. plating. and
selling the same be disposed of under the
direction of the secretary Of the interior
In the following manner. a court house
shan be erected Herewith az such county
seat az n cost OF not exceeding ten thou
sand dollars aud the residue shall be APP
piled TO the construction Of bridges, roads
and such other public impruN ements as
the secretary Of the Interior shall deem
appropriate, including the payment Of an
expenses actually necessary 20 tie maiu-
teance of the county government untll
the time Tor collecting county taxes In
the calendar year next succceding the tim
Of the opening.
g. "A surveyed and plated. the blocks
in these toWusitcs are suhdivlded into
of lots either twenty-five feet in width
on hfty feet n width All lots in blocks
which arc subdiyided into lots twenty-five
feet iu Width shall be considered busk-
ness lots AN lots in blocks which are
subdiVided into lots nftN feet iu width
shall be considered residence lots no
lersOn will he permitted in one towuslte
to purchase more than one business and
one residence lot.
p The town lots in each of these town
sites win he sold az auction 90 the high-
est bidder for cash, only.
B. The sale of lots I'm each tuwmsite
win Doc had at the townsite, and viii he-
gin al O'Clock "a. m, Tuesday August
g. 1901. and viii continue untu z o'clock
p. M. excluding The hour between ~
clock noon, ana i o'clock p m., ana
VIII bee continued from day 20 day there
oftcr Sundays excepted within the hours
named, until an the lots are sold, unless,
t2cuuse of Inadequate bids or other rea-
son deemed sufficient, the secretary of
tho Interior shall suspend or discontinue
the sale bus IN no event viii such sale
hc continued beyond August 3l 1901, un-
less the secretary OF the interior shall