Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-11

PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
THE DOCUMENT OPENING TO SETTLEMENT THE WICHITA AND
KIOWA, COMANCHE AND APACHE RESERVATIONS

within six mounts after allotments are
made and be disposed of under the
general provisions of the homestead
and townsite laws of the United
States: Provided. That III addition to
! the land office fees prescribed by sta
tute for such entries the cntryman
shall pay $l.25 per acre for the lanG
entered at the time of submitting his
final proof: And, provided further,
That in all homestead entries where
the entiyman had resided upon and
| improved the land entered in good
faith for the period of fourteen months
! he may commute his entry to cash up.
on the payment of $1.25 per acre: And
/ provided further. That the rights OF
honorably discharged Union soldiers
and sailors of the late Civil war, as de-
| fined and described in sections 1904
and 1905 OF the revised statutes shall
not be abridged: And, provided fur
Their, That any person, who. having at.
! tempted to, but for any cause failed
! to, secure title in fee to a homestead
/ law, shall be qualified to make home
stead entry upon said lands: And, pro-
vided further. That any qualified en-
itryman having lands adjoining the
/ lands herein coded whose original en-
| try embraced less than 100 acres in
all. shall have the right to enter sc
much OF the lands Ky this agreement
coded lying contiguous to his said en-
try as shall, with the land already en-
tered make in the aggregate $50 acres
said land to be taken upon the same
conditions. as are REQUIRED of other en-
trymen; And, provided further, Thas
the settlers who located on that part
of said lands called and known as the
neutral strip shall have preference
right for thirty days on the lands uDon
which they have located and improv-
ed.
That should any of said lands allot-
ted to said Indians, or opened to set
tlenlent under this act. contain valua-
BILE mineral deposits. such mineral de.
posts shall be open to location and
entry. under the existing mining laws
of the United States: upon the pass,
age of this act and the mineral laws
of the United States are hereby ex.
tended over said lands.
And whereas. by the act of Congress
approved January 4, 1901, (31 Stat
127l, the secretary of the interior was
authorized to extend. for period not
exceeding eight months from Deem
Der e. 1900, the time for making allot
ments to the Comanche. Kiowa and
Apache Indians and opening to settle
ment the lands so coded by them:
And whereas. i'll pursuance of the
act OF Congress approved March 8
1901 81 Stat, 1093) the secretary oil
the interior has regularly subdivided
the lands SO as aforesaid respectively
!, coded to the United States by the
Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians
, and the Comanche. Kiowa and Apache
: tribes of Indians into counties, attach
: ing portions thereof to adjoining coun
ties in the territory of Oklahoma, ha
t regularly designated the place for tn,
: county seat of each new county, ha
f regularly set aside and reserved a
such county seat land for townsit,
], TO he disposed of in the manner pro
i vided by the act of Congress las
named. and has regularly caused tt
, be surveyed. subdivideG and plated
the lands so set aside and reserved
: for disposition as such townsites:
And whereas. by the act of Congress
/ last named it is provided:
2 The lands to be opened to settle
: ment and entry under the acts of con
: gross ratifying said agreements re
e spectively shall be so opened by proc
e lamation of the president and to avoi,
the contests and conflicting claim
, which have heretofore resulted from
), opening similar public lands to sci
, Element and entry. the president
= proclamation shall prescribe the mar
). ner in which these lands may be SET
q tied upon. occupied and entered b
:. persons entitled thereto under TIL
:. acts, ratifying said agreements. re
:, spectively; and no person shall be pei
). mitted to settle upon, occupy or ente
any of said lands except as prescribe
:, in such proclamation until after TIL
:, expiration Of sixty days from the tim
), when the same are opened to settle
:, ment and entry.
= And whereas. by the act of Congress
q last named the president was autho
lied to establish two additional Uni
ed States land districts and land o
. fees N the territory of Oklahoma, t
- include he lands so ccded as afor,
said. which land districts and land o
2 fees have been established by an o
} der of even date herewith.
9 And whereas. all of the condition
}. ireq!lired by law to be performed pric
$ 10 the opening of said tracts of Ian
u TO settlement and entry have been, 6
If hereby declare. duly performed
q. August 6 the Day.
e Now, therefore, I. William McKil
II ley. President of the United States
b. America by virtue of the power YES
d ed in me by law. do hereby decla,
IS and make known that all of the lant
n so as aforesaid coded by the Wichi!
ID and affiliated bands of Indians, an
IS the Commando, kiowa and Apacf
D. tribes OF Indians, respectively, savin
ID and excepting sections sixteen, thirt
Of six. thirteen and thirty-three in eac
rs township, and all lands located or 8
O. lected by the territory of Oklahon
"a as indemnity school or education
III lands, and saving and excepting :.
II, lands allotted in severality to indivi
~ ual Indians and saving and eXcepth
d. all lands allotted and confirmed to 7
SIS ligious societies and other organic
g. lions, and saving and excepting Il
in lands selected and set aside as era
ae ing lands for the use in common t,
=, cold rornanrhe Kiowa and Anac}