The Globe-republican., 1901-07-11

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And Whereas. In the act OF congress
ratifying the said Comanche, Kiowa
and Apache agreement it is provided,
That the lands acquired by this
agreement shall be opened to settle
nent by proclamation of the president
within six months after a1lotments re-
NAMED and be disposed Of under the
general provisions of the homestead
and toEvnsite laws of the United States;
Provided, That in addition to the
land Office fees prescribed by statute
for such entries, the entryman shall
pay ST. 25 per acre for the land entered
at the time of submitting his final
proof;
And Provided Further, That in all
homestead entries where the entryman
has resided upon and improved the
land in good faith for the period of
fourteen months he may continue his
entry to cash upon the payment of
81 25 per acre;
And Provided Further, That the
rights of Ilonorably discharged Union
soldiers and sailors of the late Civil
war, as desert bed IN Sections 23o4 and
23o5 OF the revised statutes shall not
be abridged
WHO cAS TAKE LANDS.
And. provided further. that any per
son who, having attempted to. but for
any cause failed to secure a title in fee
to homestead under the existing laws,
or who made entry under what is
known as the committed provision of
the homestead entry upon said lands;
And, pro vided further. that any
qualified entryman having lands ad-
| joining the lands herein coded, whose
original entry embraced less than 160
| in all, shall have the right to en-
| ter SO much of the lands by the agree
Inent coded lying contiguous to his said
i entry shall, with the land already
/ en- tered, make in the aggregate, 100
acres, said land to be taken upon the
same conditions as are required of
! other entryneu:
And. provided further. that the set
! tiers who located on that part of said
| lands called and known as the neutral
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| thirty days on the lands upon which
they have located and improved
MINERAL DEPOSIT LANDS.
That should any of said lands a1lot-
| uent under this act contain val ia BILE
| mineral deposits, such mineral deposits
! shall be open to location and entry,
under the existing mining laws of the
| United States upon the passage of the
act. and the mineral laws of the United
| States are hereby extended over said
Iands-
And, whereas. by the act of congress
approved January 4, 1901, 81 Stat
7271, the secretary of the interior was
authorized to extend, for period not
| exceeding eight months from Deem
Der 6, 1900, the time for making alIot
ments to the Comauche, Kiowa and
Apache Indians and opening to settle
ment the lands to be coded by them.
And, whereas, in pursuance of the
act of congress approved March ,. 1870
al Stat. 1899, the secretary OF the in
terror has regularly subdivided the
lands SO as aforesaid, respe cti vely cedee
to the United States by the Wichiti
and affiliated bands of Indians and tbs
Coma niche. KiOvvsl and Apache tribes o
| Indians into counties, attaching por
| tiOus there of to counties in the terri
| tory of Oklahoma, has regularly de
signated the place for the county sea
OF each new county, has egularly Sc
; aside and reserved at such county sea
land for a tOVvuSite 30 be disposed OF il
the man ner provided by the act of con
: gress last named, and has regularl
caused to be surveyed. subdivide1 AM
plated the lands TO be set aside an
reserved for position as such town
| Sites
DATE Is AUGUST G.
And, whereas, by the act OF congress
last named, it is provided:
And, whereas, BY the act OF c II
gress last named the president was slu
thorized to establish two additional
United States land districts and Ian
, Offices in the territory of Oklahoma L
: include tile lands SO ceded as aforesaid
VIII. oh land districts and land Office
have been esta bIished by an order Q
even date herewith:
And. whereas, All of the condition
required by law to be performed PRO
to the opening of said tracts OF land t
; settlement and entry have been, as
hereby declare, fully performed;
Now. therefore, L, William McKin
ley, president of the United States o
America. by virtue of the power veste
ia me by law, do hereby declare an
make known that all OF the lands a
aforesaid ceded by the WITCH ia and a:
fliated bands OF Indians, and the Com
: anche. hiowa and Apache tribes OF In
dians, respectively saving and except
ing sections sixteen, ohirty-six. tniI
teen and thirty T. rec IN each to wnshiE
and all lands located selected by t d
, territory OF Oklahoma as indemnity
r school or educat onal lands md savIn
, aud excepting all la IDS allotted in sew
{ crafty to individual Indians. and say
:: ing and excepting all lands allotted
l confirmed to religious societies
1 other organizations, and saving an
. excepting the lands selected and Sc
= aside as grazing lands for the i
5 common for said COmanche, KiOwa an
; Apache tribes of Indians. and savin
e and excepting the lands set aside an
n reserved at each of said county seal
l for disposition tOzvnsites, and sa'
: ing and excepting the lands now uset
: occupied, or set apart for military
= agency. school, school farm. religion
Indian cemetery. wood reserve. fore.
9 reserve. or other public uses, will, O
j the 9th day of August. 1901. at o'cloc
. a M, in the manner herein prescri be
= and not other wise. be opened to entr
Y Ond settlement and q disnlSiti0T, lie