Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-17

lands subject to entry under the home
stead law, and desired Hereunder, have
been entered. II any applicant fails to
appear and present his application for
by the drawing is reached his right to
enter will be passed until after the othe,
applications assigned for that day have
been disposed of, when he will be giver
another opportunity to make entry. fail
ing in which he will be deer-ed to have
abandoned his right to max. ,ntry un.
der such drawing.
Concerning Soldiers and Sailors
To obtain the allowance of a homestead
entry each applicant mist personally pre-
sent the certificate of registration there
tofore issued him, together with a regular
homestead application and the necessary
accompanying proofs, and with the regu-
lar land Office fees, but an honorably dis
charged soldier OF sailor may file his dec
laratOry statement through the agent
representing him at the registration. The
production of the certificate of registra-
ton Will be dispensed with only upon sat
1sfactory proof of its loss or destruction
If at the time of considering his regular
application for entry IL appears that any
applicant is disqualified from making
homestead entry of fhese lands his an
plication will be rejected. notwithstand-
ing his prior registration. If any appli-
cant shall register more than once here
under, or in any other than his true
name. or shall transfer his registration
certificate, he will thereby lose all the
benefits OF the registration and drawing
herein provided for, and will be pre-
cluded from entering or settling upon any
of said lands during the first 60 days fol-
lowing said opening.
The Lands In 'Nentral Strip"
Because Of the provision in the said act
Of congress approved June 6, 1900: ''That
the settlers who located on that part of
said lands called and known as the 'neu-
trail strip shall have preference right for
80 days on the lands upon which they
have located and improved" the said
lands In the neutral strip" shall for the
period Of 80 days after said opening be
subject to homestead entry and townsite
entry only by those who have heretofore
located upon and improved the same, and
who are accorded a preference right of
entry for 80 days as aforesaid. Persons
entitled to make entry under this prefer
ence right will be permitted to do so any
time during said period Of 80 days follow
ing the opening without previous registra-
ton, and without regard to the drawing
herein provided for, and at the expiration
of that period the lands in said neutral
strip" for which no entry shall have been
made will come under the general proyi-
sions of this proclamation.
The intended beneficiaries of the provi-
sion In the said acts of congress an
proved, respectively, March 2, 1895, and
June 6, 1900, which authorizes a qualified
entry man having lands adjoining the
ceded lands. whose original entry en-
praced less than 160 acres, to enter so
much of the ceded lands as will make
MS homestead entry contain in the ag-
gregate not exceeding 160 acres. may OBJ
tain such an extension of his existing
entry, without previous registration and
without regard to the drawing herein
provided for, only by making appropriate
frI Ixrr
sary proofs. at the proper land Office at
some time prior to the opening herein
provided for.
Townsite Regulations.
Any person or persons desiring to
found, or to suggest establishing. town
site upon any of said ceded lands at any
point not in or near vicinity of either Of
the county seats therein heretofore se-
lected and designed as aforesaid NAV.
at any time before the opening herein
provided for. file in the proper local land
office written application to that effect
describing by legal subdivisions the lands
intended to be affected, and stating fully
and under oath the necessity OF proprtety
of founding or establishing q town al
that place. The local officers will forth
with transmit said petition to the COM
missioner of the general land office, with
their Recommendation in the premises.
Such commissioner. If he believes the
public interests will be subserved there
by, Will, If the secretary of the interior
approve thereof, issue an order with
drawing the lands described in such ne
tltlcn, CT any portion thereof, from
homestead entry and settlement and d.
recting that the same be held for the
time being for townsite settlement, en-
try and disposition only. In such event
the lands so withheld from homestead
entry and settlement will, at the time of
said opening and not before, become sub
under the general townsite laws Of the
United States. None of said ceded lands
VIII be subject to settlement, entry or
disposition under such general townsite
laws except In the manner herein pre-
scrIned, until after the expiration Of co
Gays from the time of said opening.
Attention is hereby especially called 70
the !act that under the special provisions
OF the said act of congress, approved
March 3, 1901. the townsites selected and
oeslgnated at the county seats of tho
new counties into which said lands have
teen formed cannot be disposed of unde-
the general townsite laws of the Unitod
states. and can only be disposed OF in
the special manner provided in said act
OF congress, which declares:
Restrictions In Townsites.
Ihe lands so set apart and designated
snali, IN ADVANCE Of the opening, be sur
Ee!ed. suDd1vtded and plated under the
olrection OF the secretary of the interior
INTO appropriate lots, blocks, streets. al,
ieys ana sites for parks or public build.
lngs' SO as to make a townsite thereof.
PROVIDED, that no person shall purchase
i4oie tnan one business and one resi-
oence lot. Such town lots shall ha ne.
iered and sold at public auction to the
nishest bidder, under the direction of
the secretary of the interior, at sales to
oe had at the opening and subseouent
thereto"
an persons are especially admonished
Eat under the said act of Congress- an
proved March 3. 1901. it is provided thar
no person shall be permitted fo saft,o
upon, occupy, or enter any OF said cei,a6
Janus except IN the manner prescribed IN
.i .nis prociamation until after the expira-
ton OF 20 days from the time When f,,n
same are opened to settlement ana en-
Try. AFTER the expiration of the said
period OF 20 days, but not before. anv of
SAID iands remaining undisposed of NAV
De settleo upon, occupied and entered un-
et eer she seneraI provisions of the home-
stead and townsite laws of the United
states In like manner as IL the manner
or enecting such settlement. occupancy
and entry had not been prescribed here
in in obedience to law
Must Respect Indian Fences.
Ii appearing that there are fences
around the pastures into which. for con-
venlence' portions of the ceded lands have
heretofore been divided. and that these
FENCES are of considerable value and are
sun the property of the Indian tribes
ceding said lands to the United States
all persons going upon. examining. en-
tering or settling upon any of said lands
are cautioned to respect such fences as
the property of the Indians and not to
destroy. appropriate or carry away the
same. but to leave them undisturbed so
tnat tney may be seasonably removed
and preserved for the benefit of the In