Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-11

vided further, that any person who. nav
| ing attempted to, but for any cause iaiiee
to, secure title in fee to homestead
under existing laws or who made eh,r,
under what Is known as the commutee
provision of the homestead law, shall b'
| qualified to make homestead entry up
on said lands, and provided further, tia
any qualified entry man having lands au
| Joining the lands herein coded, Whos'
original entry embraced less than IN
acres in all, shall have the right to en-
ter so much of the lands by this agree
ment ceded lying contiguous to his sac
entry as shall, with the land already en-
tered, make in the aggregate l6O acres
| said land to be taken as are required OF
| other entry men, and provided further
\ that the settlers who located on tha'
part of said lands called and known az
the neutral strip shall have preference
right for 20 days on the lands which they
have located and improved.
|
THAT should any of said lands allotted
to said Indians or opened to settlement
under this act contain valuable minera
deposits, such mineral deposits shall be
open to location and entry, under the ex'
listing mining laws Of the United States
upOn the passage Of this act. and the
mineral laws of the United States are
hereby extended over said lands
And, whereas, by the act of congress
approved January 4, 1901 t3l Stat, 7zO
| the secretary Of the interior was author
lied to extend, for period not exceeding
eight months from December 6, 1890, the
time for making allotments to the Co.
manche, klowa and Apache Indians ano
opening to settlement the lands 50 ceded
| by them.
Land for County Seats.
And whereas, in pursuance Of the acl
of congress approved March 3, 1901 l3
| Stat, 1888, the secretary of the interior
| has regularly subdvided the lands so as
aforesaid respectively ceded to the Unltet
States by the Wichita and affiliated bands
| If Indians and the C0manche, kiowa ant
Apache tribes of Indians into counties
attaching portions thereof to adjoining
counties In the territory of Oklohoma
hM regularly designated the place fol
the county seat of each new county, mas
regularly SET aside ana reserVeu d. su,i
cnnW,p ~ .,n arnn n nr"u,;,ad bv ~,
a", ~ oongrnss ost na,nod and bae roo
h ,a.,' oo,,sad 70 be- s',rvouod suhd,vide,
ana ,,,o,,od Tho ronds 90 90, asida and no.
a"r sar d,anosit,nn no s,,oh townsites.
And ,vhoroas hv Tho oct of congress.
,oa, ,orad II ,s nrovdod,
,"rha Ia nas to ha ononod IN sett,emen,
ord "n,ru ',ndor tho aot. ~ congress rat
,e "d e" ala aarao,nan,s rosnao,na,y sbal
ho 90 onaraJ hv nrocla nation NJ m,
nros,dent and IN avoid tho contests ani
paa",n,,n, oia,nos u,h,oh havo horotofor.
ros,,,,ad tron o,oning .,nilar nnh,i,
,ands ~ so,,iaman, onS ortrv tho nres,
" n" " nroolamat,on sho,, nrooor,ba N,
nannar In which those Ia rds nav be cot
,,oa rnon oooun,od ana ontorod bv nor
a mvu " ap,,,,od ,hnroto nnaor tba ac,s ratj
sv,ny cold aoreemonts reanect,vo,v. mr.
, ~ nor S",n shau ha "or,n,tted ~ sottl,
." o p''" "",,n s ~ ontor anw ~ sofa ,and,
eyccnt AZ prescribed in such proclamation
until after the expiration of 60 days from
the time when the same are opened It
settlement and entry"
Two Additional Land Offices.
,ns ,,noroos H., ,,o a., =, oor,ro.,
,a m"u "",' tso ,us,,ann. o, ,,,hnr,.aj
100. aa '" two addIt,ono, Irn,tod Stato,
~, w. s' H.. .,n. w. ~ ,una aa,oo. IL, ~ low
, ""u "' 80 n.Iohan,a ~ inn,,,a, ~ ~,
a"o's v, ona's son,J ',t,,o,, ," "u al" a,s
,J .."su u" ~ a. 49,. a,,nh
,a. Ls' a H., ,''m saou ~ a,nn ao,o haran,,h
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nnu m"e ' az VI ame uu"a'' n,,a, :,
u " ~ ~" -. % w. ~
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,'c'no.' "' .''.. on.'y .ase oe''' 90 ''e''''
"'''o'e' "u's po' nv '''''
inc Lands Excepted
Now, therefore, l. William Mckinley
president of the United States of Amer
lea, by virtue of the power vested in M,
by law, do hereby declare and max,
known that all of the lands so as afore
said ceded by the Wichita and affiliated
bands of Indians, and the Comanche
Klowa and Apache tribes of Indians, re
spectlyely, saving and excepting sections
16. 36. 10 and 80 in each township, and al
lands located or selected by the territor.
of Oklahoma as indemnity school or edu
cational lands. and saving and excepting
all lands allotted in seyeralty to indi
yidual Indians and saving and exceptln,
all lands allotted and confirmed to re
liriols societies and other organizations
and saving and excepting the lands se
lecied and set aside AZ grazing lands fol
ina uso in common for said Comanche