Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-07-13

That the lands acquired by this
agreement shall be opened to settle,
ment by proclamation of the president
within six months after allotments re-
manned and be disposed of under the
general provisions of the homestead
and townsite laws of the United States;
Provided, That in addition to the
land office fees prescribed by statute
for such entries, the entryman shall
pay 81. 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
S1.2 per acre;
And Provided Further, That the
RIGHTS of honorably discharged Union
soldiers and sailors of the late Civil
War, as described in Sections 1904 and
23O5 of the revised statutes shall not
be abridged.
WHO CAN TAKE LANDS.
And. provided further, that any per-
son who, having attempted to, but for
any cause failed to secure 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 Jided further, that any
qualified entryman having lands ad-
joining the lands herein coded. whose
! original entry embraced less than 16O
a res in all, shall have the right to en-
ter so much of the lands by the agree
ment coded lying contiguous to his said
/ entry as shall, with the land already
entered, make in the aggregate, 160
acres, said land to be taken upon the
same conditions as are required of
/ other entrymeu;
And. provided further, that the set
tiers 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 upon which
| they have located and improved.
MINERAL DEPOSIT LANDS.
That should any of said lands allot-
ted to said Indians. or opened to settle
ment under this act contain valuable
mineral deposits, such mineral deposits
sh1ll be open to location and entry,
under the existing mining laws of the
Unite States upon the passage of the
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, (31 Stat.
| T37), the secretary of the interior was
authorized to extend. for a period not
exceeding eight months from Deem
Der 6, 1900, the time for making allot-
ments to the Comanche, 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 3. 1901
/ I'll Stat. 1O93), the secretary of the in-
terror 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, attaching por-
tions there of to counties in the terri
tory of Oklahoma, has regularly de-
signated the place for the county seat
of each new county, has regularly set
! aside and reserved at such county seat
land for a townsite 80 be disposed of in
the manner provided by the act of con.
! gress last named. and has regularly
caused to be surveyed. subdivided and
plated the lands % be set aside anC
reserved for position as such town
sites.
DATE IS AUGUST 6.
And, whereas, by the act of congress:
last named, it is provided:
/ ANU WnSESdS, by GlS dCb VI Z III
gress last named the president was au
thorized to establish two additions
United States land districts and lane
offices in the territory of oklahoma tC
inc, ude the lands so coded as aforesaid
| VII Oh land districts and land Offices
! have been established by an order Of
even date herewith:
And, whereas, All of the conditions
required by law to be performed prior
to the opening of said tracts of land tt
settlement and entry have been, as
hereby declare, fu ~ performed;
/ Nov, therefore, L, William Mckin
j ley, president of the United States o.
America. by virtue of the power vested
in me by law, do hereby declare anC
make known that all of the lands so a:
aforesaid coded by the WITCH ia and az
filiated bands of Indians, and the Com
anche, KiOWa and Apache tribes of In
dams, respectively SAVING and except
ing sections sixteen, thirty-six, thir
teen and thirty-thr rec IN each township
and all lands located or selected by The
territory of Oklahoma as indemnity
school or educational lands and savins
aud excepting all la IDS allotted in sew
crafty to individual Indians, and saw
ing and excepting all lands allotted AM
confirmed to religious societies an
other organizations, and saving an,
. excepting the lands selected and Sc
aside as grazing lands for the use i
common for said Comanche. Kiowa an
Apache tribes of Indians, and savin
= and excepting the lands set aside an
/ reserved at each of said county seat
for disposition as townsites, and say
: ing and excepting the lands now useC
: occupied, or set apart for military
agency, school, schUol farm, religion
Indian cemetery, wood reserve, fore!
. reserve. or other public uses, will, G
l the 9Th day of August. 1901, at Q o'cloc
a. m, in the manner herein prescribe
: and not Other wise. be opened to entr
Y ond settlement and to disposition unde
/ the general provisions Of the HON.
S stead and townsite laws of the Unite
States.
e Commencing at o'clock a. M, WeC
r nesday. July 10. 1901. and endinr at
e O'Clock p M. Friday. July 90, 1901.
registration will be had az the Unite
: States land offio es at FL Reno and Law
e ton, in the territory of Oklahoma (tl