The Washington times., 1901-07-08

q Il
duly accepted by such officers.
'"The order IN which, during the first
| sixty days following the opening. the reg
| istered applicants viii be permitted to
make home stead .ntrv Of the lands cpcn-
| ed hereunder will Toe determined by draw
mss fer both the El Reno and Lawton
! districts. publicly held ut the United
States land office at FL Reno, Okla,
commencing at o'clOcb d m, Monday.
| July %, 1891, and continuing for such peri
| cd as may be necessary to complete tn"
same. The drawings viii be had unce-
the supervision and immediate observanc
of a committee of three persons, whose
into gritty is such as to make their contro-
Of the drawing a guaranty Of its fairness
The members of this committee VIII 10
appointed by the Secretary of the lntc-
rior, who viii prescribe suitable compen-
S8tion for their services. Preparatory to
these drawings the registration oinceTS
will, at the time of registering each GPph-
cant V no shows himself duly Quallftei.
make out card which must be signed b.
the applicant. stating the land district in
which he desires to make homt stead en-
try. and giving such a description of the
applicant as viii enable the local land Of
hceTS to thereafter identify him
This card viii be at once sealed in a
separate envelope. which will bear no
other distinguishing label or mark than
such as may be necessary to show that
it is to go into the drawing for the land
district in which the applicant desires to
make entry. These envelopes Will be sep
arated according to land districts and VIII
be carefully preserved and remain sealed
until opened IN the course OF the drawing
as herein provided When the reglStra-
ton is completed, all OF these sealed en-
YelOpes will be brought together at the
place of drawing and turned over to the
committee in charge of the drawing, who,
in such manner as in their judgment VIII
be attended with entire fairness and
equality of opportunity, shall proceed to
draw out and open the separate envel-
OpeS and to give to each enclosed card a
number in the order in which the en-
velope containing the same is drawn
While the drawings for the two districts
will be separately conducted. they will oc-
cur as nearly at the same time as is
practicable. The result OF the drawing
for each district will be certified by the
committee to the officers of the district
and Will determine the order in which the
applicants may make homestead entry OF
said lands and settlement thereon.
AT each land Office. commencing Tues
day, August 6. 1901. at g o clock a. m, the
applications of those drawing numbers l
to l25. inclusive, for that district must be
presented and will be considered in their
numerical order during the first day, and
the applications of those drawing num-
bers 125 to $50, inclusive must be pre-
sented and will be considered in their
numerical order during the second day,
and SO on at that rate until all of said
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
entry when the number assigned to him
by the drawing is reached, his right to
enter will be passed until after the other
applications assigned for that day have
been disposed of, when he will be given
another opportunity to make entry, fail
ing in which he viii be deemed to have
abandoned his right to make entry under
such drawing. To obtain the allowance
of a homestead entry, each applicant must
personally present the certificate of regis
tratlon heretofore issued to him, together
with regular homestead application and
the necessary ACCOMMODATING nr0nfS and
with the regular land office fees, but n
hOnorably discharged soldier or sailor may
file his declaratory statement through the
agent representing him at the registration.
The production of the certificate of regis
tration VIII be dispensed with only upon
satisfactory proof of its loss or destruc-
ton. II at the time of considering his
regular application for entry it appear
that any applicant is disqualified from
making homestead entry of these lands
his application Will be rejected, notwith-
standing his prior registration If any
applicant shall register more than once
hereunder, or in any other than mis- 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 precluded
from entering or settling upon any of said
lands during the first sixty days following
said opening.
ANY person or persons desiring TO
found, or to suggest establishing a town
site upon any of said ceded lands at any
the county seats therein heretofore select
ed and designated as aforesaid may, AT
any time before the opening herein pro-
Vided for file in the proper local land
office a written application to that effect,
describing by legal subdivisions the
lands intended to be affected, and
stating fully and under oath the ne
cesSity or propriety of fouLding or eS-
tablishing a town at that place. The
local officers Will forthwith transmit said
petition to the Commissioner OF the Cen
eral Land Office with their recommeE5a-
tion in the premises. Such Commissioner
II he believes the public interests Will be
subserved thereby, will, if the Secretary
of the Interior approve thereof, issue an
order Withdrawing the lands described in
such petition. or any portion thereof,
from homestead entry. and settlement
and directing that the same be held for
the time being for town-site settlement,
event the lands so withheld from home
stead entry and settlement VIII, at
the time Of said opening, and not
before, become subject to settlement, en-
try and disposition under the general
town-site laws Of the United States. None
of said ceded lands will be subject to set
tleInent, entry. or disposition under such
general town-site laws except in the man
ner herein prescribed until after the ex-
p5ration of sixty days from the time Of
said opening.
Attention is hereby especially called
TO the fact that under the special pro-
visions of the said act of Congress APP
proved March 3, 1901 the town sites Sc
lected and designated at the county seats
Of the new counties into which said lands
have been formed cannot be disposed OF
under the general town-site laws of the
United States. and can only be disposed
Of in the special manner provided in said
act Of Congress, which declares:
THE lands 50 set apart and designated
shall. in advance Of the opening, be sur
veyed. subdivided, and plated. under the
direction Of the Secretary of the Interior,
into appropriate lots. blocks, streets al
leys. and sites for parks or public build
ings so as 20 make town site thereof;
provided. that no person shall purchase
more than one business and one residence
lot. Such town lots shall be offered and
sold at public auction TO the highest bid
der under the direction Of the Secretary
of the Interior. at sales TO be had at the
opening and subsequent thereto.
"Au persons are especially admonished
that under the said act of Congress ap-
proved March 3, 1901. il is provided that
no person shall be permitted to settle
upon, occupy, OF enter any Of said ceded
lands except in the manner prescribed in
tion Of sixty days from the time when
the same are opened TO settlement and
entry. After the expiration of the said
period of sixty days, but not before. any
Of said lands remaining undisposed of
may be settled upon, occupied. and en-
tered under the general provisions of the
homestead and town-site laws Of the
manner Of effectiug such seJt cment, oc-
cupancy, and entry had not been pre-
scTibed herein in obedience to law.
1T appearing that there are fences
around the pastures into which, for con-
Venience, portions Of the ceded lands have