, 1902-11-11

Elected 10 Long Term In State Senat
the administration oil lh" law They
al" as follows:
Washington, D. C.. sept s.. l"o2
Registers ana Receivers.
cheyenne ana Evanston. Wy".
Sirs: Your attention Is called +" tho
act OF May 81. I'02 ,Puhlio. n" I&%D,
entitled:
An act granting h"m"st"ad"rs ON the
abandoned Fort ~i'rIdG"r, Fort Sand":s
ana Fort I.arami" military r"s"riat!ons
and Fort i-arami" wood res. rya,j"H. in
Wyoming, lh" right t" purchase on"
quarter section al rlhli" land an said
reservations IL pastUr" or grazing land.
ana for other purposes.
a copy OF which is hereto attached.
Tn" act extends tn" homestead Ian
To tn" abandoned Fort Iarant" wood
reservation.
Lands i'll IN" Fort l'rl.GrI lpostD res.
"r'atl"n W.r" mad" subject To diSposa.
under ih" provisions uj ih' homestead
law by act of AUGUST u. lN"i ,2N Stat.
i"l), and in Fort ~l.aranIi" DpUst' and
Fort Sander under tn" homestead law
by act OF July 10, 1880 t2G stat, ~
You Will b" guided hE III" following
instructions in your disposition ul ap
pllcall"nS to purChaS" under this act
!. TN" right ri he" plrrhd&" is lin
tied t" persons who ar residing on
said reservations and vino hay" made
or VIII" shall! max" homestead entries
therein, and +" persons who ar" resi-
dents and oNn'rs in f"" of 1850 acres
thereon by purchase.
>. Persons desiring to avail them
selves of tn" provisions of said act viii
h" required 10 Ill" an application de
scrihinE the lands sought to b" pur
chased. II t" publish motto" OF their
intention to submit proof i'll support OF
such application. as required by the
act of March ,, 1872. in presumption
and homestead cases. Tho aspiration
to purchase must. in every instance
show tabthat the applicant has "NCr
"ised the right of homestead entry on
land within tn" sam" reservation. the
number and date of such entry. the de
scripti"n of She land covered thereby
and that such entry is still suhsisting
or that h" is a resident and the lcgaI
owner OF 100 acres therein prior to May
|3l, 1907: lh) that the land applied 'OI
is not settled upon, occupied, or i'm
proved. and is not valuable for coal OIL
mineral. and that it is nOnSalinc in
character: that the land is suitable for
pasture and grazing purposes; its 10
cation relative to sources OF water sup
ply, and the causes which it is claimed
render it unfit for cultivation and home
stead, II II a the land sought TO be
purchased, with the land on which the
applicant so exercised the right OF
homestead entry or the right of pur
chase. does not in the aggregate, eX
coed 800 acres.
5. Should any advcrs" claimant ap
pear or protest be filed against the ap
plicant's right to purchase, the proceed
ihgs thereon will be conducted in &C
cOrdanCc with the rules of practice il
similar cases.
4. On h submission of such proc
you will forward the same to this Office
for consideration. after having made
due notation on your records. Ii thu
cntryman has heretofore submitted
final proof on his original homestead
entry. showing due compliance Will
law. or the applicant by purchase i:
shown satisfactorily to be the owner il
fee of 100 acres. and the proof submit
ted under the application to purchase
is found satisfactory. you will Their b.
directed to permit the applicant II
make payment for the land involved
issue to him cash certificate and re