Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-05-13


and shall b. opened to settlement and
entry by proclamation Of the Presi.
dent, which proclamation shall pres
cribe the manner in which these lands
may be settled upon, occupied and
entered by persons entitled to make
entry thereof, and no person shall be
permitted to settle upon. occupy, or
enter any of said lands, except as
prescribed in such proclamation, IN
til after the expiration of sixty days
from the time when the same are
opened to set Element and entry:
Provided, That the rights of honor.
ably discharged Union soldiers and
sailors of the late civil and the Span
ish war, as defined and Described in
sections twenty three hundred and
four and twenty three hundred and
five of the Revised Statutes, as amen.
ded by the Act of March /, 1901.
shall not be abridged: And provided
further, That the price of said lands
en- tered under the provisions of this
Act shall be four dollars and fifty
cents per acre, payable as follows:
One dollar and fifty cents when the
entry is made, and the remainder in
annual installments of fifty cents per
acre until paid for: Provided fur
Their, That in Ease any entryman fails
to make sucn payments, or any of
them. within the time stated, all
rights in and to the land GOV eted by
his or her entry shall at once cease,
and any payments heretofore made
shall be forfeited and the entry shall
be cancelled: And provided further,
That the lands embraced within such
cancelled entry shall, after ~ the can
collation. of such entry, be subject to
entry under the prov isions of the
homestead law at four dollars and
fifty cents per acre up to and until
provision may be made for the dis
position of said land by proclamation
of the President as hereinafter pro.
vided. And provided further, That
nothing in this Act shall prevent
homestead settlers from committing
their entries under section 1901, re-
vised statutes, by paying for the land
entered the price fixed herein, re-
ceiving credit for payments previously
made. In addition to the price to be
paid for the land, the entryman shall
pay the same fees and commission at
tue time Of communication or final en-.
try, as now provided by law. where
the price of the land is one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre And pro-
vided further, that aliens who have
declared their intention to become
citizens of the United States may be.
come purchasers under this act, but
before providing up andacquiring title
must take out their full naturaliza-
ton papers. And provided further,
that, wnen IN the judgment of the
president no more of the land herein
coded can be disposed of at said price,
he may by proclamation, to De repeat
ed in his discretion, sell from time to
time the remaining lands subject to
the provisions of the homestead law or
otherwise as he may deem most ad.
at such price or prices,
in such manner, upon such conditions,
with such restri lotions, and upon such
terms as he may deem best for all in
terests concerned: And provided
further, that the president is hereby
authorized to reserve, in his procla-
nation for the opening of the said
lands, 50 much of, the tracts heretofore
reserved for church, mission, and
agency purposes, as he may deem
necessary, not to exceed 900 acres, and
also not exceeding two and one half
sections for the Fort Tote Indian
school, and the United States stipu-
lates and agrees to pay for said reserv-
ed lands at the rate of So. % per acre.
The president is aslo authorized to re-
serve tract embracing Sullys Hill,
in the northeastern portion of the
abandoned military reservation, about
$50 acres as public park.
Sec. 5. That sections 16 and 80 of
the lands hereby acquired in each
township shall not be subject to en-
try, but shall be reserved for the
use of the common schools and paid
for by the United States at So. 25
per acre, and the same are hereby
granted to the state of North Dakota
for such purposes; and in case any Of
said sections, or parts thereof, Of the
land in the said Devils Lake Indian
reservation or Fort Totten abandoned
military reservation should be lost to
said state Of North Dakota by reason
of allotments thereof tc any Indian or
Indians now holding the same, or
otherwise. the governor Of said state,
with the approval Of the secretary Of
the interior ia harahv ar1fhnri1od ~