The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-08-04
Opening Of FiNe.MiIe.Limit-Lands.
Approved, March so, 1904.

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under the homestead, townsite,
stone and timber. and mining laws
as provided i'll section 5 of the act
of June 6, 1900, which reads as
follows
Sec. 5. That on the completion
of the allotments and the prepara-
ton of the schedule provided for in
the preceding section, and the
classification of the lands as provid-
ed for herein, the residue of said
coded lands shall be opened to
settlement by the proclamation of
the President, and shall be subject
to disposal under the homestead,
townsite, stone and timber, and
mining laws of The United States
only, excepting as to price and
excepting the sixteenth and thirty
sixth sections i'll each Congressional
township, which shall be reserved
for common school purposes and be
subject to the laws of Idaho: Pro-
vided, That all purchasers of
lands lying under the canal of the
Idaho Canal Company, and which
are susceptible of irrigation from
the water from said canal, shall
pay for the same at the rate of ten
dollars per acre; all agricultural
lands not under said canal shall be
paid for at the rate of two dollars
and fifty cents per acre, one-ffth of
the respective sums to be paid at
time of original entry, and four
ffths thereof at at the time OF max
ing final proof; but no purchaser
shall be permitted in any manner
to purchase more than one hundred
and sixty acres of the land herein
before referred to; but the rights of
honorably discharged Union sold
iers and sailors, as defined and
described in sections twenty-three
hundred and five of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, shall
not be abridged, except as to the
sum to be paid as aforesaid.
The classification as to agricul-
tural and grazing lands shall be
made by an employee Of the General
Land Office, under the direction of
the Secretary of the Interior.
No lands i'll sections sixteen and
thirty-siN now occupied, as set
forth in article three of the agree
ment herein ratified, shall be re-
served for school purposes, but the
state of Idaho shall be entitled TO
indemnity for any lands so
occupied Provided, That none
of said lands shall be disposed of
under the townsite laws for less
than ten dollars per acre: And
provided further, That all of said
lands within FIVE miles of the
boundary line of the town of
Pocatello shall be sold at public
auction, payable as aforesaid,
under the direction of the Secretary
OF the Interior, for not less than
ten dollars per acre: And provided
further, That any mineral lands
within said five-mile limit shall be
disposed of under the m1neral-land
laws of the United States, except
ing that the price of such mineral
lands shall be fixed at ten dollars
per acre, instead of the price fixed
by the said mineral-land laws.
All applicants to enter these
lands must possess the qualifications
required by the law under which
they desire to make entry. The
homestead applicant must, at the
time OF making his original entry,
pay one-fifth OF the purchase price
OF the land in addition to the
regular fee and commissions, and
at the time of making final proof
four-hfths of the purchase price
thereof The price Of agricultural
land is S2.5 so per acre, and grazing
land is S1.25 per acre.
A homesteader may commute
his entry under section 23O1,
Revised Statutes, by paying the
remaining four fifths of the pur-
chase price for the land. The
commissions in the original and
final entry will be computed at the
rate of S1.25 per acre, the ordinary
minimum price of the public lands
under the general provisions of
section 1857, Revised Statutes.
(See Secs. 223S and 229O, Revised
Statutes).
You may see the ordinary home
stead, townsite, stone and timber.
and mineral blanks. continuing
your regular series of numbers,
indicating upon the entry papers
and abstracts that the entries are
made under the act of March 30
1904, Fort Hall Indian Reservation
lands.
Upon the receipt of the first paw
ment OF one-fifth of the purchase
price from homestead claimants the