Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-05-06
To
BILL. AS IT IS
The Bill as Signed BY the President and Probable
Plan Under Which the Fort Tottsn Reserva-
ton Will be Opened

lotments to confirm as to quantity to
the provisions of the treaty of
February 10, 1867, aud Of the act of
+ February g. 1887, as amended February
s8. 1891 f
Section 4. That the land veded to
the United States under said agree
ment, including the Fort Totten
abandpne military reservation, which
arr exclusive of six thousand one
hundred aud sixty acres which are
required allotments, excepting
sections 16...----.- ...-.-..or an equivalent Of 4
two sectio,sa sch township, an1
such trae e7ao,, tssbs reserved by the
az fnel einafter provided
shall be disposed Of undez the general
provisions of the homestead and
townsite laws Of the United States
and shall b. opened to settlement and
entry by proclamation Of the Presi-
dent, which proclamation shall pres
scribe 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, un-
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-tnree hundred and
FIVE of the Revised Statutes, as amen:
s.;- ssss-ss The Act Of D March j, 1901.
shall not be abridged And provided
further, That the price Of said lands
entered 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
ther, That in .ase any entryman fails
to make sucn payments, or any Of
them, within the time stated, all
rights in and to the land coveted by
his or her entry shall at once cease,
and any payments Heretofore made
shall be forfeited and the entry shall
be cancelled: Aud provided further,
That the lands embraced within such
cancelled entry shall, after the can.
collation. Of such entry, be subject te
| eut1y under the provisions Of the
homestead law at four dollars and
City cents per acre up to and un til
provision may be made for the dis
position of said land BY proclamation
Of the President as hereinafter pro
Ivided. And provided further. rha1
nothing in this Act shall prevent
homestead settlers from committing
their entries under section 1901, re-
vised statutes, by paying for the lani
entered the price fixed herein. re-
ceiving credit for payments previously
made. In addition to the price to b,
paid for the land, the entryman n shall
pay the same fees and commission a
the time of communication or final en-
try, as now provided by law, wher,
the price of the land is one dollar ant
TWENTY-FIVE cents psr acre And pro
vided further, that aliens who hav,
declared their intention to becom
lcitizens Of the United States may be
lcome purchasers under this act. bu
before providing up andacquiring It'll
Unjust take out their full naturaliza
| tion papers. And provided further
that, wnen IN the Judgment Of th
J / president no more Of the land herei
Iceded can be disposed of at said price
he may by proclamation, to be repsa,
led in his discretion, sell from time t
| time the remaining lands subject t
! | the provisions of the homestead law 3
otherwise as he may deem most ad
vantageous, at such price or prices
| in such manner, upon such conditions
with such restrictions. and upon sue
terms as he may deem best for all il
terests concerned: And provide
! further. that the president is hereb
authorized to reserve, in his procl,
mation for the opening Of the sal
lands, IS much Of, the tracts heretofo,
reserved for church, mission, an
! agency purposes, as he may dee
necessary, not to exceed 900 acres, III
also not exceeding two and one ha
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