Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-01-18

of any money into the land Office
under the provisions of this act the
receiver shall keep separate &C
count of the same and deposit the
same under such regulations as the
secretary of the interior may d.
rect, in a special fund with an ap-
proved United States depository,
to the credit of the said receiver as
such. Immediately after the 31st
day of December of each year the
said land Office, in addition to the
reports which shall be submitted
to the general land Office, shall
make detailed statement to the
secretary of state and to the coun-
ty clerk or like representative of
the state and county, in which the
land is situated, showing the num-
Der and date of each lease, the
number of acres contained therein,
the lease price per acre and the
amount received which statement
shall be certified to by both regis
ter and receiver. '~--
Sec. s. OF the money received
during each calendar year, which
amount shall be due and payable
by the receiver, Immediately after
/ the termination of said year, the
receiver shall pay from said funds
into the reclamation fund of the
| general land Office one-half of all
the receipts. Of the remaining
one-half, one-fourth shall be paid
to the state or territorial treasurer,
to be apportioned the same as 9TH
er state funds; three-fourths shall
be paid to the county treasury, to
be apportioned as deemed best by
the county commissioners or like
body. Provided, that where any
land leased is shown to be within
any school district, which district
is at the time receiving the pro
rata of state school meney, two
thirds of the money paid into the
county Tor one-fourth of the entire
amount) for the lease Of said land,
shall be credited to said school dis
trict.
Sec. 9. The land so leased shall
be subject to existing homestead
laws; and upon any part thereof
being entered under said home
stead laws the register and receiv-
er shall Immediately notify the
lessee of the said homestead entry,
giving the date of same with a de-
scription of the land. The lessee
thereupon relinquishes all his
rights to said entered land: Pro
vided, that upon any lands being
so entered the entryman shall be
| required to protect the same a.
gainst the encroachments of the
live stock of said lessee or others
by a legal fence, which is declared
to be as follows: POSTS or other
uprights of reasonable strength or
firmess in position, not more than
thirty-two feet distant from each
other, with two suitable stays be-
tween posts, nearly equally divid-
ing such space into three parts,
with three strands of ordinary
barbed fence wire we'll stretched
and tlrmly fastened to such posts,
uprights and stays, with the upper
strand not more than forty-two
inches above the general surface
of the ground Hereunder, and the
lower strand shall not be more
than eighteen nor less than twelve
inches above the general surface
of the ground Hereunder, and the
middle wire shall nearly equally
divide the space between the up
per and lower strands. Any other
kind of fence or barrier, as effec.
tive for the purpose of a fence as
that provided in the above section
of this code, is hereby declared
sufficient and lawful: Provided,
that all corral fences used exclus
iyely for the purpose of enclosing