The National tribune., 1906-05-31
THE CROW RESERVATION.

| er at the place of the drawing an6
turned over to the committee in charge
of the drawing, who. in such manner
| as In their judgment VIII be attended
| with entire fairness and equality of op-
| portunity. shall proceed to draw out and
open the separate envelopes and to give
| to each inelosed card a number in the
order in which the envelope containing
/ the same is drawn. The result of the
drawing will be certified by the COM
mittee to the officers of the district, and
VIII determine the order in which the
| applicants may make homestead entry
| of said lands and settlement thereon.
| Notice of the drawings, stating the
| name of each applicant and number
assigned to him by the drawing. will be
posted each day at the place of draw
| ing, and each applicant will be notified
| of his number and of the day upon
which he must make his entry by a
postal card mailed to him at the adj
dress given by him at the time of reg
istration. The result of each days draw
| ing will also be given to the press to be
published as a matter of news. Appli-
cations for homestead entry of said
lands during the first so days following
the opening can be made only. by regis
tered applicants and in the order es-
tablished by the drawing.
Entering the AfIetnents.
u
1906, at o'clock a. M, the applications
of those drawing numbers 1 to 1875, in
elusive. must be presented at the Land
Office in Billings. Mont, in the land
district in which said lands are situat-
ed, and viii be considered in their nu-
merical order during the first day. and
the applications of those drawing num-
bers 126 to ESQ inclusive. must be pre-
sented and will be considered in their
numerical order during the second day.
and so on at that rate until all of said
lands subject to entry under the home
stead law, and desired Hereunder have
been entered. If any applicant fails TO
appear and present his application for
entry when the number assigned to him
by the drawing is reached. his right to
enter will be passed until after the other
applications assigned for that day have
been disposed of, when he will be given
another opportunity to make entry fail
Ing in which he will be deemed to have
abandoned his right to make entry un-
der such drawing.
To obtain the allowance of a home
stead entry. each applicant must person.
ally present the certificate of registra-
ton Heretofore issued to him, together
with regular application and the nee
esSary accompanying proofs, together
with the regular Land Office fees. but
an honorably-discharged soldier 1r
lie Ills statement
through his agent. who can represent
but one soldier or sailor as in the matter
of registration.
Payments.
Persons who make homestead entry
for any of the ceded lands will be re-
quired to pay 81 per acre. payment in
all cases to be made as follows: One
dollar per acre at the time of entry, and
the remainder to be paid in four equal,
annual installments, the first installment
to be paid at the end of the second year.
Upon all entries the usual fee and COM
missions shall be paid, as provided for
in the homestead laws on lands the
price of which is $f.25 per acre.
FOrfeitures.
In case any entryman fails to make
the payments herein provided for, or
any of them, promptly when due, all
rights in and to the lands covered by
his or her entry shall at once cease and
any payments heretofore made shall be
forfeited, and the entry shall be held
for cancellation and Cancelled, and the
land embraced therein shall thereupon
be subject to entry al the price and upon
the terms above set forth. Lands en-
tered under the town-site and mineral
land laws shall be paid for in amount
and manner as provided by said laws,
but in no case at less price than that
fixed for such lands If entered under
the homestead laws.
The production of the certificate of
registration will be dispensed with onlyl
upon satisfactory proof of it's loss or de-
struction. Ii at the time of consideringI
his regular application for entry 1t ap-
pears that an applicant is disqualified
from making homestead entry of these
lands, his application will be rejected,
Notwithstanding his prior registration.
once hereunder. or in any other than
his true name. or shall transfer his reg
fstration certificate, he will thereby lose
all the benefits of the registration and
drawing herein provided for, and will
be precluded from entering or settling
upon any Of said lands during the first
SO days following said opening.
Town Sites.
Any person or persons desiring tol
found, or to suggest esta blishing a town
site upon any of the said lands. at any
point, may, at any time before the OPEN
ing herein provided for, file in the Land
Office written application to that ef-
feet describing by legal subdivisions the
lands intended to be affected, and stat
ing fully and under oath the necessity
or propriety of founding or establishing
town at that place. The local officers
will forthwith transmit said petition to
Office with their recommend dation in the
premises. Such Commissioner. IL he be-
lieves the public interests will be sub
served thereby, will, IL the Secretary Of
the Interior approve thereof. Issue an
order withdrawing the lands described
In such petition, or any portion thereof,
from homestead entry and settlement,
and directing that the same be held for
the time being for disposal under the |
towp-site laws of the United States in |
such manner as the Secretary of the In
terror may from time to time direct; and |
If at any time after such withdrawal has |
been made 1t Is determined that the |
lands so Withdrawn are not needed for |
town-site purposes they may be released |
from such withdrawal and then dis |
posed of under the general provisions |
of the homestead laws in the manner |
prescribed herein.
All Are Admonished.
All persons are especially admonished |
that under the said act Of Congress ap- |
proved March 3. 1908. 1t is provided that
no person shall be permitted to settle |
upon, occupy or enter any of said lands, |
except in the manner prescribed in this |
proclamation, until after the expiration |
of so days from the time when the same |
are opened to settlement and entry, and |
the lands are not subject to mineral ex-
ploration or location during that period |
After the expiration Of said period of so |
days, but not before, as hereinbeforel
prescribed, any of said lands which are |
non-mineral, remaining undisposed of, |
may be settled upon, occupied and en-
tered under the general provisions of
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