, 1908-10-13
NOTICE.
OF Opening to Settlement OF Lands
Segregated Under the Carey Act


No ice is hereby given, pursuant to
provisions of Section $50, Revised Sta
itutes of Wyoming, 1899, that the lands
set apart by the State of Wyoming
and lying under and irrigabie from
the irrigation system known as the
James lake reservoir and the James
and Oasis canals, in the County Of
Albany, Wyoming, will be opened on
the 9th day of October, A. D. 1908, to
entry, settlement, occupation and pur-
chase under the provisions of the act
of congress, commonly known as the
Carey land act, and under the provi.
sions of the acts Of the legislature OF
wyoming, accepting the grant made
by said act OF congress.
The lands to be opened comprise an
aggregate Of 1883 acres situate in
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Maps showing the exact location Of
said lands and the location of the irrl-
CATION works, can be obtained by ap-
p,ication to the Tallmadge-Buntin
company at Laramie, Wyoming.
Said lands will be open to entry. set
tlemnt, occupation and purchase in
tracts not exceeding hundred and
sixty acres by any citizen of the Unit
ed States, male or female. or n per-
son having declared his intention to
become a citizen of the United States
excepting married women not the
heads of familfes) over the age Of
twenty one years, who shall have IN
tered into a contract with the James
Lake Irrigation company for a perpet-
ual water Fight for the irrigation Of the
land he desires to enter, settle upon.
occupy and purchase.
The price at which said lands will
be sold to settlers by the state will be
fifty cents per acre, twenty-five cents
thereof to be paid at the time of max
ing application for the entry of said
lands. which application must be &C
companied with a fling fee of n dol
lar; and the remaining twenty-five
cents Of said purchase price to be paid
at the time Of making final proof, show
ing compliance with the law relating
to the reclamation OF and settlement
upon said lands.
The price at which perpetual water
rights for sail lands. inc 'uding a pro-
portionate interest In said irrigation
system, win be sold by the James Lake
Irrigation company, the contractor for
the construction of said system, Is thif-
ty-five dollars per acre, payable as fol-
lows. One quarter in cash and the
remainder in ten annual installments,
with interest on deferred payments at
The rate Of 8 per cent per annum The
company. may accept payments Of
more or less in cash and the remain
der in less than ten annual install.
ments, as may be agreed upon between
the company and the purchaser. All
deferred payments may he made at
any time at the option OF the pur-
chaser.
The opening of said lands for entry.
settlement, occupation and purchase
win take place on the 9Th day OF Oc-
tober, 1903, at Bosler. Albany county,
Wyoming; upon said dates the names
OF all persons who shall have register
ed, shall be written nron cards and
placed In a drawing box, from which
the commissioner OF public lands, or
some person duly authorized. shall
draw one by one the cards, and as the
name Of any registered person 10
drawn from said box, he shall have the
right at once to select from the un.
selected lands. a tract lot exceeding
in area the number of acres for which
he shall have registered. whereupon
he shall at once execute the necessary
application to the State of Wyoming
to enter said tract and execute q con-
tract with said company for the pur-
chase of perpetual water right for saic
lands from the said system
Subsequent to said opening the said
company may allow any qualineu per-
son to select any Of the remaining
lands upon his making the necessary
application to the state Of Wyoming.
executing the required contract With
the company and making the proper
payments.
Dated Cheyenns. Wyoming. October
Sd, 1905.
THE STATE BOARD OF LAND COM
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