The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-08

In the newspaper OF accredited stand
ing and general circulation publish
ed nearest the land applied for.
This notice must be continuously
published nthe paper for sixty days
prior to the date named therein as
the day upon which final proof must
be offered. (Form CT" appendix
Final Entry.
"27. After an appraisement or re-
appraisement has been approved,
the payments made, and satisfactory
proof submitted in any case as re-
quired by these regulations, the reg
lister and receiver will, If no protest
or contest is pending, allow a final
entry.
Contests and Protests.
"2S. Protest may he filed at any
time before an entry is allowed, and
contest may be filed at any time be-
fore patent issues, by any person
who will furnish the register and re-
ceiver with corroborated affidavit
alleging facts sufficient to cause the
cancellation Of the entry, and will
pay the cost Of contest.
Effect of Application to Purchase.
80. After an application has
been presented hereunder no other
person will be permitted to file on
the land embraced therein under
any public-land law until such appli-
cation shall have been finally dis
posed of adverse to the applicant.
"31. Lands appraised or reap
praised hereunder, but not sold,
may, upon the final disallowance OF
the application, be entered by any
qualified person, under the provis-
ions of the timber and stone laws,
at it's appraised or reappraised value,
if subject thereto.
80. Lands applied for but not
appraised and not entered under
these regulations may, when the
rights of the applicant are finally
terminated, be disposed of as though
such application had not been filed.
"33. Any lands which have not
been reappraised may be reappraised
upon the request of an applicant
therefor under these regulations who
complies with the requirements Of
section 81 hereof.
"a. An applicant securing re-
appraisement under these regula-
tions shall acquire thereby no right
or privilege except that of purchas-
ing the lands at their reappraised
value, If he is qualified, and If the
lands are subject to sale under his
application; and he must otherwise
comply with these regulations, but
shall not, in any event, be entitled
to the return of any money deposit
ed by him and expended in such re-
appraisement.
"35. The commissioner of the gem
eral land Office may at any time d.
rect the reappraisement of any tract
or tracts Of public lands, when in
his opinion, the conditions warrant
such action.
"36. dissatisfied military bounty
land warrants under any act of con-
gress and unsatisfied indemnity GER
tificates of location under the act Of
congress approved June 2, 1858,
properly assigned to the applicant,
shall be receivable as cash in pay
ment or part payment for lands pur-
chased hereunder at the rate of
$1.25 per acre.
81. Any application to purchase
timber and stone lands filed before
January l., 1909, which does not
conform to these regulations shall
be suspended, and the register and
receiver should at once notify the
applicant that he may, If he so elect,
file new application conformable
to these regulations within theiry
! days from the date of the notice,
and that failure to file such new ap-
plication within the time specified
will work forfeiture of all rights
under his suspended application,
which will thereupon stand rejected
without further notice.
"38. These regulations shall he
effective on and after December l.,
1908, but all applications to pur-
chase legally pending on November
30, 1908, may be completed by COM
pliance with the regulations In force
at the time such applications were
filed.
"39. The forms mentioned herein
and included in the appendix hereto
shall be part Of these regulations.
Entry Of Stone Lands.
40. The foregoing regulations
apply to entries of lands chiefly valu-
able for stone, and the forms herein
prescribed can be modified in such
manner as may be necessary to the
making Of entries Of stone lands.
Former Regulations Revoked.
al. All former regulations, de-
cisions, and practices in conflict with
these regulations are hereby re-
voked.
Very respectfully,
Fred bennett,
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