The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-04-22
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Section II All lands shall be sold
at public auction at the door o. the
county court house, wherein county
court is held of the county wherein
such land il situated, and shall be sold
under such rules and regulations as
the Commissioner of the Land Office
shall prescribe, not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act; provided,
that none of the said lands shall be
sold for less than its appraised value
Each bidder shall deposit with the
Commissioners OF the Land Office, or
its authorized agent, cash or its equiv
alcnt, before making his bid, to the
value Of ten per centum of the lcssce's
improvements, and no additional de-
posit shall be required until the appli-
cant shall obtain some tract OF land
applied for and the lessee shall then
and there, either in person, or agent,
and before the next tract is offered Tor
sale, exercise his election of taking
such land ut the highest bid and COM
plying with the requirements oil the
purchase thereof or receive the ap-
praised value of his improvements as
provided herein provided, that If no
bid shall be made, the lessee may take
said land Mt the appraised value. Such
sale shall not be made in more than
one county in the same week.
Section -. Before selling the lands
herein authorized to be sold the
Commissioners Of the Land Office shall
advertise the fact that such sale will
be had, by the publication in three
issues in at least three agricultural
journals of national circulation, also
in one newspaper of general State cir
culation within the State OF Oklahoma,
and also in one county paper OF gener-
al circulation within the county in
which any such lands are located
Such notice shall state the terms and
conditions of such sale and the amount
of lands to be sold, aud shall also state
that full and complete description OF
tract can be had by application to the
Commissioners of the Land Office of
Oklahoma; provided, also, that the
said Commissioners shall IN addition
TO such advertising have printed in
pamphlet form for free distribution, a
complete list of the said lands 10y coan-
ties and tow nshirs, giving descrip-
ton in brief of each tract with the inn
provemcnts thereon, setting out the
separate appraisements of the same.
Section 10. Before any certificate
Of purchase is issued for any part OF
parcel of the public lands of this State
the purchaser thereof shall make N
affidavit that the land purchased is FOL
his own use and benefit and not either
directly or indirectly for the use anc
benefit of any other person or persons
firm, association, or corporation. IL
the event that such purchaser fails OF
refuses to fully comply with all the re
quirements of law and the rules anC
regulations of the Commissioner o
the Land Office, authorized by law
governing sales of the land sold unde
the provisions of this Act and maxi
such affidavit, the deposit required il
section IL hereof shall be forfeited h
the State for the benefit of the fun,
for which the land is sold.
Section Ia. The Commissioners o
the Land Office shall reserve from sal
as in the foregoing section provided
any lands lying near or within the lin
its of any city, town or place, whicl
may have greater value than 70
farming purposes, by being plated ant
sold as town lots, acreage tracts. o
public parks and Commissioners shal
cause said land to be surveyed, platte'
appraised and sold at public auction 10
such purposes and the lessee shall hay
the preference right to buy at the high