Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-28

|, widows, minors or guardians,
but they will not be furnished
in large quantities to attorneys
or other persons r. who =, desire
to use them for their own personal
gain. Such persons should have cop
les printed in strict conformity with
the above directions. ~ &s
z. Who may act as agent for SOL
dier.-Any person over sixteen years
of age, whether married or sin.
gle, regardless of their ,qualifica-
tions to make mestead entry,
may act as agent in registering for
| one soldier, sailor, widow, or their
minor orphan children, but no per-
son can act as agent for more than
one person. A person who is quali-
fed to make homestead entry may
register for himself and as agent for
another. <et
Soldiers and other persons entitled
to register by agent must select their
own agents. Soldiers discharge.
papers and other evidence or
military service need not be furnished
at the time they register and should
not be either sent nor brought to the
superintendent. u
8. Evidence that agents have regis
tered for soldiers.-In order that sol
d1ers, sailors, widows, orphans or
guardians, may have evidence that
their agents have actually registered
for them, all designated notaries be-
fore whom they must make oath will
be furnished with blank certificates
which they may use to low the fact
that the agent has sworn to mis- affl-
davit before them, and each agent
should ask his notary for a certifi-
cate Of the kind and. at once mail 1t
to the person for whom he is arting.
9. False swearing.-Eacn applicant
will be required to swear that he IL
qualified to make homestead entry
and that he honestly desires to en-"
ter public lands for a home and for
settlement and cultivation and not
for speculation or rs al, Investment
and that he presents his application
for that purpose only" -.
Any person who swears falsely to
his application will hare his entry
cancelled, all payments made by him
will be forfeited, and he may be PROS
ecuted criminally. y.
All persons who have any doubt
as to their qualifications to register
and make homestead entry should
fully satisfy themselves by adyising
with some wellinformed; person who
has read this letter before they incur
the expense of trip to one of the
registration points. & -,
10. How applications are to be5
mailed and presented.-The notaries
before whom applications are sworn
to will furnish each applicant with an
envelope with the name and address
of the superintendent Of the drawing
printed thereon, and after they have
carefully examined the pplication
and found 1t correct In every
respect, they must enclose it In the
envelope which should then be care.
fully sealed and placed In the mail
with either a two+cent or, two one.
cent postage stamps attached there.
to-. No applicant should place any
other paper in the envelope with his
application, and II he registers both
for himself and soldier, he should
place his own application in one en-.
velope, and his application as agent
in another envelope. Soldiers dis
charge papers and citizen papers
should not be placed in the envelopes
with an application for registration
or in any, other p manner sent or
brought to the superintendent.
Ito be continued tomorrow IL