Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-22
RhyOIite and
North GOIdfield
TOWnSiteS
DISPOSAL OF LOTS UNDER SECS
$3.50 TO 1880, L. S REVISED
STATUTES.

ullu Nv IA NhAo ~ onf~
that copies of the official plats of
Rhyolite townsite embracing Rhyo-
lite and Bullfrog townsite applica-
tions) and of North Goldfeld (em-
bracing Columbia and North Gold
feld) have been filed in this office
and the register and receiver are now
prepared to receive applications to
purchase lots by townsite settlers I'M
der sections 1882 to 1886, United
States revised statutes, and under the
following regulations;
The price fixed by section 1884,
United States statutes, is IAN increase
of SO per centum on the minimum
of $40 per lot of 1900 square feet or
less. Section 1886 authorizes the
secretary of the interior to increase
the price of lots exceeding 1900
square feet to such reasonable
amount as he may by rule establish.
The minimum price, therefore, for
all lots of 1900 square feet or less
is SIS per lot. To compute the price
of lots containing owe 1900 square
feet, you will add to the minimum
price of SIS the sun for 81 for each
additional 1000 square feet or frac-
tional part thereof in excess Of said
1900 square feet, but less than 5000
square feet will be $40, and the price
of a lot exceeding $500 square feet,
but less than 600 square feet will
be $23.
Section 1882 provides that: Any
actual settler upon any n lot, as
above provided, and upon any addi-
tional lot in which he may have
!, substantial improvements, shall be
!, entitled to prove up and purchase
, the same as a presumption, at such
minimum, at any time before the
! day fixed for the public sale"
Lot claimants must possess the
!. personal qualifications or pre-emp-
I tors in the matters of age and cit
! izenship. but the fact hat such
!. claimant has previously made entry
of public lands under other laws, or
in other townsites, or Is the owner
of more than 800 acres of land, will
not |disqualify him from making en-
try hereunder. The right of pre-
emption in a townsite disposed OF
: under said sections is extended to the
: lots only, actual residence in good
faith upon one lot being required
and substantial improvements upor
the other. Subject to such condi
% tions, the two lots may be embraced
! in one application and entry, bur
where two entries are made by the
same claimant, the first must EN-
brace the lot on which he resides
Entry for a lot which has been i'm
proved. but on which the claiman
does not reside. will not be allowed
except in cases where the residence
!, lot is included in the same or prev
:, ious entry.
In order to secure town lot entry
a claimant must file in your officI
!. his sworn application for the lot o
lots sought to be purchased, ant
must therein allege the date o
settlement and character of improve
ments made by him, and set. fortl
that he is p years of age or over o
the head of a family, and that he /
a citizen of the United States, or ha
W declared his intention to becom
such. In such latter event, tn
usual documentary evidence must b
e. furnished. No printed form of sue
h. application is now, or will be re
ny CURED, nor will any payment b
d. made by the claimant when applica
IS tion is filed. The applications, how
IL ever, will receive their %appropriat
Mt serial number and be duly reporte
h. in the registers monthly schedule q
yn serial numbers. The application
CHI will be retained by you pending tn
Nv aAiO dhSN " plOOl anu entry LueTt
,r- on, as hereinafter required, or unit
no their transmission to this office o
a contest, REIMBURSEMENT, or Other
* wise, is rendered appropriate.
he Whenever the applicant is read
ge to make proof of his claim as n
as CURED by law, he must file in you
he office a notice of his intention to d
er- so, as in ordinary cases. Such n,
tice of his intention to do so, as
Ir ordinary cases. Such notice mui
nd describe the premises according to i
90 designation by lot and block number
&c. on the plat, giving also the name
the townsite in which it may be ST
nd uated, The register will thereupc
Iee cause the notice to be published
nm the applicants expense, and in a
NO cordance with the act of March
he 1879 go Stat, 472). The proof ms
itb be made before you or any ofHc,