The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-03-18

ject to entry at the time any applicant
appears to make his selection.
The lands will be selected and entered
under the following rules, which will be
strictly enforced:
Rule 1. The names of all persons to
Ing will be called In the order of the
numbers assigned them. at the time
named in the notice heretofore mailed. A
entry, will be posted on the outside of the
land office and also on the outside Of the
called he will be admitted to the map
room, and he must make his selection
within the time assigned him. II he fails
to make his selection at that time he Will
be permitted to make a selection after
$3.50 O'Clock on the same day, but not after
that.
Rule 2 No one except the officers In
charge, persons holding numbers, and
their locating agents who have omplied
ter the map room between 9 O'Clock a. m.
and 1880 O'Clock p. M, and applicants and
their attorneys cannot enter the room uns
tn the applicants numbers are called for
the purpose of enabling them to make
their selections. nor can they remain In
the room after their selections have been
made.
Rule 8. All locating agents who comply
with these regulations will, at 6 o'clock
schedule of the lands entered before that
time during that day.
Rule A.. No person will be permitted to
enter the map room as a locating agent, or
be furnished with a schedule of the lands
entered. until he has signed an agreement
that he will furnish each homestead applt-
cant assisted by him in making a selection
with his statement and guaranty as to the
approximate kind, quality and topography
ofthe tract selected by him for such appli-;
cant. This statement must be accom-
panied by an affidavit of the locating
ated with or employed by him, and must
contain the statement that the afaant has
personally examined the land selected and
knows from such examination that the
statements of the locating agent as to the
kind, quality and topography of the lands
are substantially correct.
Filings Scheduled on Map.
Blank statements and a%fddavits for use
by locating agents will be furnished free
of cost at the map room, and the services
room will be furnished free of charge to
locating agents filling the required affo
davit for the first 1900 numbers.
refuses to furnish this affidavit or who
furnishes a false affidavit will thereafter
be refused admittance to the map room for
any purpose and will not receive schedules
of the entered lands.
Rule g.. AS soon as an applicant has Sc
lected his land and received his heme=
| stead application he must present the ap-
plication to the register and receiver at
the land office and make the required pay
ments.
Rule Z. Persons who intend to make sec
ond or additional entries, minors who
women who make entries as deserted
wives or heads of families, soldiers, sol
diers' agents, f~oreign-born persons or 9TH
err applicants who are required to file aft
davits or other paper in support of their
homestead applications must have such
affdavits and papers prepared before they
enter the map room, as no papers other
than the regular homestead application
will be prepared. either in that room or
the land office. Affdavits of persons 9th.
er than the applicant, made in support OF
the application, may be sworn to before
any officer having a seal located at any
place within the United States, but in all
cases where the applicant is required to
swear to the paper it must be sworn to
before the register or receiver.