Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-01

that I should designate the notaries
or other officers before whom, SOL
dfers, sailors, widows, minors, or
guardians swear to their powers of
attorney and no officer will be des-
ignated for that purpose. Blank
powers of attorney can be obtained
from me at Washington, D. c.,
prior to September, 909, and after
that date at Aberdeen, South Dakota,
by soldiers, Sailors. widows, minors
or guardians, but they will not be
furnished in large quantities to at
torneys or other persons who desire
to use them for their own personal
gain. Such persons should have cop
les printed in strict conformity with
the above directions. X
Z. Who may act as agent for a SOL
dier.-Any person over sixteen years
years of age, whether married or
single, regardless of their qualifica-
lions to make a homestead 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 quail
fed to make a homestead entry may
register for himself and as agent for
another.
Soldiers and other persons entitled
to register by agent must select their
own agent, as I can neither act as
their agent or select agents for them.
Soldiers discharge papers and other
evidence of military service need not
be furnished at the time they register
and should not be either sent or
brought to me.
8. Evidence that agents have regis
tered for soldiers.--In order that SOL
diers, sailors, widows, orphans or
guardians, may have evidence that
their agents have actually registered
for them, I will furnish all designat-
ed notaries, before whom they must
make oath with blank certificates
which they may use to show the fact
that the agent has sworn to his afti-
davit before them, and each agent
should ask his notary for certifi-
cate of the kind and at once mail it
to the person for whom he is acting.
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charge for furnishing this certificate.
8. False swearing.-Eacn applicant
will be required to swear that he is
qualified to make homestead entry
and that he honestly desires to en-
ter public lands for a home aud for
settlement and cultivation and not
for speculation Or rs ALI investment,
and that he presents his application
for that purpose only" a..
Any person who swears falsely to
his application will have his entry
Cancelled, all payments made by him
will be forfeited, and he may be pros
ecuted criminally. ya g.~.
All persons who have any doubt
as to their qualification to register
and make homestead entry should
fully satisfy themselves by advising
with some well-informei person who
has read this letter before they incur
the expense of a trip to one of the
registration points. ..'
10. How applications are to lie
mailed and presented.-The notaries
before whom applications are sworn
to will furn ish each applicant with an
envelope with my name and posto1fice
address (Which " will be Aberdeen,
South Dakota. during the registra-
tion), printed thereon, and after they
have carefully examined the applica-
tion and found it correct In every
respect, they must inc1ose it in the
envelope which should then be care.
fully sealed and plac I'd in the mail
with either a two-cenr or two ono
cent postage stamps attached there
to. No applicant should place any
other paper in the envelope with his
application, and If 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 citizens papers
should not be placed in the envelopes
with an application for registration
or in any other manner sent or
brought to me. +" $s
Applicants must not place a return
card, or any writing, on the envelopes
containing their application or send
them to me by registered mail, as I
cannot receive or7considerA any appli-
cation which reaches me In any man.
ner: which will disclose the name OF
the applicant before the envelope Is
opened. ..s...s,-1 a4s5 , ss,. 5 ,sss.s
IL. Method OF receiving applica-
hons and assigning numbers. rs
soon as any envelope containing an
application reaches me through the
mail 1t will be deposited unopened
In a metal can which will be SO con-
structed as to prevent the removal
of the envelope therefrom without
destroying the can. All cans con-
tanning envelopes will be carefully
guarded until 10 o'clock a.. n. on
October rs, 1909, when they will be
publicly opened, and all the envelop-
es viii be emptied onto large plat
form, and, after being thoroughly
mixed and distributed, envelopes Will
be then be publicly selected singly
and indiscrimfnately and opened as
selected, and the applications con-
tanned therein will be numbered in.
the order ID which the envelopes are
selected. The numbers thus assigned