The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28

North Dakota, Oct 81, 1901, was void
and of no force and effect as to sales
made thereat.
That the said section sixteen (6)
was not sold as advertised, and was
not sold when reached in it's due or
der of sale, thereby making said sale
absolutely void and of no force or
effect. That your petitioner is inform
ed and believes that the said sale of
public and institutional lands as adj
vertised and as conducted at Cando,
North Dakota, on Oct. 81, 1901, and
the day following, is illegal, contrary
to and against public policy, contrary
to and against the laws of the state of
North Dakota ann is illegal, unlawful
and against the constitution of the
state of North Dakota, as your petit
toner is informed and believes. That
the contract or contracts of purchase
issued thereat should be of no force or
effect. That the holders of such con-
tract or contracts should be required
to surrender the same to the board of
university and school lands, and the
money refunded to those If any there
be not instrumental in fraud in the
rs
those If any there be who are connect
ed with fraud in the matter, that they
be required to surrender their con-
tracts without refunding any money
therefore. That your petitioner asks.
that the attorney general be authorized
through your honorable board to
bring an action or actions to cancel
the contracts if any there be that has
been issued by your honorable board
or the state of North Dakota, to the
parties claiming through, under or by
virtue of said pretended sale or sales
of said lands so sold at said sale.
Dated at Fargo, North Dakota,
March %, A. d. 1910.
d. B. Collins,
Petitioner.
Exhibit IA"
To the honorable board of univers-
ity and school lands for the state of
North Dakota:
Comes now your petitioner, a citizen
of Fargo, Cass county, North Dakota.
and states upon his oath to your hon
orable board that public school lands
were advertised to be sold at Cando,
Towner county, North Dakota, In the
fall of 1901.
That these lands consisted OF school
lands and Institutional land; that
amongst these lands that were adver-
tised to be sold at public sale pursu-
ant to law was section sixteen 16)
township one hundred fifty-ei (158)
range sixty-five (65) consisting of $40
acres of land more or less according
to the government survey
That this piece of land was at the
time we'll known to your petitioner
and many other citizens to be a vail
liable section. and reasonably worth
the sum Of sixteen dollars and a half
($16.50) an acre; that your petitioner
and others were prepared to give at
that time sixteen dallars ton a half
($16.50) an acre for the same; that
when the same was put up for sale it
was announced that said land was
under lease, and therefore could not
be sold and the same was withdrawn
from the sale on that day; that the
announcement that the land was under
lease was general and publicly made,
| and influenced your petitioner as well
as others in paying no further atten-
ton to the sale; that shortly thereafter
the exact time your petitioner is un-
able to state, said land was sold to
one g. ]. Lord. ID. w. McCanna, at
ten dollars s($1O) an acre; that SO far
as this petitioner has been able to