The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-07-13
COMPLETE RULES FOR THE OPENING
OF THE BERTH0[D RESERVATION
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donation at the opening of the Berth
old Indian reservation on Aug. IA.
Many inquiries regarding the regu-
lations of the opening have been re.
ceived, and they are given below as
follows:
Secretary of the Interior Fisher has
issued the folloing regulations open.
in Fort Berthold lands:
James w. Witten, superintendent
OF opening and sale of Indian lands,
Sir: Pursuant to the proclamation Of
the president issued June 20, 1911,
for the opening Of the classified lands
within the Fort Berthold Indian res
ervation, the following rules and reg.
ulations are hereby prescribed:
1. Application for registration and
powers of attorney for the appoint
ment of agents by soldiers or sailors
or their widows or inor orphan chill
dren must be made on blank forms
prescribed by the superintendent.
2. No notary public shall be desig-
mated for the purpose Of administering
oaths to applicants for registration
who was not appointed prior to July
l, 1911, and on that date a resident
of the county. in which he shall act,
and the superintendent is hereby au-
thorized and directed to prescrib such
plans, rules, and regulations govern
ing the action of such notaries public
and in relation to the registration, as
may in his Judgment be necessary.
3. Envelopes used in presenting
applications for registration should be
three and one-half inches wide and six
inches long, and they must all be
plainly address to Games w. Wit
ten, superintendent, Minot, North Da-
kota," and the words "Registration
Application" must be plainly written
or printed across the front and at the
left end Of the envelope.
4. Blank forms o. application for
registration and addressed envelopes
to be used in forwarding applications
to the superintendent will be furnish
ed to each applicant BY the superin-
tendent, through the notaries public
before whom the applicants are sworn
Blank powers of attorney to be used
by soldiers or sailors, or their widows
or minor orphan children, in the ap-
pointment Of agents, may be obtained
from the superintendent at Washing
ton, D. c., prior to August 10, 1911,
and after that date from him at Mi
not, North Dakota.
5. No envelope should contain more
than one application for registration
or contain any other paper than the
application. Proof Of naturalization
and of military service, and other
stead entries, will be exacted before
the entry is allowed, but should not
company the application for registra-
ton.
Applications.
6. Method of receiving and hand
ling applications.-As soon as the su
per1ntendent of the opening receives
an envelope addressed to him, with
the words Registration Application"
endorsed thereon, he will (if such en-
velope bears no distinctive marks or
words indicating the name of the per-
son by whom 1t was presented), de-
post it in a metal can set apart for
the reception of such envelopes. The
can used for this purpose must be so
constructed as to prevent envelopes
deposited therein from being removed
therefrom, without detection, and they
must be safely guarded by representa-
tives of the government until they are
publicly opened on the day when the
selections authorized by the procla-
lAdCiOu are W US 1udue All 0uVel-
opes which show the name OF the
person bvwhom they were mailed will
be opened as soon 40 they are receiv-
ed by the superintendent, and the ap-
plications therein will be returned to
the applicants.
Z Method OF assigning numbers to
applicants-On September 6, 1911, the
cans containing the applications for
registration will be publicly opened,
all envelopes contained therein will be
thoroughly mixed and distributed pre-
paratory to the selection and number
ing thereof in the manner directed by
said proclamation
Amount Of Numbers.
8. Numbers will not be assigned to
a greater number Of persons than will
be reasonably necessary to induce the
entry Of all the lands subject to en-
try In said reservation under said pro.
clamakdon, The applications for rex