The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-04-12
Concerning Entries
On The Coal Lands
Lands in Coal Areas May be Entered
Under Homestead Law by Hav-
ing Mineral Reserved

n law has recently been enacted by
Congress which permits the entry of
lands withdrawn and classified as coal
lands under the homestead law. The
enactment of this law will permit the
allotment and entry of all lands on the
Berthold Indian reservation and the
new: law reads as follows:
Be it enacted by the senate and
house Of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assem-
bled, That section one of the act of
June %, 1910 (Thirty- sixth Statutes at
Large, page 5S3), be, and the same is
hereby, amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
''That from and after the passage of
this act unreserved public lands of the
United States, exclusive of Alaska,
which have been withdrawn or classi-
fed as coal lands or are valuable for
coal shall be subject to appropriate en-
try under section four of the act ap-
proved August l8, 1894 Qznown as the
Carey act), and to withdrawal under
the act approved June II, 1902, known
as the reclamation act, whenever such
entry, selection or withdrawal shall be
made with view of obtaining or pass
ing title, with reservation to the
United States of the coal in such lands
and of the right to prospect for, mine
and remove the same, but no desert
entry or homestead made under the
provisions of this act shall contain
more than l60 acres: Provided, That
those who have initiated or who may
hereafter initiate non-mineral entries,
selections, or locations on lands which
have been or may hereafter be with
drawn or classified as coal lands may
perfect theSsame under the provisions Of
the laws under which said entries We're
or shall be made, but shall receive the
limited patent provided for in this act.
And provided further, That those who
may hereafter initiate non-mineral en-
tries. selection of locations upon lands
so withdrawn or classified as coal shall,
at the time of making such entries, Sc
lections, or locations, file contemporan-
eously Herewith an election to.accept
such limited patent.
Register R. N. Stevens of the Unit
ed States land office at Bismarck said
in regard to this bill:
''This means that all the lands, or a
certain lot Of the lands in the Fort
Berthold reservation, being in what is
known as the coal area, were with
drawn from entry and selection, Indian
/. allotments could not be made in this
area, nor lin this location, nor could
state selections be made.
'tUnder the bill which has now be-
come a law, allotments are permitted
to be made and also filings for agricult-
ural purposes on these lands which are
located on the Fort Berthold reserva-
ton. .5
"James w. Witten, the superintend.
entt of the interior department for the
disposition of lands in the Fort Berth.
old reservation, has been in the city,
and in consultation with the state ofiic.
ials in relation to the selection of school,
and public lands in the reservation un.
der this act. Lists are. being gotter
out showing the appraised value of al
such lands. Allotments may now be
made to the Indians out Of these lands.
The balance wall be opened subject te
1 the provisions under the drawing that
was had for these lands last fall Had
it not been for this bill which has just
become "a law, these lands would moi
nave been allowed to be opened to set
clement this year, nor until congress
I had made some final provision regard
ing them.s ssS3. +. :.
One Of the provisions Of the origi
nal bill opening the lands to settlement
was to the effect that they could not b.
opened until 30 days had elasped aftel
the completion Of the selection Q.
school and public lands, and Indian al
lotments. 4.
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