Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-05-31
Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indi.
an Lands. Time Of Payment Extended.

Registers and Receivers, United
Stands Land Offices, Lennon ane
Timber Lake, S. d.
Sirs: Your attention is directed
to the act of congress approved
April 10, 1912 public. No. I1o)
which reads as follows:
That anv person who has hereto
fore made a homestead entry fol
land which was formerly part 81
the CHEYENNE River Indian Reser-
walton, in the state of South Dako-
ia, or the Standing Rock Indian
Reservation, in the states of South
Dakota and North Dakota, autho-
rized by the act approved May go,
1908, may apply to the register
and receiver of the land office in
the district or districts in which the
land is located for an extension of
time in which to make payment of
any amount that is about to be-
come due. and upon the payment
of interest for one year in advance.
at S per centum per annum upon
the amount due, such payment will
be extended for a period of one
year, and any payment SO extended
may annually thereafter be extern
ded for period of one year in the
same manner: Provided, that the
last payment and all other paw
ments must be made within a peri
cd not exceeding one year after the
last payment becomes due by the
terms Of the act under which the
entry was made; that all moneys
paid for interest as herein provided
shall be deposited in the treasury
to the credit of the Indians as
part of the proceeds received for
the land: And provided further.
That any entrynan who has resid-
ed upon and cultivated the land
in his entry for the peri
Cd of time required by law in or
der to make communication proof,
may make proof, and if the same
is approved, further residence and
will not be required:
Provided, That any and all pay
ments must be made when due I'm
less the entryman applies for an
and pays interest at five
per centum per annum in advance
upon the amount due as herein
provided, and patent shall be with
held until full and final payment of
The purchase price is made in ac-
,ordace with the provisions hereof.
That failure to make any paw
nent that may be due. unless the
same be extended, or to make any
payment at or before the
ime to which payment has been
as herein provided, will
orfeit the entry and the same shall
'e cancelled, and any and all pay
nents heretofore made shall be /
?
That nothing herein contained ;
hall effect any valid adverse claim ;
Initiated prior to the passage OF c
his act. Il
No special form of application o
Or extension of time to make pay
nent will be required. The pay &
lent by the entrynnan of interest I
Or one year in advance on any -
mount about to become due at
he rate of S per cent per annum
iii be sufficient and, and the re-
eiver will note upon receipts and :,
bstracts of collections the nature Is
nd purpose of the payment. 4
Under the second proviso of the Fl
ct, any entryman who has resided II
pom and cultivated the land en- q,
raced i'll his period of time reuuir- j
d by law in order to make COM I,
mutation proof, may make proof, N
nd If the same is approved, furth-
r residence and cultivation NAV
OF be required, and the entryman
hay complete his payments in the q
nnual lnstallments, and subject to a. a.
he same conditions as to extensi IL IL
MS OF time as though such proof eeII
ad not been made. If such proof g,
found satisfactory by you, YOU % q
I'll SO notify the entryman, and u
nat your approval thereof is sub & e
ct to review by this office; the re- dc Dc
lister will not issue final certificate la
ut forward the proof to this office a. T.,
nth the returns for the current b.
lonth, attaching thereto brief re- $