The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-12-27
Military Lands to be Filed
On.


ton to settlement as passed by the
senate reads a. follows:
Be il enacted. etc, That the secre-
tary of the interior is hereby author
lied and directed to Immediately
cause to be surveyed all of the lands
embraced within the limits of the
abandoned Fort Assinniboine military
reservation in the state of Montana.
Section 2-That before said lands
are opened to entry the secretary of
the interior shall have said lands clas-
sified by an inspector or special agent
of the department of the interior into
two classes agricultural lands;
second, timber lands-and in making
such classification all lands suscept-
ible of cultivation that do not con-
tain in excess of 75, 600 feet of mer-
chantable timber to the 40-acre tract
shall be classified as agricultural
lands, and all lands containing in ex-
cess Of IS, 600 feet of merchantable
timber to the 4O-acre tract shall be
classlf1ed a. t1mDer Ianus.
Section 3-That when so classified,
all of ss:d lands classed as agrcul-
tural land shall be opened to settle
ment and entry under the homestead
laws of the United States. Provided,
however that the enlarged homestead
sct approved February 10, 1909,
shall not apply until six months after
said land has been opened to settle
met and entry n aforesaid.
Section 4-Thst entrymen upon
said lands shall, in addition to the
regular land office fees, pay the sum
Of 81. 25 per acre for said land, such
payments to be made as follows
Twenty-Five cents per acre at the
time of making entry and twenty-five
cents per acre each year thereafter
until the full sum of Sl.25 per acre
shall have been paid. In case any
ertryman fails to make annual pay
ments or any of them when due. all
right in and to the lands covered by
his entry shall cease; and any pay
ments heretofore made shall be for
feited and the entry Cancelled, and
the land shall be again subject to
entry under the provisions of the
homestead law at the fixed price
thereof. Provided, however. that
the communication provision OF
the general homestead law
shall be applicable to all persons max
ing homestead entry on said land un-
der the provisions of this act, save
and excepting entries made hereunder
in accordance with the provisions Of
the enlarged homestead act, approved
FEBRUARY 10, 1909, which shall not
be subject to Communication.
Section 5-That this act shall not
apply TO an area of $40 acres en-
bracing the government buildings at
Fort Assinniboine.
Section 6-That if, within five
years from the date of the approval
of this act, the state of Montana
shall, by act of its Legislative assem-
bly, agree to establish and maintain
any agricultural, manual training,
or other educational or public insti-
tuition at the present site of Fort
Assinniboine, then, in that event,
the president of the United States is
authorized and directed to transfer,
grant, and set over its right, title,
and interest of, in, and to the said
$40 acres of land hereby reserved
and embracing the buildings at Fort
Assinniboine to the state of Montana,
upon the payment by the state of
Montana of the sum of So. so per acre.
| Section THAT sections l6 and 36
of the land in each township within
said abandoned Fort Assinniboine
military reservation shall not be sub
ject to entry, but shall be reserved
for the use of the common schools OF
the state of Montana. and are hereby
granted to the state of Montana.
Section 8-Thst the lands shall be
opened to settlement and entry by
proclamation of the president, which
proclamation shall prescribe the man.
ner in which the lands may be settled
upon, occupied, and entered by per-
sons entitled to make entry thereon,
and no person shall be permitted to
settle upon. occupy, or enter any OF
said land except as prescribed in said
proclamation.
Section 9-That there is hereby ap-
propriated, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
the sum of $40, 600. or so much there
of ss may be necessary, for the sur
vey and classification of said lands
and foy the expen,,es incident To their