The state herald., 1915-12-24
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Notice of Opening of
Lands for Entry.
DEPARTMENT of the Interior.

Department OF the Interior.
United States Land Office. Dec 2. 1915
Notice is hereby given that on Janu-
ary 25, 1916, at 9 a. m. the Register
and Receiver of this office will officially
file the plats of survey of the described
townships in Yuma County:
TIP 2, 8 an 4 nof AZ " 6 p. m
Tp 2, 3, a and n of 43 W 6 p. m.
TIP. 2. 3, 4, s n of "A W 6p. m.
Tp 2, 4, and s n of As W 6 p. m.
and on and after that date the unap.
propriated lands will be subject to en-
try.
Applications will be received by mail
or when presented in person during
twenty days prior to tho opening, All
applications received during the period
from 8 a. IN. January 9th to and includ
ing applications OF those present at 9a.
m. on the morning of the.opening, will
be treated as having been filed at q.
m, Jan. 25, 1916. and will be disposed
of under the rules governing such open.
A. F. Browns, Register.
j. W Cloyd, Receiver.
Suggestions to applicants for lands
Restored to Entry.
By U. S. Land Office, Sterling, Colo.
! Applications that are not received
in the Office within ten days after hav.
ing been executed will be rejected.
2 Applications may be executed be-
fore the Register and receiver or be.
fore a United States Commissioner, the
Clerk of the District Court, or the
County Judge of the county in which
the land is located, or before any one
of the above named officers, nearest or
most accessible to the land.
3 Applications by msil must be ac-
companied by the fees and commissions
Post office money orders made payable
to J W. Cloyd. Receiver are preferred
Be sure the description by legal
subdivisions agree with the land you
want.
5 The corner stones established by
the new survey agree with the old plats
and in describing lands, settlers should
determine their location from corners
marked by the new survey.
6 The fact that notice of settlement
has beea previously given, the land of
fee will not preserve settlement rights.
Statement of sc tlement must be in
serted in the application to en- er.
Z Settlers upon the land should be
sure to insert in their applications to
enter. that l am an actual settler up.
on the land applied for " and furnish a
separate affidavit setting forth the date
of settlement; periods OF residence on
said tract and the amount Of improve.
ments placed thereon.
s Applications will be received by
personal delivery or by mail, beginning
January 9Th and until all persons pres
ent ut the opening Of the Office on Jan.
9Th have been waitsd upou, and all
such applications will be considered as
filed at the same time. Applications
filed after that will be handled in the
usual way.
9 Applicants who swear before the
proper officers aad mail their spplica-
tons to the U S. Land Office will have
the same rights as those who acknowl-
edge their pap.rs before the Register
and Receiver.
10 Expense and annoyance Of sd.
verse claims may be avoided by filing
applications within the twenty days
prior to opening.
II Where two or more applications
are filed for the same tract, all alleging
settlement. hearing Of prior rights win
be ordered. Should only ons allege set
tlement, that application will be allow.
ed and the others rejected II none al
lege settlement, the right to enter will
be settled by lot on Tuesday. Feb. ist
1916. at 2 p. m.