The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-22
OF INTEREST
 TO ALASKANS
lContinued from yesterday.l Department of The Interior,
 General Land Office.

Generai Lana Offlce.
 Washington, D. C., Feb. 16. 1916. To Registers and Receivers in AL
 aska and Chief of Alaskan Field Division:
 The following procedure for the forfeiture of lots under the Alaskan Railroad town-site regulations, Ex- ecutive order approved June 19, 1915, is adopted to become effective immediately:
 l. The purpose hereof is to se- cure prompt action in cases where there has been any alleged viola ton of said regulations, or failure to comply with the terms thereof, or of any and all regulations or re- quirements which the Secretary of the Interior may make. or author ize to be made, pursuant to said Executive order. and to allow the lot purchaser or other party in interest an opportunity to file a denial of the charges against his claim and be heard thereon.
 ? Whenever the Chief of the AL askan Field Division is of the opin- ion that proceedings to forfeit any lot are warranted, he will prepare a notice of charges, which will be made over his signature as Chief of Field Division, but not under oath or corroborated. in which shall be plainly and briefly stated the grounds upon which the charges are based.
 3. The notice must. be written or printed and must contain the num- Der of the lot and block and the name of the purchaser or other known party in interest. and shall be prepared in duplicate; the orig inal shall De served as hereinafter directed; one copy shall be forward ed to the register and receiver who will note the same upon their rec ords, and forward it to the Conimis- sioner of the General Land Office, who will promptly cause proper mo- tation to be made upon his records. and no patent or other evidence of title shall issue until and unless the case is closed in favor of the claimant; the third copy shall be retained by the Chief of Field Dr. vision for his records
 i. The notice must also state that the charges will be taken as confessed (a1 unless the purchaser or claimant files with the Chief of Field Division, within 20 dass rom the receipt of notice, written de nial. under oath, of said charges, with an application for a hearing. fb) or if he fails to appear at any hearing that may be ordered in the case.
 ,. The original notice of the charges may in all cases be served personally upon the proper party by any person over the age of Is years, or by registered letter mail- ed to the last address of the party to be notified, as shown by the record, and to the post office near est to the land. Proof of per sonal service shall be the written acknowl- eogment of the person served by the affidavit Qf the person who served the notice showing personal delivery thereof to the party serv- ed and stating the time and Piaee Of such delivery theieyf to rhe party served and stating the time and place of such delivery. Proof of service of notice by registered mail shall consist of the affidavit of the person who mailed the notice attached to the post office registry return receipt or the returned un- claimed registered letter. Where service of notice is made by an em- ploy of the Government under oath of office, his certificate will be sufficient in lieu of the affidavit otherwise required.
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