Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-07-13
sTATEoF NEW MEXICO
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
PUBLIC LAND SALE
GRANT COUNTY

1917 @H
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
10 the provisions of an Act Of Con-
Rress, approved June 20, 1910, the laws
Of the State of Mexico and the rules
and regulations Of the State Land
Office, the Commissioner Of Public
Lands will offer at Public Sale to the
highest bidder, at 2 o'clock P. NJ, on
Thursday, August Is. 1917, in the
town of Silver City, County Of Grant,
State Of New Mexico, in front Of the
court house therein, the following de-
scribed tracts Of land, viz:
sale No. s2s. All Of Secs. =. 8. .. 10.
sSs., All Of Secs ~ is. II. $3.50, Nwhs
a; WhNW Sec. 2S, M, SWh Sec. 20.
All Of Secs. 30. 81. Wa, WhEh, NEK
NEK, sEHsEh Sec. SO. Ell, Ehwh,
EwANwA' sw%s " Sec g. All Gf
Of Secs. 20, IS, t. 20 s., r.. is w. All
OF Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, EhSEA, NWHNWA
Sec. 3, NhNEA, wv ANEA, NWA
Sec. 8. sEANWK. NnsEh, w sen
3, Nj Sec. ., All Of Secs. To- ii, IL. ia,
IA. is, 16, ShNH, 81 Sec. II, ShNW
\, SWk Sec. 10, EhNWk u, EM Sec:
20. M, sen, NhswK Sec. q. All OF
s e. ss;w934 3? Sec FL ss. q An l 81 S. Sec. TX y. s sts Sew.
so, All OF Secs. 81, 90, I. q s., r. II
W, All Of Sec. /, NWANEH, NhNW
y, sWHNWK, sh Sec. II. 81 Sec. IL,
All OF Sec. "a, Allof Sec. 25, T. q s., r.
81 Sec. 20. NBhNEh, WhNWH " SEX
NV u, SEk Sec. SO, SWhSWh Sec. -,
7. rs s. r. II W. 81 Sec. s, All Of secs
49, 9. 9, Whw% sEksEk Sec, 10,
y Sec. IA. All Of Secs. is, i6, II, q, T.
~ s., r.. II W, sen, ShSWX Sec. /,
All OF Secs. 3. 10, IL, ~, IS. -, 10. y,
r: II W, containing 55,967.s4 acres,
of which 4s,72784 acres were selected
for the r.. r. Bond Fund. There are
no improvements on this land.
Sale No. 500. sBKsE4 Sec. 80. SIN
~, NEHNEH Sec. 81, 81. NWK. wa
NEK Sec. 80, SWKNWK, NWKSwH,
sAsWA, sEA Sec. SO, 7. 20 s.. r., Is
W. All of Secs. 8, 4, 8, 9. rs, 0. 10. 15.
ii s., r. IS w, containing ia. $50. rs
acres, of which IL. 1901 % acres were ss-
leetcd for the r, r. Bond Fund. There
are no Improvements on this land.
Each of the above described tracts
will be offered for sale separately.
No bid on the above described tracts
Of land will be accepted for less than
Is the appraised value thereof.
The above sale of lands will be sub
1ect to the following terms and condi-
tions, viz:
Except for lands selected for the
Santa Fe and Grant County r. R. Bond
Fund the successful bidder must pay to
the Commissioner of Public Lands, or
his agent holding such sale, one-twsn-
tieth of the price offered by him for the
land, four per cent interest in advance
for the balance Of such purchase. price,
the fees for advertising, and appraise-
ment and all costs incidental to the sale
herein, and each and all of said amounts
must be deposited in cash or certified
exchange at the time Of sale, and which
said amounts and all of them are sub
ject to forfeiture to the State of New
Mexico if the successful bidder does
not execute a contract within thirty
days after it has been mailed to him by
the State Land Office, said contract to
provide that the purchaser may at his
option make payments of not less than
one-thirtieth of ninety-fve per cent Of
the purchase price at any time after
the sails and prior to the expiration of
thirty years from date of the contract
and to provide for the payment of any
unpaid balance at the expiration Of
thirty years from the date of the CON
tract, with interest on deferred day
ments at the rate of four per cent per
annual payable in advance on the ami
versary of the date of contract, partial
payments to be credited on the ami
versary of the date of contract next
following the date of tender.
The sale of lands selected for the
Santa Fe and Grant County r. r. Bond
Fund will be subject to the above terms
and conditions except that the success
full bidder must pay in cash or certified
exchange at the time of sale one-tenth
of the purchase price offered by him
for the land, four per cent interest in
advance for the balance of such pur.
chase price and will be reuuired to exc
cute a contract providing FOL the pay
ment of the balance of sucl. purchase
price in thirty equal, annual Install
ments, with interest on all deferred
payments at the rate of four per cent
per nun in advance, payments and
interest due on October list Of each
year.
The Commissioner of Public Lands OF
New Mexico, or his agent holding such
sale, reserves the right TO reject any
and all bids offered at said sale. Pos.
session under contracts of sale for the
above described tracts will be given or
or before October LIST, 1917.
Witness my hand and the official sea
of the State Land Office of the Stat'
of New Mexico this 18th day Of May
A. D.. 1917.
RoB'T p. ERvIEN,
Commissioner of Public Lands.