Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-09
YUMA LAND AUCTION
INSTRUCTIONS NOW
At FEDERAL OFFICE

The United States land office has
received instructions from the depart
ment of the interior relative to the
sale OF 5000 acres of land in Yuma
county which comprise 531 farm units.
The public lands which will be sold
on December 10 are shown on town
ship plats of townships 8 and 10 south,
range 20 west, G. and S. r. B. and NJ
and the plats now on file, may be eX
amined in the local office of the fed
eral land department.
Here are a few of the government
regulations of the sale:
Sale of lands-Said unentered pub
lie lands shown on said plats will be
sold at public sale to the highest bid
der therefor. at Sunset Park in the
city of Yuma, Ariz., on December 10,
1918, from 10 o'clock a. m. until noon
and from l o'clock until o'clock p.
m. of that day. and each day there
after, excluding Sunday until all of
said lands have been offered for sale.
Provided, that no bid will be received
for less than the value of the total
area of the tract bid upon and the
amount of the water charges against
the irrigable area of the tract. Pro-
vided further, that no person shall be
permitted to purchase more than
total of 40 acres at said sale.
Terms of purchaSe-Each successful
bidder at the public sale will be re-
CURED to execute at once, in duplicate
land and water right application ar
hereinafter provided, and at the same
time make a deposit in cash, or by
money order certified check or draft
of 10 per centum of the amount bid
for the land and water right proposed
TO be purchased. Upon notice from
the secretary of the interior that such
bid has been accepted. the bidder shall
be required to pay Is per centum addi-
tional within so days after the date
OF such notice. In case of failure so
20 do the deposit shall be forfeited,
the land and water right application
shall be Cancelled, and the land and
water right in question shall be avail
able for further sale The remaining
70 per centum of the purchase price
shall be paid in three annual INSTALL
ments, with interest at the rate of
per centum per annum on deferred
payments until paid. running from the
date of notice to pay the additional Is
per centum. Advance payments, how
ever, may be made at any time. Upon
fun payment of the purchase price
patent Will issue for the land which
patent will contain a grant of the
water right appurtenant to the land
Provided. that to each installment of
the sale price of the land independent
OF the water right, there must be
added and paid by the purchaser
per centum thereof being the legal fee
Of the register and receiver of the local
land office. Provided further that in
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rights shall not aggregate sufficient
amount within six month from the
date of sale to meet the probable cost
as announced herein all deposits will
be returned and all land and water
right applications Cancelled.
Land and water right applications
Each successful bidder at the time OF
deposting 10 per centum Of the sale
price. must deliver to said project
manager land and water right ap-
plication executed in duplicate for the
land and water right proposed to be
purchased, upon the form annexed
hereto marked Exhibit A. One OF
these applications win be filed with the
United States Reclamation Service
and the other in the said local land
office.
Blank forms and farm unit plats-
Reclamation Service, Yuma, Ariz., will
furnish, upon application by those in.
terested, blank forms of said land anC
water right application, without charge
and copies of said farm unit plats
which consists of three sheets, at tn,
price of 10 cents per sheet.
Preference rights-Any person whit
has made an entry which is now vail,
and subsisting or who has a prefer
ence right to make entry for anv o
the lands shown on the said plats ma,
purchase said land at the price o
$2'5O per acre and shall be subiec
to the same payments for the irriga
ton works as are required of person
holding private lands, as hereinafte
stated. Entries under preference right
shall be made at said local land of
flee at Phoenix, Ariz., on or befor
December /, 1919.