The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-11-11
lG NM n n1l1E1JEAl MATTERS
By COLA W. SHEPARD. Cnited Sfahes Commissioner
LAND OFFICE FEES
TALK NO. y


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special arFanssRenES
While . s:. q ss sr :ss4s LAYS !. p oSglE
Gus kinds ef entries and profs are at.
fssnt in az sssses ne
commissions. and in this talk we shah
So ses tie Ge ees shs e%t.ds
clerks Of court, etc.
cation there Is. required a fee Of 80;
mineral s claim. or with each adverse
er si" claim. there Is q Zee Of $40: The
fees to be paid at time Of locating q
itary bounty lang nssa fsss are tt
sane At the a, Time aa Of fling an application
f Ssia Zee 81 sntf Il tS sses entry
less less than 81 acres. .er a fee Of SO If
the entry be for 81 acres or more:
Thi sa fat rs the to the fee there a s
missions which are not the same in
the various states. -o,:<.,a
Colorado. Idaho. Montana, NeS;a sm
ton and wyoming, which we viii cal !
er public land states. The commits.
sions. which must be p paid at time ,n 81
above mentioned, are ,9s75 per acre in in
the MOUNTAIN states. This ), amounts mo autr 70
or IS for an entry Of 100 a.. acres ,s, ST. a2
for an entry Ct $50 asrfz ~ ~ f fee al u
ssstfiy y on makes fto a tire fee and
on a 4o-acre homestead emery amount
to $3.50; on an so-aere entry they the
50 acres the fee is $40, SO on an. entry
Of 100 acres the fee and commissions
amount 10 s1i.5o. On an entry of lSt
si fses en- tn $50 's acres sn they 70 81
and on $40 acres they amount to s34
The fee is s19 whethsr the he entry nn,ryy,, ..
s veny w atf t fSe eiae Of the sntry
the other sr pubs ps land ae states or 81
en- each 40 acres in the entry. Thi.
added to the fees makes the total fee
and n,stas e on On an soaers en
i 1ss I; acr s@o the amount IS SIS. 8
entry OF 1es SIS aad 500 20
II the entry is fractional and not ever
4O-acrc tracts then tbs, commissions
At the time of making final PROOF
on a homestead entry there is collect
ed similar commis sl9n but scrs Zee ;r
the mountain states and .oe5 per acre
in the other states. There is also col
iected a testimony fee of 22i2 cents
ner 100 words in the mountain states
or Is cents per 100 words in the othel
states. for the words written in tbs
final proof testimony. The testimony m;
in connection with an entry SO, Of ~ u,
acres usa haS cosa T. $! ss a'en
stasss s.asSs ns ss o shal
This. and in many eases it is more
sometimes there are a THOUSAND word
or more in the testimony espec1aIl!
deal of cultivation and many improve
with each declaratory statement
soldiers and sailors. prescription. Goa
land or reservoir-there is required
fee of SO in the Mountain States. OF
SO in the ether states.
The above are the fees required u
the entry or proof is made at the lane
office or before some outside officer
If the papers are prepared and swCrl
to before some outside officer, as ;
u S Commissioner. judge. or clerk o
court then he charges a Zee Tor hl
services in addition to the, above Zee
which are collected by the govern
before some officer other than tn
register and receiver cf n land offlc
costs a little more than the above fig
ures.
The same testimony fees are CHARGE
in connection with final proofs on ues
ert entries and stone and timber en-
tries of the proof is made at the lan'
office, but if made before an outsid
officer then no testimony fees ar
charged for these proofs.