The Kusko times., 1927-03-19
will govern the issuance of leases un-

der said act:
 Applications for leases, addressed to the commissioner of the General Land Office, shall be filed in duplicate in the proper district land office. After assignment of serial number and due notation thereof, one copy should be forwarded to the General Land Office and the other to the di- vision inspector. A status report shoould be furnished with each. No specific form of application is re- quired, and no blanks will be fur nished therefor. Applications should cover in substance the following points, and be under oath:
 (a) Applicants name and post office address.
 (b) Proof of citizenship of appli- cant; if an association of individuals proof of citizenship of each member thereof, and if a corporation a certi- fled copy of the articles of incorpora- tion must be furnished.
 (c) Description of the land for which the lease is desired, by legal subdivisions if surveyed, and by metes and bounds if unsurveyed. In order to properly identify usun- veyed lands, if practicable the metes and bounds description should be con- nected by courses and distances with some corner of the public land sur veys, and their position with refer ence to rivers, creeks, mountains or mountain peaks, towns, islands, or other prominent typographical points or natural objects or monuments should be given.
 (d) The approximateFacr of the application is for r unsurveyed land
 (e) Two references as to the ap- plicant's reputation and business standing.
 (f) The kind or Kinds of fur bearing animals to be raised, and if foxes, whether silver, blue or white. (g) The number of fur-bearing animals the applicant expects to have on the leased land within one year from the date of the lease.
 (h) A showing that the applicant has a permit to take animals with which tos tock the leased land. (D Astatement as to whether the land is occupied, claimed or used by natives of Alaska or others, and if so the nature of the use and occupancy.
 Any one who in good faith is occu- pying an island or other tract of land in good faith for the purpose of rais- ing fur-bearing animals and who was unable to obtain a permit or lease be- cause of lack of any legal authority shall have a preferred right to file an application for lease at any time within six months from the date of these regulations. An applicant such preference right must state fully the fact upon which the claim is I based.
 | Nc lease under this act for the purpose of raising beavers shall be granted on any area already occupied by beaver colony and no such lease shall bt granted on streams or lakes which will interfere with the spawn ing grounds of salmon.
 When the copy of the publication is received hy-zthe division inspector he will cause an investigation to be made and report fully to the Eommis- sioner of the General Land Office as to the improvements, if any, existing on the lands, as to their use and oc- cupancy and as to the feasibility of granting the lease.
 Upon the issuance of alease under this act the Register of the United States District Land Office for the dis trict within which the lease land is situated will furnish the newspaper nearest said land a statement of the