Montana labor news., 1939-06-29
Notice Of Filing oil
pIais Of Survey
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
District Land Office
Great Falls, Montana

Great Falls, Montana
June 3, 1889
Notice is hereby given that the
following plats of survey will be
officially filed in this office at 8
o'clock a. m. on the 10th day of July,
1889.
T. 3 N, R. 5 w., and Secs. 1
to 10, q to %, and 39 to SO, in
elusive, to complete T. 5 N, R.
6 w, P. M. Montana.
The act Of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat,
1927, confers upon the state of Mon
tana a preference right over any
person or corporation to select lands
granted to it by the act of February
%, 1889 Us Stat, 676), for a period
of go days after lands have been
surveyed and declared to be subject
to selection and entry under the
general lands laws of the United
States, such selections to be made
of u%nreserved and unappropriated
public lands within the state.
In T. 3 N, r. 5 w., among other
lands hereinafter referred to, what
are nov the SEANWH, NEASWA,
NWASEA and the ShSEA, Sec.
SO, were withdrawn June 8, 1909,
for Water Power Site Reserve No.
20.
The records of this office show
that, except as to Secs. rs, 26, IS
and SO, T. 8 N, R. 5 W., these lands
are within the limits of the Deer
Lodge National Forest, the public
lands in these areas having been
first withdrawn for forest purposes
by proclamation of April IL, 1906.
The remaining vacant, %unreserved
and unappropriated public lands in
Sec. rs, 26, 35 and SO, 7. 3 N, R. S
w, are affected by the executive
general withdrawal order No. 691O
of November "a, 1884, as amended,
Also these lands, just mentioned
above, are within the limits OF
Grazing District No. 5, established
by order of March IS, 1887.
Departmental Order of October II,
1887, withdrew the SWANWA and
SWA of Sec. rs, T. 3 N, R. 5 W.,
for the White Tail Creek Power Site
Reserve No. 1903.
Effective upon the date of official
filing of the plats, the public lands
in the areas represented thereby
that are within the National Forest
will be subject to any cases that are
saved by the protecting clause of the
proclamation of April IL, 1906; those
in the Power Site Reserve No. 20, tc
existing legal or equitable rights, il
any, initiated prior to the withdrawal
of June 8, 1909, and those in Power
Site Reserve No. SO9, to such rights
initiated prior to the general with
drawal of November 26, 1884.
The NEA, NEANWA and NEA-
SEA Sec. 35, and WhWR, ano
SEASWA Sec. SO, were released
from the power site withdrawal Of
June 8, 1909, by Executive Order
No. 7787 of January 10, 1888, but
since the general withdrawal order
attached upon their release from the
prior withdrawal, any rights assert.
ed to these tracts must antedate the
power site withdrawal of June 8
1909.
For a period of go days beginning
with the date of filing of the plat
the state will have the exclusive
right to make selections of unre.
served and appropriated public
lands in Secs. rs, 26 and 35, T. 3 N.
r. 5 W., with a view to satisfying
any public land grants made to the
state by the act of February %, 1889
supra. In this connection, see 81
L. D. 139, 141.
Upon the expiration of the go day
period, the public lands in the por.
ton of T. 3 N, R. 5 W, outside the
national forest, which have not beer
selected by the state, and are no.
in other existing adverse rights mi
tiated prior to the orders of June 8
1909, or November rs, 1894, IS t.
the particular lands involved, viii
be subject to all applicable provi
sions of the Taylor Grazing Act o.
June 28, 1894 (48 Stat, 1269), a
amended. The public lands in thes'
townships will continue to be sub
ject to locations and entries undel