Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 35 Part 1.djvu/580

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562 srxrrnm CONGRESS. sm. 1. os. 237. 1908. respectivel , from and after date of entry or filing, and when an entry- man shall have complied with all the requirements of the homestead Pmmm fw law and shall have submitted final proof within seven years from date Alma, my em, of entry and shall have made all recpuired payments aforesaid, he shall lands, ew. be entitled to a patent for the lan s entered: Provided, That aliens Restriction who have declared their intentions to become citizens of the United ` States may become such entrymen, but no patent shall be issued to any person who is not a citizen of the United States at the time of '°°“· °'”· making final proof: And provided further, That the fees and commissions at_the time of commutation or final entry shall be the same as are co mm now provided by law where the llprice of land is one dollar and twenty- mm"live cents per acre: Provided, hat nothing in this Act shall revent R S ml ml a citizen o the United States from commuting his homestead entry ’ "" under the provisions of section two thousand three hundredand one Dem., 1mm_ of the Revised Statutes by paying for the land entered the price fixed manrmeuw by www- by said commission, receiving! credits for payments previously made. ° Sec. 9. That entrymen un er the desert—land law shall be required to pay one-fifth of the appraised value of the land in cash at the time of entry, and the remain er in five equal annual installments, as provided in homestead entries; but any such entryman shall be required mmm to pay the full appraised value of the land on or before submission of reqs:}. final proof: Pranded, That if any person taking any oath recpuired b Y ,,,,,,my_ the homestead or desert-land laws or the regulations thereun er, shall swear falsely in the premises, he shall be subject to all the pains and penalties of perjury and shall forfeit the money which he may have paid for said and and all right and title to the same, and if any person making homestead or desert-land entry shall fail to compl with the law and the regulations under which his entry is made, or shall fail to H make hnal proof within the time prescribed by law, or shall failto F° °i“"°‘ make all payments or any of them required herein, he shall forfeit all money w ich he may have paid on the land and all right and title to

  • the same, and the entry shal be canceled.

{,{.§'§},‘}}§,f,‘§‘;‘}’· md Sec. 10. That if, after the approval of the classification and appraise- ¤¤1¤<>f- ment, as provided herein, there shall be found lands within the limits of the reservation deemed practicable for irrigation projects deemed V°‘· 3** P· ““· practicable under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved . une seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, known as the reclamation Act, said lands shall be subject to withdrawal and be dis sed of under the provisions of said Act, and settlers shall pay, in addhion to U _ f _ the cost of construction and maintenance provided therein, the appraised ¤,,$B§’i{E,?;,}Z{K“,$§f1’ value as 'provided in this Act, to the pro er officers, to be covered into the reasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians. ,.§‘df °* ’°""*’“‘“” Ssc. 11. That all lands hereby opened to settlement remaining undisposed of at the end of five (years from the date of President’s procla mation to entry shall be sol to the highest bidder for cash at not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, under regulations to M*“*‘°“’” F"'*°°· be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; and any lands remaining unsold ten years after said lands shall have been opened to entry hmm shall sold to the highest bidder for cash, without re rd to the min- Mmm;,m,,c,,,,g€_ imum limit above stated: Provided, That not more thhn six hundred and forty acres shall be sold to any one person or company. u;:?p1¤¤u¤¤.ew.,ror Sec. 12. That the lands within said reservation however classified, ' shall, on and after sixty days from the date fixed by the Presidents proclamation openintg said lands, be subject to ex loration, location, and purchase under e general provisions of the United States mineral and coal land laws at not less than the price therein fixed and not less than the appraised value of the land, except that no mineral or coal exploration, location, or purchase shall be permitted upon anv la nds al otted to Indians or withdrawn under the provisions of this Act.