Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 2.djvu/644

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PROCLAMATIONS, 1916, 1809 3. Disposition of a,ppZ·icat·Logt.s—The Register of said land office will cal,}0*§,P;j“*“°” °‘ °PP“· %ote eq) all applicatioiiils igceiveddajzl or prjor to 12 o’c§oclinc£on, gn - ovem er 15, 1916, the ate an our 0 recei t, an w et er the land applied for is subject to disposition, accordiiig to the land office records. There shall also be appropriately indicated on a. map of the reservation posted for public inspection the tracts for which aplpli- · cation? have beer} filed. dW'here therecjsbno lponflict siéch app `cationsi in pro er orm_ an accompame y the require payments, will be allowed imviaitizdiately after thehcloslzipf the pergpd mentioned D to _ _ I in paragraph 2. ere there are suc co ctinigl app cations,_con- ¤,cg¤ *é,°ggu;°* iiicting in whole or in art, the right of the sever applicants will be determined by a. public drawing, at the United States land office at Havre, Montana, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m., standard time, on Saturday, November 18, 1916, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The names of the conflicting applicants will be written on cards and each of these cards shall be {placed in an envelope upon which there is no dgjtinctgre or idegti ying dmarlg lifhesdql envelopes shall be thoroug y an impartia y mixe , an then awn one at a time, by some disinterested dperson. As the envelopes iare drawn, the cards shall be numbere , beginning with number 1, and fastened to the applications of the respective persons, which shall be the order in which the applications shall be acted upon. If an ialppjlicant fails tp incurs any of theéand app;1-Edgorhhiq apcplicatjloiésp he reljetgeél. I eobtainspart utnot oteana 'e or, esa e allowed thirty days from receipt of notice witlIiiIi1_ which to notify the register and receiver whether to allow his application for the part obtained or to reject it in its entiregyl. If e does not notify the registeié and receiver within the time owed, the application will be rejecte . __ 4. Subsequent a lica,t·i¢ms——After the period mentioned in para- .S“l’°°'1“°”’ °PP”°¤· graph 2 has expirepdt aipplicants may disregard said units in making mm their applications, an the applications will be disposed of by the regipter ?1ndd1receive{·inlthf§ usual way in the order in which they are file in the 'strict an office. 5. Execution and presentation of ap icat·ion.c.—Applications to M§‘°F““°“ °Q‘* .“i enter may be executed before the regigier or the receiver of the uwtgm M ppgm United States land office for the district in which the land is situated, or before a United States Commissioner, or a judge or a clerk of a court of record residing in the county in which the land is situated, or before any such officer who resides outside the county and in the land district and is nearest and most accessible to the land. All applications must be presented,bwith the reqilpred payment, to the register and receiver, in person, y mai , or otherwise. 6. PaymenLs.—Each person presenting an application to enter *’°Y'¤°¤“· must laccpmpanyisucgi applglcation with the rlriquired first paymept and the and office ee an commissions. e payment must e made in cash, by a certified check on a national or state bank or trust company which can be cashed without cost to the Government, or by a postoflice money order, made payable to the receiver of the land office. _ No_other form of payment will be accepted. If an_ application is rejected the money paid_will be returned. If an application is izilllpwed in part, the money paid in excess of the required amount wi e returned. 7. Price aj land.——For lands entered during the first six months Qgmmmmum suglslequintgo the dpte of qpening, entrymen s alll, in addiftion to the re ar an office ees an commissions, pay the sum o $2.50 per acre for said land, 50 cents per acre at the time of making entry and 50 cents per acre each and every gear thereafter until the full sum of $2:50 per acre shall have been pai . For lands entered subsequent to S“*’°"°“""· said period of six months, the entryman will be required to pay $1.25