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Cleveland County Leader.
VOL. 1
LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,
N UMBER 3o
L>
CHEROKEEOUTLET
The President's Procla-
mation Opening it to
Settlement.
Washington Aux s|— Uv the president of
the lulled States of America. a proclamation;
Whkkkas, I'uiMium |u section IU of the act
of congress approved March a, IMKI, entitled an
aetniwanuc appropriations for current and public school-*, an provided in Hoctiou in. r
contingent expenses, and fultllliny treaty stlp-
uluiion with Indian Irll>cs for the fls.-ul year
• iidinu June yo, iwi, tbo Cherokee nation of
Indiana hy n writ it■!* agreement made on the
irthday of May. INWl. has rutttt<*«l the agree-
ment for the cession of t «-rtalri lands hercinat-
tor described as amended l y said act of March
a, IHM. and thereby ceded, conveyed, trans-
form! relinquish! d anil surrendered all title,
claim and Intoi'M of every kind and character
in and to that part of the Indian territory
bounded on tho west by the lOUth decree of
west longitude; on the north bv the state of
Kansas, ou the < aM by the nlnot.v .sixth degree
ill®) of West longitude, nnd on the south by the
«'reek nation, the territory of Oklahoma and
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation, ere
ulcd or deiiued bv executive order dated An
gust 10. lw<V. ,
I'royideil, That any citixeu of thr Cherokee
nation, who, prior to the 1st day ot Novemtx r.
IMM, waaa bona lidc P'sldent upon and (urtn«ar
had. ah a farmer and for farming purposes,
WiiKHfctt. ti It provided in section i:t <•' ihe
act of congress in accei tin*. ratifyln.' and i i
firming said agreements with tho TonUaw i
dians an«l the J'awncc Indians sp« *it;t-.i in • iv
tlons II und U *>f tin- sam« ;i;-t approved
March IWU, entitled "An act in iW n.- appro-
priation* for current and contingent e*pen . <
and fulfllliior treatv stipulation- with Indian
tribes for the fiscal year endln ' June :<o i«vi
that the lands acquired by the ;e, noincu!s
s peel fled in the two preceding tion- nr.
hereby declared to te a part «>t the public do
main
Sections 16and M In each township, win the
surveyed or unsurveyi i i r«* hereby reserved
from settlement for the use and benefit
atingto lands acquired from the t'h«
nation of ludian . and the lands *0 acquired
by the aiire^ment** specified in the inn pn
ceding sections not so reserved shall bi ninl
to set rtemeut bv prnclain.ition of the pre-
dent at the aatue time and in tin uiante i and
subject to the same conditions und regulation
pro*Mod in auction in, nUtloi to the openln r
of the lands acquired from tin- Clv-rom e na
Hon of Indians, and each settler on the lands
so to be opened as aforesaid shall, before re-
ceiving a patent for bis homestead, pay to 131>
1 'nlted States for the lands -o taken by bin
in addition to the fees provided by law, thr
eum or f'.'.isn |N>r acre and hall alio puv iniei
*stunon the amount so to be piid for sa d
land from the date of entry to the dale of final
payment at the rate of four p* r cent per an
mini and
WRKltr.As The thlr'.c-nth section ..i i h -
act approved March 2 I**.• me mi approved
May if. iHt -i. and the second proviso of section
tri'e of Indians, de
i o\vuship-21 north,
nor.h ran,ro 1 east
north ran;e *2 east;
north, ran40 east;
set apart f- r tbfl I'oiiea
scribed us follows, to-w.t
range l east township «"i
fractional township
fractional township
fractional township 24 i orth.
fractional township !2f north, range :t east
irMlkwal iowwhlp -'i north ruigc i «jiI
friciional township north, range 4
east. the said fractional townships
lying on the right bank of the
Arkansas river, excepting also the lauds al
thr ir.: i ner an ! ander the pro
i 1 r
side
•Will/, In
rid III
idarie*
A Strip 111 laud lOl) feet in v
immediately within the our
tho entire tract of count.-v to m* opened
io settlement under this proclaim ion
i- Imreh) ta pom lis «I opart lor
the following purpe-e and uses >
Said strip, the inner boundary * f which ^ 1* til
be feel fr«>m the exterio boundary of t h«-
country known as I he Cherokee outlet shall
in attv inee of the dav
lot tod to the Indians, as in said agreement* and hour named for th- openiiur of sant conn
provided, excepting also the lands reserved hi try by person* expecting and intending to
executive ore• ■ i - dated Apri. is, is-.V and mak< settlement pursuant to this prtK-lama
J.iuu.irv li. 18W iknown as ('amp supply tion Such uceupanc> shall not b* - n raided
military reserratioti d rilied as follows, s trespass, or in v bdatlon of the piu.iama
in \vii Township '.'I north, range '22 west I tion or of the law under which it Is madi
the south half of township
est
I t h"
ml hue
I we * |
e ich Of
north range -2"2
er of tow nship
-enervation* for
les M NO.,.,, I
acre of I iinl in
county seat put
l , which tracts i:i.■ hen by reserve 1 for gov
• ru nicut use as sites f«.i land ofttces. and four
acres in e veil n rvatlon for county seat
purposes hereinbefore named, which tracts
are hereby reserve I u- sites for court house-,
and except inalso the reservations for the
of nut in C'lniuvtiou with the Chiloc
Indian Industrial seh
purposes h' reinlH'fer
M i
i h
A
■ttlement rights br gained thereby
Tie commissioner of the general land •
tice shall under the direction of the «r.,i *a
of the interior, rstablish on said bm foot str
booilis to hr located as follows
One in to'vnsnip is north, range •.'east oi
ill township .'i' north, run;e . west one
townshipno t.t ran • i west one in to a
ship'"'north range a west one in tow nship
north range I-'west one in low nship nort
ran e J east one in township M iie.rili ran
'2 west one in township *JO north
Pirtle-* wl
acquir.it bv
mot amount in.' iuqu>iulit> to a q i trier see
lion'. Uiav if Otherwise qualified e ter other
laud lying coniiguoia to th«-ir own to an
.•III • .III w iileh shall not. with the ! Mtd ftlrOMlV
owned by tlieui rxee-'d in the aggregate liti
acre . >ee s.'i-iiouI'uite I stall's revised
st itre • 4
I'oirih \ny party who has made a home-
stead entry prior to March Issv, for less
than on* quarter section of land and who still
ow ns an I oi'ctipU * the I«rid so « ntere.l m ly, if
«ilher«%ise qual tied • nter an addilion .1 tr i- ' • ?
land lying oiitlguous to the land embraced in
ihe oi igiual oalrv which sliili not. with the
laud tlr-t e'ltere I e\ eel in the aitgie rate Irt *
aore .but sucii addition il entry will nit • *
permitted, or it permitted win lv
Ir t h>
pr.i
el led,
t i p lie
The tin il proof of residence :
made o.i the original entry, tog
payment of the pr<'s"ribed pric
will !«• sufllclerit to entitle ihe
eertlticale for the laud so eutr
• it In illegal
id cultivation
hei with the
for the mil I,
irt.v to a final
w ithout
1 and the whole of section l>« of thr ,
np
made iwrmtnent and valuable improvements proved March lM'l. are reierred to in th
Upon any part of the Und ao ceded and who ' —,w —" ' — *f '•
has not dis(M>sed of the same, but desires to
occupy the particular lands so improved as a
homestead and for farming purposes, ^all
have the right to select one-eighth of a section
of land, to conform, however, to the I'mird
Stales survrv s, such selections to embrace
tenth section of the act approved March
1 WW, and thereby made applicable in th" dis
po«al of the lilidsut the "Cherokee olitle'
hereinbefore mentioned. th< provisions of
whleh acts so far as they affect the opening to
settlement and tb dispo«.-i| of -aid iandv are
mortparticularly aet forth herein.ifte
far us thenlioye limitation will admit, such > nectlon with tie rules and i ■ .rila* bn.. j
Improvements. The wife and children of any ' "" ' 'w
auch cltlien shall have the same right of se
lection that Is above given to the citizen, and
they shall have the preference in making
selections to lake any lands Improved by tho
husband and father that be cannot take, until
all of his Improved land shall lw; taken and
thn* any citizen of the Cherokee nation not a 1 tarv of the interior, as
resident within the land so ceded who, prior mentioned act of con.tr
scribed by tho secretary of the int«
thr occupation and settlement ot tin land <
hereby opened, according lo suid tenth",
tion and.
Whkhhas, The lands m jired by the ihr-e
several agreements hereiuhef->? ■ mentioned
have been divided into counties bv t ie re
ijulred by said hist
, U'fon
id for county seat | and one m township : north can < '.< e,i
eribed e\«epiin r \ and shall place in charge thereof three officers
covered bv the j to e ich boot 11. who sli ill be detailed from the
< hcrokce nation | general land oflU e Said isiotlis srinll b« open
isknown a- 1 for the transactio.i of business on and afiiu-
and Woterii Monday, the ];,h day of the mouth of Sep
teuiber. ISUI from 7 a. hi lo I ' ni and I p. in
to Hp in, each business day until thr same
shall fx1 discontinued by the secretary of the
interior, who is hereby authorixed lo discon-
tinue the sun** at his clis^ret ion
Kacli party desiring to enter upon and oc
eupy as ;i homi'ste id . ii.v of the 1 aids hereby
pe11ed to settlement will be required to llrst
appear at one ot the before mentioned booths
and make a declara'ion in writing, to le
signed by the parly in the presence of one of
the othe rs in char • thereof which shall be
certitied by auch officer, showing his or her
qua'lticat ion to make homes te id eni ry for said
lands, whereupon a certificate wil be issued
hy the officer* in chnrge of the booth to the
party inikin ; the declaration, which shall be
of the form hereto attache i and made n pirt
hereof imarked Di.
Where a parly desires to tile a so!d<er's
n he will lie re
which shall be ,.f
Middle and Western
ndcr authority of the act of
I IHS-J, stat. M Slid
ibed and identified as follows
ie reserve embracing nil of
lid 4 Of section t. the south
ist quarter, the south half of
arter. tlie north half of the
. and lot s I. *„\ ami I of
to the Ist day of November, 1 si'I, hud for farm- shall be opened to settlement, and land
in^ purposes, mad* valuable nnd permanent , been reserved for county seat pnrp<
entered under sections .onl J Jss , ih • r
t i^O.l statutes of the T'nlted Stati s, as tin m m
required a« follows to wit
For County K, the southeast quarter of ~r
tion 'Si and the nortle ast quarter of - ct• :i .'>>
township'JH non h, range • e^st. of the Indian
improvements upon any of "the land
so ceded shall have, the right to select one
eighth of a section of land to conform to th«
United States surveys, such selection to em
brace, an far as the aboyo limitation will ad-
mit, sueh improvements, but the allotments
so provided for hall not exceed seventy <7U I meridian, ex.'eptln four
In number and the land allotted shall not e\ the sight of a court house, to be .i ..ted b>
ceed five thousand nnd six hundred lot and block upon the official plat of sm « e\ o
acres, and such allotments shall r e made and said reservation for county s< at pnrpos« •.
eonflrmed under such rule, ami regulations after to be Issued bv tin commis oin-r of tin
as shall be proscrilied by the secretary of tho I general land offle* said reservat i■ n to i.e ,i
interior, and wln n so made and confirmed 1 ditlonal to the reservations for■ p..r cln>
shall be couveyed to tln> allottees rrspi ctlvely , and other public purpose re.|u.red to I" nnul<
by tho United State-, in fee simple and froiii 1 by section of the a«" of Mav ' l-i"
the price to be paid to the Cherokee run Inn I For county Ij. thr s-outhwest quarter of
for tno cession so made there -.hsll be de tion I, and the aoutheasi quartei
ilqcted the burn of II.to for e ich acre so taken ! township north, ran u west. of the India:
in allotment arid provided that I) \\ ! meridian, except in.- f i ,, ■ ,i
Bushyhead, having made i>ermanent or val- 1 thesltoofa court house to i.e designated b
liable improvements prior to November i, lot and block upon the offb-ial plat of surv ey o
1801. shall have ihe right to remain on Ihe said reservation for counly M-at purpo . ^ h<
lands bo coded, whether reserved or otherwise, after to be issued by the commission;-!- of ;
prior to the opening or sai l lands to public general land office said reservation to b :i l
settlement but he shall be required to pay for ' ditlonal to the reservations for parks. >ciu ■!
such selection, at tho same rate per aere as and other public purpos s r« «|iii i <-d to ! •: um i
prn
the Ktateru.
saline reserves
coil - re hs of All.'i
lands being d« sci
The l-'.astern sa i
soclIon •*. lots A ;
half of the norte
the northwr «ji
southwest quart
t ion •>. and t he northeast quarter of t he north-
west quarter and lots I and of section !,
township '' not lb. range l> west all of section*
i; . s i;, is, hi, -jo, :io :ii and
Ihe southwest quarter of the soulhwi -t quar-
ter id the tiorthwe t quarter and lots", a. f. A,
ti and 7 of heel ion ft the southwest quarter, the
southwest quarter of the northwest quarter,
the soul Invest quarter o| the southeast qual*
ter and lot lot section W the we-t half of the
southw< t quarter of section l > ; In west half,
the southeast quarter, 1ho wes; half of the
northeast quarter and the bouthe.ist quarter J declaratory state nent in p<
of the north* ist quarter of section IH the west quired to make adeclar.iti
half, and the west half of the southeast ouar t ne form hereto attached and uiade part
ter and the southeast quarter of the southeast I hereof ( marked II■. the s ,m to bo ma b and
qn,nter of si non tn«- west half, the west subseril>ed before on- oftheoflbers in charge
I: i If of I he >out liea -1 quarter the northeast of the booth'and cert i tied by such officer.
other settlers, Into thr treasury of the United ,
States in such metier as the secretary of the 1
Interior shall direct and
\VHKUK\<*, It is provided in section i.b.r tiu>
aforesaid act of congress, approved March.'!,
lS5i;t, that "said lands, except the portion to be
ailotod as provided In said agreement, shall,
upon the payment of the sum of herein
appropriated, to be immediately paid, becom ■
and be taken to be and treated as a part of the
by section of the act of Mav I sin
For County M the south half of tho north
east quarter and the north half of th-
Wtiorl ti west* li Ta r t vr a i. d tin' north b.Jt id
the south wo* I quarter of -■•ctioii .1. town-hip
•Ji north, ranuo 11 west, of tin Indian nn rah. '
excepting one acre reserved for governti:' nt
use for the site of a land office and four acres
to be reserved for the site of a court house
public domain " Rut in any opening of the 1 whic h t rat t sa r t> ^ I . 'j lt
same to settlement sections id and :M1 iu each designated bv 1 an I \ I
township, whether surveyed ur unsurveyed, i Pla: 0' 8,irx'_N \ „
Hhnll bvi and are hereby reserved for the use
nnd benefit of tho public schools to lie
llshod within the limits of such lands, und-r
such (ondlttons and regulations as may be
hereafter enacted by cougress.
Sections i:l. II. i.V IH, v'l, 'M, "I. "H, 2r.
"s and the east half of sections tr.'.Dand il>. all
1xi township numbered 29 north, of range nuin
tiered 1 east of the Indian meridian, the same \
lieing lands reserved by executive order, date.I
duly il*. ihn. for use of and in connection with
the Chilocco Indian industrial school, in the
Indian territory, shall not be subject to public
settlement, but shall, until the further action
of congress, continue to bo reserved for tho
purposes for which they were sei apart in the
said executive order. And the president of
ihe United States. In any order or proclaim-
iou which he shall make for the opening of
tho lands for settlement, may make such otbor
reservations of land for public purposes as he
may deem wise and desirable
The president of the Fnited states is here-
by authorized, at any time within six months
nfter the approval of this act and the ac-
ceptance of the same by the Cherokee nation
ns herein provided, by proclamation, to open
to settlement any or all of the lands not
allotted or reserve,!, in the in inner provided
In section It of Ihe act of congress approved
March 8. 1*80, entitle J "An act making ap
propriation - for the current and contingent
expenses of the Indian department and for
fulfilling treaty stipulations with various
Indian tribes, for the year ending June :# .
tvitfi, and for other purposes rJMh United
states Statutes, pa/e b*)> and also subject
0 temporary government for th - territory of (
Oklahoma, to enlarge the jurisdiction of the j
United States court in the Indian territory I
und for other purpose*;" also subject tothe
second proviso of section J. tho whole of sec- i
tion 8 of the act of March o, 1891, entitled '"An
net making appropriations for the current ex-
1 lenses of tbo Indian department and for fill
filling treaty stipulations with various tribes
for the year ending June !#>. IHir', and lor other
purp scs," oxcopt as to jfto muoh of said aots
aurl sections as may conflict with tho pro-
visions of this act
Each settler on the Ian 1 so to bo opened to
settlement as aforesaid shall,before receiving a
patent for his homestead, pay to the Unite 1
Spates for the land so t vkeu by him. in ad-
dition to the fees provided by law, the sum of
t&OO per aere for any land east of degrees
wed longitude, the sum of 9I..V) p<r acre for
any land lo t ween IT1, degrees west longitude
nn'd W; degrees west longitude and the sum
of fl per acre for any land west of 98'; do-
trces west longitude, and shill also pay in-
terest upon the amount so to be paid for said
land from the date of entry to the date of Una 1
payment therefor at the rate of four per
centum jx-r annum.
No person shall be permitted to occupy or
enter unon any of the lands herein referred io.
except in the manner prescribed by the procla-
mation of the president openin r thi same to
settlement and any person otherwise occupy-
ing or entering upon any of the said lands shall
forfeit tho rUnt to acquire any of said lands.
The secret ary of the interior shall, under tho
direction of the president, prescribe niles and
regulations, not inconsistent with this act for
tho occupation ami settlement of said lands,
to be Incorporated In tho proclamation of the
quarter of tile southeast quarter and the
southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of
e.iion '.'«i t:.e northwest quarter, ihe north
half of tin- southwest quarter, the west half of
t he northe-ast qu irt* r, and the nort boast quar-
ter of the northeast quarter of section Jil. and
the northwest quarter of the northwest quar-
ter of - ctiou to.vnship north, range u |
we-t all of • ection III, the soUtllWe-t (jlUirtlT I
of the sou'.beast quarter, the southeast qiuir '
ter of the southwest quarter and lo lotsee
tKin oil aud lots :t ami \ of section .'l.'. township j
\'i north, range li west; nil of sections I .'I, I 1
l . 10 and 11. tin- southeast quarter of
the couth hall ot the northeast '
quarter, the e ist half of tho southwest quar-
ter. tile south• '-t quarter of the northwest
quarter and lots !. I ami il of section the
east half, the southwest quarter ami tho east
half ol the northwest quarter of section s, the
north half Hie north ball of the southwest
quarter. lh«- soiitlivvest quarter of the south-
we.-t qiiarler ami the northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter of section r.\ t he northwest
quarter, thu northeast quarle; of the north
east qiiuiter. tlie north half of the southwest
. UJJaiWi.^nUM^ s'l-cTtrm ' ii ' the
north hall, the southeast quarter
and Ihe le-rlh half of the southwest
quarter ot section 1" and the north-
ea*t quarter ami the north half of Hie
northwest quarter of section M. township
I 2'i north, range 10 west, all of sections I •"!.
b . it. r.v 13, ii, i; . ih. :\.
; :i : I. and IWS, the south half of the north
ea-t quarter, ihe southeist quarter of the
northw-c.it quarter the southeast quart-r. tin
east half of the south west qu trier and lot s I.
'J. and of sectlo i I. tho east half, the south-
west quarter, the east half of the northwest
quarter, aud tin- southwest quarter of tin-
northwest quarterot section 9 tho southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of section II.
t ue east half of the northeast quarter ami the
i:i.i hall oi the southeast quarter of seition
' t. the southeast quarter and the cast hill of
the northeast quarter of section '.M. and the e ist
b ill and the so.it he i-t quarter of the southwest
quart* r of section Il.'.of tow nship *.'0 nortii r.tn-c
lowest all of aectioiirt '£1, Stt, <7, SW, 85 and 88,
tno east half of lln-northeast quarter ami the
* ist hair of the southwest quarter of section
•Jl, the southwest quarter of the west half or
the southeast quarter, the south half of ihe
northwest quarter and lots I ami Hot section
-.'1. the southwest quarter, the west half of the
southwent quarter, the southed quarter of
the southeast quarter, the south half of the
•rtbeast quarter and lot I of section ti"*, the
sj hall of section and the east half nnd
t o nln ast quarter oi the southwe-t qnar-
r of secti* n "*. township 2? north, raii.-e PI
•>t tin- Middle Saline reservation euibr.ie-
t;, southwest quarter of the nort a
'.[ quarter, the s mtheast quarter
the northw*-t
• nship "-"I nort h,
•' quarter of
itheast quarter
at ion for l ouniy
at purp«)ses, here ifter to be issued bv t
commissioner of the general land office -id
reaervatioa to be addilion.il t* the r*'serva
tlons for paries, schools and other public pur
pos« s required to be made by section 12, of tin
act of Mav iw
For county N. the south half of u v t i * •: i
t twnsliip 'Mnorth, range .'1 west of the Indmu
meridian, exceptlngotie acre reserved tor gov
ernment use for the sit*' *d a land utile* and
four acres to be reserved for the site ot a
court house, which tracts arc to be contiguous
and to be designated bv lot and bio U upon
the official plat of survey of said n-si i ation
for county seat purpose- heieafl* rto be i.ssu- d
by the commissioner of tin- general land otlice
said r- ^ervatioris to be additional to tin- p • ;
vat Ions for parks, schools ami other pi > i
purposes required to be made by sectionoi
the act of May 2, 1st#
For county O, the southeast quart- r of sec-
tion 7 and the southwest quarter of section -
township north, ran e n west ot tin- Indian
meridian, excepting one acre reserved for
governmeuV u-c for the site of a land o! .
alio tour acres lo t-e reserved for tin- -it' or a
court house, which tnu Is are to be contiguous
and to be designated by lot and block upon th
oftlci 11 plat and survij.v of said reservation lor
county seat purposes Hereafter to be i.sstied b-.
! the commissioner of the general land ollice i.alfoi i i< -ontln ., • q.:a
• said reservations to le additional to tin t In--o-d hwe-t qu.n «r a
reservations for park-, schools a ml olh* r pub . of-- • on . and i immiim
■ lie purposes require I t*i lv made bv sect ion
' of the act of M iv IMO For c.einiv IV th*-
I northeast quarter of section-i and 111*- in ah
west quarter of section 'j:!, townsliip :.'l north
range I west of the Indian meridian • \*-« ptin •
one acre reserved for government u-e for
ihe site of a land ofllce and four acre>
I reserved for a site or a court house.
which tracts are to i *• contiguous and
to be designated by lot and block upon tIn-
official plat of survey of said reservation for
I county scat purposes hereafter to b-- i-s .. i l.v
I th** commissioner of th*- general land <• lb *
I said reservation to be ad 1 it iona 1 to the i -■ •
' vations for parks, schools ami oile r public
pur|K)'es re juirtnl to be nude by s-- t .oa • t
the act of May 2. IW> . I'or county <„ th* ' n-
i east quarter of section II. tho west half of t h-*
southwest quarter of MVtion tow nship
north, range . east, lot I of section ft ami lot '
1 ot section tV township-l north, ran e ft*-a .t of
the Indian meridian, excoptin r four act * - r
I served for the site of a court house i< be «b -
i ignated by lot and block upon theottici it i l <t
! of survey of said reservation for couniyse.it
purposes hereafter to be i siied bv tin 'in
! mlssloner or the general laml ofllce said r*
ervation to lie additional lo tin r* ser vat Ions
' for parks, schools and other public purposes I
1 required to lie made by
1 of May 2, 1890
WllBIU'.AR. H Is provided by act of e< :i m -s
for temporary government of Oklahoma, ap-
proved May 1893. section W statute-, pa ."
I'.* that there shall be reserved public hi-iiways
between each section of land in said t« rritorv
th«- section lines b'-in : the enter of s-ii«l high
ways, but no deduction shall b** made wh r
cash payments are provided for to the :*niount
to be paid for each quarter section of land by
reason of such reservations; and,
Whf.kkxs All the terms nnd condition ; re-
quired by said agreomenls made with said
nation nnd tribes of Indians aud by the laws
relating thereto, precedent to opening said
lands to scttb uieul. have bee a. as I hereby
omplied with. now.
(tepcndently of the affidavit iforin 4 i t * tone
Hied when iie presents the certiticato of form
O there given him to the district officers
Where a party desires t" tllo a d clatato
statement throu-h an a ent if wiil
. 1m- necessary for him previously to
I make the affidavit ordinarily required
• form 0 4.M4I before some officer authorized to
administer oaths and place tho same In the
I bands of the ii :> nt, who, before being per
ni.I'ed to enter upon the land to be opened in
j said "out of for the purp e of ni iking the
red 1llin .-.will be required to appear before
officers in charge of some one of t .ie
h? to present the said affidavit of the
I party authorizing him t« ad as such agent,
; and to make a declaration in writing to b<-
. subscrilM I by him in the presence of one of
| such officers which sh ill lie certified hy such
j officer, according to the form hereto attached
' ami made a pari he-,--of, .tu rU*-d t V where
; upon a ee titlcate of form Ii will ii« given him
I by the officer The agent should b*- prov ided
w'ith affidavits of form 1.'*t mad*' in dtiplicat-
• •ne for presentation to the officers in char.'*-
of the booth and the o her for DrcscniuUm. i.
' ,-e MVOte
1 F.ach party dulling to enter upon •■■ild
lands for the purpose or settling upon a town
lot will be required to Hr-t app' ir at on- of
, the before mentioned booths and make a d*-
, iiar.itbm in writing to be signed by the party
■ in the presence of one of the officers in eli nv
: thereof, which shall be cersilled bv such oi-
ticer accord in/ to the form hereto attached ; aid
i made a part In roof <marlo-d Iv. wh* r 'upon a
i charge of th*- booth to tli
declaration, which shall b
attached and marked a p.
cl of March
•J th Slat s,i '
Uartles who have conrille I with the condl
1 ions of 1 he Uw with re art I lo a homestea I
• •titry for les- than bio acres of laud m ule prior
to m ireh ,* Ihs.i au i have h id the tlnal papers
issued, therefor, niiy. If otherwise qiiilitled.
m ike an additional entrv by legal subdlvis
ions, of so much land ns added lo t he qu mt it v
previously SO entered shill not en-eel Hi)
acres t*artlcM naklni entrtoa under tho pro
vision s t foil bin this pir.igrap'a will lw re-
quired to reside upoi nnd cultivate Ihe land
embraced therein for the prescribed per.oil
nnd to submit proof of residence and cultiva-
tion of a like character with that require n
ordinary homestead eutr les hclor i m
Iftsuatice of a linal cert itlc.ite •.ection 0.
act of March 2 l**y Jitli statutes s,|
Anv offi er. soldier seam an or m ir in- who
•oryod for not to«a than ninety duv* in tho
army or navy of t he Fnlle I ^t it**- d irlti. t ae
war ol the relndf n. and who was houorablv
d schar.e I aud has rein liie-o loyal to ih - :;ov
ernment or, in case of his de.iin hi- widow
or incase of herdeuth or re niarri ige his minor
orph 'lied children.by .• uardi hi duly uppoiiited
and officially accredited at the departin«*nt. of
the interior, may eltli- r in per-ou or la agent
tile declaratory statement for a trot of
land aud have six month* thereafter within
which to make act i i' eutr. and commence
r-sul ace and improvement upon the laud
(See sections 2! l IIif and am I' s U s .
Kvery person entitled under the pr -ceding
para/raph to enter a houie-icid who. or
whose deceased niisbiml or fatuer iu rate of
Hie widow or minor chiliireti. in r, have prior
to June :t l-i t. eul. r.-l in Hi*- hoin-si* ad
laws, a quant lv of laud le^s than I ill acres
may If otlmr.vis- quai llo.l. enter so much
laud, wheu ad led to the quuitity previously
entered, a - • drill U01 e\c -ml Id I acres but the
party must make affidavit that t Ii • entry is
in ide for ai tiiil settlement and c dtivatiou.
and the proof of such sett lenient and cultiva
tion, pros rlbod by exiatln homestead laws
and re ulilions tiu reun b r will be require I to
he pr-xlmod before th-- -sue of fliiaicettui
cate (See section 2.1 It. I*. S li. S. ;wnl scctloil
|s of the act of May 2 I sin ,dth>t t. i •
Parties mav initiate claims under th home
stead law e tiler by settienietit on the laud *.r
, by entry at the district offi.- Iu lie- lorui'-i
ease the party vvitl hive three month- afi* t
• Hi -meiit within which to tile hi- application
tor t he lr ict al t he district office in tlie latti r
case the party will have ,ix months a Hit eat r\
ai th it office within which to edabd-oi r -
ib-nce and b in improvements unon the l.m I
11 is<o, 21st statut
The hoineste id affid
Willi the appil
ihe register or
tin i
: * so o
and c
its rcqtilrt
-t be
cut
I to lie III d
i before
district
.•elver of t 11
ctioii . 1 'tilled States ri
or before auv'other office
I duly qualified at Hi • tun
ch oil i- ac-ordIn| t > th
tigroot or M iv :i
• form he
• 121
lig to ill ike lioiuesteili
to tende'- with the aopi
al commissions, which
entrv
•ightv
• 1 lie i
•ut iv e
lumber I at
The said dec
iu charge shal
beginning at i
cerllticiti issued to the party iniuinr
cl iration sh ill givu the same numb
i:iven the declaration. The o.- -Iaritic
be carefully preserved In tic offi.' s in
of th*- booths, nnd when the tooths are
tiniiedsiiid d*'viarations -.lull b • tran-
together with the duplicate affidavit !•
hereinbefore require I to be pn si nit i
of agents propositi r to act lor s ddi. r- i
declaration .statements to t:i<- gener.
ollice for tiling as a part of the r vor
taining to th* disposal of s lid I md-
The certificate will be evidence only I
pnrtv named therein is permitted t<
u ion the lands opened to set I If m-nt
proclamation at Hi • Hill" spetitiod liei
in I lor an entry of eighty acres or
f if.Y an I In both eases, in ndditlon
i-. of per cent unon the overn-
of the land, computed at the rate
ai'.'c. the ordinary imnimuni price
nut under t he gener il provisions of
ii I nlted St ite- revised statutes
ns and 2.",M. I'nlted States iv-
ib'ste id applicants appearing t
ei « at the local offices lo make
me of openlil.' will be required to
i order that their applications
*ii« I and acted upon in regular o
liers' dedarato
great
par ti*
A part
•s entitled or b
I will not be rcc
; 1-aph. will
eil'-mplated untie
alio
the
• 1 lo
. the
nort li
Id lot
1 of
qiiartr
eth-
ic of form l> in list
when applicat ion t a elite.-or
to the district ofllcers and tin
m.ikealllln.' hoineste
-mill be passed upon I
cers at the proper time and \-.< t
ner 'Plie holder of such lertill
quired, when he makes hi- lroni*-
•/declarator , statement at the
• ti e is pre-eritcd
ie pariy's ri ht to
ry or settlement
district land offi
n the usual inan-
•outlie
. tin
west qu
quarter, t n-.- (si
t. r and lots 1, 2 .
half of the no: tin
Hie northwest q<
southeast quart*-
we t quarter und 1-
est the south
st quarter, the
ithwest quarter
-t half of the
\ the east half of the norm
we-t half of the sout hens I
half of the southwest quar
uler n
•ea I i
I la*
d est ric
ofil er
• llllni in his individual character,
-ire-.and to IIle one <1 claralory
in his representative character as
eli he shall be. and thereupon he
quired to step out of line giving
i rn-xt person in order, and. if he
in ike another lilin,'. to take his
ie end of the liiu- and await Iih
i before doiii; so end thus to pro-
|er until all the lllliigs desired by
such hom
curatory slalemaut is presenieu io
that all the statements contained
doel iratlon made by him upoa which -
title it-? is based are true iu every pat
•1 statutes of the
;• roniniutation of stantiall.v
applicable to siid | an*l for
the act of Mil
2dt il !■
,uch oath 1.1
I of :
•ctio
tho
til'-
,-r, th* i a-t hair
tie west ha if of t
st half of th
I, 2. :! and I
th
102
,vhci
sho
aided to
to
the
uto attached and
id da*
i tic
norihwust quar-
lialf
quarter, the east half or
ter, the west hair or the southeast, quarter
tiie ca.-t hair of the southwest, quarter and
ha- 1. J.:'. and I of section 10 tho northwest
quarter of tin northeast Quarter, tho north-
east qu irter of Hit' northwest quarter or lots
i. -j I. ii. T an I s of section > and tbo west
half of the northeast quarier, the east half ot
t he nort hwchl quarter, the west half of the
sout he ist quarter, the east half of tho north-
west quarti r and lots 1, a and I of sect 10:1 '11,
townsliip 27 north, range IS we-t all of s ec-
tions I to ii inclusive, tho north half of I ho
north Inlf of sections 8, 1 , I t, II and 12
. and
hohlm
ent upo.i the land «
Ming
Ileal
I parliea boblin : -
i '. Will be permit te I
the lands so open
eertlllcato of form 1
claim either by set t
entry or tilln
no person n
-hall be permltte.l to o -cipy or enter uj
anv of said lands until alt r tin- booths s i
have been discont lined bv dire tloa o! i
secretary of the interior. I'ntil then th" f
cora ot the Unltt i St ite§ tvro • • pn -
i charged to permit no parlv without a <
i titlcate to occupy or enter upon any of s
I land *
ml improvcm tit a:i
, , lied nv the .statute'
iom-d must bo m ule
nt it led to a patent
ml such pro
ction 22 of the act north half or t In northeast quarter, Hie north
e ist quarter of the northwest quarter nnd lot
l or section
uship
st all
of the
:i, I ami 5,
southeast qtt
president, which shall be Issued at least twenty I declare, complied with, now. tlnr •'or I
da.vs before tho time fixed for tho ojienlng of i rover Cleveland, president ot tin- , nit. -d
mild lands: and i StnMw, t.y vlrlim or Ihf power m nr w;W
WfTKKBAB, Dy a written agreement made on
the Slit day of October, Ml, the Tonkawa
tribe of Indians, in the territory or Oklahoma.
• eded. conveyed and forever relinquished 1«
the United States all their right, title, clahn
nnd interest of ovory kind and character in
nnd to the lands particularly described in arti
de i of the agreement, provided that the
nllotmenls of land to aid Tonkawa tribe of
Indians therefore made, or to lie made under
said agreement and the provls-ons « f the gen-
eral allotment act approved February 8. 18S.*,
nnd an art amendatory thereof, approved Feb
i nary 28. 1801, shall be continued, and provided
that lu all cases where the allottee has died
ulncc land has been set off and scheduled to
such person, the law of descent and oartitlon
In force In Oklahoma territory shall apply
thereto, existing law to the contrary no'.witli-
htandlmr; and,
Wheheas, Hy a certain other agreement
w'111 the Pawie e triiie of Indians iu suid t< rri-
tory, made oil the jHd day of November. IW«2.
said tribe ceded, conveyed, released relin-
quished and surrendered to the United States
all Its title, claim and Interest of every kind
; nd character in aud to the lands particularly
described in article I of the a-.-ieenvnt:
i'rovideil, That tho allotments made or to be
mad* to said Indians in the manner and sub-
jet* to th ndltlon contained *Jl9Afd itgTee
m«nt cUali be continued: and,
by the statutes hereinbefore mentioned
by the laws of the United States and by s ml
several agreements, do lu-rcby declare und
make known that all the lands acquired tro u
the f'herokee nation of Indians, the Tonkawa
tribe of Indians and the Pawnee tribe of In
dians bv the three ev• r.il a *reen,ent.- at• -i
said. will, at Hi* hour of IJo'clo'U noan <'« :i
tral standard ticv Sniur>lay. th* I'iih day o!
tip- mouth of September. A P l"'.'• and not
before then open to settlement tindei
terms of nnd subject to all the nvidition-,
limitations, reservations nnd restriction - * *ui
tatned in said agreements, the statutes al-«e -
specltled, the laws of the United stat- a o
cable thereto and the condition prescribe.I •
this proclamation, savin,' and exceptinglam.ls
described and identified as follows, to-wit:
The lands sot apart for the Os.v:o and Kan-
sas Indians bein-.' a tract of oountry boumb 1
on the north by tho state of Kansas on tin-
east. by the iMth decree of wo t loncltulo on
the south and west by the Creek country and
the main chaunel of the Arkansas river Th*-
lands s«'t apart for the confederated "t •- an I
Missouri tribes of Indians, described as foi
lows, to wit: Township 22north, rau. e | e i «t
township 23 north, range I east township 2:
north, ran e 2 east: township 23 north, ran/'
east- township 22 north ranee '> e.i-t.nid
that portion of tov.mnlp 2i north r.m.e ea
Jyinf vrest Of the ArUati-ii-l i - i •'id t In > T.l.
south half
and tho south halt of
arter. the southeast
south west quarter
and lot 7of section d. township27 north, ran e
IU we-t. all of sections I and u,, the south half
of the northeast quarier. tho southeast
quarter and bits 1 and 2 or section 2. tho north
half tli'* northeast quarter of section 10
and the north half of the north half of sec-
tions Il aud 12. township 2ti north, ran/o 21
west all of sections II. 12. 13. II. 21,21. 2a. 2d,
35 and :W tho south half of tho southeast
quarter and lot 7 of section I. the southwest
q arter of the southwest quarter and lot 6 of
Miction 2. the south half of the southeist
quarter <•; section8 and tho oast half o see
t tons id. 15. 22, 2# and :'l, township 27 north,
ran--* "2o west and tin
following rules and n-.'illations hav
I beeii prescr.i e.l bv the bcercta.-y or the in-
terior under the direction of tin- president a-
■ provided by section of sal I act of March 3.
20 north, ratine Id i lHtlt forth' occupatic
0 3d Inclusive, the ! lands hen
t!lenient or th*-
The thirteenth
March 2, ls-n. th
the second provii
of 18 of tho act appr«
section in of the a•
of ;
1 of Ih" act approve
approve I May 2 1
ct ion 17 and t h" vv ho!
1 March ! lsai are b
f M 1 reh 3 lWt. mad
rebv rendere
lomesto id ac
modi flcat ion
aiu provision
us 16. 1 ,
applicable in disposing of th
section I land said lands ar •
subject to dis -osal under t
townsite law.- only with cert
which laws, as so m milled. «
substantia ly r-loilow-
Any party will be entitled to initiate a ho
stead claim to a tr id of s ild lands who Is <:
21 years of ir-'c or the head of a fani-iv w.i
a citizen or the United >t ite-. or ha de.-l 1
his intctitiou to become s-ic:i who has
exhausted his homestead r'.'iit. eith*-r bv
lectini,' a homesje > i entry for if1 acr«-s of !
under nny law, 1 xceptin t what is knownus
commuted provision of ti
nee cultivation
payment pre-
•relnbefore men-
a party ^ ill bo
hoineste uj law,
required to be m ide withiu
Fom the date of the entry.
* ( ommlssions equal to t v* o per cent up m tlie
pov. rnment pric*- for lln land, computed at
.4! j 1 per aer . under section 2.IT>i United States
1 st itntes must also b*- tendered with
1linal proof Interest nt four l r vent per
•1 -lum 0:1 t '!<• P :r -Ira > • price ot 1 h*- land must
in' p .id from the d ite of the entry to date of
ti a ii pa. 1.lent ..f purchase mone.v (See seo-
1 oas J23H and 22,.d. I nited st it en r -vised slat
nice and sections 10 and 11 of the act of March
;; 1-'.. rth St LtUtOS 610 I
Tiie parties named In paragraph ft of these
regulations arc entitled to hive the te.m of
- -nice in ti"' • any or n vv under which the
dim is 111 ide not cxeeedln ' four years de-
d ic ed roin the per.ml of five ye ir-' residence
or cultivation required a- stated in the pre-
c'diur para raph or if the party wns di-
ehir-cdfiom the service on account of wounds
or disabilities incurred in the line of duty, the
whose teem of enlistment, not exceedin.' fo ir
yens. 111 iv bo deducted iSe
tinted States revised Stat "
\V lie re. a h< - - - -------
.•ousummation of his claim, the widow, « « *••
rase 01 her death, tho heirs or devisee in iv
continue settlement or c dtivat oti and obt viti
title upon requisite proof at tin' proper i ne
It the widow proves up tire will pas- to her.
if she dies before prov n : uu and the heir ot
devisee make ihe pr >of the title will vest I"
t;i"in respectively (See sect
Mates revised statutes 1
Where both parents d e.
children, the hom ist -.id ma
the , « , • ' Mr '-dl?m|
led w 11 ti a stateuieii! of the client
era I chtrvctcrof tin* miprovcmei
The p 1 and Htutcnient mu*l b«' verified i ?
th* oath or tin party actimr for nnd In l«ebalf
t.f Ho- occiiimnis nnd mhabliunts of (he towu
or eli v within 011c month after flllns the plar
w it h I he recorder of the county S vc rifled
copy of *iid lal and st itement must be sf nt
tu t in- |fi-i land ofllce aceouipanled by th -
testimony a•• witnesses • hat such town or
citv lias I,, .ai csiablinhed in irotxl laltb wnd
similar map and statement must be tiled with
1 1 1 isii 1 and receiver of the proposed dl
trlct ofil e
Thcreitierihepretids.it iiiiv caiisr the loin
embrace 1 within th « Huiils of such eltr or
town to I.« . Set. I ai public sale to the hiffhev
bidder 1 b 11 ' 1.1 a minimum of fin for each
1"- and mien lotM a« miv no t e disposed ef at
I 10 -,u* shall ihercifter lie liable to pr^ate
entry nt such minimum or such reasonable in
ere 0-. ot diminution thereafter as the aecre
tarv of Hi*- Inn 1 <•. 1111 v order Irani time to
lime iilic at leasi three months notice. In
view or me increase or decrease in the vslue
of Hie municipal property.
Anv actual settler upon any lot and upon
anv additional lot u|mi:i which lie may har*
f ib-tanti il Improvements *diall be untitled to
prov up and purchase the aime as a pre
einption at such minimum a' anv time before
th* lav llxe.l for ihe public *ale oee ^eetlon
•J:lUnited States revised atstutesi.
• north - is tr rested ahaii fail er
refuse iv thin twelvemonths after foondin* a
« iv 01 town lo tile in ihe general land office
transcript imp with th* st vtenient and testl
nionv. the secretai v of the Inferior may «:au«e
a survev and pla' to be made of said eliv er
low 11 and there ifter the lots will be so d at an
in -reas • of nt per cent on the minimum price
of %1 • pei lot see ac* t.on 2isi United ^la'^s
ri \ sod slat t. -
When tot v a• y iu sl/.e from the limitation
o' i2'0aquai'i feet and the lots buildings and
iiiioroveui-iits coy.-r au area greater thin*!*
ii rcs suca varauee iis tu si/.e of lots or ei
in are , will pro no bar to entry, but ih
M 0 c of tne lot 111 iv i " in« te ised to such rea
-on ble amount ii- the secretary or the Inter
lor tu iv by i ii.r eitaidisli >ee se.' ion "Oi'i,
l 11 led Ht ites rev Ni d statutes!.
I'nd<* the -e, oiid method Uuth a* tuallT
se: 1 led upon and o. i ipie l .as a townsite and
I ti. - 11.1 in t -1 1. o entry under the hom*
,s 1 e 111 la s uiav be eiilered as a townsite «t
the prop-r district land oftb e. 1 See .section
•2is, I niled states revised staluteai.
If the town 1- incorporsted the retry nay
I.e made bv the coroorate au lliorit iea t hereof
thr *'i..a 1 in- niavor *>i other principal officer
duly .• dliorl/ I so to do If the town Is not
m .• rj 101 11ed the etiti uiav be madebv tha
i,d col tie loiiniv court for the county la
which said town is aiiustod In either eass
th'-entrv 111 a-t be made in trust for tho use
aud oet,e it of the occupant*thereof, accord
liiL 1 the r respective interests
The e\ eutioii of such tru-* as to the dis
po> 11 of lot * and the pro >■ 1- of sales tx to h«
load'ut-'d under 1 lie r. illations prescribed
1 11 laws Vets of ti us teat not
, 11 a 1 i o; d a lice Willi -lull I'*' i uhlllOOS APO fO.d,
(Se** : on. 2ts, and Mill United States re
viaed -t .tutes
T.ie officer anth iri/.ed to enter a townsi t*
m i v inaUe cut i v .it onee or he m i.v init iate mm
eutrv 11 v ti I ii a d*'claratorv statement of thw
pnrpos .if the inhaniiants to make a townsite
entry oi the land desorlb.nl
Tne eutrv orileclaratory statement shall i"
elude on1 v -u« h laud as is act uallv o i apied ♦*?
the town, and the litle to which is in i li^
United states, and It * exterior lim-ts in rst
lontorui tothe le ai sub llvtsioas ol the p'Jh
1 '.'.•j.tnli... wA Jinan
umlertbi- in**1 hod is proportio ite to the
number of inhabitants H> and Irs* thaa2«l
inhabitants unv enter not to exceed 351
: <o and b ss than i "<!a inhibitants miy
ciit r not to exceed Sin acres, and where the
inhabitants number l.npii and over, an amount
,i..i to.>tce -i I .'si acre- mav be entered, and
tor ea. h additional l.mw inhabitants not to ei
.iuoiiiiiil'.ii tiirther nmoant of il'JO acres
ma v be albivve.i When Hi*-number of Inhsbi-
t.uii - of a towu is le - man 10*1 th« town«its
>)i ill be i-e-tricti d lo the land actually occu-
pied for tow a par poses by legal subdivision*
s,, se tion. *2:iki. United States Itevtsed
M itutesi
Wii'-i- an entrv is made of less than the
in ixiuiuin quantity of land allowed for town
sit. purposes additional entries may be made
of contiguous tracts occupied for 'own pur
\ Inch when ii'lded to the previous
entrv or eutric- ill not exceed '2,.' Si acre
1,111 ho iidditioii.il cut I-y can be allovred which
, III tn lUe Hie «otal area eicced 'he area to
a uich lln- iown in iv I., entitled by virtue of
ii- population at the date
i sue seel Ion i ol tho act
statutes yiM i
Th*- land must b - paio for at t he «overnnieat
price tier acre and pro >r must in' furnished re
latin- tir-t. :■ • niuhicip.i occupation of the
lam* second, number <>f iiihabltantH third,
.'sunt and vaiu*- of town Improvement*
I,, ,, j |, dale when land was first used for
:,,w ii-de put po>c- tilth ..mcial character and
auihoriiv of officer makiiivr entry: sixth if an
in .nd town proof of incorporation
wnleh should bi s certlfled eopa of tno act of
incorporation, and seventh ilia! a majority of
en pall t s oi owners of th*- lot- wi hm t!i
im-aii de-ire that such action be taken Tblr'r
dav- publicatioti of notice or intention to
nra Uc proof must he mad" and proof of_
lie iHoti furnished I see
^i .ie, revised statutes 1 ,
\ 11 surveys for townsite* on said UiUdS
!, .11 eontain reservations for parks -of sub
lual area if more than one park*
mis and other public purposes cm
inin the au'-ji ate not less th mi ten nor
to in t \\-. * 111 -. act's and patents for such
11 >..-rv at ions to be maintained for such pur
Doai - will be Issued to the towns rospeetlvely
,en or 'aiii/e.l a- municipalities See sec
, non — net of M 'V '2. IWH '2eth Stat. W
! In caso any of said lands which maybe en
i. , d under the homestead law- by a
wh.. is entitled to perfect his title thereto
nnder such laws as an- required tor townstte
purpose
if pub
Unite--
bri
t on KW5
on '2291, Unite
•ntrynnin may apply t*> the
s. tarv of the interior t<> purchase the lands
1,1- j'e.-il in said homestead or any part
not less than a hval subdivision for
t.iv\ 11sit purpo- s The party must file. In
i o:h c w.th hi- apjilication. a plat
th- prop" . | townsite and evidence or In*
ilitications to perfect title under the home
. i . ..li v.ilH nil Ih#
|| i l i i . M 11 I" 11 - " ' I" - - ,, .. _
st. id law and of his compliance w.th nil the
requirements -if the law and the instructinna
i , ; 111id -r .ml ui ist deposit with til • score
•nv of th-- iit*-i i r the sum of Hi! per acre for
ti-.- lands embraced in such towns te ex
ot tIn- land-to be donated and maintained
f tr public purposes as mentioned in the pre-
eeedi i-.' par.i raph. i See section '2-, net of
M iv 2. Iftb-t -dth statute 1*2 I
Sotice moreover, is hereby riven that lt la
hv euaele i that no p-rson shall be per
milled to occupy or enter upon anv of ihe
i l- here ti reierred to, except In tno nian-
' . ,,re-cr 1 "v 'his proclamation, and any
.... ,nv of s uu i iads and that the officers *>r
,. railed St ites will be required to enforce
i i - prov ision . .
\ i r iriher notice is hereby iriven thit farm
district - hive been established in Oku
territory with boundaries as follows
' ,i strict t>o inded and des rilied as fo -
,,0-s lie 'tiiniii - at th" middle or ihe ma.n
i.e or the Arkansasriv-r. wuere tue sam
. . K , Mi.l'iri
township -il it
sections i i, li
:i north, 1^
dlspi
ra n/<
rebv
coil*-
and
rv*-1
and
t nn
2 :t-l
tiw i"i
r.sltv. a-rlcultural
mil school purposes, subject to tno a-mi on
ot congress. ; ceptin.' also that sect i« si ?■"•
each township which has not bi'CU otherwise
reserved or disposed of is hereby reserved for
puhlic buddings, excepting also sectioiK In
an ! iu c o-'n tov. nship which are reserved by
11w for the use and benefit "f Hie public
I statut* - or
!si j homestead entry in
hip I not entered ••.nee
ied ' land 1 iws Of th- Un<
for J quantity of land a/i
ior- i not minora!, which
oinmititi'
ente
acre'
one lit «
>v ill
i win
ction
•2-2i>2 t'
leivin.' infant
ie sold for cash
i and the pur
nn the United
itcd States re-
opt n
all
the la
C1 IO
nnd
id the a n et
I to
The hn
•d b>
elect i'
id sil
ri jit Ions "lo b<- furnish* l
•of the general land office
•voril booths herein-ittin-
where certain preiimin n*,*
e made prior to the dav
named In this proclamation a< that when th"
tr.p will be open to sett ement.
lotm1
idea tilled, said
by the commis-
aud posted 111 t':
referred to as ti
. .>, iv.-. ....jd in any state or territory, id: I
who has not e-.r.ere 1 upo.i or occupied the i ind -
hi rebv opened in viol.it-on of this, tho pr*--.
dent 's prod un ition. oiienin:; Hie s une t«
settlement and entry '>•-'• m-. t ioa
United States i- vi- d .-tatute-. act o
2. 1 SS'J •j;.t 11 st atue- s.il. t on 1 - of t •'
i act Of March 1'-S I '2-dh ^tute- 1"' u.-i
1 of Nuvru-t I-in 2dth statute , :a l. s,-, t on'2 *
May-'. -*'ih statute* "I ami section l'
n case of deitli or a person
ter -.1 a ho.ncstead, th" I v lure
lildren or devisee of the d"-
I the detn inds of the le t- r of |
>sid 'iice oa the lands will not
ij.vt tne entrv to forfeiture on
ab mdonni ait If tie I and U
..1 faith the law v ill bn. con-id-
bee i oubst mtially complied
«aid
ict. of Ma
aitrv shn
wnsito claims miv be initiated upon
, unil T I'm- siat'nt— hv i«i mcth-.ls
h ar separate and distinct in ch iractor
re ul tious are hereinalter set forth
. , , : iri icr made for town nte en-
in C l .es Where «atids entered under the
estead law are required for towns.te pur-
s' a- set forth in paragraph •«'
rtu - H u "i founded or who d< lro to
n on the public lands must
rd'-r of the county In
land is situate I a plat^ the
nl cltv i
bo aid a
liicb
bin:
bus I
mast
id la
• to lv
bv the northern boundary
, . out ten' tor.' then e wes', to the nort «
V 1: r.irni r of townah pi north can.'e 2 w«-t
ii Indian meridian thencsiutn oi tn*-
i ,!j e lin". bet veen rar.es 2 an-T wes: to ta i
it'iwcst corn*-r of loi of aect.on d to sn-
i i north ran re i wost thence east to
southeast corner of lot 4 Of
tion township 20 north, range 4 east
soath oil the ranse line between
. , I .111*1 ■'east to the middle of the main
n-i'-l of the rimmnrron liver: thence down
middle ef the mitn channel
to th* we-tern boundary of the C reek
. ,,-v th**n. '• north lo the northwest corner
country thence cast on the
not" in i"i boundar-. of said <"re?k country to
, , Iri-,idU f the main channel of the Arkan-
. r , thence up said river in the middle
,,f tie main channel thereof to the place o«
, aninu- t lv l-.cal land office of which will
r,e located at tho town of Perry, In county r
I'd district, bounded and described as fob
He 'innin : at th • northeast comer of
• ow,iship north ran.M" :i west of Indian
jn^rtdUn thence wast to the northwest corner
• 1., A nship '2d north, raiije s west , theuce
th*- ranee line between ran:es 8 ando
outhwe-t corner of lot a of eec
-.1 township 2i north, range 8 wesu
, .st t. th* southeast corner of lot 4 o.
t ovnslilp 2- north, range ;-i
-j tiv ranre UatJ
•nth on t
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