Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 28.djvu/1252

1 23() PROCLAMATION S. N 0. 5. imder which it is made; nor shall any settlement rights be gained thereb . · m’;°°'·**¤ ‘°' '°S*¤*'•‘ The Dommissioner of the General Land Qffice shall, under the direc- ` tion of the Secretary of the Interior, establish on said one hundred foot strip booths, to be located as follows: one in Tp. 29 N., R. 2 E.; one in Tp. 29N., R. 2 W.; one in Tp. 29 N., R. 4 W.; one in Tp. 29 N., R. 8 W.; one in Tp. 29 N., R. 12 W.; one in Tp. 20 N., 3 E.; one in Tp. 20 N., R. 2 W.; one in Tp. 20 N., R. 7 W.; and one in Tp. 20 N., R. 26 W., and shall place in charge thereof three officers to each booth, who shall be detailed from the General Land Office. Said booths shall be open for the transaction of business on and after Monday the eleventh day of the month of September, A. D., eighteen hundred and ninety- three, from 7 a. m. to 12 m, and 1 p. m. to 6 p. m., each business day, until the same shall be discontinued by the Secretary of the Interior, who is hereby authorized to discontinue the same at his discretion. ,,:“::’,g,{:;Q;’y“ ‘°' Each party desiring to enter upon and occupy as a homestead any of ` the lands hereby opened to settlement will be required to iirst appear at one of the before-mentioned booths and make a declaration in writing to be signed by the party in the presence of one of the officers in charge thereof, which shall be certified by such officer, according to the form hereto attached and made a part hereof (marked A), showing his or rm, p-mv. her qualifications to make homestead entry for said lands, whereupon a certificate will be issued by the officers in charge of the booth to the Pm. v- ms. party making the declaration which shall be of the form hereto attached and made a part hereof (marked D). $°l·“•*'¤ °¤*'¥- Where a party desires to file a soldier’s declaratory statement in person he will be required to make a declaration which shall be of the form hereto attached and made a part hereof (marked B), the same to be '°•‘· 1*-****- made and subscribed before one of the officers in charge of the booth and certined by such officer, independently of the affidavit (form 4-546) to be filed when he presents the certificate of form D, there given him, to the district ohieers. Where a party desires to file a declaratory Duclarmbnn by statement through an agent, it will be necessary for him previously to ""'*‘ make the aiiidavit ordinarily required (form 4-545) before some officer authorized to administer oaths, and place the same in the hands of the agent, who, before being permitted to enter upon the lands to be opened · in said *‘0utlet"for the purpose of making the desired tiling, will be required to appear before the officers in charge of some one of the booths, to present the said aihdavit of the party authorizing him to act as such agent, and to make a declaration in writingto be subscribed by him in the presence of one of such officers, which shall be certified by such oiicer, according to the form hereto attached and made a part hereof pm, cms. (marked 0), whereupon a certificate of form D will be given him by said officer. The agent should be provided with ailidavits of form 4-545 made in duplicate-—one for presentation to the officers in charge of the booth, and the other for presentation to the district officers, when { forgnaglilling isdto be made. D¤<=1¤r•·¤i¤¤ M `ac party esiring to enter upon said lands for the urpo se of set- °°'°"°°°"°""‘ thng upon a town lot, will be required to iirst appeal? at one of the · before-men tioned booths, and make a declaration in writing to be signed by the party in the presence of one of the officers in charge thereof which shall be certified by such officer, according to the form heretd P~¢.v.12s0. attached and made a part hereof (marked E), whereupon a certificate will be issued by the omcers in charge of the booth to the party making Pump- 1239- the declaration which shall be of the form hereto attached and made a part hereof (marked F). 1¤»cc¤1,•¤c.,¤r ¤1¤¤· The said declarations made before the officers in charge shall be given ‘*”"°°· consecutive numbers beginning at number one at each booth and the certificate issued to the party making the declaration shall be given ·the same number as is given the declaration. The declaration shall be carefully preserved by the officers in charge of the booths, and when the booths are discontinued said declarations shall be transmitted,