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PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. 1757; 6. D erred Payments. The urchase mone not re uired at the P°Ym°¤* °' mmtime ofqzntry may be paid in figs equal, annugl installilnents, unless mm" commutation proof is made. These payments will become due at the end of one, two, three, four and five years after the date of entry. The time for the payment of one—half of any such installment may be extended for one year at a time, upon the payment of interest in advance at the rate of Eve per centum per annum: Provided, the last F*”°lP“Ym°“*· payment and all other paiyments must be made within eight years from the date of entry. f commutation proof is made, ag the un- "°"“““*‘*“°“- paid installments must be paid at that time. Where satisfactory three—yeardp*roof is submitted, the entryman may make lp: ent of the unpai installments at that time or at any time ge they become due and final certifcate will issue, in the absence of objection, upon such pa ent being made: 7. Fmfetture. Edillure to make any payment that may be due, pa*;‘g${f“° ‘°’ ”°¤‘ imless the same be extended, or to make any extended payment at or before the time to which such payment has been extended, as herein provided, shall forfeit the entry and the same shall be canceled, and any and all payments theretofore made shall be forfeited. 8. Settlement Bq'ore Entry and Desert Land Entqz;. These lands will ,m';‘{,’;e§Q‘l3f,j,“é",,‘,';?,:;f become subject to settlement before entry, and to entry under the desert land laws on Jime 1, 1918, and not before then. If entered under the desert land laws, entrymen must be able to fugg meet the requirements thereof. Where desert land entry is m e, the m§,°g€" md P°Y‘ appraised price of the land may be paid in annual installments, the same as in homestead cases, with the exceptions that notextensions of time for payments can be granted and that all unpaid installments of purchase money must be paid 'whenever final proof is submitted. Sc ts I t Settlements made and apphcations presented on or after June —~1, 1¤¤.i,ma ° °” 1918, need not conform to units, but may embrace any legal subdivisions authorized by existing law. 9. Rules and Regulations. The Secreti:3 of the Interior is hereby R°$“‘““°’“· authorized to make and prescribe such es and regulations as ma be necessaig to carry the provisions of this Proclamation into fuh force and e ect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this 14th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Eighteen [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Forty-Second. Woomzow Wnson By the President: FRANK L. Pom: Acting Secretary of State. Br rm: Pnnsmnxr or run UNH'ED S·rA·rns or Aimmca A PROCLAMATION RELATIVE ro rm: FUEL ADM1N1srnA·r1oN AND LICENSES Fon cnaram cnissns or Dxsmrsurons or coax. AND conn. WHEREAS under and b virtue of an act of Congress entitled ,,,§‘§,l_°"d °°k° dm"` "Au act to provide furtlier for the national security and defense P¤°°¤b*°· by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and con- - trollinv the distribution of food products and fuel," . approved by the President on the 10th day of August, 1917, it is St°°°°°r"r°"S`°°°‘ provided among other things as follows: