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 436 Trtrus xxxu.-—THE PUBLIC LANDS.—Ch. 8. Tcwrrsitcs to be Sec. 2380. The President is authorized to reserve from the public lands, '°“‘”""d· whether surveyed or unsnrveyed, town-sites on the shores of harbors, at 8838MMi  the junction of rivers, important portages, or any natural or prospective 80,,,1,v_]2,p_§54_]centers of population. 3 Jlar., 1877, c. 13, 1*. 19, p. 392. R¤¤¤¤’¤¢i<>¤§ tv Sec. 2381. When, in the opinion of the President, the public interests be ¤“"’€Y°d “‘l’° require it, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to cause l..a.°ts' any of such reservations, or part thereof,' to be surveyed into urban or 3 Mah l863» <‘· suburban lots of suitable size, and to fix by appraisement of disinterested 80·S‘2·"‘l2*p‘754‘ persons their cash value. and to olier the same for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder, and thence afterward to be held subject ito sale at private entry according to such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe; but no lot shall be disposed of at public sale or private entry for less than the appraised value thereof. And all such sales shall' be conducted by the register and receiver of the land—office in the district in which the reservations may be situated, in accordance with the instructions of the Conmiissioner of the General Land-Oiiice. Town or city Sec. 2382. In any case in which parties have already founded. or may Sims l" Publlc hereafter desire to found. a city or town on the public lands, it may be Eirlfénm 11,., ( lawful for them to cause to be filed with the recorder for the county in I July, 1864, <>· which the same is situated, a plat thereof, for not exceeding six hunt red gg? ”· 2- V· 13· P· and forty acres, describing its exterior boundaries according to the lines " of the public surveys, where such surveys have been executed; also giving the name of such city or town, and exhibiting the streets, squares blocks. lots, and alleys, the size of the same, with measurements and area of each municipal subdivision. the lots in which shall each not exceed four thousand two hundred square feet, with a statement of the extent and general character of the improvements; such map and statement to be verified under oath by the party acting for and in behalf of the persons proposing to establish such city or town; and Within one month after such filing there shall be transmitted to the General Land- Olfice a verified transcript of such map and statement, accompanied by the testimony of two witnesses that such city or town has been established in ood faith, and when the premises are within the limits of an organiaeflandoistrict, a similar mapland statement shall be filedwith the register and receiver, and at any time after the filing of such map, itaterlperg, ang testimony in hthq General La3d—OfIice it may be lawfull or the resident to cause the ots embrace within the limits of suc city or town to be offered at public sale to the hi hest bidde1·, subject to a minimum of ten dollars for each lot; and such Tots as may not be disposed of at public sale shall thereafter be liable to private entry at such minimum, or at such reasonable increase or diminution thereafter as the Secretary of the Interior may order from time to time, after at least three months’ notice, in view of the increase or decrease in the value of the municipal property. But any actual settler upon any one lot, as above provided, and upon any additional lot in which he may have substantia improvements shall be entitled to prove up and purchase the same as a pre-emption, at such minimum, at any time before the day fixed for the public sale. When towns es- Sino. 2383. When such cities or towns are established upon unsurmhlisheglupgl ¤¤· veyed lands, it may be lawful, after the extension thereto of the public félgggjlelinfgs if;} surveys, to adjust the extension limits of the premises accordin to those adjusted_ ’ lines, where it can be done without interference with rights which may Ai]iJu]yz’i8;64’ (Q be vested by sale; and patents for all lots so disposed of at public or 205,s. 3,v.13,p.344. private sale shall issue as in ordinary cases. Whentmnscript Sec. 2384. If within twelve months from the establishment of a city ¤¤*:Pgl<>(§ FOYD *;*9 or town on the public domain, the parties interested refuse or fail to file I;),,,,,,;, ugmlggellf in the General Land-Office a transcript map, with the statement and ings. by S,,,,,,,,,,,,,, testimony called for by the provisions of section twentv-three hundred etiugericr. and eighty-two, it may be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to 1 July, 1864, c. cause a survey and plat to be made of such city or town and thereafter 2°5·S·4»"·13»P·344· the lots in the same shall be disposed of as required by such provisions, with this exception, that they s all each be at an increase of fiftv per centum on the minimum of ten dollars per lot. `