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 1980 PROCLAMATIONS. No. 6. of his existin entry, without previous registration and without regard to the drawing herein provided for, only by making appropriate application, accompanied by the necessary plroofs, at the proper new land office at some time prior to the opening erem provided for. T<>W¤¤*¤¢ ¤¤¤’i°S— Any person or persons desiring to found, or to suggest establishing a townsite upon any of said ceded lands at any point not in the near vicinity of either of the county seats therein heretofore selected and designated as aforesaid, may, at any time before the opening herein provided for, ile in the ro r local land office a written application to that effect describing by lgzgal subdivisions the lands inten ed to be afl°ected,'and stating fully and under oath the necessity or propriety of founding or establishing a town at that lace. The local officers will forthwith transmit said petition to the Commissioner of the General Land Office with their recommendation in the premises. Such Commissioner, if he believes the public interests will be subserved thereby, will, if the Secretary of the Interior approve thereof, issue an order withdrawing the lands described in such petition, or any portion thereof, from homestead entry and settlement and directing that the same be held for the -time being for townsite settlement, entry, and disposition only In such event the lands so withheld from homestead entry and sett ement will, at the time of said opening and not before, become subject to settlement, entry, and disposition under the general townsite laws of the ‘ United States. None of said ceded lands will be subjectto settlement, entry, or disposition under such general townsite laws except in the manner herein prescribed until after the expiration of sixty days from the time of said opening. _ Qggq *&°g§,_ _ Attention is hereby especially called to the fact that under the special ’provisions of the `said act of Congress approved March 3, 1901, the townsites selected and designated at the county seats of the new counties into which said lands have been formed can not be disposed of under the general townsite laws of the United States, and can only be disposed of in the special manner provided in said act of Congress, which declares: "The lands so set apart and designated shall, in advance of the opening, be surveyed, subdivided, and platted, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, into appro riate lots, locks,.streets, alleys, and sites for parks of public buildings, so as to make a town site thereof: Provided, That no person shafl purchase more than one business and one residence lot. Such town lots shall be offered and sold at public auction to the highest bidder, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, at sales to be had at the opening and subsequent thereto." W”"‘”¢ °¤°"”' All persons are es cially admonished that under the said act of mmmc mm Congress approved Nliierch 3, 1901, it is provided that no person shall be permitte to settle upon. occupy, or enter any of said ceded lands except in the manner prescribed in this roclamation until after the expiration of sixty days from the time when the same are opened to p0§*éj,*l;{x¤gg*¤* ¤¤¤*¤# settlement and entry. After the expiration of the said period of sixty ' days, but not before, any of said lands remaining undisposed of may be settled upon, occupied and entered under the general provisions of the homestead and townsite laws of the United States in like manner as if the manner of effecting such settlement. occupancy and entry had _ not been prescribed herein in obedience to law. be'f,;;?,rg;*;$,f¤e,gj>° *0 It appearing that there are fences around the pastures into which, for convenience, portions of the ceded lands have heretofore been divided. and that these fences are of considerable value and are still the roperty of the Indian tribes ceding said lands to the United States, all)persons going upon, examining. entering, or settling upon any of said lands are cautioned to respect such fences as the property of the Indians and not to destroy, a propriate, or carry away the sauie, but to leave them undisturbed so that they may be seasonably removed and preserved fo1· _ the benefit of the Indians. R€€“*'“‘°’”’· The Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe all needful rules and