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 3204 PROCLAMATIONS, 1906. » or settling upon any of said lands during the first sixty days following said opening. · _ _ Town mea Any person or persons desiring to found, or to suggest establishing, a town site upon any of the said lands, at any point, may, at any time before the opening herein provided for, file in the land office a written application to that effect, describin by legal subdivisions the lands intended to be affected, and stating fully and under oath the necessity ` or propriety of founding or establishing a town at that place. The ’ local officers will forthwith transmit said petition to the Commis- · sioner 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 disposal under the townsite laws of the United States in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may from time to time direct; and, if at any time after such withdrawal has been made it is determined that the lands so withdrawn are not needed for town site purposes they may be ' released from such withdrawal and then disposed of under the general provisions of the homestead laws in the manner prescribed herein. m1?;¢;lg¤¤g;u_{>Sf re All persons are especially admonished that under the said act of g Congress approved March 3, 1905, it is provided that no person shall V be permitted to settle upon, occupy, or enter any of said lands, except in the manner prescribed in this proclamation, until after the expiration of sixty days from the time when the same are opened to settle- - ment and entry, and the lands are not subject to mineral exploration ` or location during that period. After the expiration of said period _ of sixty days, but not before, as hereinbefore prescribed, any of said lands which are non-mineral, 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, and such of said lands as are mineral will then be subject to the provisions of the mining laws. R°¤“‘°“°"'· ’The Secretary of the Interior shall rescribe all needful rules and regulations necessary to carry into fiill effect the opening herein provided for. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be allixed. I)one at the city of WVashington this 24th day of Mav, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundredi and [sean.] six, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirtieth. _ Tunonomz Roosnvnnr ~ By the Presidentt Enmu Roor Secretary of State.