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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1908. 2203 BY Tum Pnrsmniwr or um Ummm S»;·A·mS_ August 24, 100s. A PROCLAMATION. - Whereas by the Act approved March 2 1907 34 Stat. 1230 the R°°°*’“° !¤d*¤¤ Congress directed that all that part of the Rosetiud Indisin Regeirvlii- B°}iie`iiizii»iii’S'D°k` tion lying south of the Big Wlute river, and east of Ran 25 west, v°l‘ 3* p' uw of the Sixth Principal Meridian, except all Sections 16 an? 36, which were granted to the state of South ldizkota, and excepting also such parts thereof as have been or shall hereafter be either allotted to Indians, selected by said state, or reserved for townsite purposes, be disposed of under the general provisions of the homestead laws of the United States, and be opened to settlement, entry and occupation only in such manner as the President might prescribe by proclamation; Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt President of the United 0 ¤i¤¤ *¤¤d¤ fer States, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by said Act °°mg°m°mM°`1'1m' of Congress, do hereby prescribe, proclaim and make known that all of said lands which shall remain unallotted to Indians, unselected by said state and unreserved for townsites, on the first day of March, Dm 0* 0¤¢¤1¤¢- A. D. 1909, will be opened to settlement and entry, under the general provisions of the homestead laws, and of said Act of Congress, in the manner herein prescribed as follows, and not otherwise: 1. Any person who is qualified to make a homestead entry may, aq-an-men. between 9:00 o’cloek a. m., on Monday, October 5, and 4:30 o’clock p- m., on Saturday October 17, 1908, and not thereafter, present to James W. Witten, Su rintendent of the Opening, or to some person acting for him, at eitliiir the town of Dallas or the town of Gregory, in Gregory county, South Dakota, either by ordinary mail or otherwise, but not by registered mail, a sealed envelope which bears no distinctive marks indicating the name of the applicant, and which contains his application for registration, hereinafter prescribed. 2. All a plications for registration must be made on forms pre- Appuemons. scribed and furnished by the General Land Office, and must show that the applicant is qualified to make homestead entry, and state his a , height, weight and postollice address; and be sworn to at one of gi; following named towns, Chamberlain, Dallas, Gregory or Presho, in the state of South Dakota, or `Neill or Valentine, in the state of Nebraska, before a United States Commissioner, J udgle or Clerk of a Court of Record, or a Notary Public. authorized un er the laws of said states to administer oaths in said towns._ 3. Any person filing more than one affidavit, or in any other than F<>=f¢*¢¤¤- his true name, shall be denied the privilege he might have otherwise secured, under this drawing, except. that any honorubly discharged soldier or sailor entitled to the benefits of Section 2304 of the P<>l_di•·rs and Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the Act of :°§;,f§{§d_"“M’ “°° March 1, 1901 (31 Stat., 8-17), may be represented by an agent of his p {bis-- ¤°°· 230* own selection, for the purpose of executing and resenting his appli- `Vo!31. p. 847. cation for registration, due authority therefor being shown, but no person shall be permitted to act as agent for more than one such soldier or sailor, and the agents of all soldiers and sailors must execute the affidavits required of them at one of the towns named above, and present the same in the same manner in which persons who are not soldiers are required to present their applications. Envelopes showing, on the outside, distinctive marks of any character. inchcating the name of the person whose application is inclosed therein, shall be eliminated from the drawing. -1. Beginning at 10:00 a. m., on October 19, 1908. and continuing Drawings. thereafter as long as may be necessary, there shall be impartially 80893-von 35, rr :2-—l9——75