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 2204 PROCLAMATIONS, 1908. taken and drawn from the whole number of envelopes so presented, such number of them as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Proclamation; and the applications for registration contained in the envelopes so drawn shal, when they are correct in form and execution, be numbered serially in the order in which they are drawn, and the number thus assigned shall fix and control the order in which applications to enter may be presented, after the lands shall become subject to entry. · _ Nvtiw to ¤¤¢¢¢¤¤- 5. Immediately after the drawing, a list of the successful appli- M °`°pu°°°°°' cants, showing the number assigned to each of them, will be conspicuously posted at the place of registration, and furnished to the press for 'publication as a matter of news, and a notice will be promptly mailed to each person whose name IS drawn and numbered, informing him of the number assigned to him, and of the date on which he must apply to enter, and later he will, in due time, be furnished with a copy of the regulations controlling the method of entry, and be supplied with a map showing the lands subject to entry. The notice will be mailed to the postoffice address given by the applicant in his application for registration, except in cases where the applicant requests otherwise, and any a plicant who changes his osto ce address before November 1, 1908, should, at once, inform the Superin- . tendent of the Opening of the change. Presentation ot 6. Commencing at 9:00 a. m., on March 1, 1909, and continuing §,}’,‘§,l_i°°"°“° t° thereafter on such dates as may be nxed by the Secretary of the Interior, persons holding numbers assigned to them under this Proclamation will be permitted to present their applications to enter (or their declaratory statements, in cases where the applicant is entitled to make entry as a former soldier), in the order in which their applications for registration were drawn and numbered. Fcrfeiture. 7. If any person fails to apply to enter or to file a declaratory statement, if he is entitled to do so, as a former soldier, on the day assigned to him for that purpose, or, if he presents more than one application for registration, or presents an application in any other than his true name, he will forfeit his right to enter any of said lands prior to September 1, 1909. 0¤¤¤¤¤¤¤!- 8. None of these lands shall become subject to settlement or entry prior to September 1, 1909, except in the manner prescribed herein, and all persons are admonished not to make any settlement prior to, that date, on any lands not covered by entries made by them under this Proclamation. ¤¢Z¤*¤¤¤¤¤- 9. The Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry into full force and effect the manner of settlement, occupation and entry, as herein {provided for, and he shall, prior to the first day of March, reserve rom said land such tracts for townsite purposes as, in his opinion, may be required for the future public interests. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. Done at the city of Washington this 24th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight, [sun.,] and of the Independence of ·the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. _ _ TI-IEODORE Roosavmrr By the President: Anvmr A. Aman Acting Secretary of State.