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 1956 PROCLAMATIONS, 1913. the proper authorities of the County of Arthur, State of Nebraska, for a seat of justice for said Arthur County, under the provisions of section twenty-two hundred and eighty-six, Revised Statutes. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the City of Washington this seventeenth day of September in the year of our laord one thousand mne hundred [sku,.] and, thirteen, and of the independence of the United States . the one hundred and thirty-eighth. Woomzow Wu.soN By the President:. W. J. BRYAN Secretary of State. $¤¤>¤¤¤¤¤¤*°4·¤m· Br run Pnnsmmvr or rim UNrrm> Srarxzs or Aimmca A PROCLAMATION Rgygufglg ggjm WHEREAS the lands described in the Act of Congress approved Preamble., ` April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six (thirty- ourth tatutes $§{j§§;§j§§,3_ at Large, one twenty;four), were, by Proclamation of the President issued August twelft, nineteen hundred and seven, and in the manner therein provided, restored to settlement entry and disposition under the general provisions of the homestead laws and of the Act of April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six, on October twenty-iirst, nmeteen hundred and seven, and have been subject to disposition under the general provisions of the homestead laws and the Act of April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six, since December twentieth, nineteen hundred and seven; and · WHEREAS a portion of said lands remain undis osed of; and WHEREAS, in my judgment, no more of said lidnds can be disposed of at the appraised value thereof, and under the provisions of said Act of April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six, I now deem it to the best interest o all concerned to sell said undisposed of lands in the manner hereinafter directed: mYdgdt*gg:°$%,g'aQ§f:j; Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United sam. States of America do, in the exercise of the authorit conferred on me by said Act of Congress, prescribe and proclaim that all of said lands now remaining undisposed of shall be ofered for sale to the highest bidders for cash at not less than one dollar er acre, at ublic outcry, at the City of Pierre, in the State of South Bakota, undiir the supervision of James W. Witten, Superintendent of the Openin and Sa e of Indian Reservations, beginning at ten o’clock A. Mg, on Monday, November third, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and continuing thereafter from day to day, Sunda s excepted, as long as may be necessary to the offering of all of saidlrands, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue such regulations as he may deem necessary to carry this proclamation into effect, and to cause patents to issue to the purchasers at said sale of said lands upon the fulllipsagfment bg such purchasers of the price thereof. IN WITN WHE EOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the City of Washington thh 24th da of September, in the year 0 our Lord one thousand nine liundred and thirteen, [snar,.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty—eighth. Woonnow Wmsozv By the President: W. J. Bnrax Secretary of State.