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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1914. 2031 8. Disposihbn of a ioatioas to purchase and to make eeial addi- °°¤¤***¤*i°¤ ****1* tional homesteads. Allpsipphcations to purchase or to nigke special °u°°u°m' additional homesteads received by the register and receiver at or prior to nme o’clock a. m., standard time, on October 26, 1914, will e treated as filed simultaneously; and where there is no conflict such applications, if in proper form and accompanied b the required proofs and pafyments, will be allowed immediately &erea.fter; and, m the case_o conflicts, where the applicants show that they are 1 equally entitled to enter or purchase, the rights of the several parties shall be disposed of by a drawing, which will begin at ten o’clock a. m., stan ard time, on October 27, 1914, in the manner hereinafter provided for the disposition of conflicting applications to make sglecial homesteads. Applications to purchase, or to make ggecial ad °tional homesteads, received afterinine o’clock a. m. on tober 26, 1914, will receive equal consideration with, but will not be preferred over applications to make special homesteads. . _ 9. Allowance of applications. All applications received by the ¤.?,,t§{"“ °’ °”*’°“' register and receiver after nine o’clock a. m., standard time, on October 26, 1914, and at or prior to nine o’clock a. m. on November 10, 1914, will be treated as filed simultaneously; and where there is no conflict such applications, if in prolper form and accompanied b the required payments, will be allowe immediately thereafter. Wxhere D'°W*¤¤· there are such a lications conflic inwhole orin art, the ht of pp me p ng the several apphcants will be determined by a public drawing, which will begin at ten o’clock a. m., standard time, on November 11, 1914. The names of such applicants will be written on cards and each of these cards shall be p ed in anenvelope upon which there is no distinctive or identifying mark. 'l‘hese envelopes shall he thoroughly and impartially mixed and then drawn,. one at a time,. by some disinterested person. the envelopes are drawn,. the cards shall be numbered, beginning with number 1, and fastened to the applications of the respective ersons, which shall be the order m which the ap lications shall he acted upon and disposed of. , If an applicant failis to secure any of the land applied for his application s all be rejected. If he obtains part but not all of the land applied for, he w§,;1f*“°¤“°¤ °‘ shall, on or after November 11, 1914, be allowed thirty days from recei t of notice within which to notify the register and receiver whether to allow his application for the part obtained or to reject it in whole. lf he does not notify the register and receiver within the time allowed, the ap lication will be rejected in whole. lf any other fractional unit or fiiactional units are subiilect to disposal and to inclusion in an entry with the land secure by such applicant, he may amend his apphcatioxtii to ilpcluille such lan, provided lie ishthe www I merior a licant therefor an ma es the necess ayment. 'ca- ° ¤“_ lions tldppurchase, to make special additiorililr iiomesteads, grid to qmtlpplhtm make special homesteads, presented after nine o’clock a. in., standard. time, on November 10, 1914, will be received and noted in the order of their filing and acted upon and disposed of after all a plications presented at or before that time have been acted upon_ and dlsposedof. 10. Paynwnts. Each person presenting an_ application to pur- P¤¥¤ °-*· chase or enter must accomlpany such apphcation with the reqmred first payment. lf an app cation is not allowed m whole, but is allowed in art, the moneys deposited in excess of the required payment  be returned; and if an apphcation is reqected in whole the sum will be returned. The payment must be ma e m cash, by a certified check on a national or state bank or trust company which can be cashed without cost to the Government, or by a &ost0fHce money order, made payable to the receiver of the land office. No other form of payment will be accepted. _ _ 11. Requirements. In order to obtain title to an entry allowed B°•1‘“’°m°¤¤· under the provisions of this Proclamation, the entryman must com-