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 1654 rnocrnnarions, 1917. O“°'i”gs t° *’*dd"”· The lands shall be listed for sale in tracts embracing the north and south half of sections unless aplarts of such subdivisions are not subject to sale, in which event contiguous lands subject to disposition in such half sections shall be listed for sale as separate tracts. Offerings may be made in smaller parcels if deemed advisable in the _ _ _ judgment of the Superintendent. °°”dm°’“ °H”°"‘ Bids may be ma e in person or by agent, but will not be received through the mail, and purchasers will not be required to show qualifications as to age, citizenship or otherwise, or to furnish proof as to Pwmems the character or condition of the lands. ` One-fifth of the purchase price of the land must be paid to the Receiver of the Billings, Montana, land office before 4 :30 o’clock p. rn., on mg§§*‘° °¤ ¤°¤P‘*Y‘ the next business ay following the date of sale. Any purchaser who ` fails to make such aymentwi forfeit all rights to the land purchased, which will be reoflldred for sale, and the de aulting purchaser will not thereafter be permitted to bid for or purchase any other lands at the sale. annual installments in one, two, three and four years after thelilate ' of sale. If any purchaser fails to make such agayment when it becomes due, all rights under hisedpurchase and moneys theretofore paid thereunder will be forfeit. R'*‘“·°t°· The Superintendent is herebgr authorized to prescribe such rules therefor, not in conflict herewit, as the exegencies may require, and he may at any time suspend or indefinitely postpone the sale or adjourn it to such time or place as he may deem advisable, and he ma reject any or all bids which in his qpinion are less than the actual cash _ _ value at which any of the lands 0 ered should be sold. ¤piiv¤cai'Ssii°g°g°1””t°°°‘ All persons are warned against entering into any agreement, combination or conspiracy whic will prevent any of said ands from selling advantageously, and all persons so offending will be prosecuted criminally under section 59 o the Criminal Code, which reads: ¤e i¤ii°rai°1i,1§j “Whoever, before or at the time of the public sale of any of the V¤1.’35,p. 1099. lands of the United States, shall bargain, contract, or agree, or attempt to bargjain, contract, or agree with any other person, that the ast-name person shall not bid upon or purchase the land so offered for sale, or any parceltliereof; or whoever by intimidation, combination, or unfair management shall hinder or prevent, or attempt to hinder or revent, any person from bidd in upon or purchasing any tract of) land so offered for sale, shall be gned not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both." IN YVITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this sixth day of April, in the vear of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen and ofv the [s1=;Ar..] Independence of the United States, the One Hundred and Forty-first. Woonaow Winsor: By the President: Ronmzr LANSING . S ecretary of State. ___i¥"“*’» W1? BY Tru: Pmasrnrzxr or Tru: Uxrrrzn STATES or AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. w;•;;*}j,ff¤ i¤m¤¤*° VTHEREAS, certain insurance companies, incorporated under the rg€»·i;,f¤zi~._ laws of the German Empire, have been admitted to transact the busi- ·  "*· ness of insurance in various States of the United States, by means of
 * ’**Ym"“* °"m’a¤°°· The balance of the purchase money may be paid in four e ual,