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 1656 - PROCLAMATIONS, 1917. . U:,—*;;**°°d°g“’?gQ;, Now, therefore, I, WOODROW WIIBON, President of the United Signed {°$`°°ii%¤l€§¤esa States of America, by virtue of the power and authority vested m ¤¤*¤‘- me by the aforesaid Acts of Congress, do hereb prescribe P1‘0¢]¤1m and make known that unallotted coal lands in §ctions 16 and 36 in the former Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota,_reserved by the terms of Section 1 of the Act of June 1, 1910, above cited, and which lmder the provisions of the aforesaid Act of March 3, 1917, have been cla iiied and a praised as agricultural lands of the first class, agricultural lands of &e second class and grazing lands, shall be disposed of under the general provisions of the homestead laws and of the said Acts of Congress and be opened to settlement and entry and be settled upon, occupied and entered in the following manner , *'·¤¤*"[°¤ ¤¥ ¤¤¤' and not otherwise: Provided That patents issued for such lands shall ' contain a reservation to the llnited States of any coal that such lands may contain to be held in trust for the Indians belonging to and having  rghts on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, but any entryman all have the right at an time before making final roof of his entry, or at the time of making such final proo to a hearinp for the purpose of disproving the classification as coal land gfslhp and embraced  his entry, an if such land is shown not to be and a tent wi out reservation shall issue. w_,R,gg*;§°*°*°¤ °‘°P¤“· 1. Exeoutilji. and Presentation of Applications. Any person who is senses- semis. qualiied to make entry under the general provisions o the homestead H5; $,j’Z§2°?‘”°*’B°5* laws may swear to and present an raipplication to make homestead entry of these lands on or after Ap 20, 1917, or any such person . who is entitled to the benefits of Sections 2304 2305 and 2307, of the Revised Statutw of the United States, may file a declaratory state- R·>¤¤i*·=¤¤¤*¤· ment for these lands on or after said date. Each a plication to make homestead entry and each declaratory statement Bled in qgrson must be sworn to by the ap licant before the Register or the eceiver of the United States land) office at Minot, North Dakota, or before a United States Commissioner, or a judge or a clerk of a court of record residing in the county in which the land is situated or before any such officer who resides outside the county and in the land district and is nearest or most accessible to the land. The agent’s affidavit to each declaratory statement filed by agent must be swom to by the agent before one of such officers on or a ter April 20, 1917, but the power of attorney appointing the agent may be sworn to by the declarant on or after the date hereof be ore any officer in the United States having a seal and authority to administer oaths. After applications have been so sworn to, they must be presented to the Register and Receiver of the Minot land office. Applicants may present the applications in person, by rlpail, or otheirwise. Nohperson ihglllgie permitted to present more t an one app ication in is own e a. ‘¤“‘°'P°Y¤*¤¤"- 2, Purchase Money, Fees and Cmnmissions. One-fifth of the appraised grice of the land applied for must be paid at the time of entry an a sum equal thereto must be tendered with all applications to make homestead entry. Such sum will also be required with declaratory statements presented on or before April 30, 1917, and when so tendered w1ll_be disposed of as hereinafter provided. In addition, each application to make homestead entry must be accompamed by a fee of $5, if the area is less than 81 acres or $10, if 81 acres or more, and commissions at the rate of $1 for each 40-acre tracgppphed for; gud each declaratory statement must be accompam y a ee o 2. m§j,=jl¥;‘j°*°i°¤ °‘ °P¤“· 3. Disposition of Applications. All homestead applications and de- - claratorystatements received by the Register an Receiver on or after April 20, 1917, and on or before April 30, 1917, will be treated as tiled simultaneouslyaand where there is no conflict such a plications and statements, if in proper form and accompanied gy the