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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1917. 1661 register and receiver were instructed that the coal lands were not sub'ect to homestead entry, which were subsequently rejected for sucfi reason and which were not validated by Proclamation of March 21, 1917• R _ h mm NOW, therefore, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the e¤ei°€§°i>°$1 eeiiiii msn United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority gg;g,*¤¤§*,*;f°a,f;),!;§,?·,,j vested in me by the aforesaid acts of Congress do hereby prescribe, ’ ’ proclaim and make known that all homestead applications for the said coal lands classified and appraised as agric tiu·al, grazing or arid, fled at the Glasgow land office on or before November 19 1916, which were rejected by-lthe register and receiver because of Am ms the coal classification and w 'ch were not validated by Proclama- q..i.e£'p,¤4i. tion of March 21, 1917, shall be allowed under the provisions of the  °‘ "°”‘°‘“‘ Act of February 27, 1917, above cited, if otherwise regular, and that the remaining coal lands classified and appraised as aforesaid, not embraced in validated homestead entries and not otherwise appropriated or reserved, shall be disposed of imder the eneral Aprovisions of the homestead and desert land laws and of tlge said cts of Congress, with a reservation of the coal deposits, and be opened to settlement and entry and be settled upon, occupied and entered in the following manner and not otherwise: R9 Emu I 1. Execut·Lon and Presentation of A?l·ieat*£ons. On and after the pucaém. °° ° °°` date hereof, any person who is quali ed to make entry under the general provisions of the homestead laws may swear to and present an application to make homestead entry for said lands, or any such S,,,d,,,.s,,,,,,,,,S_ person who is entitled to the benefits of Sections 2304, 2305 and mg-S-ij?-Wim 2307, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, may file a declare- ’p` ‘ tory statement therefor. Lands designated under the enlarged home-. B_ stead Act may be entered in quantities of 320 acres. Prior to June 1, mmm 1917, applications and declaratory statements must conform to present agricultural classifications, and no pptitions for designation either under the enlarged or the grazing omestead Act will be accepted. Each application to make homestead entry and each declaratory statement filed in person must be sworn to by the applicant before the Register or the Receiver of the United States and office at Glasgow, Montana, 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 andavit to each declaratory statement filed by agzent must be sworn to by the agent before one of such officers, but the power of attorney gipointing the agent may be sworn to by the declarant before anyo cer in the United States havinga seal and authority to administer oaths. After applications have een sworn to, they must be presented to the Register and Receiver of the Glasgow land office. Applicants may present the application in person, by mail, or otherwise. No pgrson shall be permitted to present more than one application in own behalf. ,,,,,,,,p,,y,,,m,_ 2. Purchase Money, Fees and Oommissimts. One-ffth of the appraised price of the land applied for must be paid at the time of entry and 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 _May 5, 1917, and when so tendered will be disposed of as hereinafter provided. In addition, each application to make homestead entry must be accompanied by a ree of $5, if the area is less than 81 acres or $10, if 81 acres or more, and commissions at the I'8.l§6 of $1.50 for each 40-acre tract applied for; and each declaratory statement must be accongianied by a fee of $3. .u, mp} 3. ispoeition ¢jAppZieation.s·. All homestead ap lications and de- .,3$S_°s‘ °° ° claratory statements presented hereunder, reoeivedp by the Register