PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. 27 43 said undisposed of lands can be most advantageously disposed of in the manner hereinafter rescribed; Now, therefore, I, William H. Taft, President of the United States se3{;°,;f;§ °' '°¤°S ‘° of America, do hereby roclaim and direct that all of the unentered ` nonmineral, unreservedp lands affected by said act which have not been withdrawn under the Reclamation Act, and which are not embraced in any valid existing right initiated under the public land laws be offered for sale at public auction under the supervision of James W. Witten, Superintendent of the Opening and Sale of Indian Lands, at the city of Billings, in the State of Montana, on October 15, 1910, and thereafter, in legal subdivisions approximating three hundred and twenty acres each, as near as may be, except in cases where the owners or purchasers of lands adjacent to offered tracts shall request the offering of such adjacent tracts in smaller legal _ subdivisions. No person will be permitted to urchase more than four quarter R¤$"¤¤”°¤=~ sections, or at a less price than two dbllars per acre, and the purchaser of each tract must pay one-fifth of the purchase price thereof before 4.30 o’clock on the sale day following the date on which such purchase is made, or if the purchase is made on the last day of the sale said payment must be made before 4.30 o’clock on that date. The re- P°Y*¤°“'¤· mainder of the purchase money may be paid in four equal annual installments in one, two, three,—and four years after the date of the sale. If any purchaser shall at any time fail to make any payment ` when it becomes due all rights under his purchase, and all moneys theretofore aid thereunder will be forfeited. All lands offered but ,,§f{§}’°“‘ °' ““S°"* not sold at tihe sale herein directed shall thereafter be subject to purchase at private sale in the areas under the terms, conditions and limitations mentioned in this proclamation at two dollars per acre. _ The Secretary of the Interior, and the Superintendent of the sale as R°g“'°”°“ emergencies arise, may make and prescribe such rules and regulations not in conflict herewith as the proper conducting of the sale ma re uire, and the suiperintendent of the sale may reject any and all bids, and may inde nitely postpone the sale or adjourn it from time to time as occasion may demand. In witness, 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 9th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, [sum,.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-fifth. WM H Tam By the President Huxrmorou Winsor: Acting Secretary of State. By Tm: Prussrnnwr or THE Unrrnn Srarns or Am-zmoa _§_?f@°'26·1°*°· A PROCLAMATION . WHEREAS an Executive Order dated July first, nineteen hundred ,_._;‘.;‘}"Q’?,§0_ N'*“°“°' _ and eight, directed that parts of the Medicine Bow, Pikes Peak, and Pr¤·¤}¤¤>1¤- Leadville National Forests should constitute the Arapaho National Forest; and _ VVHEREAS it apbprears that the public good will be promoted by excludingéfrom the apaho National Forest certain lands within the State of olorado; Now, therefore, I, William H. Taft, President of the United States amurmrnasuea. of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Con- “"·“°·*"“"·
