Chapter 3067. To provide for the subdivision and sale of certain lands in the State of Washington
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CHAP. 3067.— An Act To provide for the subdivision and sale of certain lands in the State of Washington. June 9, 1906. [[H. R. 17127](/us/bill/34/hr/17127).] [[Public, No. 216](/us/pl/34/216).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of thePublic lands.Certain tract in Washington to be subdivided. Interior may, if in his opinion the public interests so require, cause lots one, two, and three, and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section four; and lots two, three, and four, and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter, and all of the northeast quarter of section live; and the east half of the northeast quarter and the east half of the southeast quarter of section seven; and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, and the south half of the southwest quarter of section eight, in township twenty-one north, and lot four of section thirty-three, in township twenty-two north, ail in range two east of the Willamette meridian, in the State of Washington, or any part thereof, to be regularly surveyed or subdivided into tracts or lots of ten acres each, or less, and into town lots, or either, or both.
He shall cause said lands to be so surveyed and subdivided andAppraisal. each tract thereof to be appraised by three competent disinterested men, to be appointed by him, and who shall, after having each been first duly sworn to impartially and faithfully execute the trust reposed in him, appraise said lands, subdivisions, and tracts, and each of them, and report their proceedings to the Secretary of the Interior for his action thereon. If such appraisement be disapproved, the SecretaryReappraisal. of the Interior shall again cause the said lands to be appraised as before provided; and when the appraisement has been approvedSale at auction. he shall cause the said lands, subdivisions, and lots to be sold at public sale to the highest bidder for cash, at not less than the appraised value thereof and not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre, first having given not less than sixty days’ public notice of the time, place, and terms of sale, immediately prior to such sale, by publication in at least two newspapers having general circulation in the county or the section of the county where the lands to be sold are situated; and any lands, subdivisions, or lots remaining unsold may be reoffered for sale at any subsequent time in the same manner, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior; and if unsold at such second offeringAt private sale. for want of bidders then the Secretary of the Interior may sell the same at private sale for cash at not less than the appraised value nor less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre: *Provided,* That no date*Provisos.*Date of sale. shall be fixed for the sale of any of said lands until at least ninety days after the Secretary of the Interior has approved said appraisement: *Provided further,* That, any settler who is in actual occupation of anyEntry by bona fide settlers. portion of such lands at the date of the passage of this Act who has settled thereon in good faith for the purpose of securing a home, and 230is by law entitled to make a homestead entry, shall be entitled to enter the land so occupied, not exceeding twenty acres in a body, according to the Government surveys and subdivisions thereof, upon payment to the Government of the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre for each acre entered by him. and upon showing residence and cultivation of such lands in the manner and for the length of time required by the homestead laws of the United States.
Approved, June 9, 1906.