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Show 1C64808 "I* StMJ of unparfeoted entries at $1.25 an acre -was authorized by the Act of inarch 3, 1911 (36 Stat., 10-74)* This aot shortens tha time oat does not increase tbs price of the land to the homesteader, the purchase price remaining $1.25' an acre. The ^sald act of March 3,1905^ provides y ' i tnat all lands remaining undisposed of at the expiration of five years from tha date of entry shall be sold and disposed of for cash under rules and regulations to be prescribed hy ths Secretary of the Interior. Th© Act does not specify pricesat whioh the lands shall be 30ld bui the regulations fix tha minimum price at _f*50 an acre* " The re-were three sals3 held with the following rasultsj Yaar sold Area Sold Total .Amount received. Average price an aara. 1910 133,420.34 ,^250^502.94 if 1«36~ 1912 136,441.17 20656224*9 Loll .1917 200.684.74, - 151,644.56 ^75^- ... Approximately,, 1QQ4Q0G acres remain unappropriated and subject to sale* The AC t of May* 27, 1902 (32 Stat., 263) .provided; "Sothing herein contained shall impair tha rights of any mineral lease which has been -3* |
