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which the title which he might acquire from the Government of the United States should inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of any person except himself; which statement must be verified by the oath of the applicant before the register or the receiver of the land office within the district where the land is situated, and if any person taking such oath shall swear falsely in the premises, he shall be subject to all theraueem pains and penalties of perjury, and shall forfeit the money c"?ioS.sp which he may have paid for said lands, and all right and title made, except in the hands of bona fide purchasers, shall be in the preceding section, the register of the land ofice, shaU»i the land by legal subdivisions, in his office, for a period of sixty days, and shall furnish the applicant a copy of the same tor publication, at the expense of such applicant, in a newspaper published nearest the location of the premises, for a like period of time; and after the expiration of said sixty days, if no. adverse claim shall have, been filed, the person desiring to purchase shall furnish to the register of the land office satisfactory evidence, first that said notice of the appli-p, cation prepared by the register as" aforesaid was duly published p' in a newspaper as herein required; secondly, that the land is of the character contemplated in this act, unoccupied and without improvements, other than those excepted, either mining or agricultural, and that it apparently contains no valuable deposits of gold,"silver, cinnabar, copper, or coal; and upon payment to the proper officer of the purchase money of said land, together with the fees of the register and the receiver, as provided for in case of mining claims in the one hundred and thirty-seventh section, the applicant may be per- General Land Offi pape rs and testiir lony 1 nth e cas le, Prc •vided, That anyj terse mha ,V- Object tion of the land may obj ect, in apal ;eht to lands sohc >ldt •y hii |
