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On the recordJune 7, 1907
such of said lands as are unreserved and undisposed of shall on and after date hereof be subject to disposition under the general provisions of the homestead, townsite laws and of Sec. 2455 R.S., as amended by Act of Congress, approved June 27, 1906, at the price of not less than Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per acre in cash payable at date of final proof upon entries made under the homestead and townsite laws and at time of sale under Sec. 2455, Amended.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 765—Disposal of Lands in the Former Devil's Lake Indian Reservation, North Dakota

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