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A lessee is protected in any improvements made on State land, the law 

 providing- that where a lessee has made improvements the purchaser of the 

 land, if it is sold before the termination of the lease, must pay the lessee a 

 reasonable price for his improvements, unless the latter elects to remove the 

 same. Cultivation and a water right under certain conditions are held to be 

 improvements. When the two parties cannot agree as to the value of the 

 improvements, the State Land Agent is authorized to appraise the same. A 

 lessee is given ninet}- days in which to dispose of or remove such improve- 

 ments as are capable of removal without damage to the land. 



Where there is more than one applicant for the lease of the same land, 

 it i^i put up for competition and leased to the highest bidder. Bids must be 

 for a definite amount and mailed to the Register of State Lands on or before 

 the date set for the sale. 



Practically every character of land is to be found in t?ie State's hold- 

 ings. In the case of the public school grant the State secured title to Sec- 

 tions i6 and 36 in each township, and some of this land is necessarily of 

 varying quality. In the case of the other grants, however, the State was 

 allowed to make selection from the public domain, and as a result selected 

 manv thousands of acres of the choicest agricultural land to be had in the 

 entire State. 



The Register of State Lands will furnish lists of holdings in any par- 

 ticular county or township upon payment of a fee of 20 cents per folio of 

 one hundred words. Those desiring to purchase or lease State 



lands should address the Register of the State Land Office at 

 Secure t_, , ivr ^ 



Helena, JNiontana. 

 Lists of 



The following table shows the amount of State land in each 



of the several counties of the State November 30, 1913: 



Counties. Acres. 



Beaverhead 154.046.56 



Big Horn 39,972.9:^ 



Blaine 1S7,887.86 



Broadwater 20,601.27 



Carbon 46,562.02 



Cascade 105,981.62 



Chouteau 317,135.77 



Custer 345,020.11 



Dawson 388.357.87 



Deer Lodge 12,548.56 



Fergus 209,529.28 



Flathead 127.772.93 



Gallatin 56.028.74 



Granite 16,660.06 



Hill 243,222.18 



Jefferson 30,106.52 



Lewis and Clark 118.586.88 



Lincoln 58,296.64 



Madison 123 742.61 



Meagher 132!788.36 



Missoula 106.986.10 



Musselshell 98,375.77 



Park 4'' 3'''0 '^9 



Powell 73;i44!02 



Ravalh 31.094.11 



Rosebud 191174 91 



Sanders 55;802;i7 



Sheridan 61,759.15 



Sliver Bow 16 114 79 



Stillwater ; ; 54'.629!67 



Sweet Grass 79 500 §0 



Teton '.'.'.'.'.'.'. 216;i60;50 



^Valley 119,151.68 



Yellowstone 86.804.56 



3,967,869.30 



