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RULES AND REGULATIONS 

 



FOB THE 



Sale and Removal of Water-Killed and Windfall Timber on 

 Chippewa Indian Ceded "Pine" Lands, Minnesota. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 



GENERAL LAND OFFICE, 

 Washington, B.C., November 16, 1909. 



1. The merchantable water-killed and windfall pine timber on the 

 lands described in the accompanying descriptive list of ceded Chip- 

 pewa lands in the State of Minnesota will be offered for sale, under 

 sealed bids, under the fifth section of the act of January 14, 1889 (25 

 Stat. L., 642), as amended by the act of June 27, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 

 400). (See copy herewith.) 



Said descriptive list gives the quantity of such timber reported by 

 the examiners as having been found on each legal subdivision. 



2. Bids for said timber will be opened at the district land office 

 at Cass Lake, Minn., commencing at 9 o'clock a. m. on March 15, 1910, 

 In order to receive consideration all bids must be filed in said dis- 

 trict land office before 4 o'clock p. m. of the day preceding that fixed 

 for the opening of bids. The bids shall be in accordance with forms 

 furnished said district land office. 



The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. 



3. No bid will be received for a sum less than at the rate of $4 per 

 1,000 feet for Norway pine and $5 per 1,000 feet for white pine. 



4. Bids may be for the timber on any separate section, or on groups 

 of contiguous sections of land, and bids for timber on groups of sec- 

 tions may be in addition to bids for timber on separate sections. 



5. Each bid shall be accompanied by cash or a certified check for 

 20 per cent of the amount of such bid, according to the value of the 

 timber, as per the government estimate, the same to be retained and 

 at once credited as part payment of the purchase price for the timber 

 included in such bid should the bid be accepted, but to be retained 

 by the United States as a forfeit if the bid is accepted and the bond 

 and agreement required by these rules and regulations are not fur- 

 nished. In case cash accompanies a bid the receiver will deposit the 

 same as a special fund in the nearest United States depository. 



G. The register and receiver will number the bids consecutively as 

 they are received, beginning with No. 1, noting on each bid the date 

 and hour of its receipt. 



On opening the bids the register and receiver will indorse on the 

 inclosures the number of the bid and the name of the bidder. They 



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