nt:
W.Q. GRESHAM,
_Secretary of State_.

A.

DECLARATION REQUIRED BY PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION OF AUGUST 19, 1893,
PREPARATORY TO OCCUPYING OR ENTERING UPON THE LANDS OF THE CHEROKEE
OUTLET FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING A HOMESTEAD ENTRY.

No. ----.

BOOTH IN T. ---- N., R. ----, ----, _1893_.

I, ----, of ----, being desirous of occupying or entering upon the lands
opened to settlement by the President's proclamation of August 19, 1893,
for the purpose of making a homestead entry, do solemnly declare that I
am over 21 years of age or the head of a family; that I am a citizen of
the United States (or have declared my intention to become such); that
I have not perfected a homestead entry for 160 acres of land under any
law except what is known as the commuted provision of the homestead law
contained in section 2301, Revised Statutes, nor have I made or commuted
a homestead entry since March 2, 1889;[*] ---- that I have not entered
since August 30, 1890, under the land laws of the United States or filed
upon a quantity of land agricultural in character and not mineral which
with the tracts now desired would make more than 320 acres; that I am
not the owner in fee simple of 160 acres of land in any State or
Territory; that I have not entered upon or occupied, nor will I enter
upon or occupy, the lands to be opened to settlement by the President's
proclamation of August 19, 1893, in violation of the requirements of
said proclamation; that I desire to make entry for the purpose of actual
settlement and cultivation, and not for the benefit of any other person,
persons, or corporation; that I will faithfully and honestly endeavor to
comply with all the requirements of law as to settlement, residence, and
cultivation necessary to acquire title to the land I may select; that I
am not acting as agent of any person, corporation, or syndicate in
entering upon said lands, nor in collusion with any person, corporation,
or syndicate to give them the benefit of the land I may enter, or any
part thereof, or the timber thereon; that I do not apply to enter upon
said lands for the purpose of speculation, but in good faith to obtain a
home for myself; and that I have not, directly or indirectly, made and
will not make any agreement or contract in any way or manner with any
person or persons, corporation, or syndicate whatsoever by which the
title which I may