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Nonmineral Affidavit

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4—062 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. NONMINERAL AFFIDAVIT. [note] 06181 U. S. LAND OFFICE Williston, N. Dak. , No. 1305142 [note] HE 2143 This affidavit can be sworn to only on personal knowledge, and cannot be made on information and belief. Jennie Banner formerly Bryant, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that I am the identical person or agent for [blank], who is an applicant for Government title to the N ½ SW ¼, SW ¼ NW ¼ & NW ¼ SE ¼, Section 4, Township I49 [149], Range I02, w. of 5th. P Meridian; that I am well acquainted with the character of said described land, and with each and every legal subdivision thereof, having frequently passed over the same; that my personal knowledge of said land is such as to enable me to testify understandingly with regard thereto; that there is not, to my knowledge, within the limits thereof, any vein or lode of quartz or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, or copper, or any deposit of coal; that there is not within the limits of said land, to my knowledge, any placer, cement, gravel, or other valuable mineral deposit; that the land contains no salt spring, or deposits of salt in any form to sufficient to render it chiefly valuable therefor; that no portion of said land is claimed for mining purposes under the local customs or rules of miners or otherwise; that no portion of said land is worked for mineral during any part of the year by any person or persons; that said land is essentially nonmineral land, and that the application therefor is not made for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining title to mineral land, but with the object of securing said land for agricultural purposes; that the said land is not occupied and improved by any Indian, and that my post-office address is Alexander, N. Dak. [signature] Jennie Banner formerly Bryant (Sign here, with full Christian name.) NOTE.—Every person swearing falsely to the above affidavit will be punished as provided by law for such offense. (See Sec. 125, U. S. Criminal Code, below.) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing affidavit was read to or by affiant in my presence before affiant affixed signature thereto; that said affiant is to me personally known (or has been satisfactorily identified before me by [name blank]); that I verily believe affiant to be a credible witness and the identical person hereinbefore described, and that said affidavit was duly subscribed and sworn to before me, at my office, in Alexander, McKenzie County, N. Dak. within the Williston, N. Dak. land district, this 3rd. day of December, 19I3 [seal] ROBERT NORHEIM UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA. [signature] Robert Norheim [stamp] US Commissioner District of North Dakota McKenzie County (Official designation of officer.) UNITED STATES CRIMINAL CODE—CHAP. 6. SEC. 125. Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, shall willfully and contrary to such oath state or subscribe any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years. (Act, March 4, 1909. 35 Stat, 1111.) 6—903

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Homestead National Historical Park, Code: HOME

McKenzie County, North Dakota
Latitude: 40.2879981994629, Longitude: -96.8339004516602

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10/16/2018

01/01/1913 - 12/30/1913

Land Entry Case Files: Homestead Final Certificates. Record Group 49: Records of the Bureau of Land Management. National Archives and Records Administration.

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