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west of the railroad, and if there are any who do, they must be required to make them at [[underlined]] once [[/underlined]] There must be no dilly-dallying on their part, and they will be given to understand that if they once make a selection west of the railroad they cannot afterwards give it up and take another allotment elsewhere, either east or west of the railroad. When they have once made a selection it must be final. They will not be allowed to select a tract west of the railroad, withhold it from sale, and after a while exchange it, or abandon it for one east of the railroad. But