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Sections First and Sixth specify the class Of
persons who will be allowed free hOmesteads
by which it will be seen, that the provisions
arc not prospective, but are limited to the
present.
SEQ. says: 'That any person who is the
head Of family and a citizen Of the United
States, or any person who Is the head Of Hiami-
y, and had become citizen prior to the first
day Of January, eighteen hundred and fifty
two, as required by the naturalization laws Of
the United Statea shall, from aud after TIE
passage Of this act, be entitled TO enter free Of
costs, one quarter-seetion Of vacant and unap-
propriated public lands. or a quantity equal
thereto, to be located in body in conformity
with the legal subdivisions Of the public lands,
and after the same shall nave been surveyed.
Aud SEC. 6, That If any individual, now
resident Of any one Of the States or Territories,
aud not citizen Of the United States, but at
the time Of making such application for the
benefit Of this act shall have filed declara-
tion of intention as required by the naturalza-
ton laws Of the United States, and shall be.
come citizen Of the same before the issuance
OF the patent as made and provided for in
this act, shall be placed upon sn equal footing
with the native-born citizens Of the United
States.
SEo. 2 requires an affidavit before the Regis
ter Of the Land Office that the applicant, he OF
she, is She head Of family, and is not the OWnel
Of any estate in land at the time of such sppli.
cation, aud has not disposed Of any estate in lanl
70 obtain the benefits Of this act; and upoi
making the affidavit as above required, ant
filing the affidavit with the Register, he or sh
shall therenpon be permitted to enter the guam
tty OF land already specified; provided, how
ever, that no certificate shall be given or paten
issued therefor until the expiration Of five year
from the date Of such entry; and if, at the expi
ration of such time, the person making such en-.
try, or II he be dead, his widow, &c., &c, pro
viding for the descent on the same terms as t
the original grantee. .
Why these sections were disointed, we arr
unable to conjecture.
SEC. 3 requires the Register to keep a record
in uetail Of the facts on application; and SEC.
exempts the land from liability for all cebts
contracted prior to issui & the patent; and sec,
| 5 provides for reversiOn Of the land in case OF
abandonment for six months, and subieCting it
to entry in the usual way.
SEC. 7th provides that no indivi ual shall be
permitted to make more than ore entry Under
the provisions Of this act; and that the Com
missioner Of the General Land Office is hereby
required to prepare ana issue such rules and
regulations consistent with this act as shall be
necessary and proper TO carry its provisions
into effect; and that the registc's and receivers
Of the several land offices shall be entitled to
receive the same compensation for any lands
patented under the provisions Of this aCt, that
they are now entitled to receive when the same
quantity Of land is entered with money, to be
paid by the Carty to whom The patent shall be
issued; Provided, h072eger, That all persons
entering land under the provisions Of this act
shall, as near as may be practicable, in making
such entries, be confined to each alternate qnar.
ter. section, and no land subject to private en-.
try: Ind prOgidcd fgyt4er, That nothing il
this act shall be so constructed as to impair
or interfere in any manner whatever With ex
isting pre- eDpiou rights.