Red Wing sentinel., 1860-05-23
GOOD NEWS.

Last week Andrew Johnson's Homestead
bill passed the Senate BY the decisive vote
Of 40 to 8. 1t differs from the House bill,
in some particulars but in As practical Of
feet will be just as beneficial, and besides i
tits thought to possess the at this time higf
merit Of being acceptable to the administra
ton. 1t will 60 before the House, who viii
undoubtedly pass it, as they are convinced
Of the present impracticabily Of their owl
bill, and from thence it will 60 to the execu,
tive, who it is said approves Of it as it now
islands. and 50 in three weeks from thi.
time, We may confidently expect to have il
operation, good practical homestead bill
not unjust to the Government, and giving
the settler five years to pay for his land a,
twenty-five cents per acre. No Minnesot,
farmer will grumble at that, while whea,
fetches dollar bushel and he can raise
twenty-five bushels to the acre. -.ss.
1t will be seen that young men, orc
excluded from tho bill. This undoubtedly
will prove another strong inducc,nent 20,
bachelors to leave their state Of single cur
sedness; AMI we have no doubt that IN.
girls will unanimously approve Of that pre
vision in the bill, which allows no man ,
homestead unless he. is the head of family
1t will undoubtedly prove Of great benefi
to young men, too bash&',s to pop the cues
ton straight, by enabling them IT, saw "n,;sx
Will you be so charitah!!;, as ~ mol. -,
eligible to q HOMESTEAD" of course the mos
o'uu'a'' coc.:;stts could not have it in he
:'e'rt 20 spoil = mans prospects for life b,
saying mo" to suck an appeal. 9ayFT2@nr
Here is what the Homstead bill provide.
for; "a a7@@s}eHi."
The Homestead bill which has passed tn,
Senate provides that any person who is tn
head Of a family may, after the act becomes
. law, enter ono quarter section of vacan
and unappropriated lands, or any less guam
tlty to be located in q body, in conformit.
with the legal subdivision Of public lands,
upon making affidavit before the Registe
that the APPLICANT is the head Of family, and
actually settled on the land: and that th,
application is made for his or her benefit
and that of no one else. The final certifi.
cate, or patent, shall not be issued for fiv'
years after the date Of entry, and not befor,
| it is certified by two credible witnesses tha
the settler has erected dwelling house ant
resided upon the land for the five years
whereupon the patent shall be issued upo,
payment oftwenty five cents an acre. Th,
lands thus acquired shall not be liable 70,
debt until after the patent is issued. II
cases of false swearing upon making tht
entry, or abandoning the land for more thar
SIX months at one time, the land shall re
vert to the government. The rights confer
red by this act are extended to inchoatl
citizens who have declared their intention!
as required by the naturalization laws, be
fore the issuing Of the patent. Nothing il
this act shall be construed SO as to impsi]
the existing pre-emptlon, donation or grad
alton laws, or to embrace lands reserved te
be sold or entered at the price of two dol
lars and 5i,cts an acre. The President is re
q'ired to order all surveyed public lands in.
to market, by proclamation, within tive
years from the date of this act, except sucf
as arc reserved by the government for an,
purpose. All lands within the limit of AM
State which have been subject to sale Al
private entry, and which shall remain un
sold OF the lapse Of thirty years, shall b.
ccded to such State, upon the Legislator,
assenting to the cession but the cessior
shall in no case invalidate any inceptive pre-
s:mption right or location, nor any sal
which ,l:::sy be made by the United ststes