Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-10-22

an;sd by the fee and commissions as required
by ,aw.
Sec. 3 Had L. Il jsrfirr spa1ed, That
lr>id..s the ,-n-dollar f-e exacted by the said
act, the homestead applicant shall hereafter
paw to the register aud receiver each, as
commissions, at the time of entry. one per
c,ntum upon the cash psice as fixed by Law.
Of the land applied for and like commissions
when the claimis finally established and the
certificate iLe,eior issued as the basis Of .
patent
Sec. g. An5 he IL far'Ao enacted. That
in any case hereafter in which the applicant
for the bcnrf, OF the homestead, and whose
family or some member thereof. is residing
/ on the nd which he desires to enter and
upon which bona fdr improvement anA
srttlcm"n, have been made, is prevented, by
rr:., on of distance, bodily iniirmitv. or other
good cause. from personal Attendance at the
di-trct land office, it shall and may be law
full for him to make the affidavit required
b, the original statue before the clerk Of the
court for the county in which the applicant
is an actual Resident, and to transmit the
same, with the fee and commission, to the
register and receiver.
Sec. 4. -fnd he ii .1&1her enacted, That
in lieu ofthe fee allowed by the twelfth Sec
tion of the prc-emption act of fourth Septem.
Der, eighteen hundred and forty .one, the reg
i>ter and receiver shall each be entitled to
one dollar for their services in acting upon
prc-emption claims. and shall be allowed,
Jointly, at the rate Of fifteen cents per hum
drcd words for the testimony which may be
reduced by them to writing for claimants, in
establishing presumption or homestead rights,
the regulations for giving proper effect to
the provisions Of this act to be prescribed by
the commissioner of the general andofice.
Sec. 5. and be it further enacted, That
where prc-emp.or has taken the initiatory
steps required by existing laws in regard to
actual settlement, and is called away from
such settlement by being actually engaged in
the military or naval service of the United
States, and by reason of such absence is I'm
able to appear at the district land-office, to
make, before the register CT receiver, the
allilavi's required by the thirteenth section
of the pre-emption act of fourth September,
eighteen hundred and forty-one, the time for
filing sucl, affidavit and making final proof
and entry or location, shall be extended six
months after the expiration of his term of
service, upon satisfactory proof by affidavit;
or the testimony of witnesses, that the said
pre-emptor is so in the service, being filed
with the register of the land-office for the dis
trict in which his settlement is made.
SEC. 6. And he it further enacted, That
the registers and receivers in the state Of
California, in the state o' Oregon, and in
the terrific orirs of Washington. Nevada, Col
orado. Idaho, New Mexico, and Arizona,
shall be entitled to collect and receive, in
addition to the fees and allowances provided
by this act, fifty per centum of said fees and
allowances as compensation for their services.
Prorjdel, That the salary and fees allowed
any register or receiver shall not exceece
in the aggregate the sum of three thou
sand dollars per annum.
Approved, March 2l, 1864.