Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-10-13

filing, provided the said application
and affidavit are accompanied by the
fee and commissions, as required by
law. Eli
Sec. 3. And be IL further enacted,
That besides the, ten-dollar fee exact
ed by the said act, the homestead APP
plicant shall hereafter pay to the reg
lister, and receiver each, as commits
sions, at the time Of entry, one per
ccntum upon the cash price a. fixed
by law, Of the land applied for, and
like commissions when the claim is f.
nally established and the certificate
therefor issued as the basis of . pat.
ent.
Sec. 3. And be II further enacted,
That in any case hereafter in which
the applicant for the benefit of the
homestead, and whose family or some
member thereof. is residing on the
land which he desires to enter, and up
on which bona fide improvement and
settlement have been made, is prevent.
ed, by reason Of distance, bodily in
trinity, or other good cause, from per-
sonal attendance at the district land
Office, it shall and may be lawful for
him to make the affidavit required by
the original statute 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 commissions, to the register and
receiver.
Sec. 4. And be II further enacted,
That in lieu of the fee allowed by the
twelfth section Of the presumption act
Of fourtl, September, eighteen hundred
and forty-one, the register and rcceiv-
er shall each be entitled to one dollar
for their services in acting upon pre-
gmption claims, and shall he allowed,
jointly, at the rate of fifteen cents per
hundred words for the testimony which
may be reduced by them to writing
for claimants, in establishing preemp.
ton or homestead rights, the regula-
tons for giving proper effect to the
provisions of this act to be prescribed
by the commissioner Of the general
land.office. ta
Sec. 5. And be 1t further enacted,
That where preemptor has taken the
initiatory steps required by existing
laws in regard t. actual settlement,
and is called away from snch settle.
ment by being actually engaged in the
military or naval service Of the United
States, and by reason Of snch absence
is unable to appear at the district
land-office, to make, before the regis.
ter or receiver. the affidavits required
by the thirteenth section of the pre-
emption act of fourth September, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-one, the time
for fling such affidavit and making
final proof aud entry or location. shall
be extended six months after the expi-
ration of his term of service, upon
satisfactory proof by affidavit. or the
testimony Of witnesses, that the said
preGmptor is so in the service, being
filed with the register of the land-ot-
fee for the district in which his settle.
ment is made. .n .saar al ~.
| Sec. 6. And be II further enacted,
That the registers and receivers in the
state Of California, in the state Of Ore
gon, and in the territories of Washing
ton, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, New
Mexico, and Arizona. shall be entitled
10 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: Proridcd. That the
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or receiver shall not exceed in the az
gregate the sum Of three thousand
dollars per annum. .h jose a
n Approved, March 81, 1864. .s."