St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-01-25

" The Commissioner q Ii. General aassa .l.it: is:ad
Office has promulgated lhe, follosinSs eirtu:
lar regulating cases' of abandoned: :snd d r. E
:linquished homesteads fori the guidance 5of Of
Registers and Receiveri II u, s. Land 81.
foes, a*e . - - - q .ssfs s!'aIH
:. lst: a settler desiring 70 rsiaqqjsh to
the United States his homestead claim must
surrender his addpiieats' receipt, his telin-
qo1snnent being indorsed. ithereoa. II,
however, ne has lost his duplicate: rscsipt, .
!nat !!!. TACT must De stated in his re1inquish-
mpent: TO be signed by the settler, .aekaowl-
edged before the register or receiver, 81 NO.
.tay tary public using : seal, and aitfstsd 81
tive Witnesses. +,,xs -:
I'D. when : obcme.tead entr, is eontested
and. application is made for canpoellalion;
the party 50 applying must fle A aiIdavit
setting forth the facts ON which HIS alleka-
toms ere. grounded, describing tie tfact and
giving tlie, name .of the settler. Yon viii
then set,apart = day fora zhexrinK: xivinr
az the parties in interest notice. af the ins
.45 Oa the,day Of hearing you win distinct
y show At the caption of the papers s. III
proceedings the name sof The settler. d.
scription5 of the tract, number aud date Of
entry; You winthen proceed with the. exe
animation of the Witnesses. Each deposi-
ton must be signed by the witness aid7 sez
knowle lged before either the register 81 fS
ceiver;; and at the CONCLUSION Of the trist
you will briefly review tho testimony, ana
thereafter will transmit to, this Office. Ill
your papers, with your joint decision there
on annexed thereto. for fnsi
Sd. The notice to . settler that Ills claim
is contested, must be served BY 4 disint4r.
ested party. and copy must bE fled; With
an atiidavit that the notice has been serye1
upon the homestead party, or brought home
~ him So IS ts be legal notice, such eob}
Of notice and affidavit to accompany the ps-
pers: ~ :. . ':. ..:s- ,;s.,'. 5 -,
The expense incident Is steh eoutSst
must be betrayed by the contestant. -. .,.zs
4th. Applications for the cancellafion Il
entries for the reason, thats the; settler ii
dead, must be dealt With Is per instruc-
tions in Cd. paragraph. .of. this circular, t..
king care that9the settlers death 10 fully
established ssss i -
5th. You will mot permit another entry
Of the land to be, made, whether the trs5ct
has been voluntarily ,relinqpished or under
consideration, on the ground of non-oom-
pilance with the homestead law, until YOU
have received not:te from his Office Of thf
cancellation Of the entry covering~he sans.:
9th. The land covered by cancelled home
stead entries having been thereby With:
drawn from market, You viii embrseg it nj
docket which you will keep Of tracts III
that conditios and when Q Sufficient nun.
Der have accumulated to justify the ex-
pense OF advertising, yen will report them
to this office; and, until restored to mar-
kst by advertisement under instfdefi6nS:,
they will only be subject to sensry under
the pre-emption or homestead laws, except
where the same, .pon such cancellations
being maize, may fall within railroad linn;
its. In such cases the odd sections must
be withheld from; further entry, and the
even ones treated at their proper ratabilitv:
7lh. The evidence Of two witnesses is re-
qu,red to establish the facts Of abandon.
ment. s.-zz -
All cases Of the above character m imuust ii
reported to this Office with special comrimnlu:-
nications. You, are requested to ackuowl-.
edge the receipt Of this circular, and. eli.
Joined strictly 70 observe its reouirements:
A>:s*.. - -. N. EDMUNDs, Commissionef: