The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-11-24

count of race or color: And provided further,
That NO mineral lands shall be liable to entry and
settlement under its provisions
second ffhe above-cited homestead law, enti.feo
q An act 70 secure honesteads TO actual settlers
on the aim Ss 50
as to read as follows That the person applying
for the benefit of this act shall upon aPPcae a On
she is about to make such entry, make affidavit
before the said register receiver that he or she
is the head of family or is twenty one years or
more of age, shall have performed service IN
the army or navy of the United States, and that
such application is made for his or her exclusive
use and benefit, and that said entry is made Tor
the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation,
and not either directly Indirectly for the use or
benefit of any other person or persons whomso-
ever: and UPON filing the said affidavit with the
register receiver, and on payment OF nVe dol-
lars, when the entry is of not more than eighty
acres he or she shall thereupon be permitted to
enter the amount of land specified: PROVIDED,
however That no certificate shall be given or pa
tent issued therefor, until the expiration OF hye
years from the date of such entry and IL, at the
expiration of such time, or at any time within
two years thereafter, the person making such en-
try or if he be lead, his widow, or IN case OF ner
death his heirs or devisee; or in case OF widow
making such entry, her heirs or devsee, IN case OF
her death, shall prove by two credible witnesses
that he, she, they have resided upon or Guilt
waited the same for the term IF five years imme-
diately succeeding the time of filing the affidavit
aforesaid and shall make affidavit that no part OF
said land has been aenated, and that he VIII pear
true allegiance to the government of the United
States them i'll such case, he, she, or they. if at
that time citizen of the United States, shall be
entitled to patent in other cases provided by
law And provided further, That in case OF the |
death of both father and mother, leaving an IN
FAINT child or children under twenty one years OF |
age the right and fee shall enure to the benefit OF
said infant child children; and the executor, |
guardian may, at any time with
in two years after the death OF the surviving pa
rent and in accordance with the laws of the State
in which such children, for the time being, have
their domicile, sell said land for the benefit of
niI ipE1r hI1t flrn No thor
purchaser shall acquire the absolute title by the
purchase and be entitled to patent from the
United States on the payment of the office fees
and sum of money herein specified: Provided,
That until the first day of January, eighteen hun,
dred and sixty-scven, any person applying for the
benefit of this act shall, in addition to the oath,
required, also make oath that he has
not borne against the United States, or given
aid and comfort to its enemies.
SEC 3. And be it further enacted That all the
provisions of the said homestead law, and the act
amendatory thereof approved March twenty
first, eighteen hundred and siXty-tour, so far as
the same may be applicable, except SO far as the
same are modified by the preceding sections of
this act, are applied to and made part of this act
as fully as if herein enacted and set forth.
Approved, June 81, 1866.