Nebraska advertiser., 1866-11-29
PUBLIC-NO, 1T

Be It enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
s%eRtatJUes of the United States Of Anlerlcdm CoH-
gTeSs assembled,
That from aud after the passage Of this act all the
public landf in the State Of Alabaml. Mississippi Ark
kansas, Louisiana, and Florida shall be disposed accor'
ding to the stipulations of the Homestead law of TWEEN
tieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-twO. entitled IAN
act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the pub
lie domain" and the act supplemental, thereto, approx
ed twenty hrstOf March, eighteen hundred and sixty
four, but with this restriction, shat until the expiTa-
ton Of two yerrs from and after the passage Of this act
no entry seall be made for more than half a quarter OF
a section, or eighty acres T and in LEW Of the sum OF
ten dollars required to be paid by the second sectiOd OF
said act there shall be paid the sum Of five dollars
at the time OF the issue of each patent /; and that the
public lands in said States sholI be disposed of in no
other manner after the passage of this act Provided
That no distinction OF discrimination shall be made in
color or race And provided further, That no miner al
lands shall be liable to entry and settlement under Its
provisions.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, that section Sec
ond'ef the above-cited homestead law, entitled can
act to secure honesteadS to actual tettl ers on the pub
lie domain" approved May Goth, eighteen hundred and
s~ixtystwo, be so amended as TO rend ass follows That
the psrson applying for the BENEFIT Of this act shall, on
application to the ~Register of the land Office in which
be OF she is about to mike such entry, make affidavit
before the said register and receiver that he or she is
the head of a family, or is twenty-one years or more
Of age, or shall have performed service in the army
or navr of the United States, and that such applica-
tion is made for his or her exclusive benefit, and that
said entry is made for the purpose OF actual settle
ment and cultlVstiOn. and not either directly or indi-
rectly for the use or benefit of ans other person or per-
sons whOmsoever and upen fling the said affidavit
with the register or receiver, and on payment Of ave
i've dollars, when the entry is not more than eighty
acres, he or she shall ia ereupon be permitted TO enter
the amount of land specified: Provided, however That
no certificate shall be given, OF patent issued therefor
until the expiration Of five years from the date Of
such entry: and if, at the exp iTation Of such time, OF
at any time within two years thereafter, the yersOn ma
king such entry or, II he be dead, his widow, orin
case OF her death, his heirs OF devisee, or in case Of 8
widow making such entry, her heirs or devisee, in case
Of her death, shall prove by two credible witnesses,
that he or she, OF they have resided upon or cultivated
the same for the term OF five years Immediately sue
ceeding the time OF filing the ahidavit aforesaid, and
shall make af1davit that no part OF said lond has been
alienated, and that ne will bear true allowance to the
government OF the o nited States then, i'd such case,
ee, she, or they, If at any time a citizen OF the United
States, shall be entitled to 3 patent, as in other cases
provided By law And provided further, That in case
Of thedeath Of both father and another, leaving an in
FAINT child or children under twenty-one years Of age,
the right saall inure to the benefit Of said infant child
CT children; and the executor, administrator, OF guar
dian may, 1t any tins, within two years after Che