Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-04-03
Gnterestins 10 MssaesteeAers.
An AcT to encourage the growth {
timber on western prairics.

timber on western prairics.
Bet enacted by the House and Sen
ase Of Representatives Of the Tinted
States Of Ame,ica, IN Congress dssen'-
tled, that any person who shall plant,
protect and keep, in healthy
growing condition for ten years, forty
acros Of timber, the trees thereon, not
being more than twelve feet apart each
way, on any quarter section OF any of
the public lands of the United States.
shall be entitled to patent for the
whole of said quarter section At tthe ex-
pifation of said ten years. on making
proof of, such fact by not less than two
credible witnesses: Provided, That
only one quarter in any section Shall
be thus granted. hss ssrs
She. 2. Tiiat tho person applying
for the benefit of this, act shall, npon
application to the register OF the
land Office in which he or she is
about 70 make such entry, make affida-
Wit before said register orrcceiver that
said entry is made for the cultivation
Of timber, and upon filing said afiida-
Wit with said register or receiver, and
on payment Of ten dollars, he or she
shall thercupon be permitted to enter
the quantity Of land specified: Pro-
etded. Aosrere,y That no certificate
shall be given or patent issue therefor,
until the expiration ofat least ten years
from the date of such entry and il, at
the expiration Of such time, or at any
time within three years thereafter, the
person making such entry, or If he or
she be dead, his or her heirs or legal
representatives. shall prove by two
credible thai, he, she, or. they have
planted and for not less than ten years
have cultivated and protected such
quantity and character Of timber as
Aforesaid, they shall.receive the patent
for, such quarter section Of land.
SEC. 8. That if at any time after the
fling of said affidavit, aud prior to
Issuing of the patent for said land. it
ehalItbe proven, after due notice to the
party making such entry and claiming
to- cultivate such timber, to the salts
faction of the register Of the land Office,
that such person has abandoned or
failed to cultivate, protect, and keep in
good condition such timber, then, and
IN that event, said land shall rcver. 10
the United States.
y SEC. 4. That each and every person
who, under the provisions of an act
entitled "An act to secure homesteads
to actual settlers on the public domain"
approved May 10Th, 1862, or anv
amendment thereto, having ahomcstead
on said public domain, who. at the end
of the third year Of his or her resi-
deuce thereon, shall have had under
cultivation, for two yaNn. ono acre OF
timber, the trees there( being more
than twelve feet apart each way, aud
in q good thrifty condition, for each
and every sixteen acres OF said h0me-
stead, shall upon due proof Of this
fact by two credible witnesses, re-
ceive his or her patent for said home-
stead.
SEC. ). That no land acquired under
provisions Of this act shall, in any
event, become liable to the satisfaction
Of any debt or debts contracted prior
to the issuing of patent therefor.
SEC 6. That the Commissioner of
the General Land Office is hereby re-
quired to prepare and issue such rules
and regulations, consistent with this
act, as ehall be necessary and proper to
carry its provisions into effect; aud
that the registrars aud receixers of the
zevtFdf land Offices shall be entitled to
receive the same compensation for any
lands entered under the provisions Of
this act that they are now entitled TO
receive when the same quantity Q
land is entered with money.
SEc. z. That the fifth section of the
act entitled "An act in addition to an
act to punish crimes against the United
States, and for other purposes" ap-
proved March 81. 1851, shall extend to
all oatls, aflirmations. and afiidavits
required or authorized by this act.
Approved, March,3, 1873. -
Department of State, Washington,
March 10. 1879. r. L.. CHENY,
A True Cory. Chief Clerk.
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