The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-11

quarter-section at the expiration of said
ten years. on making proof OF such fact by
not less than two credible witnesses: Pro
ufded, That only one quarter In any section
shall be thus granted.
Sec. ?. That the person applying for the
benefit OF this act shall up0n application
TO the register of the land.ofiice In which
he or she IL about to make such entry,
make affidavit before said register or re-
ceiyer that said entry Is made for he culti-
walton of timber, and upon fling said aff>
davit with said register and receiver, and
on payment of Ten dollars, he or she shall
thereup0n be permitted to enter the quan.
tity of land specified: Protided, however,
That no certificate shall be given or patent
issue therefor until the expiration of at
least ten years from the date ofsuch entry;
and If at the expiration of such time, or OF
any time within three years thereafter,
the person making such entry, or II he or
she be dead, his or her heirs or legal repre-
sentatives, shall prove by two credible
witnesses that he, she, or they have plant
ed 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. 3. That ifatany time after the filing
of said affidavit, and prior 10 the issuing
of the patent for said land, 1t shall be
proven, after due l,otice TO the party MAX
ing such entry and claiming to cultivate
such timber, 10 The satisfaction of the reg
lister OF the land-office. that such person
has abandoned or failed 10 cultivate, pro-
tect, and keep in good condition such
timber then, and In that event, said land
shall revert to the United States.
Sec. 4. That each and every person who,
under the provisions of an net entitled
"An net to secure homesteads to actual
settlers on the public domain,n approved
May twentieth, eighteen hundred and
sixiy-two, or any amendment thereto,
having homestead on said public domain,
who, at the end Of the third year of his or
her residence thereon, shall have had un-
der cultivation, for two years, one acre Of
timber, the trees thereon not being more
than twelve feet arart each way, and i'll o
good, thrifty condition. for each and every
sixteen acres of said homestead, shall, up
on due proof of said fact by two credible
witnesses, receive his or her patent for
said homestead.
Sec. s. That no land acquired under pro
visions of this act shall, in any event, be-
come liable TO the satisfaction nf any debt
or debts contracted prior to the issuing OF
patent therefor.
Sec. 6. That the Commissioner Of the
General Land-Ofiice is hereby required to
prepare and issue such rules and regula-
tions, consistent with this act, as shall be
necessary and proper 10 carry its provis-
ions into effect; and that the registers and
the receivers of the several land-Otfices
shall be entitled TO receive the same com.
pensation for any lands entered under the
provisions of this that they are now enti-
tied to receive when the same quantity OF
land is entered withmoney.
Sec. 7. 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" approved March
third, eighteen hundred and fifty-scven,
shall extend to all Oaths, afiir1natiOns, and
atfidavits required or authorized by this
act.
Aoprnvnd March q 1872