Richland beacon., 1873-05-10
An Act to Encourage the H. "
berO Western Prairies.
Be II enacted By the ScpGt and House Of R'p'eStn
tGfircs Of he Tgit,t States Of Imsricd, ~ Con
GrCSs assembled:

Be 1t enacted by the ScpGt and House OF R,presea
tGtircs Of he Trit,t States Of imsrlCd, ~ Con-
GrCSs GSSCWjieI:
SECTION | That any rer-on who shall plant,
project, ami keep IN hosthy growing condition
for ton years forty ucr,~ of timber IN tres tie re-
on not being more than twelve i"tt al'ir; c'.ch
WAY, uu ANY guaricI-~, elton "t ANY 81 thc luhlI'
Lands OF th, nIf.i states, shall hc entitled Ia a
patent i6r the wh,lroi said quartrT-cctlOn AT The
expiration oi said ten Years, On making proof OIL
such fact los not less tIan Two crcdltahle witness
se-: Prorfo., That only one quarter IN any sec
ton shall Is, thus granted
SIC. :. IutJ the person applying for the BEN
Eft "i this aCt shall, upon Application 10 lho reg
7''r oi the land Office IN which ne or she i abou,
10 make such entry, MAKE affidavit hripr, saih
register or receiver that said entry Is made for III"
cultivation oi timber, and upon fling sad aihda-
tu said register receiver. amt on pay lncnl
OF ca dollars, he or she shall thcreunun hr per-
mIIIrd 10 enter the quantity Of land specified
PrOyfed koW'rCr. That no certificate shall De
given or patent issued therefor until the cNplrd-
ton OF al least Ten years from The date 81 such
entry, ami II AZ the expiration oi -uch Time, ora
@uN time within three years thereafter, the person
making such entry, or If ne or -hr be dead, his or
her heirs or legal representatives, shai prove ny
two crcaitahc witnesses that he, she or they nave
plant, and for not less than ten years have cul-
uvajei and protcctd such quantity ami ciitrac cr
OF TIMBER dior sand, they shall receive The pat
ent for such guartcr--octoh ol lgnt.
SEC mat il at any time after the fling OF
-Id affidavit. and prior 10 the issuing oil the pa
tent Tor the said land, II stall he pr"'en, alter
due notice To the party making such entry ana
claiming To- cult lyatr such timber Ia the sdisfac-
ton OF the Register of the land Office, that .uch
person has abandoned or Failed 10 cultivate, po-
tcct, and keep Il IN good con Itlpn such timber,
then, and in that event said land shall revert To
the nted states.
Sc. =. That each and every person who, I'M
der the provisions of an act entitled " I'm act 10
secure humeetcads 10 actual settlers on the public
duII ain, - approved May twentieth, eighteen
hundred and sIXty-twO, or any amendment there
! Ia, having Il homestead on said public domain,
/ Who, at the end of the third year al his or her
/ residence thereon, shall have under cultivation
tor two years acre of timber, the tres there
! On not being more than twelve feet apart each
! WAY, and IN good thrifty condition, Tor each
and every sixteen acre, of said homestead, shall
upon due proof Of said fact by two credible Wit
ne~,es, receive his or her patent for said home
stead.
/ sc. :. That no land acquired under proyi-
/ -iO of this act shall IN amy event. become IL
able 10 the satisfaction of any debt or debts con-
tract"d prior to the issuing OF patent therefor.
/ SIC d. That the Commissioner 81 the Gene
raj Land Oilicc Is hereby required To- prepare and
J i-suc ouch rules and regulations consistent with
Thu act as sh II be- necessary and proper to carry
It's provisions INTO effect; and that the register
and the receivers Of the several land Offices snail
4 be entitled To receive the same COMPENSATION Tor
! any lands entered under the provisions OF tins
/ that they are now emitted to receive when the
7 same quantity OF land l. entered with money
~, :. That the fifth section OF the ACT en-
titled :" An act in addition 10 an act 10 punish
/ cliElcs against the United States and Tor other
4 uurp"Se-,' approved March third, eighteen
4 hundred and fify-sevcn. shall extend To- all
Oaths aiiirmatiolis and allivits required or all-
! thoTiZcd hy this act
! Approved, March 3, l>73.