The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-04-30
GENERAL NArrRE-No. 1s.J
AN ACT to amend the act entitled IAN act to encoI
age the growth o. timber on the western prairie

AN ACT to amend the act entitled IAN act to encour-
age the growth o. timber on the western praries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatives Of thu United States OF America in Co.'S
fe roM Of timber ra
ries," approved March third, eighteen hundred and
seventy three, be, and the same is hereby amended
so as to read as foows That any person who is the
head of family or who has arrived ut the age OF
States or who snail have filed his declaration OF in
tenton to become such as required by the natural-
protect and keep in healthy growing condition for
eight years. forty acres OF timber the trees thereon
any ouarter-secton Of any Of the public lands Of the
United States, twenty acres on any legal suDdlvlS-
vision OF forty acres. onefourth part any frac
tional subdivision OF land less than forty acres shall
section, or Of such legal subdivision Of eighty or
forty acres fractional OF less than for
than two credible witnesses. Plortded, That not
granted, and that no person shall make more than
one entry under the PROVISIONS OF this act unless
entered which, in the aggregate shall not exceed one
9 SEC. 2 That the person applying for the benent
of this act shall upon application TO the register Of
the T. na Or the
or the receiver, some officer authorized to admin
Who is by law to use an Official seal that
said entry is made for the cultivation OF timber, and
reeeiyer, and on payment Of ten dollars, he she
Shall thereupon be permitted to enter the quantity
OF land SpeClfeQ; ana party udhlIS eutry W
ouarter~section under the provisions OF this aot
shall be required to break ten acres OF the land COW
and twenty acres the third year after date entry
ana to plant ten of timber the second year, TEN
year after date Of entry 4 party :maklng an entry
Of eighty shall break and plant at the times
reanired of party who enters quartersection and
party entering forty acres shall break and plant;
the quantity required OF party who enters quart
er-section or proportionate quantity iar any SINAI.
es @ sha & pen
| the land so entered until the expiration OF eight
Tation Of such time or at any time within five years
thereafter the making such entry or i ne or
she Dead his her heirs or legal representatives
shall prove. by two credible Witnesses that he or
sne they have planted and for not less than eight
years. have cultivated and protected such quantity
and character Of timber aforesaid. they shall res
eey patent TOR such % on OF eg o
fractional quantity OF less Than forty acres as herein
comped With the provisions Of this act for the
period of three years. his heirs or legal representa-
Visions Of this act and receive At the expiration Of
eight years. patent Tor one hundred and Sixty asres
al asay 1ofy
SEC g. That if At any time after the ming OF sa a
said land the claimant shall abandon the land :, or
fail to do the breaking and planting required ny TINS
or ay good condition sao timber then
and in that event, such land shall be subject to entry
the
Marty making claim to said land, either as homes
stead settler under this act shall give, ut inc tn
of filing his application, such notice to the orlglnA
claimant as shall be prescribed p% she rules f I
Office and the rights OF the parties shall be deter-
mined as in other contested cases. i,
SEC. 4. That each and every person who, qnder tno
provisions OF the act entitled An act TO secure
homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain
approved May the twentieth, eighteen hundred and
siXty-two, any amendment thereto, having homes
stead on said public domain, who at any Time alter
the end of the third year OF his or her reslaence
thereon SHALL in addition to the settlement ana I'M
provements now required by law, nave naq uhucr
trees thereon not being more than twelve 1eet apart
each way, and in good thrifty condition ior eacn
and every sixteen acres OF said homestead, shall,
upon due proof OF such ct by two credible witnesa
| es receive his or her patent Tor said homestead
SEC. g. That no land acquired under the provisions
OF this act shall in any event become liable ia the
satisfaction of any debt debts contracted proF TO
the issuing of certificate therefor.
SEC. s. That the Commissioner OF tho General
Land Office is hereby required to prelare ana issue
as shall necessary and proper to carry its provis-
ions into effect; and that the registers and the re-
ceyers Of the several shal each be emit
tied receive two dollars at Che time OF entry ana
the sum when the claim Is finally established
| and the final certificate issued. III,
SEC I. That the fifth section OF the act entitled An
act addition to act to punish crimes against the
United States, and for other purposes approved
March third. eighteen hundred and fifty seven, shall
extend to all oaths, at1rlnatons and afhdavits re-
: | qured authorized by this act.
SEC g. That paptisa who nave already made entri ~
| under the act approved March third, eighteen hun
bred and seventyt three. OF which this is amendator
shall be permitted to complete the same upon full
!. compliance with the provisions OF this act
Approved. March 49, 1874.