Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-30

THE following Ia the text OF the new
law relating to the planting Of trees on
the Western praries:
Az AcT TO amend the act entitled can act to
Encourage the Growth OF Timber on West
eTn Prafrses T"
BID enacted 1y IN, Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the Urited States Of America,
ss C0ngress assembled, That the act entitled
. Anact 10 encourage the growth Of timber on
4 Western prsiries," approved March 3, 1913,
hc, and the same is hereby, amended so as TO
read as follows: That any person who Is the
head of family, or who has arrived nj the
age 81 twcnty-onc years, and Is citizen OF
the United States or who shall have filed his
! declaration of intention to become such, as
1 req aired By the Naturalization laws OF the
/ United States, who shall plant, protect, and
keep In a healthy, growing condition for
eight years forty acres Of timber, the trees
thereon not being more than twelve feet
1 apart each way, on any quarter section on any
/ OF the public lands OF the United States, or
| twenty acres on any legal subdivision OF
eighty acres, or ten acres on any legal subdi-
vision of forty acres, or one-fourth part OF
any fractional subdivision Of land less than
| forty acres, shall be entitled to a patent for
| the whole OF said quarter section, or of such
| legal subdivision Of eighty or forty acres, or
fractional subdivision OF less than forty acres,
as the case may be, At the expiration OF said
eight years, on making proof of such fact by
not less than two credible Witnesses: Pro-
gsded, That not more than one-quarter OF any
section shall be thus granted; and that no
person shall make more than one entry under
the provisions of this act, unless fractional
subdivisions of less than forty acres are
entered, which, In the aggregate, shall not
exceed one quarter section.
sEc. 2. That the person applying for the
% ar bal tanf tn
the Register OF the land district in which he or
she Is about to make such entry, make affida-
Wit before the Register, or Receiver, or some
officer authorized to administer oaths in the
district where the land Is situated, who Is re-
quired by law to use an official seal, that such
entry is made for the cultivation OF timber;
and upon filing said affidavit with said Regis
ter and said Receiver, and on payment OF $40,
he or she will thereupon be permitted to enter
the quantity Of land specified; and the party
making an entry Of a quarter section under
the provisions OF this act shall be required TO
break ten acres OF the land covered thereby
the first year, ten acres the second year, and
twenty acres the third year after the date of
entry, and to plant ten acres of timber the
second year, ten acres the third year, and
twenty acres the fourth year after date Of
entry. A party making an entry OF eighty
acres shall break and plant, at the times
hereiBbefore prescribed, half OF the
quantity required of the party who enters
q quarter section; and party entering forty
acres shall break and plant, at the times here
inbefore prescribed, one-quarter of the guam
tity required by party who enters quarter
section, or a proportionate quantity for any
smaller fractional subdivision: Prooided, hon.
eger That no final certificate shall be given or
patent issued for the land so entered until the
expiration of eight years from the date Of
such entry; and il at the expiration OF such
time, or at any time within tive years there
after the person making such entry, or, If he
or she be dead, his or her heirs or legal repre-
sentatives, shall prove by two credible wit
ncsses that he or she or they have planted
and for not less than eight years, have cult
waited a3d protected such quantity and charac-
ter OF timber as aforesaid, they shall receive
patent for such quarter section or legal sub
division of eighty or forty acres OF land, or
for any fractional quantity Of less than forty
acres, as herein provided. And in the case of
ttc death u person who has complied with
the provisions Of this act for period OF three
years, his heirs or legal representatives shall
have the option to comply with the provisions
Of this act, and receive, at the expiration of
eight years, patent for 100 acres, or receive
without delay patent for forty acres, relin-
gushing all claim 60 the remainder.
That II, ut any time after the fling OF said
affidavit, and prior To HE isHttttfE the pat
cnt for said land, the claimant shall abandon
the land, or fail to do the breaking and plant
ing required by this act, or any part thereof,
or shall fail to cultivate, protect and keep in
good condition such timber, then, and in that
event, such land shall be subject to entry I'M
der the Homestead laws, or by some other per-
son under the provisions Of this act: Pr0pidtd,
That the party making claim To said land,
either as homestead. settler or under this act,
snail give, at the tune OF filing his application,
such notice to the original claimant as shall
be prescribed by the rules established by the
Commissioner of the General Land Office, and
the rights Of the parties shall be determined
as In other contested cases.
SEC. 4. That each and every person who,
under the provisions OF the act entitled " An
act To secure homesteads to actual settlers on
the public domain" approved May 20 ls62,
or any amendment thereto, having q home
stead on said public domain, who at any time
after the end of the third year of his or her
residence thereon shall, in addition 10 the set
Element aud improvements now required by
law have had under cultivation for two years
one acre of timber, the trees thereon not being
more than twelve feet apart each way, and In
good, thrifty condition, tor each and every
sixteen acres of said homestead, shall, upon
due proof of such fact by two credible wit
nesses, receive his or her patent for said home
stead.
SEC. 5. That no land acquired under the
provisions of this act shall In any event be-
come liable to the satisfaction Of any debt or
debts contracted prior TO the issuing OF certlh-
cate thereof.
SEC. o. That the Commissioner Of the Gen.
eral Land Office is hereby required to prepare
and Issue such rules and regulations, consist.
emit with this act, as shall be necessary ana
proper to carry its provisions into effect; and
that the Registers and the Receivers OF the sew
erai land offices shall be entitled TO receive two
dollars at the time OF entry and the same sum
when the claim Is finally established aud the
final certificate issued.
SEC. T. That the fifth section Of the act en-
titled "An act In addition TO an act To punish
crimes against the United States, aud for other
purposts," approved March 3, 1857, shall ex-
tend to all oaths, atilrmations, and ailidavits
required or authorized by this act,
SEC. s. That parties who have already made
entries under the act approved March 3, 1878,
OF which this Is amendatory, shall be permit
ted to complete the same upon full compii-
ance with the provisions Of this act
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