Arizona citizen., 1874-05-09
THE CITIZEN SATURDAY, - May g, 1874.
SATURDAY,
Timber Lands.

l BelleVlnS GnaL every clClZen SnOu!Q DC
 early informed of new laws relating to the
 public domain, so that they may have
 full knowledge of all rights and privileges
 hereunder, we publish the latest law in
 relation to timber lands:
 1 An act to amend the act entitled "An
 act to encourage the growth of timber on western prairieS" Be it enacted by the
 Senate and House of Representatives Of 1 the United States of America, in Congress assem bled, That the act entitled "An act
 to encourage the growth of timber on
 western prairies," approved March 3, 1873, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as
 to read as follows: That any person who is the head of a family or who has arrived
 at the age Of twenty-one, and is a citizen
 of the United States. or who shall have filed his declaration Of intention to be- come such, as required by the naturaliza-
 tion laws of the United States, who shall plant, protect, and keep in @ healthy,
 growing condition for eight years, forty
 acres of timber, the trees thereon not be- ing more than twelve feet apart each way, on any quarter-section of any of the pub
 lie lands of the United States, or twenty
 acres on any legal subdivision Of eighty
 acres, or ten acres on any legal subdivis-
 ion Of forty acres, or one fourth part of
 any fractional subdivision of land less
 than forty acres, shall be entitled to2 pa-
 tent 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: Provided, That
 not more than one quarter of any section
 shall be thus granted, and that nc person
 shall make more than one entry under
 the provisions of this act, unless fraction
 al subdivisions of less than forty acres are entered which, in the aggregate, shall not exceed one quarter-section.
 q Sec. 2. That the person applying for the |benefit of this act shall, upon application 10 the register of the land-district in which 3l1e or she is about to make such entry, make affidavit before the register, or the receiver, or some officer authorized to ad- {mfnfSter oaths in the district where the Hand is situated, who is required by law to use an official seal, that said entry is made Tor the cultivation of timber, and upon fil- fng said affidavit with said register and said receiver, and on payment of ten dol lars, he or she shall thereupOn be permit ted to enter the quantity of land specified; and the party making an entry of quar- ter-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 date of entry, and to plant ten acres of timber the second year, ten acres the third year, and twenty acres J A party making an entry of eighty acres shall break and plant at the times herein before prescribed, one half Of the quantity required Of a party who enters a quarter section, and party entering forty acres shall break and plant, at the times here :. inbefore prescribed, one quarter of the quantity required of a party who enters quarter-SectiOn, or a prOpOrtionate ouan- tity for any smaller fractional subdivis- ions: Provided, however, That no final ifs,o.,4 1eI,ra for the land so entered until the expira- tion of eight years from the date of such entry; and, if at the expiration of SuelfI time, or at any time within five 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 witnesses, that he, or she, or they have planted, and, for not less than eight years, have cultivated and protected such quantity and character of timber as afOre- said, they shall receive patent for such Quarter-section or legal subdivision of eighty or forty acres of land, or for any fractional quantity ofless than forty acres, as herein provided. And in case of the death of a person who has complied with the provisions of this act for the period of three years, his heirs or legal representa- ttves shall have the option to comply with the provisions of this act and receive, at the expiration of eight years, patent for one hundred and sixty acres, or receive without delay patent for forty acres, re- linquishing all claim to the remainder.
 Sec. 3. That if at any time after the fil- ing of said affidavit, and prior to the issu- ing of the patent for said land, the claim ant shall abandon the land, or fail to do the breaking and planting required by this act, or any part thereof, or shall fail to cultivate, protect, and keep in good con- dition such timber, then, and in that event, such land shall be subject to entry under the homestead laws, or by some other person under the provisions of this act: Provided, That the party making claim to said land, either as homestead time of filing his application. such notice to the original claimant as shall be pre- Scribed by the rules established by the commissioner of the general land-Office, | and the rights of the parties shall be de- termined as in other contested cases.
 Sec. 1. 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, 1862, or any amendment thereto, having homestead on said public domain, who, at any time after the end of the third year of his or her residence thereon shall, in addition to the settlement and improve ments now required by law, have had un- der 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, for each and every sixteen acres of said homestead, shall ups on due proof of such fact by two credible witnesses receive his or her patent for said homestead.
 Sec. 3. That no land acquired under the provisions of this act shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issu-