The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-26
THE GAZETTE.
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New Timber Claim Law.

New Timber Claim Law.
The following is the copy OF the Law
that has been passed by Congress. Ii
is a matter of Interest to this section
An act to amend the act entitled
"An act to encourage the growth ol
timber on Western prairies. approved
March 3, 1873, be, aud the same i
hereby amended so Us to read as fol
lows: That any person who Is the
head of family, or who has arrived al
tn. a.. of twen,y.one years. aud who
il citizen IF the United States, or
who shall have fled his declaration"
aud Intention to become such as re.
qu'red BY the naturalization laws "'
the United States, who shall plan,
protect aud ke. p in healthy growing
condition TOR eight years. forty acres OF
timber the trees thereon being not
mur. Than twelve teet apart each wy
on any quarter src'i"" ut any OF t"'
pu.,ic l,.d, Of The Uai,,d States. "r
twe",y acres ." any legal s"hiiH'>'""
oi eighty acres. or tea acres IN any 'e
gal subdivision 1T forty acres. "r ""e-
tnurth p,rt Of auy tr,c''""'l subd v'>'
lou If land less than f'r'y acres, shall
be entitled to Il p.te"t, Tor the wh"l
Of said quarter.-ecti"". "r OF such legal
subdivision Of eighty or t"rty acres,
or frac, ieual subdivision Of less tha"
forty acres. as the case may be, at the
expiration OF said eight years, on max
ing proof OF such fact BY not Tess tina"
two credible wuness-s; Provided, tha,
not more than one quarter Of any sec.
tion shall be thus granted; aud 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 i"
the aggregate, shall not exceed one
quarter section.
SEC 2 Tha: the person appIyin.
for the ben-fi. Of this act shall. upon
application to the register Of the Iaud
district in which he or she is at out T."
m Ike such entry. make afid,vit before
the register or the receiver or some
officer auth orized to administer oaths
in the district where the land Is situas
ed, who is required by law to use an
oficial seal, that such eutry is made
for the cultivation Of timber aud up
on fl,n. said aft iavit with said regis
ter and said receiver, aud the p'yme"t
of $40. he or she shall thereup"u b.
permitted to enter the quantity OF la"d
specified; aud the patty 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 plan: ten acres Of timber the second
year, ten acres the third year, and
twenty acres the fourth year after date
Of ehtry. A party making an entry Of
eighty acres shall break and plant, at
the times hereinbefore prescribed, one
half Of the quantity required Of par
ty who enters quarter section; aud "a
party entering forty acres shall break
and plant. at the times hereinbe.ore
prescribed one-quar'er Of the quaint.
ty required BY party who enters a
quarter-section, or proportionate
quantity for any smaller fractional
subdivision: Provided however, 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; aud. il at
the expiration Of such time. or at any
time within five years thereafter the
person making such entry. or, if he OF
she be dead. his or her heirs or lrg.l
representatives. shall prove by two
credible witnesses that he or she or
they have planted, aud for not less
than eight years. have cultivated and
protected such quantity aud character
0: timber as aforesaid, they shall re-
ceive IA patent FIR such quarter srct'""
or legal subdivision ot eighty or forty
acres IT Ia"d. or tor any fractional
quantity "t less than forty acres, AS
herein provided. And III ease ut the
death ot Il person WHO has c"m.lse
with RI" p "visi.ns If this act tor tn.
period Of three years his heirs "r legal
representatives. shall have the "pri ~
{" comply with he pr"vi>i'"s If this
a ~ th.. rsfl flsNea Il
eight years. /. patent E'r 16O acres. Or
receive without delay pa'eut for fort.
acres. rcli"quishing all claim to the
remainder
That it, at any time after tn fling
Of said afii lavit, and prior to the issu
ing Of the patent for said land. the
clai Liant shal abandon the land, or
fail to Do the breaking aud planting
required by this act, or any part ther.
Of, or shall fail to cultivate, protect,
and keep in good condition such tim
Der, then, aud in that event, such land
shall be subject to entry under the
homestead laws. or BY some other per
son under the provisions Of this act
Provided, that the party making claim
to said land, either " homestead set
Ter or under this act, shall give, At the
time Of fling his application, such no.
tice to the original claimant - shall
be prescribed BY the ru,es established
BY the Commissioner of the General
Land Office. aud the rights Of the part
les shall be determined ~ in other
contested cases.
SEC. 4. That each and every per
son who, under the provisions Of the
act entitled, "An act to secure home
steads to actual settlers IN the public
domain" approved May 10Th, 1862, OF
anv amendment thereto, having Z
homestead on said public domain. wno
at any time after the erd OF the third
year Of his or her residence thereon
shall, in addition to the settlement asd
improvements now required BY law
have had under cultivation, for two