The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23

shall break and plant at the the times
nere1nbefore prescribed. one-half of
the quantity required of a party who
enters quarters section. and a partv
enuerlng forty acres shall break and
plant, at the times hereinbefore nre-
scrlued, one-quarter of the quantity
required OF a party who enters a
quarter section, or proportionate
quantity for any smaller fractional
subdivision Prorided, hoarecer, That
no final certificate shall be given or
patont issued for the land SO entered
until the expiration of eight years from
the date OF such entry; and, if at the
expiration OF such time. or at any time
within five years thereafter. the per
son making such entry, or if he or she
be dead, his or her her heirs or Ieoal
representatives shall prove, bv Two
credible witnesses, that he. or She. or
they have planned. and. for not less
than eight years. have cultivated and
protected such quantity and character
of timber aforesaid, they shall receive
legal subdivision of eighty or forty
acres of land, or for any fractional
quantity of less than forty acres. as
herein provided. And in case OF the
death of person who has complied
with the provisions of this act for the
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 one hundred
and sixty acres, or receive without
delay patent for forty acres, re-
linquishing all claim to the remain
der.
Sec. 3. That if any time after the
filing of said affidavit, and prior to
the issuing of the patent for said land,
the claimant shall abandon the land.
or fail to do the breaking and planting
reuired by this act. or any part there
of, shall fail to cultivate, protect, and
keep in good condition such timbe,
then, and 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
Prorided, That the party making
claim to said land, either as home-
stead settler under this act, shall give
at tlie time of filing his application,
such notice to the origial claimant as
shall be prescribed by the rules es-
tablished by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, aud 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 do
main,' approved May twentieth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, 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 settle
ment and Improvements 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 a
good thrifty condition, for each and
sixteen acres of said homestead, shall,
upon due proof of such fact by two
credible witness receive his or her pat
ent for said homestead.
Sec. 5. That 10 land acquired un-
der the provisions of this act shall in
any event become liable to the salts
faction of any debt or debts contracted
prior to the issuing of certificate there
for.
Sec. 6. That the Commissioner of
the General Land Office is hereby re-
quired to prepare and issue such rules
and regulations, consistent with this
act, as shall be necessary and proper
to carry its provisions into effect; and
that the registers and the receivers OF
the several land offices shall each be
entitled to receive two dollars at the
time of entry. and the same sum when
tho nlain1 +. finally ohIicIoI on1 rI,a
final certificate issued.
Sec. z. That the fifth section ofthe
act ''entitled IAN act in addition to an
act to punish crimes against the United
States, and for other purposes APP
proved March third, eighteen hundred
and fifty-seyen, shall extend to all
oaths, affirmations, and affidavits re-
yuired or authorized by this act.
Sec. 8. That parties who have
already made entries under the act
approved March third, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-three, OF which this
is amendatory, shall be permitted to
complete the same upon full compli-
ance with the provisions of this act.
Approved. March 13, 1874.
AN ACT making appropriations for
the cogstruction, preservation, and
repair OF certain fortificatioLS and
other works of defense. for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
| hundred anu seyenty-five.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House 0
Representatives. ofthe United States Of AnleT
| icd in Congress assembled,
That the following sums be, and thu
same are hereby. appropriated, out o
any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, for the followin:
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fense, for the fiscal year ending Jun
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-five, namely:
For Fort Preble. Portland Harbor
Maine, twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort Scanned, Portland HdI
Dor. Maine, thirty thousand dollars.
For batteries, Portsmouth Harbor
New Hampshire, thirty thousand dol
lars.
For batteries at Long Island Head
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, fortl
thousand dollars.
For Fort Adams, Newport Harbor
twenty thousand dollars.
For fort on Dutch Island. west en-
trrnce to Narragansett Bay, Rhode
Island, twenty thousand dollars.
] For Fort Trumbull, New LondoL
| Harbor. Connecticut, twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For fort on Willet's Point, East
River, New York, thirty thousand
! dollars.
For Fort Schuyler, East River, New
York, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Hamilton and additional
batteries, (for completing the same,
! New York Harbor, New York, TWEEN.
! ty-six thousand dollars.
For fort on the site of Fort Tomp-
kins, Staten Island, New York Har-
Dor, New York, thirty thousand dol
lars.
For Battery Hudson, New York
Harbor, New York, thirteen Thousand
| dollars.
For Fort Delaware. Delaware River