The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-12-25
GOVERNMENT LANDS.
Ld'ed Office Decisions aud Instructions
Important Information to Settlers
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| OF FINAL PROOF.
The Land Officers at Sioux City publish the
following, showing that final proof is not oblga-
tory until the expiration Of seven years from tile
There seems to be wide spread impression
among n;omestea!erS Judging from the numcr
has been some change in the Homestead law
making it obligatory for homesteaders to make
final l proof at the expiration of five years.
me 70 sc hv t %eIa the the
been no change Of the law in reference to the
time of making final proof. And that, while
years actual residence OIL his homestead the law
| allows him the privilege OF making it ut any time
receipt.
| IN CASE OF CLAIMANTS INSANITY
The Commissioner of the General Land Office
has decided as follows, i'll case of the insanity of
homestead claimant:
ants in:anity being Presented. lis Iome ei
entry will not be contested Oh the ground Of
abandonment 4 guardian~in such eases should
ne appointed ny the proper court who will, OH
presenting acceptable final proof, secure patent
i'll the name Of the insane claimant.
| MARRIAGE AFTER pIE-EMPTION FILING.
| The Commissioner has decided and the Secre-
ttary of the Interior has affirmed the decision,
that a woman cannot make entry under the pre-
emption laws, if she marries after fling as
follows
n woman being the head of a family having
| nlarries is disqualified from entering the same
under the pre-emption laws She not then being
| the head of Il family.
VOLUNTARY REIMBURSEMENT.
voluntary REIMBURSEMENT by a homesteatler
has no more effect than /. default ut al examn-
alton.
| HOMESTEAD ENTRY COVERS TRACT
While a tract is covered by homestead entry,
unclhcecd, II lsnot subject to e. Their pre- emptiOn
| hing OF homestead entry.
| DISCRETION By HUSBAND.
married woman who has been deserted by
| her husband can make a homestead entry and
upon Il full compliance with the requirements of
the homestead law secure patent for the land
| i'll her own name notwithstanding her husbands
| return
! MARRIAGE AFTER HOMESTEAD FILING.
| single woman who makes an entry under the
homestead laws does not forfeit her rights by
marriage, provided requirements as to settlement
and cultivation are complied with.
| CANNOT COMMUTE IN PART.
The Commissoner writes, in 4 case of partial
communication, rs follows
cannot be committed in part, but must be. if at
I'LL. whole and that he will be allowed sixty
days in which to pay for the remainder.
| AFrlDAvITs TO OBTAIN HOMEsTEADs
| The following instructions are from the Gener-
| al Land Office
To obtain homcsteads, the party must, in con-
nection with his application. make an affidavit
before the register or receiver that he is over the
! he is a Citizen of the United States, or has de-
ciared his Intentions to become such, and that
fit, and Tor actual settlement and cultivation
Where the applicant has made actual settle
ment on the land ne desires to- enter hut is pre-
vented by bodily intirmity, distance, or other
good cause. from personal attendance at the dis
trict land office, tile affidavit may lie made before
The clerk of the court for tile county within which
| the land is situated.
DEcLARAToKY STATEMENTS AND TIMBER FILING.
! The commissioner writes follows tn fho
Grand Island Land Office:
Homestead DECLARATIONS must in all cases be-
thorizcd agent, and they should be rejected when
receiyec by mail or i'll any other manner than the
Local officers are not allowed to enter land un-
der the timber culture act Of March 3, 1878.
SWAMP LAND.
III letter, dated March Co. 1874, to the Register
| and Receiver at New Orleans, Il., the commits
sioncr Of the General Land Office decided that a
person who makes homestead entry cannot be
| allowed to reiinquish it and make another be-
cause he found the land different from what he
Should it appear upon a proper showing that
smamp land to which 4 State is entitled has been
| embraced in homestead entry said entry will
De cancelled gtl and the party may make another
entry with the first payments to his credit
| DECISION AS TO MINORS AND GUARDIANS
| Commissioner Burdett writes as follows in all
| sWer to question as to minors and guardians:
IL reply toyour letter Of the 18th ufimo relative
|
Union soldier under the soldiers and sailors
homestead act of June 8, liz have to refer y0,
to article 2, of instructions explanatory Of said
act rs found on page y Of circular Of August ~,
1872, herewith enclosed. Tile guardian is not re-
CURED to reside in person upon the land entered
by him III behalf of his ward, but the child must
reside thereon for such period rs the case NAV
require. improvements and cultivation Of the
| land may be made by the guardian or some party
| authorized by and acting for him.
SOLDIER PROOF.
homestead settler ,I,6a of NJ T,,,,o @
actual settlement and cultivation not less than
one year, added to his term of military service
will make five years. After the party has COM
pleted the term OF five years, rs above described
the further residence upon his homestead is not
| required by law to entitle him to patent, pro-
vided satisfactory proof be made Within seven
years from date Of entry. =.
ISsUFFICIENCY OF CCLTIvATloS
TIE Commissioner writes to the Land Office at
Grand Island, Nebraska "
LII reply have to state that your action in re-
)ectng said application is approved by this Office
as the erection OF 4 sod house and cultivation Of
one quarter OF an acre OF land does not show that
good falth in complying with the requirements
Ot the statute requisite i'll committing 4 home.
stead entry. The papers forwarded are herewith
returned.
MINOR WHO RIGHTEOUSNESS NOT ALLOWED TO
MAKE SECOND ENTRY,
The Commissioner writes as follows In answer
| to y question from Elk Point, Dakota ;:
Referring to your letter of the 18th of February
have to state tfatit is held by this Office that
Thomas Thompson who made homestead entry
No. 195 VermiiOn serieS while minor and sub
sequently relinquishcd the same, thereby ex-
hausted his rights under the homestead act and
cannot therefore be allowed to make a second
entry. 49, ,5r'E :