Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-05-25
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~ u s.aci~i ~ iks >s-aic a-i lfo-ss n I,prc.e@.
tdiis,. " "a. tali"i MATES of d"oiod, IN co"'
in.l m. All entitled A Act 10 encourage the
growth OF timber ON Western p~tairlss." approved
March Thru. eighteen hundred anl seventy -thtre,
be, and the - mS l. Aercby a~nlsiHissi, 80 as 10 Trail a.
ioliows: That ANY psrsOn who l. the heal oi a
famiiy % Who has arrived al ne ase q t~enH.,n
mall nave nlri hi, declaration of intention to he.
come such, as ~rcquirei BY the naturalization law ~
the United states. who shall plant. protect and kecp
la healthy sronlns CONDITION iod .lgs' Ssais' Idly
than twelve feet apart each way. on any quarter.
SECTION vi any 0t the public hhis Of The uhitel
stat.s, ot twenty acfes on any ffAI suea.,i,ya =,
vi forty acres, or Que fburth part of any fraetional
subdivision Of lsni icss than iouy acres, shall te
entitled to a patent tor the whole Ot sald quarter
SECTION, or Of snch legal Subdivision OF eighty or
Iorty arre,. OF fractional subdivision OF less than
forty acres, as the case may be. Al the eAplfailoho OF
sali eight years. on making proof of snehiact by not
les than two credible witnesses; ~prOSiled, that no
mof- than onr-lusrter Of any section shall be thus
granted. and thai no person shall make more than
one entry under the provisions of this Act, unless
fractional sub-lis lslons ct less than forty aercs are
entered, which. In the aggregate. shall not exceed
one quaGteI-section.
of this Act. upon application To the Register oi The
land district 10 which be 20 she : atout To make such
entry. make AFFIDAVIT before the Regi,isr oi the he
oaths la the district where N. land Is situated. Who
Is requlvd by Law ~ use am official seal. that ssid en-
try u male for the cultivation OF tiintrr. and upon
ming AID aniiavit with said LEICESTER and ReceiSsr.
and on pahment % tendoiiars, he or she shall there
upon Be p.rmlttci to enter the quantity 0ilani -pect
ned AMI that the party making an entry Of . quar-
tsr--ectlon unier the provisions Of this Act shall be
required to break ten asrvs Of IN. lani coven.i there
BY the rirsi veal, ten acr.s the second rear. and tsen.
" aeres the third year after iate OF entry. and to
plant tsnacrcsot tnlbsf Va. se',hi lcaI, trh arr
thethld year. anil twenty actes TIE lonIlh year al.
ter date Of entry. ApaTty making an entry Of eighty
acrcs shall break AMI plant al tie times hefsintsiorr
prc>ctibed One-half VI the quantity required OF q
party who enters guartersoetion, AMI a party en-
hsreinb-fSfe prescribed. one-quirier OF the quantity
required Of q party who enters a quarter-section, or
q proporionate quantity Tor any smaller fractional
tinsaie shall b. given OF patent issued foe Oh. lani
- eIterei until the expiration oi eight years irotn
the date Of such entry ani, y 4, the ehpiIat9n ot
snch time. ot al any time within ave years there
alter. the pesfon making such entry. or " he OF she
o.. zeal, MS OF hef helis ot hsM itpfeSntatNe
shan p,sss'p ~ wv .r,lp. ~,'n,esss, VA. VI y,
etsh' years have cultivated AMI protected such
quantity aud eharaster Of un,ber as Aforesaid, they
shall necstNe q patent tor such quarter-section or
lesal subdivision Of eighty OF forty aeres Of land.
Of a person who has complsi with The provisions
az iii, Al IN, IN ns,isi IN thrrs y,ars nj, heIrs or
legal r.prrssntaiivss shall have the option To com
MY with The nToyl-lon. of mi. Aet. AMI receive. AT
Inc expiratloi, Of eight.years, . patent Tor ons hun
dT,i AMI sixty acres, 90 receive without delay a
paieni ior iorJ aerrs' rclinquishins all claim TO The
spr. 4 That n al any time after the ming of saLl
srlla,It. AMI prinr 10 the issuing of the patent for
All hDi. ths claimant shall abandon the lAni, OF
fail 10 do the breaking AMI planting required by this
Act, or any part thsreof. OF shall fall 10 cultivate,
protect ami koep In good condition such timber,
then, ami IN that event, such land shall b. subject
10 entry unier the homestead laws, or By some |
other I.rrson ,mler The proyisious Of ills Act. pr-
yklesi. that the Ilrty making claim 10 s,ti lsni. |
.ith,r a. 4 homests.d settler ar unIirr this k,t. shall
sivs a. ~ tim,s ~ aiins IN. snni,sat,an. maj no
~. 10 m o,iSIn,I ,I,in,ant a. ann h. nrrsrTii.sI
h. m. nj. -, alIi.h..i ia ~. rnnn,ls.Ia,s III ~
t.rnsrai Iani ,rf,,.' AMI The fights OF thc psrii.s