The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-26
TIE TIMBER ACT.

This act !bill introduced By Senator
H~ltchcockI, has passed aud IS in force.
As It was amended we publish it again
with the amendments:
IA Act to amend the act entitled An
dcf to encourage The groUth Of timber
on tCesterM prdiriss.'
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives vi the United States OF
Auerlca in Congress assembled, that the
act entitled An act to encourage the
growth OF timber on western prairles,"
approved March third. eighteen hundred
and seventy three. be, aud the same is
hereby amended so rs to read as follows:
That any person who is the head OF a
family, or who has arrived at the age OF
t%wenty-Ohe years; aud is q citizen OF the
United States, or who shall have flied
his declarations of intention to become
such, as required by the naturalization
laws OF the Unite. States, who shul
plant, protect, aud keep in . healthy,
growing condition for eight years, to.ty
acres Of timber, the trees thereon not
being more than twelve feet apart each
way, on any quarter section Of ans Of the
public lands Of the United States, or
twenty acres on any legal subdivision Of
forty acres. Or 0nc-touIth part Of Al
fractional subdivision of land less than
forty acres, shall be entitled to a patent
Tor the whole OF said QuarIer-sectlOD, CT
Of such legal subdivision Of eighty or
forty acres, OF fractional subdivision Of
less than forty acres, rs the case may be-
u, the expiration Ut said eight years, GU
making proof Ut such fact b. DOT less
than Two credible witnesses: Pforide.i.
lnxt not more than one quarter of auy
section shall be thus granted, aud that
no person shall make more than one
entry under the provisions Of this ac,,
unless fractional subdivisions Of less than
fOrty acres are entered into which, IN
the aggregate, shall not exceed one quar-
ter-sectlOn.
SEC. 2 That the person applying for
the benefit Of this act shall, upon appil.
cation t. the register Of the nd-di,trlct
III which be or she Is about to make such
entry, make affidavit teibre the register,
or the receiver, or sOlDe officer authorized
to sdnsfDlster Oaths 10 the district. where
the land Is situated, who is required bv
Aw 10 use an Oftcill seal, that said entry
Is made Tor the cultivation Of timber, aud
upon hing said affidavit with SAID regis !
ter and said receiver. and on payment Of
ten dollars, he or she shall ~thereupou be
permitted ~ enter the quantity If land |
specified, and the party u,sklng IN entry |
OF n quarter section under the provisions |
OF this act shall be- required to break ten
acres OF the land covered thereby tn. first
year, ten acres the secOud year. And |
twenty acres the third year after date OF
entry, and to plant ten acres Of timber the |
second year, ten aces the third year, and
twenty acres the fourth year after date Of
entry. a party making IN entry Of
eighty acres shall break and plant At the
tunes ~hereinbeiUre prescribed, one-hai:
the quantity required OFT party Who
enters . Quarter-secti0n; aud . PARTY e.. |
tering forty Acres shall break and plant.
ut the times hereipbefOre prescribed. one |
quarter Of the quantity required of a
party who cutters = lusrter-sec.iou. or =
p,oportl0Uate quantity for any smaller
Fror.dsd, Aoaceuer, that no final
certificate shall be gwen Or psten. issued
Tor she = ~ entered until the expira.
ton OF eight years frOw the date O. such
entry; aud, II at the expiration of such
tune, Or at any time within Eve year,
the person making such entry,
", 1t he OF she be dead, his or her heirs
legal representatives, shall prove by
twO credible Witne.ses that he, or she,
or they have planted, and for not les
than eight years, have culurated and
protected such quantity and character OF
uwber ~ aforesaid, they shall receive
patent Tor such quarter section or lesa.
Of eighty or forty scres Of
land, Or tor any fractional quantity orless
than forty acres, Is herein provided. And
10 cs>e OF the death Of . person vino has
complied With the provisions of this ~
Tor The period OF three years, his heirs or
representatives shall have the Oh
lloa to comply With the provisions Of this
Act, and receive. It the expiration Of
Ugh: years, . patent for oae hundred
nod slxsy acres, OF receive vithou, delay
J patent for forty ACRES. reiinQuishing IL
:laim TO the remainder. That If st auy
ame after 6iing Of said ashdavit asd
to the issuing Of the patent for
aid Ind, or fail Ia do the breaking AMI
,lanting required hy this ca, or any mart
or shall fail to cultivate, ,srosecs
nd keep in good condition such uabe,. ..
hen, and in that event. such had shall