New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-24

quantity required of party who entars a
quarter SECTION. and party entering fortv
acres shall break and plant, at the times
noielnoelore prescribed, One-quarter of the
quantity required of q party Who enters a
d;t.arees-sectlon, or proportionate guam
.iay LOT any smaller fractional subdi.
vision; provided, however, that no final
certificate shall be given or patent issued
LOT the land go entered until the expiration
VI elght years fro;n the date of such entry;
ana II, at the expiration of such time, or at
any time within five years thereafter, the
person making such entry, or if he or she
De dead, his or her heirs or legal repre-.
ssentatives shall prove, by two credi-
bic witnesses, that he, or she, or
eight years, have cultivated and protected
such quantity and character of timber as
aforesaid, they shall received patent for
such quarter section or legal subdivision of
eighty or forty acres of land, or for auy
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 representa-
tives 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.
llnquishing all claim to the remainder
SEC. 8. That if at any time after the fling
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 required by this act, or any
tect. and keep in good condition such tim
Der, then, and in that event, such land shall
% subject to entry under the homestead
laws. or by some other person under the
provisions OF this act; provided, that the
party making claim to said land, either as
homestead settler or under this act shall
give, at the time of filing his application,
such notice to the original claimant as shall
be prescribed by the rules established by
and the rights of the parties shall be deter
mined as in other contested cases.
Sec. 4. That each and every person who,
under the provisions of the act entitled ian
act to secure homesteads to actual settlers
on the public domain" approved May
twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
or any amendment thereto, having home
stead 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 settlement and improvements now
required by law, have had under cultiva.
ton, 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 every sixteen acres
of said homestead, shall, upon due proof of
such fact by two credible witnesses receive
his or her patent for said homestead.
Sec. 5. That no land acquired under the
provisions of this act shall in any event be.
come liable to the satisfaction of any debt
| or debts contracted prior to the issuing of
| certificate therefor.
| Sec. 6. That the Commissioner of the
General Land Office is hereby required to
prepare and issue such rules and regula
| tons, consistent with this act, as shall be
| necessary and proper to carry its pro
| visions into effect; and that the registers
| and the receivers Of the several land Of
| fees shall each be entitled to receive two
| dollars at the time of entry, and the
| same sum when the claim is finally estab
| lished and the final certificate issued.
SEC. 7. That the fifth section of the act
entitled ian act in addition to an act tt
punish crimes against the United States,
and for other purposes approved Marcel
third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven
shall extend to all oaths, .atfirmations and
atfidavits required or authorized by thi!
| act.
| SEC. 8. That parties who have already
made entries under the act approved
March third, eighteen hundred and sew
| enty-three, of which this is amendatory
| shall be permitted to complete the SAM
upon full compliance with the provisions o
| this act.
Approved March ID, 1874.
| GENERAL NATURE-No. 1S
An act to establish bonded warehouses TO
| the storing and cleansing of rice intended