Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-14
quantity for any smaller fractional Gubdi-

quantity for any smaller fractional Gubdi- !
vision:
Provided, however. That no final Ger
titicatc shall he given or patent issued tor
the land 50 entered, until tho expiration
ot cigL, years from the date Of suci, entry
and, If ~ the expiration Of such time. or
at any time wi,hiI five years thereafter,
the person making such entry, Or il he
ur she bc dead, his or her heirs or legal
representatives shall prove by two crcdi-
bic witnesses, that he, Or she, or they
have planted, and, for not less than eight
years, have cultivated and protected such
quantity and character Of timber as aiOrc-
said, they shall receive u patent for such
quarter section Or legal subdivision OF
ci.htyor forty acres Of land, orlor any irac-
tionnl quantity Of less than forty acres,
.s herein provided. And in case Of the
death Of Il PERSON who has complied with
the provision. M this net for the period
Of three years, his heirs Or legal represent
tutivcs shall have tho option to comply
with the provisions Of this act, and ~
cctvc ut the expiration Of eight years, u
patent fer one hundred and sixty acres,
or receive without delay Il patent for forty
acres, rclinquisling I'LL claim to the re-
main(lcr.
SEC. 3. That If ut any time after filing
of said affidavit, a,ld prior to the issuing
of the patent for said land, the claiment
shall abandon the land, or fail to do the
breaking and planting required by this
act, or amy part thereof, or shall tuil to
cultivate, protect, and keep in good con-
dition such timber, then, and in that
event, such and shall be subject to entry
under the homestead laws or by some
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0ct:
Provided, That the party making clam
to said land, either as u HON cstcad settler
or under this act, shall give at the time
Of filing his application, such notice to
scribcd by the rules established by the
Commissioner OF the General Land. Office
and the rights Of the parties shall bc de-
termincd as in other contested cases.
SIC. 4 That each and every person
who, under the provisions Of the act en-
Titled AN act to secure hOmcstcads t
actual settlers on the public domain" ap
proved May twentieth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, or any amendment thereto
having q homestead on said public do
main, who, 1T any time after the end .
the third year of his or her residence
thereon shall, in addition to the settle
mcnt and improvements now required b,
, law, have had under cultivation for tw'
years, one acre of timber, the trees there
on not being more than twelve feet apar
each way, aud in good thrifty condition
fOi each and every sixteen acres OF salt
homestead, shall. upon due proof of sue
i fact by two credible witnesses receive hi
, or her patent for said homestead.
SEC. 5. That no land acquired undo
7 the provisions Of this act shall in an
Z event become liable to the satisfaction {
any debt of debts contracted prior to tn
+ issuing of certificate therefor.
! SEC. 6 That the Commissioner Of til
! General Land Office is hereby required
prepare and issue such rules and rcgul'
ti0ns, consistent with this act. as shall
: necessary and proper to carry its provi
ions into effect; and that the register
: and tho receivers of tile several land-0
fees shall each be entitled to receive tw
dollars at the time of entry, and the sam
sum when the claim is finally cstablishe
and the final certificate issued.
SEC.7. That the fifth section of Il
e act entitled IAN act in addition to an q
;. to punish crimes against the Unite
# States, and for other purposes" approve
l. March third, eighteen hundred and fift
r seven shall extend to all oatls, affirm
e lions, and affldavits required or author
!, zed by this act.
It SEC. Z. That parties who have {
e ready made entries under the act a
J. proved March third, eighteen hupdrt
and seventy three, of which this is anlc
datory, shall be permitted to compile
the same upon full compliance with Il
6 provlsiona1 of this act.
Approved, March IS, 1874.