The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-04-02

GOTERNlNENT LANDS:
Land Oti'e Decisions and Instructions
Important Information to Settlers

Land Oti'e Decisions and Instructions
Important Information to Settlers
Clip this ont nal Prcserre it.
OF FINAL PROOF.
The Land Officers at Sioux City publish the
following, showing that final proof is not ohiga-
tory until the expiration Of seven years from the
date Of settlement
There seems to be 4 wide spread impression
among homcsteaders Judging from the nuner-
GUS inquiries received relative to it, that there
has beef, some change III the Homestead law
making it obligatory for homescaderS to make
We ask to correct SucI, impression through the
medium of your paper, by stating that there has
been no change OF the lazy in reference to the
hoMtSteadrr may make final proof after five
years actual residence OH his homestead, the law
allows Him the privilege of making it ut any time
within seven years from the date of his homestead
receipt.
IN CASE OF CLAIMANTS INSANITY.
The Commissioner of the General Land Office
has decided as follows, in case of the insanity of
| homestead claimant:
Upon proper evidence of Il homestead claim
ant insanity being presented, his homestead
entry. will not he contested on the ground Of
! abandonment: A guardian in such c:tscs should
be appointed by the proper court who will, on
presenting acceptab bic final proof secure patent
in the name Of the insane claimant.
| MARRIAGE AFTER PRE- EMPTIOS FILING.
The Commissioner has decided and the Secrc
! tary of the Interior has affirmed the decision,
| that woman cannot make entry under the pre-
emptl0n laws, IL she nlarrieS after filing, rs
| follows
! A woman being the head of a family having
filed for tract of public land and subsequently
ma. ries is disqualified from entering the same
under the prc-emption laws she not then being
| the head OF II family.
| VOLUNTARY REIMBURSEMENT.
| A voluntary REIMBURSEMENT By u homcsteader
has no more effect than default at an ex1lniil-
alton.
HOMESTEAD ENTRY COVERS TRACT.
| While tract is covered by !; homestead entry,
uncanceed, it is not subject toe ther pre- cnptioti
| filing OF homestead entry.
| HEsERTiON BY HUSBAND.
| 4 n,,rricd woman who has been deserted bv
| her husband can make Il homestead entry and
upon Il full compliance with the requirements of
the homestead law secure u patent for the land
in her own name Notwithstanding her husband s
return.
| MARRIAGE AFTER HOMESTEAD FILING.
4 single woman who ma keS an entry under the
| homestead laws does not forfeit her rights by
marriage, provided requirements as to settlement
! land cultivation are complied with
CANNOT COMMUTE IN PART.
The Commissioner writes, in 4 case OF partial
communication, as follows
You will please inform him that 4 homestead
cannot he committed in part, but must be, ii ut
all, AS Il whole ; and that he will be allowed sixty
days in which to pay for the remainder.
| AFFIDAvlTs re OBTAIN HOMESrEADs.
The following instructions arc from the Gcner-
| i'll Land Office
To obtain homestcadS the party must, in con.
nectiOn with his Application. make an Affidavit
before the register or receiver that he is over the
aye Of twenty one, or the head Of il famil. that
he is Il Citizen of the United States, or has de-
clared his intentions to become such, and that
the entry is made for his exclusive use and bene-
| tit, and for actual settlement and cultivation.
| Where the applicant has made actual settle
ment on the land he desires to enter but is pre-.
vented by bodily intirmity, distance, or other
good cause, from personal Attendance at the dis
trict land Office, the affidavit may be made before
the clerk of the court for the county within which
| the land is situated.
DEcIARATOl;Y STATEMENTS AND TIMBER FILING.
The Commissioner writes Is follows to the
Grand Island Land Office
filed by the soldier in person by his duly a,,-
thorZetl agent, and they should be rejected when
recevec by mail or in any other manner than the
Local officers arc not allowed to enter land un-
der the timber culture act OF March 3, 1873
DECISION AS TO MINORS AND GUARDIANS.
Commissioner Burdett writes as follows III an
sWer to:t question as to minors and guardians:
In reply toyourletrcr OF the 18th ult m relative
to the rights of a minor orphan child Ola deceased
Union soldier under the soldiers and sailors
homestead act of June s, y, have to refer you.
to article ?, Of instructions explanatory OF Sait,
2ct rs found on page - of circular Of August 80,
1s12, herewith enclosed. The guardian is not rc:
4nIred to reside In person upon the land entered
by him in behalf of his ward, but the child must
reside thereon for such period as the case may
require Improvements and cultivation Of the
LAM may he made by the guardian or some party
authorized by and acting for him.
SOLDIER PROOF.
homestead settler under act OF June 8, 1877,
may make proof ut such time rs his period oi
actual settlement and cultivation, not less than
one year, added to his term Of military service
VIII make five years. After the party has com
pleted the term Of five years, as above described
the further residence upon his homestead Is no,
=: required by law to entitle him to patent, pro-
vitled satisfactory proof be made within seven
Vt'iCS ON date Of entry.
/ INsCfr1ClENCY OF CULTIVATION.
r Commissioner writes to the Land Office al
Grand Island, Nebraska {: - ~
i nreply Ihaye to state that Your action in re-
ieeting said appcaton, is approved by this Office
one quarter Of an acre Of land Dies notsl,ow tia!
good faith iii complying with the requirement;
Of the statute requisite in committing a home
. stead entry. The papers forwarded are herewith
returned :, r. -.