The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-01-22
GOVERNMENT LANDS.

pany at St. Paul, Minnesota.
J. W. BISHOP, General Manager
GOVERNMENT LANDS.
Land Office Decisions and Instructions
-I'nportant Information to Settlers
CLIP this ont and Preserve it.
OF FINAL PROOF.
The Land Officers at Sioux City publish tho
following showing that final proof is not obliga-
tory until the expiration Of seven years from the
There seems to be a wide spread impression
among homesteaterS, Judging from the numer-
has been some change in the Homestead law
making 1t obligatory for hOlnesteaders to make
final H. proof . at the expiration OF five years
medium of your paper, by stating that there has
been no change 9: the law in reference to the
s s may aks na preSf assr s i've
years actual residence Oh his homestead, the law
allows him the privilege Of making it at any time
receipt.
IN CASE OF CLAIMANTS INSANITY.
The Commissioner of the General Land Office
has decided as follows, in Of the insanity Of
homestead claimant
ants insanity being presented. lis Homestead t
entry, will not be infested on the ground Of
be appointed by the proper court who viii. on
presenting acceptable final proof, secure patent
i'll the name OF the insane claimant
MARRIAGE AFTER PRE- EMPr1oN FILING.
The Commissioner has DECIDED and the Secre-
that a woman cannot make entry under the pre'
emption laws, II she marries after filing, a.
follows
A woman being the head of q family having
filed for 4 tract 81 public land and subsequently,
marries is disqualified from entering the Same
under the Pre-, emption laws she not then being
the head of a family.
VOLUNTARY REIMBURSEMENT.
A voluntary REIMBURSEMENT by a homesteader
| alton.
HOMESTEAD ENTRY COVERS TRACT
While tract &C is covered by q homestead entry,
| filing Or homestead entry.
J:EsERTION By HUSBAND
A married woman who has been deserted bv
her husband can make a homestead entry and
upon tl'll compliance with the requirements Of
the homestead law secure patent for the land
| III her own name notwithstanding her husbands
return.
MARRIAGE AFTER HOMESTEAD FILING.
:, A A single woman who makes an entry under the
marriage. provided requirements as to settlement
and cultivation are complied with.
CANNOT COMMUTE IN PART.
The Commissioner writes i'll q case OF partial
You will please inform him that a homestead
cannot be cOmmute% in part, but must be, if at
all, as whole and that he will I've allowed sixty
| days Ill which to pay Tor the remainder.
AFF1DAvITs TO OBTAIN HoMEsTEADs.
The following instructions are from the Gener.
| al Land Office
To obtain homesteads, the party must, in con.
nectton with his application. make an affidavit
before the register receiver that he is over the
aye of twenty one. or the head Of a iamit that
he is 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-
| fit and for actual settlement aud cultivation.
Where the applicant: has made actual settle
vented by bodily inttrmity, distance, or other
good cause. from personal attendance at the dis
trict land office. the affidavit may be madebefore
| the land is situated.
| DEc1ARAToKY STATEMENTS AND TIMBER FILING.
The Commissioner writes as follows to the
Grand Island Land Office:
Homestead DECLARATIONS must In all cases be
filed by the soldier in person by his duly au-
thorized agent, and they should be rejected when
sia 1y mail or " any other manner than the
Local officers are not allowed to enter land ul-
der the timber culture act Of March 8, 1873.
SWAMP LAND.
IN letter, dated March o. 1874, to the Register
and Receiver at New Orleans, La, the commits
sioner Of the General Land Ofice decided that q:
person who makes a homestead entry cannot bo
| allowed to re'inquisll it and make another be-
cause he found the land different from what lie
Should it appear upon 4 proper showing that
snaInp land to which State is entitled has been
embraced in Il homestead entry said entry will
| be cancelled and the party NAV make another
entry with the first payments to his credit
DECISION AS TO MINORS AND GUARDIANS,
Commissioner Burdett writes as follows III an
swer to a question as to minors and guardians:
to the rights Of minor orua, child Of deceaxed
Union soldier under the soldiers and sailors
| article z instructions ri
act AZ found on page ~ OF circular Of August 80
1872, herewith enclosed The guardian IS not re-
quired to reside In person uIoH the land entered