Arizona citizen., 1877-04-21
Timber Land Laws.

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 An Act to encourage the Growth O Timber on Western Prairies. -i Be l; enacted by the Senate and HOus, of Representatives of the United State, IOt America in Congress assembled That any person who shall plant, pro tect and keep in a healthy, growing , condition for ten years forty acres oI !. timber, the trees thereon not being
 more than twelve feet apart each way on any quarter section of any of the ! public lands Oi the United States, shall
 be entitled to a patent for the whole of said quarter section at the expiration ,' of said ten years, on making proof Ol
 such fact by not less than two credible r. witnesses; Provided that only one quar ,. ter in any section shall be thus granted
 SEC. ,. That the person applying for
 the benefit of this act shall, upon ap | plication 10 the register of the land of
 flee in which he or she is about iO make such entry, make affidavit before said
 register or receiver that said entry is made for the cultivation of timber. an upon fling sad affidavit with said reg iStcr ant receiver, and on payment of ten dollars, he or she shall thereupon
 be permitted Co enter the quantity of land specified: Provided however. That no certificate shall be given or patent
 issue therefor until the expiration of at least ten years from the dale of such entry; and if at the expiration of such
 time, or at any time within three years
 thereafter, the person making such en-
 try, or If he or she be dead, his or her
 heirs or legal representatives, shall
 prove by two credible witnesses that
 he, she or they have planted, and for
 not less than ten years have cultivated
 and protected such quantity and char
 aCter of timber as aforesaid, they shall
 receive the patent for such quarteT-sec-
 ton of land.
 SEC. 2. That if at any time after the filing of said affidavit, and prior to the
 issuing of the patent for said land, r shall be proven after due notice to the party making such entry and claiming to cultivate such timber, to the satiS faction of the register of the land of flee that such person has abandoned or failed 10 cultivate, protect and keep in good condition such timber, then and m that event, said land shall revert {, tO the United States
 SEC. f. That each and every person who, under the provisions of an act entitled An act to secure homesreadS to actual settlers on the public domain approved May twentieth, eighteen hun dred and siXty-two, or any amendment thfrrtn havInr hnmrsfpld nn said pubic domain, who, at The end or the third year of his or her residence there on. shall have had under cultivation,
 or two years, one acre of timber, the trees thereon not being more than twelve feet apart each way and in good, thrifty condition, for each and every sixteen acres of said homestead, shall upon due proof of said fact by two credible witnesses receive h1s or her patent for said homestead.
 SEC. ,. That no land acquired un- der provisions of this act shall, in any event, become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of patent therefor.
 SEC. G. That the commissioner of. the general land office is hereby re Qmred to prepare and issue such rules and regulations, consistent with this act, as shall be necessary and proper Co carry Its provisions into effect; and that the registers and receivers of the several land offices shall be entitled Co receive the same compensation for any lands entered under the provisions of this act that they are now entitled to receive when the same quantity of land Is entered with money.
 SEC .. That the fifth section of the ! act entitled An act in addition to an act Co punish crimes against the United States. and for other purposes approv- ed March third, eighteen hundred and shall extend to all oaths, and ailidavits required or by thIs act
 Approved, March 3, 1873.
 AN act to amend the act entitled .' An act entitled An act to encourage the growth of timber on western pra- !. res,' approved March thirteenth, hundred and seventy-fuur
 Be in enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of The United States of America m Congress That section three of the act entitled ' An act Co amend the act entitled An act tO encourage the growth of timber on the western prai- ries, Is hereby amended by adding thereto the following further proviSo Provided, further, That whenever a party holding clam under the pro- visions of this act, or whenever mak- ing final proof under the same, shall prove by two good and credible wit leSSes that the trees planted and grow, ing on said claim were destroyed by yrasshoppers during any one or more years while holding said claim. said year or years in which said trees were SO destroyed shall not work any for Ielture of any of the rights or privil- eges conferred by this act; and the lime allowed by thIs act in which to plant the trees and make final proof shall be extended the same number of. years as the trees planted on th. said claim were destroyed in the manner specified in this section.
 SEC. ,. That the planting of seeds, nuts, or cuttings shall be considered a with the provisions of The .imber-culture act: Provided, That. such seeds, nuts, or cuttings of the liud anJ for the purpose contemplated in the original act shall be properly and we'll planted, the ground properly . and cultivated; and iE case such seeds. nuts, or cuttings should not germinate and grow. or should be destroyed by the deprcdations oi or from other inevitable accident, that the grou-d shall be re-. panied or the vacancies fiiled within one year from the first blaming Pro -idcd, further, That parties claiming inc benefit of The provisions of this act shall prove, by two good and ere lible witnesses, that the ground was Drlperlv prepared and planted m such |