Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-08-22

~ acres, is required to break or plow fv
acres covered thereby during the frs
year, and Il acres in addition during tn
second ~. The five acres broken o
piowed during the first year he is required
TO cultivate by raising a crop, Or other
wise, during the second year. and to plan
in timber, seeds, or cuttings, during thu
third year. The five acres broken o.
pitWeu curing tne seconu weir he is ru
qnired to cultivate, by raising a crop Oh
otherwise, during the third year, and tC
plant in timber, seeds, or cuttings, during
the foWt tn year. The tracts embraced il
entries Of a less quantity than one-quartel
81 ction are required to be broken or plow.
ed, cultivated, and planted in trees. tree
seeds or cuttings. during the same periods
and to the saIie extent, in proportion tc
their total areas. rs are provided for in en-
tries of 4 quarter section. Provision is
made in the act for an cXter sion OF time
in case the trees, seeds, or cuttings planted
should be destroyed by grasshoppers, OF
by extreme and unusual drought.
5. If. at the expiration of eight yea'S
from the date of entry, or at ANY time
within five years thereafter. the person
making the entry, or. if lie be dead. his
heirs or legal representatives. shall prove
by two credible witnesses. the planting.
cultivatin~, and protecting Of the timber
for not less than eight years, according to
tie provisions of the act of June II, 1873.
he, or they. viii be entitled to patent to;
the land embraced in the entry.
6. If, at any time after one year from
the date of entry, and prior to the issue OF
a patent therefor, the claimant shall fail to
comply with any of the requirements OF
that act. then. and in that event, such en-
try viii become liable to Il contest. in the
manner provided in homestead cases. and
upon due proof Of such failure the entry
will be Cancelled. and the land become
again subject to entry under the homestead
laws. or by some ether person under the
act of June If. 1878.
Z. No land acquired undert the provisions
of the act of Jilne u, 1873, will in any
event become liable 10 the satisfaction OF
stUN tcDt VI ttDtS COHtidCtcu plloI 10 lilc
issuing of the final certificate therefor
s. The fees for entries under the act of
june II. 1878, are ten dollars if the tract
applied for is more than eighty acres and
five dollars, if it is eighty acres or less
and the commissions OF Registers and Re
ceivcrs on Ill entries Irrespective OF arca)
are four dollars two dollars to eacl) at
the date of entry, and Il like s;n.l at the
date Of final proof.
the amount of fee and commissions. Dc-
tween Eiiui;iuin and double MINIMUM
lands. A ,arty may enter one hundred
and sixty acres Of either on payment OF
the prescribed fee and commissions.
10. The fifth section OF the act approved
March 3. lS27, entitled An act i'll addition
to IN act to punish crimes against the I M
ted States, and for other PURPOSES is eN-
tended to all oa.l.s, atirmations. and all
davits required Or authorized by tie act ol
June II, 1873.
IL. Parties who have already made en-
tries under the timber culture acts o
March 3. 1873, and March ID, 1874, o
which the act of June II, 1873. is amenoa
tory, may complete the same by compi
ance with the requirements OF the latte
act: that is, they may do so by showing
at the time of making their final proof
that tley have had under cultivation, a
required by the act of June II, 1873 al
amount of timber sufficient to make th
number of acres required thereby, hein;
one.to,rth the number required by the fol
mer acts.
III. The following regulations are pre-
scribcd pursuant to the fifth section OF III
act of June IA, 1873. viz:
/. The Register and Receiver will nc
restrict entries under this act to one-qlal
ter section only in each section, as wa
formerly done under the acts to which tn
is amendatory, but may allow entries 10
made of subdivisions OF different quartz
sections: provided that each eEtry sha
form a compact body. not exceeding Oh
hundred and sixty acres. and that ne
more than that quantity shall be entered
apy one section. Before allowing amy el
trv applied for. tl.ey will. by careful e.
animation of the plat and tract-books wit
reference to any previous entry or entri'
within the limits of the same section. sa
istv themselves that the desired entry
fadmissable under this rule.
>. When they shall have satisfied thei
selves that the land applied for is proper
subject to such entry, they will require Il
marty to make the prescribed affidavit, al
= TO ,,ay the fee and that part OF thes col
missions payable at the date OF entry, al
the Receiver will issue his receipt thereto
3 in duplicate, giving the party duplica
q receipt. They will number the entry in
order, in separate series of numbers, Il
0 less they have already a series unaer
@ acts to which this aet is amenlatory,
! which case they will number the entry
/ one OF that series; they will note the
try ON their records, and report it IN tn
], monthly returns. sending up all the papt
g therein. with az abstract of the entries
lowed dur;n the month under this act.
= the affidavit is made before a justice OF
,s peace. which the act admits of, his of'ic
> character, and the genuifefiess OF his S
# nature. must be certified under seal.
i, 3. When contest is instituted. as &C
. tenplated in tile third section of the act
June II, 1878, the contestant will be alio
n ed to make application to enter the lai
= The Register will thereupon indor-e on
- anplication the date of its presentatit
A. ard will make the application. and the CT
\ testant's affidavit setting forth the groui
r. of contest, the basis for further procc'
IN ings, these papers 10 accompany the rep
submitting the ease to tie General La
= Office. Should the contest result in
n cancellation of the contested entry,
= contestant may tLen perfect his own,
no preference right will be allowed uni
K application is nad,soy him at date OF
Il stituting contest.
!. 4. The fees ara acommissions in this Ct