The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-08-29


provided in section two. Provided flu
Their, That not moro than one quarter {
any section shall DO thus granted, an
that no person shall make moro tina
one timber entry under the provision
of this act.
Sec. 2. That the person applying 70
the benefits of this act shall, upon appl
cation to the Register of the Land Dis
trict in which he or she 10 about to max
such entry, make affidavit before tn
Register or Receiver or the Clerk &
some Court of Record, or officer author
lied to administer oaths in the Distric
where the land is situated which affida
Wit shall be as follows, to-wit: l, -
-, having fled my application, Nc
-, for an entry upder the provision
of an act entitled "An Act to Amend a,
Act Entitled An Act to Encourage tn
Growth of Timber on our Western Prai
ries," approved-, 1877, do solemn
Iy swear Cor affirm that 1 am the heat
Of o family (or over the age OF twenty
ono years. and q citizen Of tho United
States Cor have declared my intention t.
become such) that tho section Of lane
specified IN my said application is com
posed exclusively Of prairie lands, OIL
other lands devoid of timber, that thi:
filing and entry is made for my own ex
elusive uso and benefit; that l have
made the SAID application in good faith
and not for the purpose of speculation
or directly or indirectly for the use OF
benefit OF any other person whomsoev
er that l intend to hold and cultivate
the land, and to fully comply with the
provisions of this said act and that
have not heretofore made an entry un.
der this act, or the act TO which this is
amendatory. And upon filing said aft
davit with said Register and Receiver
and on payment Of ten dollars, if the
tract applied for is more than eighty
acres and FIVE dollars if eighty acres OF
less, he or she shall thereupon be per.
mitted to enter the quantity of land
specified /; and the party making an en-
try of q quarter section under tho pro-
visions of this act shall be required to
break or pillow Eve acres covered thereby
the first year, five acres the second year,
and cultivate to crop or otherwise the
five acres broken or plowed the first
year the third year he or she shall cul-
tivato to crop or otherwise the five acres
broken the second year, and to plant in
timber, seeds or cuttings the five acres
first broken or plowed, and to cultivate
or put in crop or otherwise the remain
ing five acres, and the fourth year to
plant in timber, seeds or cuttings the
five acres. All entries of loss
quantity than one quarter. section shall
DO plowed, planted, cultivated and
planted to trees, tree seeds or cuttings,
in the same manner and in the same
as hereinbefore provided
for b quarter section. Provided, howev-
or, that in case such trees, seeds or cut
tings shall be destroyed by grasshop-
pers, or by extreme -r unusual drOuth
Tor any year or term of years, the time
for planting such trees, seeds or cut
lings shall be extended one year for ev-
Dry such year that they are destroyed.
Provided further, That the person max
ng entry shall, before he or she shall
DO entitled to such extension of time,
lilo with tho Register and Receiver OF
he proper Land Office an affidavit, cor.
by two witnesses, setting forth
he destruction of such trees, and that,
n consequence of such destruction, he
,r she is compelled to ask for an extern
ion OF time, IN accordance with the
of this act. And, Poridcd
urther, That no final certificate shall be
,iven, or patent issued, for the land so
,ntered until the expiration Of eight
,ears from the date of such entry /; and
{, at the expiration OF such time, or at
my time within five years thereafter,
he person making such entry, or if he /
n she be dead, bis or her heirs or legal
representatives shall prove BY two cred
table witnesses that he or she or they |
ave planted, and not for less than !
light years, have cultiv ated and protect
ID such quantity and character OF trees 4
g aforesaid; that not less than twenty /
even hundred trees were planted on 4
ach acre, and that at the time Of max
ng such proof that there shall be then +
rowing at least six hundred and seven
y.five living and thrifty trees to each /
ere, they shall receive . patent for such
ract OF land.
SEC. 3. That if at any time after the FL
az Of such affidavit and prior to the issu-
az of the patent for said land, the claim
mt shall tail to comply with any Of the
Of this act then and in that
vent snch land shall be subject to entry
nder the homestead Law, or by some
ther person under the provisions Of
bis act. Provided, That the patty max
~ clam to such land, either - home
leader or under this act shall give At
be time of fling his application, such
office to the original claimant - shall
. precsribed by the rules established BY
DO Commissioner Of the General Land
'6ice; and the rights Of the party shall
. determined - in other contested
lsss.
SIC. 4. That no land acquired under
10 provisions Of this oct shal1e n my ,
rent become liable to the satisfaction
any debt or debts contracted prior % !
,e Issuing Of the final certificate shere- i
u. :
SIC. 5. That the Commissioner o: the J
eoeral Land Omcs - hereby requires 9
prepare and issue such rules and reg
asiona. co0sisfeoe With thu act. n ] 4