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

BY raising . crop. or otherwise, during
tho third year, and to plant in timber,
seeds, or cuttings da.ing tho fourth
year. The tracts embraced in entries of
q less quantity than one quarter section
are required to be broken or plowed,
cultivated, and planted in trees, tree
seeds cuttings, during the Same periods,
and to the same extent, in proportion
! to their total areas, - are provided for
in entries of quarter section. Pro-
vision is made in tho act for An exten.
sion Of time in case the trees, seeds. or
cuttings planted should DO destroyed BY
grasshoppers, or BY extreme and unusu-
al drought.
5. II, at the expiration OF eight years
from the date OF entry, or 1t any time
within five years thereafter, tho person
making entry, or, if he be dead his heirs
or legal represen tatives, shall prove, by
two credible witnesses, the planting,
cu)tivating, and protecting tho timber
for not less than eight years, according
to provisions of the act Of June Ii, 1878,
be, or they. will be entitled to patent
for the land embraced in the entry.
6. II, at any time after one year from
the date of entry, and prior to the issue
Of . patent therefor, the claimant shall
fail to comply with any of the require
ments Of that act, then, and in that
event, such entry will be liable to q con.
test, in the manner provided in home
stead cases, and upon due proof OF such
failure the entry will DO cancelled, and
the land become again subject to entry
under the homestead laws, or by some
other person under the act Of June ii,
1873.
I. No land acquired under the pro-
visions OF tho act Of June IA, 1878, will
in any event become liable to the salts
faction OF any debt or debts contracted
prior to the issuing of the final certifi-
cate therefor.
3. The fees for entries under the act
Of June IA, 1878, are ten dollars, if the
tract applied tor is more than eighty
acres; and Eve dollars, if it is eighty
acres or less; and the commissions Of
registers and receivers on all entries
Irrespective of area) are four dollars
1.-TWO dollars TO EACH at the date of en-
try, and like sum ut tho date OF final
proof.
9. No distinction is made, as to area
on the amount of fee or commissions,
between minimum and double minimum
lands. A party may enter one hundred
and sixty acres Of either on payment of
the prescribed fee and commissions.
10. Tho fifth section Of the act ap-
proved March 3, 1857, entitled IAN act
in addition to an act to punish crimes
against the United States, and for other
is extended to all oath, at
and aflidavits required or
authorized by the act Of juno Il, 1873.
IL. Parties who have already made
entries under tho timber.culture acts of
March 3, 1878, and March l3, 1874, Of
which tho act OF Juse II, 1873, is amen
datory, may complete the sane b. COM
pliance with the requirements of the
latter act; that is, they may do so by
at the time of making their
final proof, that they have had under
as required by the act Of
June IA, 1878, an amount OF timber
sufficient to make the number Of acres
required thereby, being one.fourth the
number required BY tho former acts.
LII. The following regulations are
prescribed pursuant TO the fifth section
If the oct Of June IA, 1878, viz:
l. The register and receiver will not
restrict entries under this act TO one
quarter section only, as was formerly
lone under the acts TO which this is
but may allow entries to be
ID IS 81 a I
provided that each entry shall
iorm q compact body, not exceeding ono
,undred and sixty acres, and that not
more than that quantity shall be entered
o any one section. Before allowing
my entry applied for, they will by care
III examination Of the plat and tract
looks with reference TO any previous
ntry or entries within the limits OF the
anne section, satisfy themselves that the
Iesired entry is admissible under this
ule.
2. When they shall have satisfied
themselves that the land applied for IL
subject to such entry, they
vill require tho party to make the pre-
cribed affidavit, and TO pay the tee and
hat part Of the commissions pay able nj
be date OF entry, and the receiver will
,sue his receipt therefor, in dup.na,e,
living the party = duplicate receipt
hey will number the entry in its order,
, Q separate series Of numbers, unless
hey have already series under the
cts 70 which this act is amendatory, in
'hich case they will number the entry
, one Of that series they will note the
ntry on their records, and report il in
,eir monthly returns, sending mp al
10 papers therein, with an abstract Of
,e entries allowed during the month,
nder this act. II the affidavit 10 made
sfore . justice Of the peace, which the
& admits Of his Official character, and
70 genuinness Of his signature, must be
,rtified under seal.
8. When . contest N instituted, A.
in the third section Of the
4 Of juno Ia, 1873, the contestant will
, allowed 10 make application TO enter
10 land.-The register will thereupon
dorso on the application the date Of
, presentation, and will make the sp.
icaiion, and the contestants affidavit -
ting forth the grounds Of contest, the
'sas for further proceedings. theso Pc