Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-06-20

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rs not even then unless it is absolutely neces
10 sary to do so in order TO prevent actu;
At starvation.
ie PUBLIC LANDS.
IN The following are brief summary of i'm
portant land bills that have passed tn
:. Senate and are now before the House:
n LAND FOR TERRITORIAL UNIVERSITIES.
e The House Committee on Public Lands
e has reported in favor of the passage Of
: bill devoting seventy-two sections of lant
u in each of the Territories, to be selected
Il and located under the direction OF the Sec
rotary Of the Interior, and with the approx.
e al of the President, for the use and support
l of a university in each of the Tel ritories
The lands are to be sold at public auction,
and in no case at less than $3.50 er acre.
= The funds derived from the sale OF the
: lands are to be invested in the bonds of the
United States. and deposited with the Treas
urer of the United States; no-<inOre than
: One-tenth of the lands can he offered for
sale in any one year. The money derived
lilc Silt VI tilC IllltiS, llNCStCu itilu Ut
posted with the Treasurer of the United
States, is to constitute Il university fund
No part of this fund can be expended for uni
versity buildings, or the salary of profess
sOrs or teachers, until the same shall
amount to $4,000, and then only shall the
interest on said fund be used for either OF
the purposes mentioned till the fund shall
amount to 100000. when any excess, and
the interest thereof, may be used for the
proper establishment and support respcc-
lively of universities.
Another bill
FOR THE PROTECTION OF HOMESTEAD SET
TIERS on RAILROAD LANDS
provides that on and after It's passage, the
even sections within the limits of any grant
of public lands to any railroad company.
or to any military road company, or TO
any State in aid OF any railroad or military
road, shall be open to settlers under the
homestead laws to the extent of 100 acres
to each settler, and any person who has,
under existing laws, taken a homestead on
any even section within the limits of any
railroad or military road land grant, and
who, by existing laws shall have been re-
stricted to eli hty acres, may enter under
the homestead laws an additional eighty
acres adjoining the land embraced in bis
original entry. if such additional land be
subject to entry; or if such person so chose,
he may surrender his entry to the United
States for cancellation. and thereupon be
1,1 y,
stead laws the same rs if the surrendered
entry had not been made. And any per-
son so making additional entry of eighty
acres. or new entry after the surrender and
cancellation of his original entry, shall! be
permitted so to do without payment of
fees and commissions: and the residence
and cultivation of such person upon and of
the land embraced in his original entry
shall be considered residence and cnltlva-
ton for the same length of time upon and
of the land embraced in his additional or
new entry. and shall be deducted from the
five years residence and cultivation requir-
ed by law; P'oridea, That in no case shall
patent issue upon an additional or new
Homestead entry un'l"i;: - I'll the
person mas ,s.iny. and IN conformity with
the homestead laws. occupied. resided up
on, and cultivated the lard embraced there
in at least one year.
third important bill, which Senator
Plumb. of Kansas, has in charge, provides
additional
REGULATION FOR HOMESTEAD AND PRE-
EMPTION
entries. and declares that before final proof
shall be submitted by any person claiming
o enter agricultural lands under the laws
providing for presumption or homestead .
ntries. such person shall file with the Reg !
ster of the proper land Office notice of
lis or her intention to make such proof.
tating therein the description of lands to
'e entered, and the names of the witnesses .
y whom the necessary facts will be estab- =
shed. Upon the filing OF such notice, the :.
register shall publish a notice. that such a:
pplication has been made, for a period of
hirty days, in newspaper to be by him =
esiSnated as published nearest to such
lna, and he shall also post such notice in \
ONE conspicuous placein his office for tile :,
anne period. Such notice shall contain the
ames of the witnesses us stated in the an
llcation. At the expiration of said period g
thirty days. the claimant shall be en- b.
tied to make proof in the manner hereto n
're provided by law. The secretary of
le Interior is directed to make all neces-
Try rules for giving effect to the fores going
rOvisions.