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

| GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
| WASHINGTON, ID. &. June y, 1873:
| to Registers and Reccirys Of u. S. Lana
Offices
GENTLEMEN: have to call your attcn.
ton to notifications Of the law for TIE
disposal bf public land for purposes o1
timber culture. made by tIie act of Con.
grcss of June Ii, l77S, entitled, IAN act to
amend an act entitled An act to encourage
the growth OF timber on the Western
Ptairies,' a copy of which Is hereto at
iachcd.
|. Certain provisions Of the act of March
/ IL, 1874, are repealed BY the act of June
II. 1873.
/. The act of Marci l3, 1874, ut the close
OF its first section, contains the following I:
provided. That not more than One-quar-
ter cs any section Shall be thus granted
and that no person shall make more than
one entry under the provisions of this aet.
unless fractional subdivisions OF less i!a:i
forty acres are entered, which, in the az
grecate, shall not exceed one-qualter sec
ton" In the act Of June ii, 1873. the
concluding words. "unlcss fractional sub
divisions Of less than forty acres are enter
ed. which, in The aggregate, sliall not eN-
ceed one quarter section," are omitted.
Hence. the rule forbiddng more than one
entry is made universal, and viii govern
in all future cases.
.. The provision of the act ct March
l3. 1874. recurring that the trees shall be
way is omitted from the net OF JHne i.
1878. The latter requires, however. that
the final proof shall slow THAT not less
than twenty seven hundred trees Were
PLANTED on eac!i acre. and that at the time
of making such proof there shall be grow
inc ut least six hundred and scvenfy-h't
living and thrifty trees TO each acre
3, The closing sentence OF tie sccohp
section OF Ire act OF March l3, 1874, pro
yiles that ..in case Of the death OF person
who has complied with the provisions o
this act for the period of three years. hi'
heirs or legal representatives shall have tl'
option to comply with the provisions 0
t.is act. and receive, at the expiration
c;y,,t wears. a patent for one hundred ah'
sixty acres, or receive, without delay.
patert tor forty acres, relinIasiiihS al
claim to the remainder" This provision
is not contained in the act OF June II
1878.
i. The following section of the act Q
N.rch 13. 1874. relating to homestead CT
tries on which timber is cultivated,
omitted from the act Of June IL, 1870:
..SEc. 1. That each and every rerso
who. Under the provisions Of the act en-
fled An act to secure homcstcads to actt
al settlers on the public domain approve
Nav 20, 1862, or any Amendment 'iieie.'
h. Wing 4 homestead on said public d'
main. who. at any time after the end OF u
,hi,,l wear of his or her residence Thereon
shall. in addition to the settlement anu III
movements now required by law, nav
had under cultivation, tor two years. Oh
.,cr,. Of timber, the trees thereon not DEM
more than twelve feet apart each way, an
in a GOOD thrifty condition, for each III
aycrv sixteen acres of said hohestca'
shall. upon due proof of such fact by I"
credible NItIcSSSS, iS'~>''o '
:. ent for said homestead" :.
: The rights OF claimants under cntrl
,ctualiv made according te the act
: March I3, 1874, before the Nth June, lo'
= when the amendatory act took eilect, q
. q not affected by the repeal OF the provisio'
: referred to. The parties Interested IL 'ii'
= so elect. may consummate their entries !
} cor,yino TO the provisions of the act una
= which they were initiated. Ana nom
/ stead entries made before the l;tii Jun
T" tls7s. viii be patented according 10 y
e tonrth section above quoted, where :
!" facts are stitch ne to bring the cases WIN
t. ;,s nroyisions and the Interested paities
d.s;re But entries made since that tli
must he adjusted according to the pfii
,las Of the law as modified by the amen
atory act. - - :, ohsorv
y in proceedings Hereunder may pe s'a'e"
y follows:
" /. The privilege OF entry uhoet 'ile
ut If June IA, 1878, is confined 10 pe'so
le u,bo are heads of families, or over tWeh
n ono wears of are. and who are citlzeifs
n the United States, or have declared 'il
lie intention to become such, according 10
TX naturalization laws.
or The affidavit required for inlti, ing
II. entry under the act Of June H. io' O. ~
H. he made before the Register or Receiver
er the district Office for the 'and dis.ric' :
h. bracng bra the desired tract, before the q.
be IF some court Of record, Or before a
ch - o.,,cer authorized to administer oaths
be that district. ,.a.oa :
in 3 Not more than one hundred and
y. y. ty acres in any one section can oe ere g
as under this act, and no person can al;
bv ~ more than one entry Hereunder.
re- The ratio of area required 70 De or
ty en-. planted etc., in all entries u,.as' .,se
'at of lime Il. 1873, is one-siNteenth OF
ck l.n1 embraced in the entry, except wa
~ - the entered tract Is less than forty acl
,.a ..co Il Il 0ne-saX{0entl OF 1