New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-29

family Tor over twenty-one years of age) and q
citizen of the United States Tor have declared
my intention to become such); that the section
Of land specified in my application is COM
posed exclusively of prairie lands, naturally
devoid of timber; that this fling andsrentry is
made for the cultivation of timber and for my
own exclusive use and benefit; that have made
the said application in good faith and mot for
the purpose Of speculation OF directlyEo r indi-
rectly for the useor benefit Of any other per
son Or persons whomsoever; that intend to
hold and cultivate the land and to fullyscomply
with the provisions of this said acts .an6 that
have not heretofore made an entry under this
act or the acts of which this is amendatory.''
And upon fling said affidavit with said reg
or she shall thereupon' be permitted to enter
the quantity Of land specified; and the party
making an entry Of quarter section under
the provisions of this act, shall be required to
break or pillow five acres covered thereby the
first year, I'VE acres the second year, and to
cultivate to. crop or otherwise the FIVE acres
broken or plowed the first year; the third year
he or she shall cultivate to crop or otherwise
the five acres brolssn the second year. and to
plant in timber. seeds or cuttings, the five
acres first broken or plowed and to cultivate
to crop 9r otherwise the remaining FIVE acres;
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or cuttings, the remaining five acres! party
making entry Of eighty acres shall break or
pillow, and plant, at the times hereinbefore pre-
scribed, one-half Of the quantity required of
party who enters quarter section, and a party
making an entry Of forty acres shall break or
pillow, and plant at the times ihereinbefore
prescribed, one-quarter of the, quantity re-
quired of party who enters quarter section,
proportionate quantity for any enlaller
fractional subdivisions Provided, however
that in case such trees, seeds, or cuttings shall
be destroyed by grasshoppers. or by extreme
term of years, the time for planting such tim
ber seeds, or cuttings shall be extended one
year for every such year that they are de-
stroyed; Provided. That the person making
such entry shall, before he or she shall be en-
titled to such extension Of time.r file with the
register and the receiver of the proper land Of
hce an affidavit. corroborated by Two witnesses
setting forth the destruction of such timber
and that in consequence of such destruction he
or she is compelled to ask an extension of time,
in accordance with the provisions of this act;
And provided further, That no final certificate
shall be given or patent issued for the land SO
entered until the expiration of eight years
from the date of such entry; andif at the ex-
plratlon of such time, or at any time within
five years thereafter, the person making such
entry. or, If he or she be dead, his OF her heirs
or legal representatives, shall prove by two
planted and for not less than eight years have
cultivated and protected such quantity and
character of timber aforesaid, and at the
time of making such proof that there shall be
then growing at least nine hundred living and
thrifty trees to each acre, they shall receive a
patent for such quarter section or legal subdi-
vision Of eighty or forty acres of land, or for
any fractional quantity of less than forty acres,
as herein provided. aG3 sk.F .e.4
Sec. 8. THAT if at any time after the filing
of said affidavit and prior to the issuing of
patent for said land, said party shall fail to do
the breaking and planting required by this act,
or any part thereof, or shall fail to cultivate,
protect, and keep in good condition such tim
Der, excepting such cases as are provided for in
this act, then, and in that event, such land
shall be subject to entry under the homestead
laws, or by some other person! under the pro-
visions of this act. Prouided, That the party
making claim to such land, either as home
stead settler or under this act, shall give, at
the time of filing his application, such notice
to the original claimant as shall be prescribed
by the rules established by the commissioner
of the general land office, and the rights of the
parties shall be determined as in other con-
tested cases. si &
Sec 4. That no land acquired under the
provisions of this act shall, in any event, be-
come liable to the satisfaction Of any debt or
debts contracted prior to the issuing Of the final
certificate therefor.
DcC. u Luc commissioner OF the gen.
eral land Office is hereby required to prepare
and issue such rules and regulations consistent
with this act, as shall be necessary and proper
to carry It's provisions into effect; and that the
registers and receivers of the several land Offices
shall each be entitled to receive So at the time
of entry, and the like sum when the claim is
finally established and the final certificate
issued.
Sec.6. That the fifth section Of the act en-
titled IAN act in addition to an act to punish
crimes against the United States, and for other
purposes, y approved March 8, 1857, shall ex-
tend to all oaths, afrmations, and affidavits re-
quired or authorized by this act. ,...,4t5.
Sec. Z. That parties who have already made
entries under the acts approved March g. 1873,
and March Is, 1874, of which, this is amenda-
tory, shall be permitted to complete the same
upon full compliance with the provisions of
this acts that is, they shall, at the time Of max
ing their final proof, have had under opltiva-
ton, as required by this act, an amount of
timber sufficient to make the number of acres
required by this act. $50 4aE
Sec. s. All acts and parts of acts in conflict