The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-09-26

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the act entitled AN Act TO encourage
the growth Of timber on Western Prai,
ries, approved March Is, 1874, be
and tho same IL hereby amended to read
a. follows: That any person who ID
the head Of q family, or who has ar
rived nt the ago Of q years, and Is a
aitizsn Of the United States, or shall
have fled his declaration TO become
such, NJ required by the naturalization
laws Of the United States, who shall
plant, protect, and keep in o healthy,
growing condition for eight years ten
acres Of timber, on any section Of any
Of the public lands Of the United States,
or five acres on any legal subdivision OF
eighty acrsa, ar acres on any legal
subdivision Of 40 acres OF less, shall be
entitled to . patent fer the whole Of
said section, or Of such legal subdi-
vision Of 80 or 40 acres, or fractional
subdivision Of less than 40 acres, AZ the
case may be, at the expiration Of said
eight years, on making proof Of such
fact by not less than two credible wit
nesses; and q full compliance Of the fur
ther conditions as provided in section
two: Propided further, That not moro
than Of any section shall be thus
granted, and that no person shall make
more than one entry under the provis-
ions Of this act
SKc. 2. That the person applying
for the benefits Of this act shall, upon
application 70 the register Of the land
district in which he or she Il about TO
make such entry, make affidavit, before
the register or receiver, or the clerk Of
some court Of record, or officer author
lied TO administer oaths in the district
where the land Is situated; which aff-
davit shall be as follows, to-wis: /,
-,having fled my application, No.
-, for an entry under the provisions
Of an act entitled aAn Act 70 amend an
act entitled AN Act TO encourage the
growth Of timber on the Western Prai-
ries, approved -, 1877, do sol
emnly swear (or afiirm) that am the
head OF 3 family (or over 81 years Of
age), and citizen Of the United States
Tor have declared my intention to be-
come such); that the section Of land
specified in my application Is composed
exclusively of prairie lands, or other
lands devoid Of timber; that this fling
and entry is made for the cultivation
of timber, and for my own exclusive
usa and benefit; that have made the
said application in good faith, and not
for the purpose Of speculation, or di-
rectly or indirectly for the benefit or
use Of any other person or persons
whomsoever; that l intend TO hold and
cultivate thin land, and TO fully comply
with the provisions Of this said act; and
that have not heretofore made an on
try under this act, or the acts Of which
this is amendatory. And upon fling
said affidavit, with said register and
said receiver, and on payment Of slo If
the tract applied FOR is more than so
acres, and S5 If IL is 80 acres or less, he
or she shall thereupon be permitted 70
enter the quantity Of land specified; ;and
the party making such an entry Of q
] section under the provisions Of this
act shall be required to break or plow
s acres covered thereby the first year,
5 acres the second year, and TO culti-
vate in crop or otherwise the 5 acres
broken or plowed the first year; the
third year he or she shall cultivate to
crop OF otherwise the acres broken
the second year, and TO plant in timber
seeds, or cuttings the acres first bro
ken or plowed, and 10 cultivate and put
in crop or otherwise the remaining
acres, and the fourth year to plant in
timber, seeds or cuttings the remaining
acres. All entries Of less quantity
than one section shall be plowed,
planted, cultivated and planted to trees,
tree-seeds, or cuttings in the same man.
ner and in the same proportion as here
inbefore provided for sectisn. Pro
Vided, hoaoeser, That in case such trees,
seeds, or cuttings shall be destroyed by
erasshOppers, or by extreme and unusu.
al drouth, for any year or term Of years,
the time for planting such trees, seeds
or cuttings shall be extended one yeal
for every such year that they are so de
stroyed. Provided further, That the
person making such entry shall, before
he or she shall be entitled to such ex
tension Of time, file with the register
and the receiver of the proper land-of
fee en- affidavit, corroborated by two
Witnesses, setting forth the destruction
Of such trees, and that, in consequence
Of such destruction, he or she is com
| peIled 70 seek an extension Of time, il
accordance with the provisions of thi
act: 1ad provided further, That n
final certificate shall be given, or paten
issued, for the land 30 entered until tn
expiration Of eight years from the dat
of such entry; and il, at the expiration
Of such time, or at any time within tiv
years thereafter, the person makin
such entry, or, If he or she be dead, hi
! or her heirs or legal Representatives
shall prove by two credible witnesse
that he or she or they have plantet
and, for not less than 8 years, have Gu
tivated and protected such quantity an
character az aforesaid; that not lei
than Zoo trees were planted on eac
acre, and that ct the time Of maxim
such proof there shall be then CROWN
at least 675 living and thrifty trees
: each acre, they shall receive patei
for such tract Of land
SEC. 8 That il at any time after I'll
filing Of said affidavit, and prior to Il
patent for said land, the claimant sha
fail to comply with any of the requir
ments Of said act then and in th'
event such land shall be subject to o.
try under the homestead laws, or ;
some other persons under the proyi