Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-06-24
The Public Land Lssge.
THE AGRICULTURAL LANDa

| minimum, lying within railroad limits. Title:
~ private entry and in virtue of the presumption
homestead, timber culture and other laws. Pur
4, Shsses at public sales are made when lands arc
! Offered" ut public sale TO the highest bidder by
| proclamation Of the President or by order OF the
| General Land Office. Lands 80 offered and moi
sold and not since reserved or Withdrawn from the
market can be secured by ''privstc entry or loca
| ton.
But none Of the lands in Northern Dakota have
been Offered" at public sale, all having been re.
served for homestead, reemption and tree claimt
on account Of their agricultural value, and because
this system is in accordance with the nterest.
public sale system Sioux half breed scrip can be
used to purchase any surveyed land bat very little
OF this scrip is now outstanding. Soldiers add
laid upon any vacant surveyed land thus acquiring
title without residence thereon.
PRE-ENpTIoNs.
Heads Of families, widows or single persons
(mae or female), over the age Of twenty years,
citizens Of the United States who have declared
their intention to become such under the naturai-
cation laws. may enter upon any offered" and
'unohered" lands or any uneurvcycd lands to
which 1ndian title is extingnlehed, and purchase
not , exceeding 1850 acres under pre- emption laws.
applicant must file his dcclaratory statement with
the district land Office within thirty days for which
das Of ana a0s Ttn n1nn, one
residence on and cultivation Of the tract and pay
therefor at sl.ss per acre il outndc Of railroad
he may pay in cash or by military bounty, land
warrants agricultural college, private claim or su
preme court scrip.
When the tract has been surveyed and is not
offered" land, the claimant must file his or her
declaratory statement within three months from
date OF settlement, and make prsof and payment
within thirty three months from date OF settle
ment Settlement 10 the first thing to be done un.
der pre-emptOn laws.
When settlements are made on ussarveyed
statements within three months after the date Of
the receipt at the district land office, Of the ap.
proved plat Of the township embracing their
ty months from the expiration of said three
mon,hs payments the same a. In the case Of "of-
Pre-cmptors may submit proof, of residence and
improvements at any time after six months OF act
ual residence. He must show by his own testimo.
ny and by two credible witnesses such actual resi-
idence and cultivation-a habitable dwelling and
other improvements, to the satisfaction OF the land
officers that the spirit Of the law has been complied
with
At any time before the expiration Of the time o.:
lowed for proof and payment. the settler may by
making proper appl ication 1t the land Office and
to a homestead, and the time he has resided upon
the land ie credited on homestead residence il he
desires. No person who abandons his residence
IN ns
land is entitled to the benefits of the preemption
laws It. i: held however, that this provision does
not be transferred until title is perfected. The
second filing OF declaratory statement by any
pre-emptor, when the first filing was legal in all
respects is prohibited. Before proof and payne mt
on prc-emption claims, written notice must be given
by the claimant to the Register, who muet post
ce in his office and cause the same to be published
in newspaper nearest the land for at least thirty
days, as in the case of honestcGds.
HoMEsTEADs.
Any person who is the head Of family or VIII
has arrived at the age Of twenty one years, and
citizen OF the United States or has filed his dec
laraon of intention to become SUCH is entitled to
Sect"n or less quantity Of uaappro
The applicant must make an affidavit that he IL
over the age Of twenty-one or is the head Of a
say ana that he il E citizen Of the United
and that the entry is made for his exclusive use
and benefit and for actual settlement and cultiva-
tho snd pay the "a fec and that pa Of
for 100 acres, fee $40, commission ss; for eighty
limits, fee SO, commission q, and in proportion
for eighty or forty acres. When these require.
mcnts are compiled with the Receiver isru .s his
the records Of the office After faithful observance
OF the law In regard to actual settlement and cul-
tivaton for continuous term Of five years, at the
after, final proof mu.t be made, and II satsfacto.
ry to the land officers, that part of the commits
sions remaining unpaid (he same in amount 60
HI. % and an make. propel retarns
to the General Land Office, as the basis for .
first ne with the Register written notice Of his
intention describing the land and giving the
names of four witnesses by whom the facts as to
are to be established. This notice must be accom-
panied by deposit of money sufficient to pay the
eeaaqeS sea G to pnb:h s Gs 1 daS. the
the publisher Of tie thereof " Nasf Notcss is Te a1so
posted in the land office for The same period.
Final proof cannot be made until the expiration
OF five years from the date Of entry and must be
made within two years ther after In making f.
na pta3t the settler may appear in
and there make the affidavit and proof required
or nc may, II by reason Of bodily intirmity or dis
aS lance II is ine1nyenlent FOR him to appear at the
jndge Of court Of record Of county and State or
district and Territory in which the land is situated,
settler dies before he can make final proof, the
widow, or in case Of her death the heirs NAV con-
, tlnne settlement tic, and obtain title upon requisite
parents leaving infant children, the home stead
may be sold for cash for benefit Of the children,
and purchaser will receive title.
The sale or a homestead claim to another before
completion of title is not recognized. In making
final proof the settler must swear that no part Of
the land has been alienated, except for church,
railroads.
Homestead claims may be relinquished but in
such cases the land revcrts to the government. If
law in cash or. warrants nj anv fine oftar s;r
months Of actual residence. This proof mnst he
made before the district officer Homestaadc dcr. NJ
are allowed six months after entrx ~ commonce
improvements and eetabIish Residence
Me law allows but one .homcstead nr;xl-o. IN
ssny one nerson f'~eN ~
hNery peIeoh "no serTe1 n0t iess Snan Ninety
Gays IN tne army or mavyo1 tne United state; dur
ing Inc receht reDelnon, VINO was nonoraoly dls-
cnaigcu anu @ has lets"eo 10 tnc government,
may entel h oa1 s ana tne ume OF service
shal DC aeuue.so from Tue peliod OF nve years.
PROVIDED tnat the parry enall reside upon and cult
vate ms hoinestsu AZ east one year s1tef ne COM
ehees sh 81 dpaS n nus Inc w,aow OF s9aer or
II sne ~ !cau OF mas Harrleu again, tne minor
neiss, w any may tnionsn thelt Suardlans, make
homesieao M tnrs, anu II tne soldief oleo IN the
eefEice tne Whoie eIn OF MS ennetment VIII be
eredtea 1 upon me 1ne term OF required residence
soldiers ana salors an as above may ME decaratory
e.atenen! iot LoO acres OF ianu tntoueh sn agent,
si.er Mhich 1Mey nave SIX nlontns 70 ME their
nomes'Tao inls iauef entiy must oe MADE IN per
son. inIe so9el VINO uesires 10 secure claim
may 40 20 oy senoing power OF attorney ana 4
certhso copy OF ms alscasrHe 10 some responslble
parry mere VINO can me iof nun upon tne iand Sc
lecteu. Lanos AcHulfeo unoei the homestead laws
sfe not iao,e 1ot sny aeot contracted prior 10 the
issuing OF the patent thereloi.
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