The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-05-26
TO SETTLERS.

pAhSSt VnoiliHktOH, L. W, las JubL
issued a new circular relative to en-
tries at the district land offices. 1t
embodies many very excellent and
necessary regulations for the bene-
fit Of actual bona ide settlers, and
for the prevention of fraudulent
entries by land sharks, and also by
the over-grown cattle companies
which operate through their herds
men to gain control Of large bodies
of public lands, and secure posses.
sion Of all the water privileges.
thus making it difficult for settlers
to secure a toothold. The follow
ing extracts will be interesting to
all persons intending to avail them
selves of the liberal provisions gov
erniDgentries under the homestead,
pre- emtions and timber culture
laws:
RESIDENCE OF APPLICANT.
The applicant must in every case
state in his application his place of
actual residence, and the postofice
address to which notices of contest
or other proceedings relative to his
entry shall be sent.
A party making a legal filing or
entry under anv one of the forego-
ing acts exhausts his right under
that act and cannot thereafter make
another filing or entry under said
act.
eETTLERs on UNsURvEIED LANDS.
Homestead and prevention set
tiers on unsurveyed lands are al
lowed three months after the filing
of the township plat ofsurvey with
in which to put their claims on rec
ord. Accordingly no party will be
permitted to make final proof in
any case until after the expiration
of said three months.
II HOMESTEAD LAWS.
Homestead entries a be made
for not more than n qusrted sec
ton, or 100 acres eff land.
When a person desires to enter a
tract of land upon which he has not
established a residence and made
improvements, he must appear per-
%sonally at the district land office
and present his application, and
must make the required afidavits
before the Register and Receiver.
He must then establish his actu-
al residence lin = house, upon the
lands within six months from date
Of entry, and must reside upon the
land constantly for the period pre-
scribed by law.
In the case of a single person,
the actual residence must be esta-
blished within the same time, and
must be continuously and actually
maintained for the same period.
The homestead affidavit can be
made before the clerk of the coun-
ty court only in cases where the
family of the applicant, or some
member thereof, is actually resid-
ing on the land which he desires to
enter, and on which he has made
bona ide improvement and settle
ment, and when he is prevented by
reason of distance, bodily intirmi-
ty or other good cause, from per-
sonal attendance at the district
land office.
In such cases the applicant must
state in a supplemental affidavit the
facts of such settlement, improve
ment, and residence; what acts of
settlement have been performed,
and when made; the nature, extent,
and member or members of his
family are residing on the land,
and the length of time such resi-
dence has been maintained, and the
cause, specifically, why the appli-
cant cannot appear at the local Off
&c.
A false oath taken before a clerk
of a court is perjury, the same as if
taken before the register or receiv-
or.
Inc perlod OF actual lnhabltancY,
improvement and cultivation re-
quircd under the homestead law is
five years.
In case of the death of a home
stead party, before making final
proof, the widow succeeds to the
homestead right.
In the case of the death of both
father and mother, the right and
fee inure to the minor children, il
any.
A homestead right cannot be de-
vised away from the widow or min
or children.
A Union soldier OF sailor of the
late war is entitled to a deduction
from the five years of the length OF
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