Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10


Of their agricultural value and because
this system is more in accordance wlth
the interests of the masses and not for
speculators, as under the public sale
system. Sioux half breed scrip can be
used to purchase any surveyed land. but
very little of this scrip is now outstand-
ing.
PRE-EMpTIONS. +
Heads of families, widows or single
persons male or female), over the age h
of twcnty-one years, citizens OF the
United States or who have declared
their intention of becoming such under |
the naturalization laws, may enter up
on any unsurveyed lands to which the
Indian title is extingu!shed, and pur-
chase not exceeding 100 acres under the
precmption laws.
When the tract has been surveyed
the claimant must file his or her declar-
atory statement within three months
from date of settlement. Settlement
is the first thing to be done under the
pre-empIlOn laWS.
When settlements are made on un-
surveyed lands, settlers are required to
file their declaratory statements within
three months after the date of the re-
| ceipt at the district land office of the
approved plat of the township embrac-
ing their claims, and make proof and
payment within thirty months from
the expiration of said three mouths
Prc-clnptors may submit proofs OF
residence and improvements at any
time after six months Of actual resi-
dence. He must show by his own tes-
timonv and by two credible witnesses
such actual residence and cultivation
habtab!e dwelling and other i'm
provcmcnts- the satisfaction of the
land officers, that the spirit of the law
may be complied with.
At any time before the expiration of
the time allowed for proof and pay
ment. the settler may, by making
proper application at the land Office and
payment of the required fee, convert
his claim into a homestead, and the
time he has resided upon the land is
credited on the homestead residence il
he desisrcs. No person who ahandons
his residence on his own land to reside
on public land in the territory or who
owns 800 acres Of land is entitled to tht
benefits of the prc-cmption laws. 1t il
I,lJ hnf fhiS nrnNisinyN Inn
not apply to house and lot in town
Claims cannot be transferred until It'll
is perfected. The second filing OF
e dcclaratory statement by any pre-
r cmptor, when first filing was legal il
p all respects, is prohibited. Befor
r proof and payment on pre-cmptiol
\ claims. written notice must be give
by the claimants to the register, VIII
q must post Il notice in his office an
n cause the same to be published in
! newspaper to be by him designated a
q nearest the land, once Il week for 81
q weeks, at the applicants expense.
4 HOMESTEADS.
G The law allows but one homcstea
o privilege to any one person.
e ANY person who is the head of Il fan
e ilv or who has arrived at the age
e twenty-one years, and is Il citizen
If the United States, or has filed his de
:" laration of intention to become sue
is entitled to enter onc-quarter sectic
or less quantity of unappropriatcd pu
ae lie land under the homestead law
h The applicant must make an atlidav
a that he is over the age of twcnty-on
I'd or is the head of family, and that
I'd is citizen OF the United States, or h
lr declared his intention to become sue
sc. and that the entry is made for his G
tn clusiye use and benefit and for actu
so settlement and cultivation, and mt
m pay the legal fec and that part of t
of commission required to be paid VIII
on entry is made, Us follows: For
in acres. S14.00; for so acres, 500; for
lr- acres, $500. When these requiremer
W are complied with the receiver issr
ch his receipt in duplicate and the matt
ar is entered ON the records Of the Off
"a After faithful observation of the la
ia. in regard to actual settlement and C
're tiva,ion for the continuous term of fl
cw years at the expiration of that term
Of within two years thereafter final pre-
must be made, and if satisfactory
the Land officers, the part of the co
missions remaining unpaid, to-wit:
lze 100 acre, $500; for 50 acres, $500;
ne. lister then issues his certificate /;
Ihe makes proper returns to the gene
no land office, as the basis for Il patent.
luS Any settler desiring to make fl
IL proof, must first file with the regis
ply Il written notice Of his intention,
IL scribing the land and giving the nal
'ec- of four witnesses by whom the facts
e'n to settlement, continuous reSidel
'oh cultivation, etc, are to be establish
'oi which notice must be published by
'pi- register the same as in prc-empt
'''' proofs.
c'il Final proof cannot be made until
expiration OF five years from the d
i'e' of entry, and must be made within
''''' years thereafter. In making Fl
proof the homestead settler may
pear in person ut the district |
Office with his witnesses and Il
to make the affidavit or proof required
Of he may, if by reason of bodily intirm
the or distance, it is inconvcnient for
ON to appear at the land Office, with
lize witnesses appear before the judge
to clerk of a court of record of the cou
igh- and district in which the land is 81
. la ted and make final proof. l
ly Il an unorganized county the proof
ran be made in 4 similar manner in anv
and jacent county.
nes, When a homestead settler dies be
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