Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-24

ing been reserved for homestead, pre-
enption and timber claims ON account
OF their agricultural value and because
this system is more in accordance with
the interests of the masses and not for
spectators, us under the public sale
system. Sioux half-brecd scrip can be
used to purchase any surveyed land, but
very little of this scrip is now cutstand-
ing.
pEE-ElIPTIoNs.
Heads OF families, widow5 or single
persons (male or female), over the age
of twenty-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 cxtinguished, and pur-
chase not exceeding 160 acres under the
prc-emption 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-emption 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 ut 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 months.
Pre-emptors may submit proofs of
residence and Improvements at any
time after six months Of actual resi-
dence. He must show by his own tes-
timony and by two credible witnesses
such actual residence and cultivation
a habitable dwelling and other i'm
provements-to 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 if
he deSisres. No person who abandons
his residence on his own land to reside
on public land in the territory or who
owns $50 acres of land is entitled to the
hnn Off nf tbn rra n i,,. 1.,,,- ig,
held, however, that this provision does
not apply to a house and lot in town.
Claims cannot be transferred until title
is perfected. The second filing of a
/ dcclaratory statement by any pre-
cmptor, when first filing was legal in
all RESPECTS, is prohibited. Before
proof and payment on pre-emption
claims, written notice must be given
by the claimants to the register, who
must post a notice in his Office and
cause the same to be published in :,
newspaper to be by him designated as
nearest the land, once week for six
weeks, at the applicants expense.
HoMEsTEADs
The law allows but one homestead
privilege to any one person.
Any person who is the head of fam.
lily OF who has arrived at the age OF
tWenty-one years, and is citizen OF
the United States, or has filed his dec,
laration of intention to become such
is entitled to enter one-quarter section
or less quantity of unappropriated pub
lie land under the homestead laws
The applicant must make an affidavit
| that he is over the age of twenty-onc
or is the head of a family, and that ht
is a citizen of the United States, or has
declared his intention to become such
: and that the entry is made for his eX
elusive use and benefit and for actua
settlement and cultivation, and must
pay the legal fee and that part of thu
: commission required to be paid wher
entry is made, as follows: For l6(
acres, S14Oo; for 80 acres, 500: for 4t
acres, 5000. When these requirement.
| are complied with the receiver issue.
!, his receipt in duplicate and the matter
9 Is entered on the records of the Office
l After faithful observation of the law,
g III regard to actual settlement and cul
G tvation for the continuous term of tiy,
| Years, ut the expiration of that term o.
G within two years thereafter final proc
must be made, and if satisfactory tt
e the land officers, the part of the com
missions remaining unpaid, to-wit: Fo
!. l6O acre, 500; for 80 acres, $500: fo
: 40 acres, Sl.0O, must be paid. The reg
: lister then issues his certificate ant
a makes proper returns to the genera
: land office, rs the basis for patent.
| Any settler desiring to make fra
:. proof, must first file with the register
!, Il written notice of his intention, de
l scribing the land and giving the name
c OF four witnesses by whom the facts a
: to settlement, continuous residence
: cultivation, etc, are to be established
: which notice must be published by tn
e register the same as in pre-emptiol
+ proofs.
. Final proof cannot be made until tn
5 expiration of five years from the dat
, of entry, and must be made within tw,
: years thereafter, In making fina
g proof the homestead settler may an
:. pear in person ut the district Ian,
5 office with his witnesses and ther
!, make the affidavit or proof required, 0
, he may, If by reason of bodily infrlnit,
( or distance, is inconvenient for hin
!, to appear at the land office, with hi
witnesses appear before the Judge o
clerk of court of record of the count
; and district in which the land is situa
ted end there make final proof If il