Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-31
he made in = similar manner in any adj

he can prove up, the widow, OF III case
of her death, the heirs, may continue
settlement and obtain title upon requl-
'te proof at the proper time. In case
Heath of both parents leaving infant
children, the homestead may be sold for
cash for the benefit of the children, and
the purchaser will receive title.
The sale of homestead claim to an
other party before the completion Oh
title is not recognized. In making
final proof the settler must swear that
no part of the land has been aiienated,
except for church, cemetery, or school
purposes, or right-of-way OF railways,
Homestead claims may be relln-
quished, but in such cases the lands re-
vert to the government. If q settler
does not wish to remain five years on
his tract he may commute it to cash
after actual inhabitancy and cultiva-
tion of the land for period of SIX
months or more by making payment
therefor at the rate of $1.25 per acre.
A person who commutes a homestead
entry cannot move from the tract and
settle upon other public lands in the
same state or territory as a pre-emptor.
A person committing homestead en-
try when he has not actually resided
upon the land and improved and culti-
waited it as required by law, forfeits all
right to the land and the purchase
money paid.
Every person who served not less than
ninety days in the army or navy Of the
United States during "the recent rebel
lion," who was honorably discharged,
may enter homestead, and the time OF
his service shall be deducted from the
period Of five years, provided that the
party shall reside upon and cultivate
his homestead at least one year after he
commences improvements. The widow
of a soldier, or if she be dead, or married
again, the minor heirs Gf any may,
through their guardian, make Il home
stead entry, and if the soldier died in the
service his whole term of enlistment WIFE
be credited upon the terms of required
residence. Soldiers and sailors, as
above, may file homestead decIarato-
ry statemement for 1G0 acres of land
through an agent, after which they
have six months to file their home
stead. This latter entry must be made
in person. Thus soldier who desires
to secure a claim may do SO by sending
power of attorney and a certified
copy of his discharge to some RESPONSE
bic party, who can file for him upon
the land selected. Soldiers are not en-
titled to land, nor to bounty land war
rants, for their military service in the
late war, nor can title to land be OBJ
taincd for them by agents or attorneys
false, and soldiers and sailors are warn
ed against imposition by parties who
offer to locate land for them, or to sell
their rights. Lands acquired under
the homestead laws are not liable fol
any debt contracted prior to the issuing
of the patent therefor.
TREE CLAIMS.
Under the timber culture laws not
more than $50 acres on any one section
entirely devoid Of timber, can be en-
tered, and no person can make more
than one entry Hereunder.
The qualifications Of applicants are
the same as under the pre-emption and
homestead laws. Theland Office charges
are, for an entry of more than eighty
acres, $1400, and the same fee at final
proof; for eighty acres or less, $500
The applicant must make affidavit that
the land specified in his application j:
exclusive prairie, or other land devoit
: of timber; that his filing or entry is
made in good faith and not for the pur
9 pose of speculation, nor directly or in
I directly for the use of any other person
l or persons; that he intends to hold ant
} cultivate the land and comply with tn,
| laws, and that he has not previousl,
4 made an entry under the timber culture
S law.
The party making an entry of quar-
ter section is required to break or plov
five &C res covered thereby during tn
! first year, and five acres in addition du
ring the second year. The five acre
broken or plowed during the first yea
: he is required to cultivate by raising
: crop or otherwise during the secon,
: year, and to plant in timber, seeds, o
cuttings, during the third year. Th
> FIVE acres broken or plowed during tn
: second year he is required to cultivat
by raising crop or otherwise, during
:. !. the third year, and to plant in timber
: seeds, or cuttings, during the fourt
= year. For entries of less than 100 acre
: the amount of land to be cultivate
: must be pro rata. Provision is mad
> for extension of time in case drought O
;, or grasshoppers destroy trees. Thes
;. trees he must cultivate and protect, an
= if, at the expiration of eight years fro1
= date of entry, or at any time With
y five Yeas thereafter, the entrant, or,
y he be dead, his heirs shall prove, b
two credible witnesses the planting
: cultivating and protecting the timbe
y y for not less than eight years; that nc
! ess than 2,700 trees were planted o
. each acre, and that at the time e
/ making proof there are growing at leas
q 67o thrifty living trees to each acre.
- Failure to comply with any Of the r,
e quirements of the law at any time afte
= one year from date of entry, render
such entry liable to contest, and upo
;. due proof of such failure the entr
:. will be cancelled. No land acquire
under this law will in any event b,
;, come liable to the satisfaction of til
i i debt or debts contracted prior to til
issuing of the final certi ficate thereto
Only an applicant for the land undt
II the fimhar p,,lfr,ra or hon, o.+ r,l -,