Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-09-07
ne PabIIe Lapl LAWS.

suto tWO CiaSScS, one AZ pI,2S per acre
designated as minimum. lying outsid,
Of railroad limits; the other at So. 50 pc
acre as double minimum, lying within
railroad limits. Titles are acquired
BY purchase at public sale, by ordinar!
'priyate entry" and IN virtue Of tn,
pre-empuon. homestead, timber cul
ture and OTTER laws. Purchases a
public sale are made when lands are
Offered at public auction to the high
est bidder by proclamation Of the pres
ident Or by order of the general land
Office. Lands so offered not sold
and not since reserved or Withdrawn
from the market, can be secured by
"private entry"o or location.
But roue Of the lands of Northern
Dakota have ever been Offered" a,
public sale, all having been reserved
for homestead. pre-empton and tree
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, as I'm.
der the public sale system. Sioux half
breed script can be used to purchase
any surveyed land, but very little Of this
script is now outstanding. Soldiers
additional homestead entries can also
be purchased and laid upon and va
cant surveyed land, thus acquiring title
without residence thereon.
PRE-EMPTIoNs.
Heads of families widows or single
persons (male or feinale), over the age
of twenty one years, citizens Of the
United States or who have declared
their intention to become such under
the naturalization laws, may enter upon
any Offered" and 'unoffered" lands or
any unsurveyed lands to which the In
dian title is extinguished, and purchase
not exceeding 100 acres under pre-
emption laws. After making settle
ment, if on Offered land the appli.
cant must file his declaratory state.
ment with the district land office with
in thirty days, for which fee OF $500
IS required, and within one year from
date OF settlement make final proof of
his actual residence on and cultivation
Of the tract and pay thereof at $1.25
per acre If outside of railroad limits,
or $3.50 per acre if within these limits,
and he may pay IN cash or by military
bounty land warrants, agricultural COL
lege, private claim OR supreme court
scrip.
when the tract has sbeen surveyed |
and IS not "offered" land, the claimant |
must file his or her declaratory state.
ment within three months from date OF
settlement, and make proc, and pay
ment within 80 months from first date
OF settlement. Settlement is the first
thing to be done under the pre-emption
laws.
When settlements are made OH I'm
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
plat of The township embrac-
ing their claims. and make proof and
payment within 80 months from the ex-
piration of said three months, payments
the same as in case of "ofered" land.
Pre-emptor may submit proofs of
residence and Improvements at any !;
line after six months of actual resi- ,
1ence. He must show in his testimony !
md by two creditable witnesses such 6
actual residence and cultivation
labitable dwelling and other improve
nents, to the satisfaction of the land
Ulcers that the spirit Of the law may
e complied with.
At any time before the expiration of ;,
he time allowed for proof and payment, ),
ne settler may, by making proper ap- >.
LEGATION at the land Office and payment :,
the acquired fee, convert his claim -
Ito homestead, and the time he has o
sided upon the land is credited on \
residence if he desires. No =
erson who abandons his residence on r.
IS own land to reside on public land -
the state or territory or who owns -.
&c acres of land is entitled to the ben. r
its Of the pre.emption laws. 1t is :,
Id, however, that this provision does ~
II apply to house and lot in town. 49,
aims cannot be transferred until title :.
perfected. The second filing of a 49,;
'claration statement by any pre-empt- ~,
, when first fling was legal in all re. as
ects, is prohibited. Before proof -,
d payment on pre.emption claims,