Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-28

ard that be IL taking up and give the
o-rect description IN his papers. III be
makes q mistake in the description be
nav amend his papers upon making
uiiable proof. bot il he makes mistake
N the selection of the land he cannot
'oat his entry around from one tract to
another until he is suited. After the
sptry of a homestead the settlement
must follow and residence must begin.
nnless settlement has already been
made. By the act of May IA, 1880. a
homssteader's rights relate back 20 the
lime of settlement and the period Of
residence ID deducted from the
prescribed period of total residence.
n ith his application to enter the land
the settler fies his affidavit that the /
application IL for bis own exclusive ben
efit and that the entry Is made for the \
purpose of actual settlement and cults- |
yation, and that he has not before had |
the benefit Of the homestead Laws. II |
IL made at the time of entry |
the residence and cultivation must con- |
tipue for Eve years. II the claimant |
has to absent himself at any time bis
family must remain. The place must
be their actual home. The claimant
must be careful not to sell or mortgage
daring his term of residence. Before his
title ia perfect his homestead II exempt
from Slate taxes and from execution.
The use Of land for dsirying and stock
raising il equivalent TO cultivation. The
claimant must be careful not TO remove
and sell timber from his claim, although
he can take all he wants for his own
use. After his Eve years are up the set
tier can give thirty days notice OF his
intention TO make final proof. This IA
done as in pre-enption cases. The
proof, also, ia simil and made In .
similar Kramer, consisting of his own
testimony and that of two witnesses,
together With his final affidavit. The
settler makes payment Of the final fee
and his work Is done. Thus by the pay
msnt Of fees not exceeding 81 and the
act of residence for five years. he has
become the owner Of l60 acres, or a
quarter section of land. He has not
been charged a dollar for the land itself
that was free gift. At the end OF
FIVE years the settler may not md 1t
convenient to prove up. but he must do
so by the end of seven years. Residence
during the additional two years Is not
required.
| COMMITTED HoMEsTEADs.
II the homestead settler changes his
plans aud does not want to remain five
years on his land be NAV pay for it In
cash, warrants or agricultural college
scrip upon making proof of settleme nj
and cultivation for a period Of not less
than six months from the date of entry
To the time of payment. Notice must
be Published az usual before final proof
can be taken. Under the second section
of the act OF June 18th, 1880, persons
who, prior to the passage of the same
entered, under any of the homestead
laws, lands properly subject TO suoh en-
tr are permitted to obtain title by pay
ing the Government price less the fee
and commissions paid at date Of orig.
inal entry. No final proof is required
Application must be made formally and
must be made by the original claimant
or by the party TO whom succession oil
interest has been attempted 10 trans
ferred, provided the attempt has beer
made in good faith. There Is no Lawful
succession of interest in q homestead
right, but IL il has been attempted, THU
law recognizes tho rights Of the pur
chaser. That part Of this Law vhict
allows the original settler TO purchss<
in place Of maintaining his residence
for the full i've years, Was instantly no
cepted by q great many claimants and
the reports for the year following the
passage cf the act show that nearly bali
ths moue Us r. eeived from settlers vert
paid in anaar rs provisions.
soLp;sEs' AND SAILORS HoNEsrKADs.
Every prison wa". during the Rebel.
lion, served ninety days in the army Al
soldier or officer, or who served in the
navy rs seaman, marine or officer, and
WAS honorably discharged therefr ON
aud has remained loyal since, il On
titled to enter upon and receive patent
for l60 acres Of land. There is CON-
mon error concerning the rights of sol
diers and sailors in the late war. The
error is not 80 prevalent now al it was q
few years ago, and il consists in the
idea that soldiers land warrants arr
issued to them, which may be assigned
and sold TO any party who wants to 50.
cure land without making residence
Any soldier or sailor who served in the
rebellion and who wants to profit by the
low must live on the land as a home
steader. unless he wants to pre-empt
He has this advantage over an ordinary
homesteader, that he has six months
after entry within which to make his set
Element on the land and is required tC
maintain his residence for shorter
time than five years, since he can de-
duct from that term the term Of his
service in the army or navy. At least
one years actual residence and cultiva
ton Is required. In making final proof
IL is necessary to produce a certified
copy of discharge from the army, or, il
that Is wanting, then satisfactory evi
dence" Of service. The only expenses
are the fees, which are nearly tho same
as in ordinary homestead Gases. Every
soldier or sailor Who had prior TO June
%. 1874. made homestead entry oil
less than l60 acres. may enter 80 Inuct
land "a, when added to the quantity
previously entered. shall not exceed l6(
acres. This constitutes the Soldiers
Additional Homestead" which has b.
] come celebrated because il can be To-
Gated by an attorney or an agent.
single entry made after the date givel
above exhausts the soldiers rights, ever
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