Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-21
tine Land LAWS.

Thcre are . velHl millions o: acres Of public land
yet remaining in this d strict. subject to entry. Much
vi this land is the V ry best qnality tor ag,% icustu,ul
PURPOSES, while there is Il vat area that experience
has shown to lie tn" We y le-t grazing land in tue
west A putty intending 10 l~Atr IL claim should
either make per- unal inslr ctiun .: the luni be intends
/" enter, or have the report Of some trus,e- friend who
Inns l"'le personal i,sp cti, n OF the land. ..f,er I'M
eLiry has once cen mhde, even If it is found IL Le
worthless, I is ver! di,tcuit and in most instances i'm
possible to obtain the privilege Of milking another
Entry.
The public lands in this Territory are subject to
entry under the homestead, pre- %cn.rtion and timber
culture laws. One hundred and sixty acres can be en-
tered unler each law. A party can make q homestead
aud timber culture entry, or n prc-emltion and timber
culture entry. 1T the same time. but I've cannot take a
homestead and presumption claim at the same time.
a party who is twenty one years Of age. or who Is at
the head of a family can make an entry of puplic land.
A woman who is the head Of u family, .! a single
woman who is over twenty-one years Of age can make
entry Of public land.
Only those persons who are native born citizens of
the United States, or who have declared their intention
to become citizens can avail tilcms lives Of the privilege
Of the land laws. No person Of foreign birth can OBJ.
tain any right to land by actual settlement before lie
$500 Si"i Ao htVullO " D9tUUuo u ClllZeu, nCTc6
The frs thing that a person Of foreign birth, who in
tends to enter public lands, should do upon his arrival
is to go before the Clerk Of the court and declare his in.
tention to become a citizen. No party who il the 0W ner
OF $50 acres Of land in any State or Territory can luke
Il presumption claim; neither can any person who leaves
land Of his own in this Territory to 60 upon the public
land Obtain any presumption right by settlement.
ownership to land Is no bur to making Il homestead
entry. To make u legal presumption claim, II party
should hr>t max" actual settlement upon tho land, and
then within ninety days from such settlement, he
should file his declalatory statement in he local land
office. A filing made without prior settlement i, null
and void and c"nfers no right upon the settler, and even
II Il" has Valuable improvements and lus lccn an actual
resident upon the land his rluim is subject t. forfeiture
in the presence Of an adverse claim, or even when there
Ii no adverse claim H"nce. no party should file q de-
claratory statement for land until after he has made an
actual settlement upon the same. The law allows
ninety days from settlement in which to file, and tho
rIartys right duties from the timo Of settlement aud not
from the time Of filing.
4 party can obtain Il legal right to one hundred and
sixty acres under the prescription law prior to the sur
Wy of said tract ~ making settlement upon the SAINT.
IN making settlement upon unsurveyed land the set
tier should first %drsigintr the tract claimed by him by
well defined land marks. If this is done the right Of
subsequent settler upon the same tract will be subject
/" I'll" right Of thu first settler. The right of II settler
dates from the dnte Of hi. settlement upon the land,
md he is allowed ninety dnys after the township plat
Is MED IN the local land office ia which to file his pre-
cmrtion declarat"ry statement. After an actual resi-.
dtiice Of six months upon land a settler can make nav.
inent for the same at 81 rs Ter acre. He can mako
~ nlr1t Tor the ana ut any time wit in a Period Of
,ilrly three months from the dmte Of settlement after
showing II continuous residence upon the land for six
months prior to the d"te Of making proof. tf course
payment cannot be nlase for land until after it is sur
sryrd and Comes int" market. A party lnssessing the
rai'ie legal qualification Ms II Ine-cml tion claimant can
Take one hundred and sixty ucl es under til. Il. niestead
law. nlet the pr'-eml tion law h party acquires his
i',ht by actual settlement: under the Homestead lava
arty can gain IN actual ugh, by making HI entry ut
the local land Office, and then he is allowed Six months
IT. III that date in which TO maxi his actual settlem, Mt
and establish his Residence. a settler can make pay
!1rnt i"r MS land al Sl:z' Ter acre after six mouths c u.
tinuo's residence and inn rovtnent VI the land. or if he
Continues hio Residence for five years he can obtain title
to the clam Without payment. lu, n,eit at 81 Is per
acre can lie nude tur land at any time during live years
fr,n 'inte VI entry, after six mol lis residence next lie.
cetHi'n= the ny mcnt. Ii it is shown that n party has
al anlu' ed hle land 10 II leriod uf Nix mouth the entry
!, subject t. tuI fixture.
a part! Cali take "nc hundred and sixty acres under
The timber rult'.rr act. The requirements Ut this law
me that The purity shall IicHk tive acres during the
nrst y ar tIuii' date OF 'ntr!. during the second y, ar he
must rulti /" t T." crop ,r otktrwi Z said Ave acres u d
break I've "rrr> more and the I'll. ri Year he mtlsi plant
the ir-t hNe acres +" trees, seeds or culting>, and Guilt
aye hu n1t "le, IT, crop or other WI L. and the
io"ith lr"i the g md five acre. hlust lie pl. utcd t.
lees, erc'.S 1 cut lLks.