Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-12
LiTE EIaESG. GxsER EHk HOME.
STEAD laws

I &c set CO settlement mast Be note
riO1s ard significant Of a pgrpsss-
Ths mere sci o. locking tue deer OF 9
purchased hose IL not settlement.
Setilenen; Is a personal act and can
6ste only from the time the party vent
upon tbs ard. Purchase Of pyi0r in-
pEovS uents does not transfer velder' !
date OF settlement.
Work by party who 10 hired 10 dis a
ditch cannot b claimed as 81 act OF
settlement.
Credit IS not allowed for ssttismeni
on land not subject 10 entry.
4 s1bsss sent settler who enters amen
closed land without forcs can acquire
title.
Acts OF settlement performed while
the land "a embraced n 4 homestead
entry give a claimant no lesal status.
After caDcsllation Of the entry tbs rights
OF TIVE pre-eDps0rs mast be determined
sy their settlement and not By their
residence; she first bona tide settler
takes the land ii dispute II followed
within 8 reasonable time By his residence
thereon.
4 settlement is an appropriation Of
land, sud subsequent entry is subject
to The settlers compliance With Law.
The entry appropriates il against the
world except the prior settler. Tue as
sertIea of tie settlers claim initiates a
esutest. The burden and expense OF
proof Is upon the eRtrymsu. The set
tiers application TO transmute must be
received and the ertrymsn given su op-
p0r;unity TO show cause why it should
not bs permitted.
hnT ~ e.
tioR Of the land involved, taking effect
from the date Of settlement, aud after
that date pre- empter coaid acquire no
rights to tie land except on cancellation
Of the homestead entry.
In case of uDsurveyed lands, where q
party notifies q subsequent settler to
keep his stock away from the land GOV
cred by the prior party's improvements,
it is Sufficient notice thst he claims the
subdivision upon which his improve
nents should appear to be when survey
was made.
A party purchasing from the United
States q tract on which are abandoned
improvements may claim the Improve
ments found upon II at the date Of
purchase.
While homestead entry remains ia
cancelled, another entry of any kind
cannot be allowed.
An entry u record valid on its face
excerpts tract of land from q subsequent
law, grant or sale, until forfeiture il
declared.
A mere occupant of public land has
no right thereto.
Joint entry by presumption and home
stead claimants may be allowed.
Where two hOmesteaoers settled be-
fore survey Ell the same 40. acre tract,
Joint cash entry may be made.
The practice of allowing parties max
ing homestead or timber culture entry
credit for tire fee and commissions paid
by them on a cancelled prior entry is
A homestead application, erroneous In
form, afserward corrected, should take
effect from the date when first received
at the local land office.
Ine homestead entry of tract not
legally sst ject thereto Is void, and must
be regarded as never made. The party
may thereafter apply to make a legal
entry.
A second homestead entry will not be
refused on account of oarelessness In
selecting land upoR which a prior settler
Is actually residing.
Land overtioved during the late win
ter and early spring months, but tilDable
after the LIST Of June, 10 not swamp and
overlooked land" within the meaning
of the law.
Filings and entries cannot date back
of day when reserved LAID is ordered
restored to the public domain. But no
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