Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-10

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 'ect that people east ars not informed T
 ,he isnd IGEs. ard ihInk that ali thst |
 oeeessary ID taking claims is for th
 oaDers to be filed by n agent. and thel they oan pay out on the land the sam
 as though the purchase was iron private individuals.
 Any person except soldiers and sol | iiers heirs must make sfidRvi. that the!
 re acquainted with the land they sr' | entering, and also make affidavit that t' the best of their knowlodge there Is nt Ginersl on the sGmo.
 PRK-RMPTIoss.
 BectIon l76 says th0t every persoT being the head of family, widow. ol single person over the age of tventy-ont and citizen of the United States. oi having filed declaration of intention tC become such, ss required by the natural ,xatiou laws. Zho hss made or heresfte: makes a SETTLEMENT IN PERSON on the public lands suoject to pre-emption, and who inhabits and improves the same and who has erected 6 dwelling thereon is authorized to enter with tho register of the United Stsses land office for the dis srict in which ice land hes, by legal sub division eny nuESer of acres not eI- seeding one hundred and sixty acres or q quarter section of lard to include the resIdenee of such claimant upon paying he United States minimum price of such land. No person who is the rro- prietor of three hundred and twenty acres can pre-empt land. No person who quits or sbSndons his own land to reside On pubhc land ia the same state Or territory can pre-emp;. Persons can however, take hCnestesds and timber claims whether be hes tie three hundred and twenty acres or not; neither does the isv prohibit his taking a homestead when he hss left e residence on bIs own land. The above only refers to pre- suptiOns.
 The first requirement. in taking pre- smption is to select the qrsrter section desired, and ascertain from the Land Office record that II IS vacant and sub lect to entry. He must then make some improvements Not stick up stakes. out make come substantial improve rents. and then within ninety days hle I5eclsratoTy siEteI1ent for the land in -Le !ooI lsDd office. the fees for which gre three 6ollsrs. residence must be b,ished on tie land when the improv- rents gre first begun, and e continuous 'esice-,c IS obligatory.
 After X continoGs residence upon 9re- 1ption for SIX months settlement .on bs proven and the government price being paid, there will be fina! receipt ssued so the pre-enptor; but in case ither does not desire to make final 9roci Gt the end Ot six months, ke has h,rty three months from the time he naie settlement.
 HoEFsrEGD
 Entries m1st be Esde ID person. usually before he Register of the local Land Office and ths entry fees gre sixteen iOllaTs. The requirements of the home tesd law are sbOut tie ss-ne as those f the pre-emptiOn, except that residence l 'an Do established within sir months t.eT making fling; but homestesds are | '1biec: 10 eoDtests if sst.lers fail to ge, | 5n .he land inside of siI months after | intry. Homeesesds may be proved up | 2 eiI months and paid out on, the same | d prs-emptioas. bat can be proved up in | 1T years without paying. In making iEal proof the settler vill be required | O give iSe timber of times he or she | IFS been absent from the claim, whert sent and for what they went, and are regarding the amount of i'm. they have. if in the judgment f the Register snd Receiver the law hss ot been complied with they will not is- us a final receipt.
 TIxBER CLAIMS
 )o not require 6 residence. Timber lains must be entered by personal ap- licstion sworn to within the land dis rIct where the land is situated, before one officer having seal and author led to administer oath. Claimant must ave five acres broken the frs. year, the eoond year must have i've acres broken nd culstIvats the first breaking, the 1ird year must put trees, seeds or 1ttinGs in the first i've acres and culti ate the second five; the fourth year lust set out the second five acres in 'ees, tree seed. or tree cuttings. If in ight years tbere ere six thousand seven undred and iity growing trees on the act, claimant can make final proof and sure patent Government fees in naber culture claims ere fourteen dol rs for entry and ten dollars for final roof. All duties required by the timber cuI. Ire laws may be done by others except le entry and final proof; nor is he or ,e required 70 reside near the land but i'll always be expected 10 comply with I le law in regard to improvements I There is nc fixed amount of improve ( ent5 required ip homestead or pre- ( Dption law, residence and cultivation I good faith as a home and 6 farm to ( e claimants best ability is held to be s @ requirement. of the law. !