Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-05
Government Lands

Letters are continually arriving nsk- ing the price of public lands. ard some make a request thss agents secure nouses for people who live n Indiana. Illinois and Ohio. This sri3es from the lac: that people east are nos informed n the land laws, and thInk that gl, that IS necessary ID taking claims Is for the yapers 10 be filed by sn agent, aud then they can pay out on the land the same as though the purchase was from private individuals.
 Any person except soldiers snd sol ii ITS heirs must make affidavit: that they 'te acquainted with the land they are It' FinR. and also make affidavit tha; to tae bess of their knowledge there is DC nireral on the same.
 PRE-EMPTIoS8.
 Ssohon I76 says that every person oeinR the head of family, widow. of single person over the age of tweDty-One and c citizen Ot the United States, or hGving filed c declaration of intention to become such, as required by the natural 'zatiOn laws. who hss mIis 0. hereafter makes C SETTLEMENT IS PERSON on the public lands subject 70 prs-snp;ion, and who inhabits and improves She salas and who hos erected a d.eihlg thereon Is authorized to enter wilh the register Of ;he Un.;ed States laEd office fur the dis rict in which the land lies, by legal su0 division Coy number of acres not ex- ,esdinG one hundred aud sixty acres or quarter section of land to include the reeltcnce of such claimant upon paying the United States minimum price of sIeh land. No person who Is the gro or.etJr of three hundred and twenty acres can pre-empt land. No person EhO Qnits or atsndCns his own land tO reside eu pubic land in she same stais Jr territory caa pre-empE Persons can lnvever. take homesteads and timber claims whether hs has tie three hundred and twenty acres or not; neither does the sw prohibit his taking homestead Shen he has left a residence Oo hIs own ana The above only refers to pre- smptions.
 Inc first requirement. in taking @ pre- smptiop is = select the crhrter section desired. and sscertain ison the Land Jfice Te0otl ;hat it IS sscaEt and sub set 10 entry. He must tho, make some improvements Not stick up stakes. put make some substantial improve uenIs. md then within ninety days file .declsTato-y statement for the land in be local land 5i3as. the fees for which gre three dollars. A residence must be established on the land when the improv- nonts gre first begun, aud a continuous -ssIderce is obligatory.
 After x coutinoGs residence upon a .re-ern Gtior for six months settlement an be p-OgeE and the government price oeiug paid, shero will be final receipt sued :c tte Pce-smpsor; but in case lsasr does uoi desire to make final ,.oot ss the end of six months, he has hrrty three months from the time he mace settlement
 HOMESTEAD
 Entries rus; be made ID person. usually Se'Cre sSe Register of the local Land Ola e and ths entry fee1 gre sixteen Ioliars. The require ments of the home ,teGd law are about the same as those ot the prs-enytion, except shat residence ,sr be established within si1 months .fter n skicg fil1S; bEs hOnesteGds are u ubiect to contests If settlers fail to get ,1 she land inside of six r1onths after sot-y. Hones.eaas may be proved up i, SIT months and paid out on, the same ~ EaAgl1s be4e NtAAs lAONNNA - AAA nx years vi hout paying. In making ,n al pso0i the aettler vi! be required % rive the nuzDer Ot tiIcss he or she aas baee abs a: from the claim, where vert, srd for what they went, and are IEesIioned regarding s5e smJuot Ot i'm oroysrents they have, if ID she judgment 1f the Reg ster and Receiver the law has rot beeu complied with they will not is- cue a final receipt.
 TIMBER CLAIMS
 Do no. re .uJre s residence. Timber claims must ke entered by personal sp- olicAtion sworn to within the land dis :rlot where the land is situated. before some officer having aseBl and author | .-sjin-administsr oath. Claimant must 1sve Ave broken the first year, the | ,ecoud year must have five aG-Ssss ,ss lhroken | srd sula,ivnts the first breaking. the ! ,Ei.i year uuss put trees, seeds or ,a;tings ID the first five acres and oulti- rate the second five; the fourth year must set ont ihe second i've acres ID Tees, tree seed. or tree cuttings. If 10 | ,ichs years there are siI thousand seven | lundred and dity growing trees On the | .r8ct, cisimsr; can make final proof and | ,scUre a patent Government fees ID | imber culture olqiras are fourteen dol | Rrs for entry and ten dollars for final proof.
 All duties required by the timber cul- | ure laws nRy be done by others except
 he entry and final proof; nor IS he or | Sbe required 70 reside near the land but | Ei.l always bs exp. cted to comply with | th low in regard to improvements. 1 There 10 nC fixed amount of improve | rents required ip homestead or pre- up.:on law, residence and cultivation | {: zJNd faith as a home aud farm to he claimants past ability is hold to be | he requirement. of the law.
 SOLDIERS HoMEsTEADs- 5JllIcrs wLo served m the United Jtdssf army for ninety days and were | l,r0rBbly discharged and have lived | uyal 70 ths gOyeTrmsnt can file declar- ! ,tory statements Un one hundred and ' .izty acres Ot vacant lsnd, by an | gent through tli over of attorney ID | form prescribed law. Thls power | sn be executed b, fcre notary public | ,1ywaere in she United States, snd .-nt to some reliable agent who will SC | ect the Qanrisr section of land and file ,u is for the soldier. This filing wIll | .Atolulely hold the land for six months | si.hout the residence of claimant Al | 'he end of slx months the solder must | asliu q residence and make another | d.. z. called the final entry, st which | ,ime he pays fee the same ss m home
 tead cases Soldiers are compelled 10 | ise at least one year on their claims. ,ut they cen deduct their service ss a | soldier from the five years eq1ired by | tbecommnn homestead and thus get their | patent in shorter time thnn he who has | aot served his country ca e soldier. | Soldiers widows are entitled Co use the deceased husbands service while ID the | gar. 10 assist her ID proving up claim | .1d if the widow IS dead. then one of sbe minor heirs can uFe the riGht: but II rurst bc done through the gusrdiau of she child. Widows and orphans oi sol iiers will nos be required Co cultivate She lend or to personally do tbe work | put can cause the same to be d0ue by l others capable Co do practical farming. Good faith and cuitivati .o the be1i of Toe ability cfclainaat Is all that the law requires.
 inc above vill show those in the east 1 ubo do not understand the law govern