Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-24
ARIRONl WEEKLY EETERPRISE.
FLORENCE, MARCH 24, 1sSS
The Public Land Bill.

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 SECTION Is. That every person who IS qualified to make an entry of land un- der the homestead law shall be entitled to enter three hundred and twenty acres, or a less quantity, of unappropriated desert public lands, to be located ill a body, in conformity to the legal sub -di- visions of the public lands. And every person owning and cultivating land may, under the provisions of this section, eu- ter other land lying contiguous to his pr her land, which shall not, with the land so already owned and cultivated, exceed in tho aggregate three hundred and twenty acres.
 SEC. IA. That any person applying to enter desert land shall first make and subscribe before the proper officer, and file Tn the roper land office, an affidavit that he or she is the head of family, or Is over 21 years of age, is citizen of the United States, or has filed his or her de- claration of intention to become such, as required by the naturalization laws, and is Eona hde resident of the state CT territory in which the lard applied for Is situated; that such application IS honest ly and in good faith made for the pur pose of retaining the same and adapt ing 1t to cultivation by -Irrlgatlon. iS+.a not for the beitctft of any other person persons, corporation, or syndicate, and that he or she will faithfully and honest ly endeavor to comply with all the re- quirements Of law as to irrigation, re ! clamation, and cultivation, necessary to acquire title to the land applied for, | tInF ha l1 is 4 ,,c,..,,t ff any person, corporation, or syndicate to give them the benefit of the entry or any palt thereof, that he or she does not apply to enter the same for the pnr 1 pose of speculation, but in good faith to reclaim the same and adapt it to cul- tivation by irrigation for his or her own use; and that he or she has not directly or indirectly made, and will not make, any agreement or contract i'll any way or manner, with any person or persons, corporation, or syndicate whatsoever, by which the title which he or she might ae- quire from the government of the United | States should inure i'll whole or i'll part ] to the benefit of any person, corporation or syndicate except himself, or herself and family, and upon filing such affidavit with the register or receiver on payment of five dollars when the entry IS not more than eighty acres, and on payment of ten dollars when the entry is for more than eighty acres but not more than one hundred and sixty acres, and on pay ment of fifteen dollars when the entry Is for more than one hundred and sixty but not for more than two hundred and forty acres, he or she shall thereupOn be per mitttd to enter the amount of land speci- iel.
 SEC l5. That the time of filing the declaration herein before required the party shall also file d map of said land which shall exhibit plan showing the mode of contemplated irrigation, ana which plan shall be sufficient to thorough ly irrigate and reclaim such land, anc prepare it to raise ordinary agricul tura crops, and shall also show the source 0 the water to be used for irrigation ant reclamation. Persons entering deser lands may associate together in the con
 structiop of canals and ditches for irri gating and reclaiming the same, an, may file joint map or maps showing their plan of internal improvements.
 SEC. l6. That the right to the use O water by the person or persons conduct
 ing the same on or to any tract of deser
 land so entered shall depend upon bon
 fide appropriation, and such right sha
 not exceed the amount of water actual appropriated and necessarily used fc
 the purpose of irrigation and reclamation
 and all surplus water oyer and abog
 such actual appropriation and use, tC
 gether with the waters of all lakes. ri
 CTS, and other sources of water suppl
 upon the public lands and not navjgab
 shall remain and be held free for the al
 propriation and use of the public for i
 rigatlun, mining and manufacturing, pu
 poses, subject to existing rights.
 SEC. r. That no land shall be paten
 ed to any person under this act unle
 within three years after making such e try he, or his heirs, shall have, by tl !. necessary irrigation and cultivate 2 thereof, by means of main canals branch ditches, and ill permanent Il
 provemenIs upon the land reclaimed al { put in actual cultivation one-eighth , the land; but no entry of such desc = land by any one person or for the ben
 it of such person shall hereafter exec ? three hundred and twenty acres, |
 shall any payment be required theref'
 except the paymen. of twenty five cel
 per acre to be paId when the applicati t Is filed; but no persons shall be pC
 mitted to make amy such entry unless
 ss a bona hde resident of the state
 territory in which such desert land
 situated. No patent shall be issued
 such land unless within one year af c. the expiration of sald three years
 person making such entry, or if he IT. dead, his widow, or in case of her dea
 his heirs or devisec, or in case of T death, proved by two credible witness who are householders, that he, she, A they have actually, by irrigation, raj 5 on at leas one eighth of sald land aI cultural products of commercial val S md make affidavit that no part of sl land has been alenated, except as I { vided in this act, and that be, she, they will bear true allegiance to g government of the United States, t \ n such cases, hc, she or they, if ab t 'A time citizens of the United States, S !. be entitled to q patent as in other e ~ provided by law.
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