The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-02-29
THE NEW LAND BILL.
Changes Made in the Pending Measure by
the House Committee on Public
Lands.

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in lion of tho nr.s.p, ,,,,d 1,,,. I, H.
mada so,,o cha poas i, tho l,itl .r..,,..r,,,,
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which ,ro,;l,s t,r ,la ,.,oo,or ,r .in,
her wh., ,n,..l,,ssd fro,n t,,. n,,lio
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guarantees to the ,urrbaser that t,,n finn.
hor or5 tho r;nh, If ro,r,l ,,.,Ia
su,,;sc, :, rho a,raot;ono ~ .ha a,o,a,,r,,
ot the ,ntor;or sl,u Ina l.o,,al ,ors,,ol
mr. marty G,r oil r,r,os.s I,o,ra,,ision
IN tho so,a. nj, ,,,,,.o, I,',.., i, J.,
serted no f,ll,,s.
Rpt M ne,son o,m,o,, or o,r,r,
ti,n sI,o1, nur,h,se ,r hojI in o,r .,.,o
or torr,t,r, .,,.o, an,.t;.,. - a,,I,
timber thar tho ,u,ru, ,,f,;,,hara an tow
se,.ti,ns of tbe 1,,js
In section a nrovision is in.erta,
cuttiup mt ,he clans. Il ;,y,,,. ,,irirun,
value of timber mon any land a, sloper
acre. A proyision il ol1ed STATING that
the a,proisol and classification :, he
made bv land office insnec,ur4 shall NOT
be econc,usive. In section s. which allows
the president to declare l,y public prorla-
nation the establishment of rcservotions
and to employ military force in protect
ing the reservations. inc,ul,no Yellow.
stone Park. the batter reservation is
dropped from the bill it beinq penerallv
understood that the Yellowstone Park
could he protected without this nrovis,on.
In section II. which proy;a,. .h.t all
lands reserved for military or other
special PURPOSES or all isolated or do
tacbeJ horizons of the publi, 1,mair
shall be jisposed of under the GENERAL
law simply apnlicative thereto tin. nm il
changed to read
That all isolated or disconnected ,r,rts
or parcels of the public domain of less
than 100 acres may he ordered sold ,t
private or pubIir sal. f,r not loss ,,,,r
81 % Der acre by the Secretary or the
interior. when in ird,,cnt il sb,,,d
he proper Ia dn "a an 1opds r.sorroa
for military or o,hor Snoc;,, ,rrnosos
shall bc ,lisnoscd of rrdor ,ha anro,is;o,a
of tho law nro,.,;.,l,,. ,,,;,,lt. ,t,.
,-vp,, ror ,,.,'r,,. ,r,o
Ssot;on - ,ro,,.l;,, ,ho. ,,l, e.
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dost;t,to ,i,,hor ~ ,,,.ar.,., H.
bean On cho,,,oa t,,,, +, .,,ds. ..rhst
ex,.e,t ,,;,oral tonl, o,l r,,,,.,os I'll,
al, lands unfit Ear ,r,,i,o,ian n,,
Secr;o, 10 u,bi.,, .,,Js t,,o ,o, ,to
sala of desert Io,d, ;s ,,,,Io .,,ou.u,,
ann,ic,h,e IN oil s,ates ara tarr;,o,;os
The Iaw in refers,co IN lasa,t ,,na, ;s
chanoed so 10 70 m,Ls bal,m;, in uh;oh
A nerson NAV beo;n his work ofirr;got;op
three years instead of five Tbo nav.
ment reouir.,l tberaf,re ia fxed at o5
cents per acra IN be mad whom the
declaration is filed. Section is has an
amendment nrovidiny.
Where homestead settlers have entered
less tkan l6o acres of land they NAV
enter any other additional land living
contiguous to the original entry, which
shall not, with the lands originally
entered, exceed in the aggregate IGO
acres or. if he so elect, may surrender
the lands as entered for cancellation and
be allowed to enter lands under the
homestead law the same as if the sur
rendered entries had not been made.
The residence and cultivation of such
settler upon the lands first entered shall
be considered as n residence and cnlti-
walton for the same length of time II ,on
the additional or new entry, or if the
settler has made final prnoranl obtained
title to 100 acres oflan,i nm Ter the h,ue.
stead law and has prior to the pasSa re of
the act in good faith sold or conveyed
the same, then he or she NAV enter so
much of anv other mblic land as when