Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-06
NEW LAND LAWS.
Private Entry NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Permitted to Gain Support
Land Adjacent Railroad
Grants Reduced

ows:
Section l. That from and after the
If this act no public lands Of {
tlle United States, except those in the
State Of Missouri, shall be subject TO
private entry.
Sec. g. That any person who has I
not heretofore perfected title t. v tract
Of laui Of which he has made entry
under the homestead law may make "
homestead entry of not exceeding one
quarter section Of public land subject
to sucl, entry, such previous filing or
entry 70 the contrary Notwithstanding
but this right shall not apply to per
sous who perfect title TO lands. unler
the presumption or homestead laws al
ready initiated; provided, that nN pre.
emption settlers u On the public lands
whose claims have been initiated prior
TO the passage Of this act may change
such entries to homestead entries and
proceed to perfect their titles to their
respective claims under the homestead
law, notwithstanding they may have
heretofore had the benefit Of such law,
but such settlers who perfect title to
such claims under the homestead law
shall not thereafter he entitled to en-
ter other lands under the presumption
or homestead laws Of the United States.
Sec. 3. That whenever it shall be
made to appear to the Register and
Receiver Of any public land Office, un
der such regulations M the Secretary
of the Interior may prescribe. that any
settler upon the public domain under
existing law is unable by reason Of \
total or partial destruction or failure
Of crops, sickness or other unavoida-
ble casually, To secure \ support for
himself, herself, or those dependent
upsn him or her upon the lands set
tied upon, then such Register and Re.
ceiver may grant to such settler a
leave OF absence from the claim upon
which he or she has filed for q period
not exceeding one year at any one
time, and such settler so granted leave
Of absence shall forfeit no rights by
reason Of such absence, provided that
the time Of such actual absence shall
not bs deducted from the actual resi-
lence required by law.
Sec. 4. That the price Of all sections
and parts Of sections of the public
lands within the limits Of the portions
of the several grants Of lands to aid in
the construction of railroads which
have been heretofore and which may
hereafter be forfeited, which we've by
the act making such grants Or have
since been increased to the douhl,
minimum price, and. also, of all land,
: within the limits of any such railroae
grant, but not embraced in such gran
, lying al iacent to and cOterminou
, with the portions OF the lines OF any
such railroad VIII ch shall not he com
completed ut date Of this act, is hcreb,
; fixed ut 1928 pr acre.
Sec. 5. That any homestead eettle
, who has heretofore entered less thur
!. one-quwrter section Of land may ente
. other and additional land lying con
tiguous to the original entry, whicl
shall not, with the land first entere,
and occupied, exceed in the aggregat
16O acres without proof Of residenc
! upon and cultivation Of the additions
/ entry; and il final proof Of settlement
f and cultivation has been made for tn
a original entry, when the additional
is made, then the patent shall iesu
without further proof: Provided, Tina
this section shall not apply to ur 70
G the benefit Of any person who ut til,
date of making application for entr
I hereunder does not own and occup,
the lands covered by his original Ell
try; And provided, That il the orit
inal entry should fail for any reason
prior to patent or should appear to b
illegal or fraudulent, the additions
entry shall not be permitted, or
having been initiated shall DO Cancelled
. Sec. 6. That every person entitled
under the provisions OF the homestea
laws, to enter a homestead, who Ia
; heretofore complied with or who sha
n hereafter comply with the condition
n Of said laws, and who shall have mad
h his final paoof hereunder for a guam
tity OF land less than 16O acres and re
ceived the Receivers final receip
0 therefor, shall be entitled under sal,
e laws TO enter as personal right, an,
6 not assignable, by legal subdivisions q
v the public lands OF the United State
e subject to homestead entry, 70 nue.
). additional land as added to the guam
tity previously so entered by hin
J. shall not exceed 1GO acres; provided
!, that IN no case shall patent issue 70
the land covered by such additional
entry until the person making sucl
!. additional entry shall have actuall
and in conformity with the Homestead
!. laws resided upon and cultivated tn
!, lands 80 additionally entered, an
i otherwise fully complied with sucl
laws; provided also, that this section
shall not be construed as affecting an
rights as to location of soldiers Gel
tificates heretofore issued under sec
y ton 1906 of the Revised Statutes.
n Sec. 7. That the ''act to provide I'D
Q ditiOnal regulations for homestead an,
e presumption entries OF public lands,
@ approved March 3, 1879, shall not b
construed to forbid the taking Of te,
, timony for final proof within ten day
following the day advertised a. upo
. which such final proof shall be mad.
in cases where accident or unavoids
BILE delays have prevented the appl
cant or witnesses from making sue
proof on the date specified.
8 Sec. 8. That nothing in this &C
o shall be construed rs suspending, n
t pealing or in any way rendering il
n operative the provisions Of the act Ell
L.: A. A l. L. 81.