The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-01
LAND THE WEST.
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only settlement, residence and cultiva-
tion for few years to obtain full and
complete title to the land The situation
is much different from what it is In the
east, where young farmer must run In
debt to buy few acres Of land and be
kept In debt for years. One crop of ten
acres will pay the cost for building and
tools
There are several ways of obtaining
title to agricultural lands First is
under the pre-emption laws The first
requisite is to make settlement upon the
land Settlement consists of any acts
which show the intention of the settler
to claim the land as pre-emption. 1t
may be, for instance, the building of a
cellar. or starting the foundation of
house. or building of afence.
Having this settlement upon the land,
within three months the settler. must file
a declaratory statement in the United
States office and pay a fee of So. With
in two years and nine months he must
get upon the land and reside thereon for
six months. By decision os the land
Office. it is not necessary for party to
live upon the land until six months be-
fore he makes final proof, but he must
live there at least six months and make
final proof before thirty-three months
from the date of settlement. He must
have cultivated portion of the land.
In six months after establishing residence
upon the land he can prove up. He must
make application to make final proof at
the land office. and advertise in some pa
per published near the land. also name
four witnesses who are neighbors and
who are not related to him He and two
witnesses must appear before the proper
officers on the day of making final proof
and make proof of his residence. cult
walton of the land and pay $l.25 per acre
in addition to the fees for advertising.
attorneys fees, etc.
HOMESTEAD.
Another method of obtaining title to
land is under the homestead act By
this method the first requisite is the same
as under the pre-emption laws. A soldier
can file soldiers homestead claim upon
the land which he intends for home
stead six months previous to making
settlement upon furnishing his discharge,
or other proof of his service; but any
party can have six months time to make
settlement by going before the register
and receiver of the land office; so this
right of the soldier amounts to but very
little. Within three months after settle
ment. homestead entry must be made and
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party, should he not go before the regis
ter and receiver, must be residing upon
the land at the time Of making affidavit
before clerk of court He can if he
chooses after residing upon the land six
months, and cultivating it, prove up as
in the pre-emption and pay for the land.
Such an act is called committing home
stead. Should he not desire to pay for
it. however, he can live upon it five
years and then make final proof He
need not prove up if he chooses for seven
years. Upon making final proof he has
only to pay the fees for advertising,
clerk, and small fee to the register and
receiver. when he obtains the title for
his land If he was soldier in the war
his term of service as such can he de-
Quoted from the five years residence,
but he must reside upon the land at least
one year These are all the rights the
soldier has over any other citizen in re-
spect to the homestead law
A person who wishes to take up land
under both pre-emption and homestead
act should pre-empt first.
There is still another method of obtain