Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-05-16
TIMBER CULTURE LAWS.

TIMBER CULTURE lRWS.
instructions Under the Act OF March s,
1891.
We publish herewith synopsis
of the new Timber-Culture and
Homestead laws, with instructions
and explanations by the Commis-
sioners to the Registers and Receiv-
ers.
Your attention is called to the act
of Congress entitled "An act to re-
peal timber culture laws and other
purposes, approved March 3, 1891,
a copy Of which is hereto attached.
It will be observed that by the
ffrst section the laws providing for
1.-THE entry Of public lands for timber
culture purposes, are repealed SO far
as regards future entries, but con-
tinued with certain prescribed moGi-
fcations, as regards the adjustment
of existing claims, initiated prior to
such repeating act. Hence, no fur
ther entries Of said class will be al
lowed unless the right to make such
entry had accrued or was accruing
at the date Of said act. In dealing
with existing entries the provisions
of the first section Of the repeating
act shall be observed. It will be
seen that by the fifth proviso Of
that section the right is extended to
persons having certain qualifications
to commute their entries in certain
cases at the rate of $1.25 per acre.
For this purpose it will be necessa-
ry-
1. That the person shall have in
good faith complied with the provis-
ions of the timber culture laws, for
four years.
2. That he shall be an actual
bona fde resident Of the State or
Territory in which said land is loca-
ted.
Final proof for the Communication
of timber-culture entries under this
provision. shall be made as other
final timber-culture proof is made
lSee Forms 1885 and 4-386), and
shall satisfactorily exhibit the facts
necessary to entitle the applicant to
make purchase Hereunder. Returns
will be made as in commuted home
stead entries under existing prrctice,
but with proper annotations on the
returns to indicate the character of
Of the transaction as a communication
of timber-culture entry on said act.
For final proof in timber-culture en-
tries, the registers and receivers shall
be allowed the same fees and COM
pensation as are allowed under pre-
viously existing laws in homestead
entries.
The fifth section thereof amends
section 22S9, Revised Statutes, so as |
to prevent any person who is the
proprietor Of more than 100 acres Of
land in any State or Territory from
acquiring any right under the home
stead law, and also section 1890, Re-
vised Statutes, so as to require diff
ferent affidavit from that now re-
quired to be made by applicants, as
preliminary to homestead entries.
In future, a preliminary affidavit
will be required to conform to these
amendments, proper blank forms
for which, will be prepared and
transmitted as, soon as practicable. |
form Of affidavit attached.
The sixth section of the amended
section Of the new act amends Sec
ton 2301, Revised Statutes, SO as to
require that parties proposing to
commute their homestead entries to
cash, shall make proof of settlement
and Of residence and of cultivation
of the land for a period Of fourteen
months from the date of the entry,
and the provisions of the section
as amended are made to apply to
lands on the coded portion Of the
Sioux Reservation, in South Dakota, !
without, however, relieving the set
tiers thereon from any payments
now required by law.
This provision must be enforced
in all cases of communication in which
the COMMITTED entity was made after
tie date of said act, but the right to
commute in cases in which the en-
try was made prior to that date is
not affected thereby.
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