The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-03-14


| sed statutes, he aud The same are
hereby amended, 20 that they shall
read rs follows: ss..
SEc. 22S9. Every person who is the
head of family. or who has arrivedAt
the age OF twenty one years. and il
citizer OF the Uui'ed st tcs, or v no hns
| filed his declaration of intention to be-
come such, as required by the. natural
ization laws, shall ! @ entitled to enter
one quart,r-soction or less quantity,
o. upapprop lated public lands; to be
| locat' in IA body in conformity 10 the
lega sub division of the public lands;
but no person who is the proprietor Of
more than 160 acres of land in any state
or territory shall acquire anv night un-
der tie homes Il law And every
person own ng a, d ,esidipg on land
may, under the provisions of this sec
| ton. enter other land lying contiguous
to his land, which shall not. with tie
land so already owned and occupied,
exceed in the aggregate l60 acres.
| SEC. 2290. That any person apply
ing to enter land under the proceeding
section shall first make and subscribe
before the proper officers and file in the
proper land office an affidavit that he
or she is the head OF a family. or is over
twenty one years of age. and that such
application is honestly and i'll good
faith made for the purpose of actual
| settlement and cultivation, and not for
the benefit of any other per on, persons
or corporations, and that he or she will
faithfully and honestly endeavor to
| comply with all the requirements of
| law as to settlement, residence. and
cultivation necessary to acquire tit'e to
the land applied for; that he or she is
not action as agent Of any person, cor.
| roration, or syndicate IN making snch
entry, nor in co'lusion with any person,
| corporation, or svndica'e TO give them
| the benefit Of the land entered, or any
| y rt thereof, of the timber thereon;
that lie or she does not app Y t. enter
the same for the purpose OF sp.cula
ion, but in good fa III to obtain home
'or himself or herself; ard that he or
che las no directly or indirectly made,
and will mo- make. any agreement or
contract in sny way or manner, with
NY person or persons. corporation or
syrd cate whatsoever, by which the
| title VII ch he or she mi hit acquire
orm the governments OF the I'm ted
States shond 'nure in whole or in part
tn the benefit OF any person, except him.
self or hers, II; and upon filing such Of
| fida, it with the register and receiver on
payment OF So when the entry is not
more than 80 ar es, and ON payment of
$40 when the entry is for more thar 80
acres, he OF she shall thereupon he per-
mitted to enter the amount of land
| specified"
SEC. G. That section 2301 of the re-
vised statutes e amended so as to read
as follows:
"Sic. 23O1. Nothing in this chapter
shall be so con trnd,d az to prevent
any p on who shall hereafter avail
himself of the ben, fit of section 22S9
frr IN paving the minimum price for the
| qu u,ntity ot land so entered at any time
after the expiration oi fourteen calendar
months from the dte of such entry,
and obtaining patent therefor.
upon making proof of settle
ment and of res dencc and cultivation
or such period of fourteen months,
and the provisions of this secto sholl
apply to lands on the ceded portion of
f. 9 Sioux reservation by nct approx, d
Mar II 2 1889, in Sou'h Dakota, but
! shall not rel i've said settlers from any
| payments now required by law.
SFc. 2 That whenever it shall appear
| to the Commi- ioner Of tie General
| Lind Office that a clerical error has
been committed in the entry of any Of
the public ! nds, such en'rv may be
| su pended upon proper notification to
| the claimant, th,ongh the local land
| office, until the error has been corrected
and all entries made und.r the pre-
| emption, honest end, desert land, or
timber-cuiture laws, in which final proof
and payment may have been made and
/ cert ficates issued, end to which there
are no adverse claims originating prior
| to final entry. and which have been
| sold or incumlered prior to the 1t day
| OF March, 1883. and after inal entry to
bona tde purch seIs If incumbran ncers,
| for valuable cons deration, ,ha l, nn-
less upon an Investigation by govern
ment agent fr nd on tie part Of the
purchaser has been found, be confirmed
aud patented upon presentation of sat
isfactory proof 10 the land department
of such sale or encumbraDce PrOrided,
That after the lapse Of two years from
| the date of the issuance of the receivers
receipt upon tho final entry of any tract
OF lard under the honest cad, timber
culture, desert land, or presumption
laws, or upder this act, and VIII, n there
shall be NJ pending contest or prots st
ag inst the validity of .uch entry, the
eutrvmen shall be entitled to q patent
conveying the land by him entered, md
the same shall be issued to him; but
this provis shall not I've cons'ruded to
require the delay Of two years from th [,
date of said entry before the issuing OF
p tent therefor. le
! SEC. g That suits by the United
States to vacate and ann'l any patent
he, etofore issued shall only I've brought
within six years after the date OF the is.
suance of such patents. And in the
States of Colorado, Montana, Idaho,
North Dakota and South Dakot,i, Wysm
ing and in the district OF Alaska md the
gold and silver regions of Nevada. and
the Territory Of Utah, in any criminal
! prosecution or civil action OF the United
States for trespass on snch public
timber or Lumber lands or to recover
I timher or luml,er cut thereon, 10. shall
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