The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-04-03

Homestead Law-Final Action OF
EntrIes-what 10 said Of Ditche,
and Rcservoirs-The Preservation
of Timber, ETC., Etc.
Text OF the Land Law Passed Ivy Con.
gress March Sd.
Be it enacted, etc., That an act en-.
titled IAN act to amend an act emit.
tied AN act to encourage the growth
of timber on the western prairies, "
approved June IA, 1878, and all laws
supplementary thereto or amendatory
thereof. be, and the same are hereby,
repealed: Provided, That this repeal
shall not affect any valid rights here
tofore accrued or accruing under said
laws. but all bona fide claims lawfully
initiated before the passage of this act
may be perfected upon due compliance
with law, in the same manner, upon
the anne terms and conditions, and
subject to the same limitations, for
FIXTURES and contests as if this act had
never been passed: And provided
further, That the following words OF
the last clause of section 9 OF said act
namely, That not less than twenty
seven hundred trees were planted on
each acre, " are hereby repealed: And
provided further, That in computing
the period of cultivation, the time
shall run from the date of the entry if
the necessary acts OF cultivation were
performed within the proper time: And
provided further, That the prepare
ton Of the land and the planting Of
trees shall be construed as acts Of Gull
tivation, and the time authorized to be
so employed and actually employed
shall be computed as a part of the
eight years Of cultivation required by
statute: Provided, That II person
who has made entry of any public
lands of the United States under the
.timber-culture laws, and who has for
a period of four years in good faith
complied with the provisions of said
laws and who is an actual bona fde
resident of the state or territory in
which said land is located, shall be en-
titled to make final proof thereto, and
acquire title to the same, by the pay
1nent of $1.25 per acre for such tract,
under such rules and regulations as
shall be prescribed by the secretary of
the interior, and registers and receiv-
rers shall be allowed the same fees and
compensation for final proofs in timber
culture entries as is now allowed by
law in homestead entries: And pro-
Vided further, That no land acquired
under the provisions of this act shall
in any event become liable to the sat-
~isfaction of any debt or debts con-
hracted prior to the issuing of the final
certificate therefor.
Sec. ?. That an act to provide for
the sale of deserted lands in certain
states and territories, approved March
3. 1877. is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following sections:
@Sec. /. That at the time of filing
THE declaration hereinbefore required
the party shall also file a map of said
Hand, which shall exhibit a plan of
showing the mode of contemplated ir-
irrigation, and which plan shall be suf-
t1cient to thoroughly irrigate and re-
claim said land, and prepare it to raise
ordinary agricultural crops, and shall
also show the sourc of the water to
be used for irrigation and reclaima-
ton. Persons entering or proposing
to enter separate sections, or fraction
al parts of sections, of desert lands
may associate together in the con-
struction Of canals and bitches for ir-
.rigating and reclaiming all of said
tracts, and may file a joint map or
maps showing their plan Of internal
Improvements.
Sec 5. That no land shall be pat
ented to any person under this act un-
less he or his assignors shall have
expended in the necessary irrigation,
reclamation and cultivation thereof,
10y means of main canals and branch
bitches, and in permanent improve
fnentS upon the land, and in the our
chase of water rights for the irrigation
of the same, at least SIS per acre OF
whole tract reclaimed and patented in
the manner following: Within one
year after making entry for such tract
of desert land as aforesaid, the party
so entering shall eXpend not less than
81 per acre for the purposes aforesaid;
and he shall in like manner expend
the sum of 81 per acre during the sec
ond and also during the third year
thereafter, until the sum of s. per
acre is expended. Said party shall file
during each year with the register
proof. by the affidavits OF two or more
credible Witnesses. that the full sum OF
81 per acre has been expended in such
necessary improvements during such
year, and the manner in which eX-
pended, and at the expiration of the
third year a map or plan showing the
character and extent of such improve
;ments. Ii any party who has made
such application shall fail during any
year to file the testimony aforesaid,
the lands shall revert to the United
States and the % cents advanced pay
ment shall be forfeited to the United
States, and the entry shall be Cancelled.
Nothing herein contained shall pre-
vent a claimant from making his final
ENTRY and receiving his patent at an
date than hereinbefore pre-
sscribed, provided that he then makes
the required proof of reclamation to
the aggregate extent of So per acre:
Provided. That proof be further re-
nuired of the cultivation of one-eighth