The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1891-03-13
THE NEW LAND LAW.
Important Changes Made by Congress
In the Land System.

In the Land System.
The new land law IL OF vast I'm.
portanco and reorganixos tho entire land
system. As It finally received tho Prssi-
dents signature, II ropcals tho timber
culture law, but allows any person who
has made m entry under the former law
and who has for four years In good faith
complied with the provisions Of that law,
and who is an actual bona fide citisen Of
tho state or territory In which tho land
Is situated, 10 purchase the same at q. %
per aero upon making proof Of these facts.
Under such entries parties are not required
to show that not less than 2,70O trees wore
planted on each aero.
In cases where persons do not desire 10
take advantage Of this right TO purchase,
the law provides that, In computing the
period Of cultivation, the time shall run
from the date OF tho entry, II the neces-
sary acts Of cultivation have been per-
formed within the proper time.
To tho desert land act five new sections
are added. They provide that the desert
land cntryman, In making his entry, must
file map exhibiting his plan Of contem-
plated irrigation and the source Of the
water 70 be used. Persons making entries
may associate together In tho construction
Of canals, and In filing . joint map the
cntryman or his assignors shall oxpcnd In
irrigation, etc, at least q per acre Of tho
whole trsc:-si for each Of the nrst three
years-nnd shall file proof Of having done
so each year. On the third year . map
shall be filed showing the charaoter nj
extent Of tho improvements.
II no falls to do what Is required In any
year, the land shall revert 10 tho govern.
ment and the rs cents advance money
shall be forfeited. Aperson can, however,
receive q patent at an earlier date by
making the required proof Of reclamation.
etc, to tho extent Of q per acre for at
least one, eighth of the whole tract.
This act does not afYoct valid rights
which have accrued under the act Of
March 8. 1877, md such claims may DO
perfected under that act, or they may be
perfected under the provisions Of this act,
at the option Of tho claimant. At tho
time of making proof tho party must DO .
citizen Of the United States and pay tho
additional sum Of q per aero for the land,
and patent will Issue to tho entryman or
to his assigns. No person, however, shall
hold by assignment or otherwise prior 70
tho issuance OF patont, more than 800 acres
Of desert land, but this section 1.-THE 7th)
shall not apply TO eutries initiated prior 10
tho approval Of this act.
The presumption law, except as To acc
tions 2as5, 2276 and 2as8, arc repealed, but
nll bona fdc claims instituted prior to this
act may be perfected as heretofore. Sec
tion 22s9 revised statutes is amended no
that no person who is tho proprietor Of
more than 100 acres Of land In any state or
territory shall acquire my right under
tho homestead law. Section 2o3l OF the
revised statutes Is amended so % TO re-
qulre before communication, residence and
cultivation fora period of fourteen cal.
endar months from the date Of the home
stead entry, instead Of six months us now,
and this is made applicable 10 tho coded
Sioux lands in South Dakota, but shall
not relieve settlers thereof from the
payments now required by law.
Section 10 reads as follows:
THAT town site entries may be made by
Incorporated towns and cities on the pin
cral lands Of the United States, but no
title shall DO acquired by any such towns
or cities to any vein Of gold. silver, CHINA
bar, copper or lead or to any valid mining
claim or possession within the limlta OF an
Incorporated town or city, aud such poe
session by local authority or by the laws
OF tho United States. The title to town
lots shall bc subjected to such recognized
possession and the necessary use thereof.
and when entry has been made OF patent
issued for such town sites to incorporated
town or city tho posscssor Of such mineral
vein may enter md receive patent for such
mineral vein md the surface ground ap-
pertaining thereto; provided that no ontry
shall be made by such mineral vein
claimant for surface ground whore the