The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-09-03

the lands ID opened. and parties hold
ing "a ccrtiitat of form ID NAV initi-
ate a HON tead claim either bv settle
mcut upO7 the land or bv entry or
fling at proper district Office; but
ao person ot holding any such cert-
licate sha' be permitted 10 occupy or
enter up amy of said lands until
after the 'oths shall have been dis-
continued uy the dircctioa of the see.
retary of the Interior Until thou tine
officers of the United states are cN-
| Pressly charged To permit no party
/ without certificate Co occupy or
| enter upon any of said lands
| he following rules and regulations
/ have bccn prescribed by the secretary
of the interior under the direction of
the president, as provided hv section
of said act of March third. eighteen
hundred and ninety for the oe-
cupat,ou and settlement of The lands
hereby opened, to-wit. The thirteenth
section G. the act app owed March
second, eighteen hundred and eighty
nine, the act approved May second
eighteen hundred and ninety, the sc..
ond proviso of section seventeen and
She whole of section eighteen of
the at approved March third eighteen
hundred and niuety-onc, are 10y sec
tion ten of the act of March
third, eighteen hundred and ninety
three, made applicable in dis
posing of the lands undc-
said section ten, and sail
lands are thereby rendered subject g.,
disposal under thc homestead AID
townsitc laws only, with certain mol
hcntions, which laws, as SO modified.
contain provisions substantially 90,
follows: L. Amy party will be euu-
. 4 s.a
claim TO tract OF said lands uap
is over tweuty-ore years of ape
or the head of "a family: who IS citi-
zen of the uited States or has doe
/ clared his intention To become such;
who has not exhausted his
! homestead right either by pcrfecting
! a homestead entry for one hundred
and sixty acres OF land under any lav.
IcNceptinC what is known as Che COM
muted provision of the Homestead
law contained in section twenty-three
hundred and one of the United States
Revised Statutes. or by making or
committing homestead entry since
March second eighteen huud cd and
eighty-niue, who has not entered
since August thirtieth, eighteen ham
drcd and ninety, under the
land laws of the United States: or
filed upon q quantity of land, agricult-
ural in character, aud not mineral,
which, with the tracts sought to be
entered in any case, would make more
than three hundred and twenty acres;
who is not the owner in fee simple OF
one hundred and sixty acres of land in
any state or territory, and who has
not entered upon on occupied the lands
hereby opened in violation of this, the
presidents proclamation, opening the
same TO settlement and entry. lSee
section 22-a l.. :. R. g.. act OF MorcL
=. 1889, % ,tdt., Saf; section rs Of the
act of March ., 1850; % stat, 1903; act
of August 30, 1890 26 Stat, 3.il; sec
ton 20, act of May ., 1890, 2G Stat, 81;
and section 30, act of March Q, 1898,
% Stat, G4O) .. Each entry shall
be in compact body, ac-
cordinp TO tho rectangular sub-divis-
ions of the public surveys and in "A
square form as nearly as reasonably
practicable, consistently with such
surveys, and no person shall be per-
mitted TO enter more than one-quar-
tel section in quantity of said land.
(See section l3, act of March,
., 1889. - Stat, 1909 .. Par
, ties who own and res .d' upon
+ land mot .cquired by them under tine
S homestead law not, amQua1ng in
! quantity To qufn7 sectiou nav, p
A | otherwise qualified, enter other lanC
, lying contiguous to their own 90 ar
, amount which shall not, with th,
4 land already owned by them, exceed
in the aggregate one hundred
} and sixty acres. See section 22s9,
e L. ;. II. $. 4. Any party
r who has made homestead ENVY
c prior TO March second eighteel
i. .sg Ia, .,s. fgp los
r than one quarter section of land an
= who still owns and occupies the LAM
. so entered may, if otherwise qualified
n enter an additional tract of land lyin
U con tiguous to the land embraced in III
I original entry, which shall not, wit
l. the land first entered, exceed IN tn
n aggregate one hundred and siXt
n acres buU such additional entr
n will not be permitted, or if PEE
j. mitted will be cancelled, if tn
e original entry should fail for any ref
4 son prior TO patent, or should appe1
F. to be Illegal or fraudulent. III
n final proof of residence and Gu
T. tivat!on made on the originarentry, T.
II gether with the payment of the pr
lie scribed price for the land, viii be su
le hcient TO entitle the party to fin
le certificate for the land SO entered, wit
C. out further proof see section OF
ar act of March p, 1859, - Stat, s5i
s. 3. Parties who have complied with t
4 conditions of the law with regard to
,r homestead entry for less than 100 aci
C. of land made prior TO March secoI
"a eighteen hundred and eighty-nil
!, and have had the final papers issu
s. therefor, may if otherwise qualiti
III make an additional entry, 10y lei
IN subdivisions, of so much land as,
81 ded TO the quantity previo
I'd ly so entered, shall not exc
or one hundred and sixty acl
e. Parties making entry under the I
or visions set forth in this paragraph \
n be required TO reside upon and CT
Is. yate the land embraced therein
Ilv the prescribed period and 70 sub
err proof of residence and cultivation
ed like character with that required
at ordinary homestead entries be
err the issuance of final ceI
ed cate. (See section g. act
is March ., 1850, 25 Stat, saA
nd ANY officer, soldier, seaman or
no. rine who served for not less than n
ALI tv days IN the army or navy OF
md United States during the war of
the rebellion and who was honorably
nch charged and has remained te
he TO the government, or in cas- ~ ~ h,
IL a death, his widow, OF IA e4so ..,',, orph
his Aii|t'-