Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
sew TIMBER CULTURE Lew.

r,o land offices of the state have
.aiyed official notification Of the
0as.oe Of the Act Of March 3, 1893,
prs,eh allows timber culture entry
Who have complied with the tim
~ culture law for eight years, to
We dnai proof and obtain title to
n%a,and without paying for it, wheth-
n,hov have succeeded in raising the
trees or not,
following is the language of the
n, of section one Of an act entitled
a. act to repeal timber culture laws
md for other purposes" approved
anucb third. eighteen hundred and
mu-one. be-, and hereby is amend
h1hJ nv adding the following words
eu NC fourth proviso thereof: And
loarided further, That if trees, seeds,
ocuttings were in good faith planted
VI orovided by law and the same, and
MSapiand upon which so planted were
ennoraafter in good faith cultivated as
urovided by law, for at least eight
ppaors nv a person qualified to make
yotrv and who has a subSiSting entry
.nder the timber culture laws, iinal
unonf NAV be made without regard to
Pc number of trees that may have
baen then growing on the land"
Paceiyer Macleod Of the Aberdeen
district says the act is very liberal
IN its terms and makes no distinction
etwce residents and non-residents.
IT'S benefits apply to all existing en-
tries, regardless of the date Of en-
try. but proof cannot be made until
after the expiration Of eight years
from the date of entry. Proof will be
made under the regulations hereto
fore governing final timber culture
nroofs. except that publication will
no necessary, the same as in home
stead cases. The testimony may be
submitted either before the local land
office or before the judge or clerk OF a
court % record within and for the
countv in which the land is situated,
An entryman desiring to make
nroof under this act should proceed
as follows:
! File in the local land Office ar
anplication to make proof, stating
where and before what officer he de
sires TO make proof, and naming a.
witnesses four persons who are famil
lar with the tract and have persona
knowledge Of all the work performed
thereon-breaking, planting and cul
tiyation-sincc the first year of tn
entry.
2. On the day set for proof tn
claimant, with two of his advertise
witnesses, must appear in person be
fore the designated officer and brln
with him the receivers duplicate rt
celpt for his entry and the publish
er's affidavit OF publication, also,
case he is not a native born either
record evidence Of his naturalizatio
or declaration of intention TO becOm
a citizen. The officer will write tn
testimony and perform all other Gle.
ical and judicial acts necessary I
complete the proof.
3. Entrymen must make proof /
person and they are cautioned again'
producing incompetent witnesse
The witnesses should be qualified
testify from personal knowledge as
the number of acres broken the frs
second and thiro years, the number
acres and the kind Of seeds or tre'
planted each year, the acts of Guilty.
ton performed each year, and II th'
have not previously done SO TIT
should, before appearing, personal
measure the tract on which the tire
have been planted.
4. The fees Of the land office
each ease is S4.00 and in addition
teen cents for each 100 written wor'
in the testimony.
The land offices, having received
fetal notification of the enactment
the law. are ready to transact bu'
mess under its provisions.