The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-06-15

The fees for reducing testimony to
writing in making final proof are Is
cents for each 100 words, sometimes
$3.50, which must be transmitted with
the other final proof commissions.
A married woman has no right to
make homested entry.
A man has to be twenty-one years of
ase to make an .entry unless he is mar
RED or the head of a family.
If married woman who has been
deserted by her husband desires to prove
up, she should address the local officers
of the land Office. stating the nature of
her case, and ascertain if she has the
right to make proof.
In case of the death of both father and
mother, the guardian of the minor chill
dren, after obtaining the required order
of the probate court within two years
of the death of the surviving parent,
may sell the land forthe exclusive benefit
of such minor children, and patent will
issue to the purchaser on payment of
the Office fees.
The widow or children of q home
steader are not required to reside on
their homestead after his death, but
must continue cultivation by agent or
otherwise. Fhe widow can enter home
stead in her own right while cultivating
that of her deceased husband, in which
event she must actually reside on the
land entered in her own name.
In contests initiated by affidavit the
affidavit should be corroborated by pre-
ferably two witnesses. When service
is had by publication, the posting of a
copy of the notice on the land, and mail
ing (by REGISTERED letter., copy to con-
testee, to his address if known. and to
postofice nearest land, are absolutely
essential, as is also proof of both, and
this is the duty of the parties or their
attorneys, not of the land officers.
Where parties desire to file protest
against an entry on day of proof,it is the
duty of the officer taking the proof to
take down his testimony and that OF his
witnesses, and transmit the same with
the proof to The local office, the party
protesting paying the cost of reducing
the evidence of himself and witnesses
to writing.
The government does not issue q
general map showing what are public or
untaken lands. Land officers are author
lied by law to furnish plats or diagrams
showing what lands are vacant and what
are taken. Parties writing for numbers
dates, descriptions, etc., of several tracts
can get this information by ordering
plats.
The charges to be made by the local
officers for the plat or diagram of g par.
ticular township are fixed as follows:
For plat showing what land is public and
what land Is entered. ... ....."........S 1 OF
For plat showing entries and names of
claimants ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2 OF
Fer plat showing entries and names. num-
bers and character of land :. ........... 8 OF
For plat showing entries and names, num-
bers and character and date Of entry, to-
gether with topography. .......... 500. OF
Aoy person desiring information about
public land should always give the sec.
tiion' township and range, for which in:
formation is asked, together with the
numbers of land, and such information
will be furnished free of charge.
Papers once FLED cannot be returned
unless to correct clerical error.
1t is the duty of the applicant, when
he makes application, to ascertain the
exact area in the tract, and it over Ice
acres, he must, in addition to the en-.
trance charges, pay for the excess over
100 acres at the rate of $l25 or $3.50 pei
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