The Springfield herald., 1897-08-20
Save Your Homestead Right.


The Department of the Interior
is sending out the following clrcu-
lar to the different land Offices:
Your attention is called to the
provisions of an act of Congress,
approved Dec. 30 '94, entitled "An
act to amend section 3 Of an act to
Withdraw certain public lands tio
private entry, and for other pur-
poses, approved March I'd 1889.
Sec. B of the act of March I'd 1889
reads as follows:
That whenever it shall be made
to appear to the register and re-
ceiver of any public land Office,
under such regulations MS the Sec
retary of the Interior Laay pre-
scribe, that any settler upon the
public domain under existing law
is unable, by reason of a total or
partial destruction or failure OF
crops. sickness, or other unavoid-
able casualty, to secure Il support
for himself, herself, or those de-
pendent upon him or Eer upon the
lands settled upon, then such reg
lister and receiver may grant TO
such settler n leave of absence
from the claim upon which he OF
she has filed Tor period not en-
ceeding one year at any one time.
and such settlers granted leave of
absence shall forfeit no rights by
reason of such absence: Provided,
That the time of such actual alb
sence shall not be deducted from
the actual residence required by
law.
And the provision added there
to by the amendatory act is as
follows:
That it any such settler has here
tofore forfeited his or her entry
for any of said reasons. such per
son shall be permitted to make
entry of not to exceed n quarter
section on any public land subject
to entry under the homestead law
and to perfect title to the same
under the same conditions in ev-
cry respect as ii he had not made
the former entry.
No party will be allowed to make
a second entry under this act, un-
loss his former entry is cancelled
for any of the causes named, arls-
ing before December 20 1894.
The applicant for such permls-
sion to make second entry will be
required to file Ill the district land
office having jurisdiction over the
land he desires to enter, an appli-
cation for a specific tract OF land.
and to submit testimony to consist
OF his own testimony, corroborat-
ed by the aflidavlts OF disinterest.
ed witnesses, executed before the
register or receiver or some officer
in the district using seal and au'
thorized to administer oaths, set
ting forth in detail the facts or
which he relies to support his ap
plication, and which must be sui
ficient to satisfy the register and
receiver, who are enJoined to eX
ercise their best and most careful
Judgment in the matter, that hi.
former entry was in fact forfeited
by reason of his inability. caused
by a total or partial destruction OF
failure OF crops, sickness, or Other
unavoidable casualty, to secure .
support for himself or those de
pendent upon him, upon the lane
settled upon.
The facts to be shown embrace
the following, viz:
/. The character and date ot
the entry, date of establishing res.
idence upon the land, and what
improvements were made thereon
by the applicant.
2. How much land was cult
waited by the applicant, and for
what period OF time.
3. In case of failure or injury
to crop, what crops failed or were
injured or destroyed, to what eX-
tent, and the cause thereof.
4. In case OF sickness, what
disease or INJURY, and to what eX-
tent the claimant was thereby
prevented from continuing upon
the land, and if practicable a GER
tlficate from reliable physician