The Springfield herald., 1897-01-15
Save Your Homestead Right.

is sending out the following cIrcu-
lar to the different land Offices:
Your attention is called to the
provisions of an act of Congress.
approved Dec. % "a. entitled "An
act to amend section 3 Of an act to
withdraw certain public lands t! ON
private entry, and for other pur,
poses. approved March I'd 1889
Sec. 3 of the act of March I'd 1885
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 as the Sec.
retarv of the Interior ,lav pre-,
scribe, that any. settler upon the
public domain under existing law
is unable, by reason Of Il total OF
partial destruction or failure oi
crops. sickness. or other unavoid
able casualty, 10 secure support
for himself. herself. or those de.
pendent upon him or her upon the
lands settled upon. then such rec
lister and receiver may grant tC
such settler a leave OF absence
from the claim upon which he OF
she has filed TOR IL period not eX.
ceedin" one wear At any one time,
and such settlers o granted leave o!
absence shall forfeit no rights by
reason OF such absence: Provided
That the time Of such actual ab
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 ii 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 a 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-
erv respect as if 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, ars-
ing before December 20 1894.
The applicant for such permls-
son to make second entry vii be
required to file III the district land
office having jurisdiction over the
| land he desires to enter, an appli-
cation Tor specific tract OF land,
and to submit testimony to consist
LOT his own testimony, corroDOrat-
ed by the anidavlis OF disinterest-
red witnesses. executed before the
register or receiver or some officer
| in the district using seal and au-
| thOrizeG TO administer oa,hs, set
ting forth in detail the facts on
which he relies to support his ap
plication. and which must be sut-
licient TO satisfy the register and
receiver, who are enJoined to eX-
ercise their best and most careful
Judgment in the matter, that his
! former entry was in fact forfeited
bv reason Of his inability, caused
by total or partial destruction ol
failure of crops, sickness, or Other
unavoidable casualty, to secure I
support for himself OF those de
pendent upon him, upon the lane
settled upon.
The facts to be shown embrace
the following, viz:
/. The character and date o
the entry. date of establishingres
idence upon the land, and wha
improvements were made thereon
blythe applicant.
?. How much land was cuItl
waited by the applicant, and tol
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, wha
disease or injury, and to what eX
tent the claimant was thereby
prevented from continuing upol
the land, and if practicable Ger
tlticate from a reliable physician
should be furnished.
5. In case of "other unavoida
bic CASUALTY" the character, cause
and extent OF such casualty, ant
its effect upon the land or the
claimant.
6. In each case full particular
ur,o,, which iuteltiUpnt oct1on ma