The Springfield herald., 1898-05-06
Save Your Homestead EigIlt.

provisions Of an act of Congress,
approved Dec. 20 '34, en1tled "An
act to amend section 9 II an act 20
withdraw certain public lands #; ON
private entry, and Tor other pur-
poses, approved March '2l 1889.
Sec. 8 of the act of Marcia ID 1889
reads as follows:
That whenever it shall |be made
to appear 10 the register and re
ceiver of any public land office,
under such rceulahons rs the Sec
retary of the Interior l.lhv pre-
scnbe, chat any settler upon the
public domain under existing law
is unable, by reason OF a Notal or
partial destruction or failure OF
crops, sickness, or other }navoid
able casualty, TO secure Il support
for himself, herself, or those de
pendent upon him or I:er upon the
lands settled upon, then such ree-
lister and receiver may grant TO
such settler a leave OF absence
from the claim upon which he or
she has fled for IL period not eX-
ceediug one year at4any one time.
and such settlers o granted leave Of
absence shall forfeit no rights by
reason Of such absence: Provided,
That the time Of such actual ,sh
sence shall not be deducted from
the actual residence required by
law.
Aud the provision added there
to by the amendatory act is as
follows:
That il any such settler has here
toiore 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-
cry respect rs if he had not made
tNe former cNtFV.
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. ails-
ing before December 90 1891.
The applicant Cor such permls-
sion to make second entry @ill be
required to file III 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 aliidavlts OF disinterest
ed witnesses, executed before the
register or receiver or some officer
in the district using a seal and All
thorizeG to administer oaths, set
ting forth in detail the facts on
which he relies to support his ap
plication, and which must be sui
fcient to satisfy The register and
receiver, who are enJoined to eX
ercisa their best and most careful
Judgment in the matter, that his
former entry was in fact forfeited
by reason Of his inability. caused
by total OF partial destruction or
failure OF crops, sickness, or other
unavoidable casualty, TO secure Il
support for himself or those de-
pendent upon him, upon the land
settled upon.
The facts to be shown embrace
the following, viz:
/. The character and date OF
the entry, date of establishing res
idencc upon the land, ana 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 cX-
tent, and the cause thereof.
i. In case oil 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
tllicate from reliable physician
should be furnished.
). In case Of other unavoida-
bic CASUALTY" the character, cause
and extent OF such casualty. and
its effect upon the land or the
CLAIMANT.
6. In each case full particulars
upon which intelligent action may
be based by the register and re-
ceiver.