The Springfield herald., 1898-05-20
Save Your UomesIenA riglIt,


Is sending out me following circu-
lar to the different land offices:
Your attention is called to the
provisions of an act of Congress.
approved Dec. 30 81. entitled AN
act to amend section 3 Of an act to
Withdraw certain public lands I. ON
private entry. and tor other pur-
poses, approved March I'd 1889
Sec. 3 of the act of March ID 1859
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
retary of the Interior llav pre-
scribe, that any settler upon the
public domain under existing law
is unable, by reason OF Il total or
partial destruction or failure OF
crops. sickness. or other unavoid-
able casualty, to secure Il support
for himself, herself, or those de
pen 'ent upon him or rer upon the
lands settled upon, then such rec
lister and receiver may grant to
such settler leave OF absence
from the claim upon which he or
she has fled Tor period not cX-
ceeding one year at any 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 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 il 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-
erv respec, 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. ans
ing before December 30 1891.
The applicant ror such permls-
SION to make second entry will be
required 10 file IN the district land
Office having jurisdiction over the
land he desires to enter, an appli-
cation Tor specific tract ol land.
and to submit testimony 10 consist
ol his own testimony. corroborut-
ed by the aflilalits OF dieinterosi
ed witnesses. eXccnt"d before he
register or receiver or some cilireF
in he district using IL seal aud I'll
ihor;z5G "a administer oaih&. set
tn. forth in detail the facts o:
which he relies to support his ap
piicalion. and which mast be sui
licient To satisfy the register and
receiver. who are enJOined To eN-
ercise 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 partiaI destruction or
| failure Of crops, sickness, or other
unavoidable casualty. to secure d
support for hlmself or those de
pendent upon him, upon the land
settled upon.
The facts to be shown embrace
The following, Wiz
l. The character and dat of
the entry. date of estabiishimgres-
idercr upon lhe land, and what
improvements were made thereon
ny lhG applicaiit
p How much land was cult
yattd b" he applicant, and for
what period ol time.
3. Ia case of failure OF in.jury
TO crop, what cropn iaijed or were
inquired or DESTROYED. to what ex-
tent, ana the Gauge lIiereol.
1. In caee OF sickness, what
disease or INJURY, and io what eX-
tent the claimant was thereby
prevented froi:i continuing upon
The hand, and If practicable Il Ter
IlGcae rom reliable physician
should '!r furnished.
.. in case OF other l;navoida-
bic casrAltv,'' Tie cllnracter9 cause
and extent OF such ta- utilty; and
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