The Springfield herald., 1898-03-25
Save Your Homestead Right.

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 landst' ON
private entry, and for other pur-
poses, approved March Cd 1889.
Sec. 3 of the act of March I'd 1859
reads rs 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 iaay pre-
scribe, that any settler upon the
public domain under existing law
is unable, by reason of 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 her upon the
lands settled upon, then such reg
lister and receiver may grant to
such settler a leave OF absence
from the claim upon which he or
she has filed TOR period not ex-
ceeding one year 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 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 if 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 Il 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
second entry under this act. un-
loss his former entry is cancelled
for anv of the causes named. arls-
ing before December 90 1894.
The applicant for such permis-
SION to make second entry will ho
required to file III the district LAM,
Office having jurisdiction over the
land he desires to enter, an appli-
cation Tor a specific tract OF land.
and to submit TESTIMONY to consis,
ol his own testimony. corroborni
ed by the ailidavlts OF disinterrsl
ed witnesses. executed before tn,
register or receiver or some oliic
in the district using seal and y
thoriZeG to administer oathS, -
ting forth in detail the farls
which he relies To support ns '.
plication. and which must be 80
licient to satisfy HE regiSier au'-
receiver. who are enIoiued 10 ~
ercise their best and most careiu.
Judgment in the matter, that hi,
former entry was in fact forfeited
by reason OF his inability. caused
by Il total or partial dcs!ruciInn at
failure OF crops, sickness. q. r!hcl
unavoidable casually, to secure =,
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 dat OF
the entry, date of establishing res
idence upon the land, and what
improvements were made thereon
by the applicant.
2. How much land was cultl-
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 a reliable physician
should be furnished.
| 5. In case of "other unavoida-
BILE 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 NAV