The Springfield herald., 1898-06-17
Save Your Homestead Right.

II rs t.fifi W ''ie
provisions of an act of Congress,
appEqyed pec. p '94, entitled "An
act to amend section len 8 of an act to
Withdraw certain public lanqs ti!Q9mg !9mg
private entity, and tor .otlley pur-
poses, 9pproged March ID 1889.
Sec. : Of the apt of March q 1859
reads as follows:
That hSlt " Swhh,e!neEer wh, it sslhl.gIl shqIll be be made
tq appear 10 the register and re-
sewer 0f 'qnny 1p!H.'a9llii.q 1p!H.'a9liiq Il.q9lql4 lqlql4 S9Mce,
II Under ss,Nch fegulatlona as TIE Sec
rleltary Of th!e interior laay pre-
scribe, that tAai any settler Hfoap the
public domain undeF eAisting law
is Unable, by reasoy of total or
partial destfucilQp or iailuye Of
crops. sickness, or other npayQid
able casualty, 10 secure n sHEport
for himseli, herself, o. those de
pen,reHt upon him ~ her Hpon TIE
lands settled upon, then giqch reg
lister and receiyGt may gfaHt 10
SUCH settler 2 leaSe OF absepce
from The cla:H1 upon w}licl .la or
she has filed Tor periad not eS-
eeedipg one year 9i any one time.
and such settlers o granted lesrf of
absence shall fSrfsIi no Y$Ats by
reason ef such aIsence: Provided,
Thai the time of such aGtYal ub
sence shall not be deducted from
the actual residence required by
law.
And And the provision added there.
to hY the amendat4fy act is as
follows:
That il any SUCH scit!er has here
tofoYe forfeited ms or her entry
for any of said reasnls. such per
son shall be aeripitte.l to make
entry of pot TO exceed 4 quarter
sect,on on any public land SUBJECT
10 entry under the homestead Inv
apd TO perfect title Ia iie sane
nnder the same GapdItlons in ev-
erv respect as if he had pgt made
the former entry.
No party will be alt4Sed to make
a seeond entry iHaer this act. un-
loss his tormer Entry is cancelled
far any of the eauses named, ails-
ing beiose december 90 1854,
The applicant fer such perm,s-
sion Ia lpake seeqnd entry gill be
required to file IN the dlstrirt land
OFFICE having lursdictlon oyer the
land he desires to enter, an appii-
gallon tor specific TRACT of land.
and to submit testimony to consist
oil his own testimony. aorroborat
ed by the atlidavite oi disinterest-
ed witnesses. eYecHlea before the
register or receiver ~ some officer
in HE district using a seal and au-
lhoriyeG tn a4minis'er DatIls, set
ting forth in detail tie facts on
which he relies to support his ap
plicaiion. and which must be snt-
ficient to satisfy the register and
receiver, who are enJoined to ex-
ereise their best and most careful
judgment in the matter, THAT his
former entry WAS in fact forfeited
by reason of his inability. caused
by a total or partial destruction or
failure ni crops. sickness. or other
unavoidable casualty, to secure ii
support for himself or those de-
pendent upon him, upon the land
settled upon. f
The facts to be shown embrace
the following. viz;
!. The character and date of
the entry. date of establishing res
idenee upon the land. and what
Improvements were made thereon
by the applicant.
2. How much land was cult
waited by the applicant, and lol
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 eN-
tent the claimant was thereby
prevented from continuing upon
the land, and if practicable Il GER
tlficate from a reliable physician
should be furnished.
). 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 may