The Springfield herald., 1898-06-10
Save Your Hoincs,ca-l li!gi.t.

lar to the different land offices:
Your attention is called to the
provisions of an act of Congress,
approved Dec 80 80. entitled An
act to amend section of an act to
Withdraw certain I.ublic lands +, ON
private entry. and tor other pur-
poses. approved March ID 1889.
Sec. 3 of the act Of March % 1889
reads as follows:
That whenever il shall be made
TO appear to the register and re
ceiver of any public land office,
] under such regulations as the Sec
retaly of the Interior ilav pre-
scribe. that any settler ulton 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 II 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 10
such settler leave ni absence
from the claim upon which he or
she has filed Tor IL period not eX-
ceeding one year Il; 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 ub
sence shall not be deducted from
the actual residence required by
law.
And the provision added there
to by the amendatory act is AZ
follows:
That ii any such settler has here
tofore forfeited ms or her entry
for any of said reasons. such per
son shall be permitted to make
entry OF not to exceed quarter
section on any public land subject
to entry under the homestead law
and to perfect title 10 the same
under the same conditions iii 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. ans
ing before December 30 1894.
The applicant for such permls
sion TO make second entry will be
required 10 file lii 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
OF his own testimony. corrobcrnl-
ed by the aflidavIts oi disintercst
ed witnesses. eXecuied before the
register or receiver or some officer
in the district using a seal and au
thorized to administer oa;hs. set
ting forth i'll detail the facts on
which he relies to support his ap
plication. aud which must be sui
ticient 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 TACT forfeited
by reason of his inability. caused
by total or partial destruction or
failure OF crops, sickness, OF 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 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 cnih-
waited by the applicant, and Tor
what period OF time.
| 8. In case of failure or injury
10 crop, what crops failed or Were
injured or destroyed. to what en-
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 Il GER
tlficate from reliable physician
should be furnished.
5. in case of "other unayoida-
BILE CASUALTY the character. cause
and eXten; of such casualty. ahd
its effect upon the land or the
claimant
6. In each case full particulars
upon which intelligent action may