The Springfield herald., 1898-06-03
Save Your IIome,Iea.l l.is!it.

Your attention is called to the
provisions of an act of Congress.
approved Dec. 20 81, entitled AN
net to amend section 3 Of an act to
Withdraw certain public lands +! ON
private entry. and Tor other pur-
poses, approved March 2d 1889.
See. 3 of the act Of March I'd 1883
reads us follows:
That whenever ii shall be made
to appear TO the register an. re
ceiver of any public land Office,
under such regulations as Tie Sec
retary of the Interior iaav pre-
scribe. that any settler upon the
public domain under existing law
is unable, by reason of a total or
partial destruction or failure Of
crops. sickness, or other unuvoid-
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 10
such settler leave OF absence
from the claim upon which he or
she has filed Tor u period no! eX-
ceeding one year II; 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 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 il any such settler has here
tofore forfeited his or her entry
for ahv of said reasons. such per
son shall be permitted 10 make
entry OF not to exceed 4 quarter
section on any public land subject
to entry under the homestead law
and to perfect title 10 the same
under the same conditions in ev-
ery respect as il 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 any of the causes named, arls-
ing before December 30 1894.
The applicant for such permis-
SION to make second entry will be
required to file In the district land
Office having jurisdiction over the
land he dcBires TO enter. an appii-
cation Tor a specific tract OF land,
and to submit testimony to consist
OF his own testimony. corroburaI-
ed by the afIidavIts OF disintercst
ed witnesses. executed before he
register or receiver or some Officer
in tie district using a seal and du
ihorized to administer oath,. SGT
ting forth in detail the facts or
which he relies 10 support i;!s ap
plication. and which must be sui
fcient 20 satisfy the register and
receiver. who are en1oined to ex-
ercise their best and most cnrcfni
Judgment in the matter, that his
former entry was in fact forfeited
by reason OF his inability. caused
by total OF perlial destruction oI
failure ol crops. sickness. OF oile;
unavoidable casualty, to secure d
support for lnmself or those de
pendent upon him. upon the land
settled Upon.
The facts to be shown cmbr9ce
tle following, wiz
!. The character and dat ol
The entry, date Of cstablishiugres-
idence upon the land, and what
improvements were made thereon
by the applicant.
?. How much land was cul'l-
waited by the applicant, and ion
what period OF time.
3. In case of failure or injury
10 crop, what crops failed or were
injured or DESTROYED. to what eX-
tent, and The cause thereof
/. In case OF sickness. what
disease OF INJURY, and to what eX-
tent the claimant was thereby
prevented from continuing upon
the land, and il practicable II GER
tlficate from reliable physician
should be furnished.
). In case Of ''other nnavoida-
bic casualty,' the character, cause
and extent OF such casualty, and
its effect upon the land or the
. claimant.
6. In each ease full particulars
upon which intelligent action may
; be based by the register and re-