The Springfield herald., 1898-05-27
Save Your Homestead Right.


Your attention is called to the
provisions Of an act of Congress,
approyefe! Dec, 20 '9+, entitled San
act to amend section 3 Of an act to
Withdraw certain public lands II oHa
private entry, and for other pur-
poses. approved March I'd 1889.
Sec, 3 of the act Of MaFqh I'd 1889
reads af follows:
That whenever il shall be made
to appear to the register and re
celver Of any public land office,
under such regulations as ii.a Sec
retary Of the interior ;4ay pre-
scribe, that AEy settler UPON the
public domain under existing law
is unable, by reason Of II total or
partial destruction OF rniiure OF
crops. sickness, or otleF nnavoid-
able casualty, 10 gacnar ;, support
for himself; herself. VI those de
pen 'ent upon him or her upon the
lands settled upon. then such REQ
lister and receiver NAV grant 10
such settler y leay2 Dl absence
from the claim npar ~i'irh ne or
she has fled tor j; peiiad net ex-
ceeding one yeas a; any enc iime.
and s!.c!l sstl ,ers o.granted leave of
absence shall forfeit no ri%his by
reason OF such absence: l'ro.idel,
That The time of such aclnA! no
sence shall not be deducted from
the actual residence required by
law.
And the provision added there
to by the amendatory act is is
follows:
That il any such settler has here
tGGore forfeited his or her entry
for any of said reasons. sach per
son shall be pepmittei 10 make
entry Of moi to exceed Il quarter
section on any public land subject
to entry under the lGmes'ead law
and to perfect title 10 the same
under the same conditions in ev-
erv respect as if be had not Elade
the former entry.
No party will be allowed TO make
a second entry under this ac:, un-
loss his former entry is cancelled
for any of the causes named, ars-
ing before December 20 1894.
The applicant for such perm1s-
son to make second entry will be
required to file In the district land
office having jurisdiction over HE
land he desires to enter, an apt,ii-
cation for Il specific tract OF land.
and to submit testimony to consist
OF his own testimony, corroDorit-
ed by the atidavlts OF disinterest.
ed witnesses. executed before The
register or receiver or some officer
in the district using a seal and aa-
thorizeG 10 administer oniliS, sci
ting ior,h in detail he facts on
which he reiies 10 support his up
plication, and which must he sui.
ticient to satisfy The register and
receiver, who are enJoiued to eX-
ercise their best and most careful
Judgment in the matter, that his
| former entry was III fact forfeited
by reason Of his inability, caused
by total or partial destruction or
failure OF crops, sickness. or other
unavoidable casualty, to secure d
support for hlnlself or those de
pendent upon him, upon the lard
settled upon.
The facts TO be shown embrace
the ioilpwing. viz:
!. The character ard dat ol
the entry. dale OF establishing res
idence upon the land. and what
Improvements were made thereon
by the applicant.
2. How much land WAS cult
waited by the applicant, anu for
what period oi time.
j. In case Of failure or iij'!ry
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 il practicable GER
hlicate from Il reliable physician
should be furnished.
.. In case Of "other unavoida-
bic CASUALTY" the character. cause
and extent OF such casualty, and
lis effect upon the land or the
claimant.
6. In each case full particulars
upon. which intelligent action may
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