The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-12-15
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Land once cireelar ExpienatoEy Of The Aei
" ynBe = 1850.
4 number VI person residing on ths
ceded portion OF the C@ur d'AIeBe In
dian reservation. bayiDg asked for In
formation regarding the ret of last June
allowing additional h0mesteads, va
publish The following explanatory clrcu.
lar from the general iand 0tiice;
MAsBIAGTOx. u. q. June n, 1900.
Registers aud keceigerH, United states
LAID Offices.
GESTEMKE Your attention Is called
" Lile PROVISIONS Of seetlons 2 aaId Of
the het Of congress, entitled ''An act for
the relief VI tile Colorado Cooperative
Colony; 70 ptfiDit second h0liesteads
Ia certain easts. and Tor other purposes, :
approved Jubr B, lDUU Pubic No. l4st.
= copy 0f which secliOtis ls hereto ~
taciled.
secrlon provides that any person
WHO has hcretOtore made 4 homestead
eItFy and cOInmuted same under sec.
ti0n 23Di, REVISED Statutes, Risd tue
hiieiluineIIis thereto. shall be eiaLiIIrd
" The benefits Of the homestead laws
~ though such former elILry had not
been made, but communications under
stetl0n z5Ol, Revised StStutes, shall not
De allowed OF ~ elitry made 0ndeF this
secLl0u.
Section 3 provides that any person
wbo, PRIOR " the passage of this act.
mas made q homestead entry, but from
ANY cause LAS lost or forfeited the same.
shall Ur entitled To the beDetits of the
homestead lass AS though such former
entry had not been made. Therefore.
You VIII hot hereafter reject home
Stead application on the ground that
applicant can not take the prescribed
oath that he has not previously made
Such an entry, OF because lle has per
fseeltd tile under section 231l, Revised
Statutes, 70 land entered under the
homestead law; but lie viii be required
u show by affidavit designating the
eutry formerly made by. description Vt
Tile Land, number aud date OF entry. or
o Ter sufficient data, 10 enable me 70
iuetiiltl tlIr same GA tin. records OF this
Oflcr, atid thai II WAS forfeited or com
hnlto. rs the case may be, prior 10 The
lsass age of this act.
la any case where the former entry
Was made subsequent 10 the date OF the
Act, the rule gwen on page ~, circular
OF July III 1893, remains unchanged. IL
VIII Oe observed that AN entry made
under section 2 CANNOT be perfected by
Communication under section 23Ui, Re
Vis.-d Statutes. The fact that appli
caiIts have purchased, under the pro-
visions OF the act of March 2, 1883 Us
Sat. bIl). lands patented to the Fiat
head Indians Ia Montana shall not be
held 10 have Impaired or exhausted
Their homestead rights By or 0n account
Of any SUCH purchase.
Very respectfully.
BIS0ER HERMAN,
Approved. June q. 1900.
T. A. HITCHCOCK,
Secretary.
Following are the the two sections
referred to ia the above circular letter:
SEC. =. That any person who has here
t0ioTe made entry under the homestead
iaas and committed same under provis-
visions OF section s30I, Revised Statnts-s
OF tie Ctii-d States and ile amend
ini'iltS theT-lo, shall be entitled To tl,,.
beiie1ts OF tie homestead laws. as
though such former entry had not bseI, /
made. excerpt tie Communication under |
thr provisions OF section 23Jl. REVISED |
shalt not be allowed of a., |
rntry made uDder titis section OF this |
act
Sec 3. That any person. who prior
70 tie passage of this act, has mad.. |
entry under the homestead laws. hui /
from any caIlse has lost or forfeited tl. /
satne, shall be entitled TO the benefits OF /
The homestead laws, as though such
former entry had not been made: Pro-
'idrd, That persons who purchased /
and under and ia AccOrdance with the
erms OF Nh act entitled. An act Ia /
Tor tiIr sale of lands patented t.
,s'rnaln members OF the Flaih-ad band /
d Indians ia the territory of Montana.
md for other PURPOSES" approved
March ., 1853, shah nat be held 10 have
impaired or exhausted their homestead
1Rhts by or Gu account OF any such
purchase.
Approved, June 5. 1900.
II will be seen from a careful reading
u the above thai the act does not APP
ply to reservation settlers generally who
rave proved up aud paid for their land
lndrr the reservation act, the exception
applying only TO purchasers OF land on
he F1athead reservation ia MOntaisa