The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-03-23

land selections pertaining to any land gtsnt outsids of the district Of Alaska shall be made, and no land scrip or land warrant of any kind whatsoever shall be located within or exercised upon any lands in said district except as now pro- vided by law; and provided further that DO more than I6o acres shall be entered ID any single body by such scrip. lieu selection. or soldisr's additional home stead right; and provided further that DO location of scrip. selection, or right along any uavigable or other waters shall be made within the distance Of eighty rods of any lands, along such waters. heretofore located by means of any such scrip or otherwise; and pro vided further that DO eommulation priv ileges shall be allowed in excess of I6o acres included in any homestead eutry under the provisions hereof;
 Provided, That no entry shall be al- lowed extending more than I6o rods along the shore of any uavigable water, and along such shore a space of at least eighty rods shall be reserved from en- try between an such claims; and that nothing herein contained shall be SO construed as to authorize entries 10 be made or title to be acquired 10 the shore of any usvigable waters within said district; and no patent shall issue here under until all the requirements Of sec tious 229I. 7297 and 25oS of the Revised Statutes of the United States have been fully complied with as to residence, i'm provements. cultivation. and proof CT cgp, as to committed lands as herein provided:
 And iJ is further provided, ThH, every person who Is qualified under eE- isung laws to make homestead entry Of the public lands Of the United States who has settled upon or ~ho shall here after settle upon any Of the public lands of ;hs United States situated 10 the dis ,rict of Alaska. whether surveyed or un' surveyed, with the intention of claiming the same under the homestead laws, shall, subject to the provisions and lim- ta,ions hereof, be entitled.to enter 57o acres or a less quantity oi unsppropfi- ated public land in said district Of Alaska.
 ''It any Of the land SO settled upon, or to be settled upon, is uusurveyed, then ,he had settled upon, or te be set tied upon, must be located in a rec,au- pular form, not more than one mile in length. and located by north and south Hres rud.accordiug 10 the true meridian; that the location SO made shall be marked upoz Ihe ground by permanent monuments at each of the four corners oi tne said location, SO that the bouzds- ries of the same may be readily and cas- ilv traced: that ihe record Of said loca- ton shall, within 90 days from the date of settlement, be filed for record iu the recording district in which the ] nd is situated. Said record shall contain the name of toe settler, the date Of the seI- clement. and such a description of the land settled upon, by reference 10 some natural object or permanent monument, as will identify tbe same; and, fl after the expiration of the said pc, ,iod of i've years or a, such date as the settler may desire to commute the public surveys oi the United States have not be extend ed oveI the land located. a patent shall nevertheless issue for the land included within the boundaries of said location as thus recorded, upon proof 10 be sub- mitted to the register and receiver of the ploper land office, upon proof that he Is a citizen of the United States, and upon the iurthe, proof required by sec ton 779t of the Revised Statutes of the United States as heretofore and herein amended and under the procedure In the obtaining patents to the uusurveyed lands of the United States. as provided for by section TO of the act hereby amended. ana under such rules and regu- Ia,ions as shall be prescribed by the sec rriary oA the interior as hersinbefoIs provided, without the payment of any purchase piice or other charges, except the ordinary office fees and commissions of the register aud receiver, except Sf.7S per acre on land commutsd: And pro- vided always, That no title shall be obtained hereunder to any of the min eral or coal lands of the district of Alaska: And it is further provided, That the right of any homestead settler to transfer any portion of the land SO sei- tied upon, ss provided by section 77SS Of the Revised Statutes of the United States, shall be restricted and limited within the district of Alaska as follows; For church, cemetery or school Pur- poses to five acres. and for the right of railroads across such homestead to 100 feet ID width on either side of the center line of said railroad; and all con- tracts by the settler made before his receipt of patent from the government