Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
The Einksid Land Bill Passed.
The Report Of the Conference Committee
Adopted by Both Branches Of Con.
gress, and II Now Only Awaits
tue Presidents Signature
for IL to Become Law.

OF $40 acres in the sixth district
and three counties in the fifth,
was passed by both branches of
congress Tuesday. 1t now only
awaits the signature of President
Roosevelt to become law.
The report of the conference
committee was agreed to in both
houses without debate.
The President has said to
Judge Kinkaid that he is in
sympathy with the measure and
there remains no boubt but he
will attach his signature to it
before congress adjourns this
week. In all probability it was
signed yesterday as Judge Kin
kaid will not rest until the Presi-
dents signature is attached.
Judge Kinkaid and Senator
Dietrich visited Commissioner
Richards yesterday to urge him
to favorably report the measure
to the President.
THE BILL AS PASSRD.
The following is the bill as
reported by the conference COM
mittee and adopted by congress:
/" That from and after sixty
days after the approval of this
act, entries made under the
homestead laws in the state of
Nebraska, west and north of the
following line, to-wit, beginning
at point on the boundary line
between the states of South Da.
kota and Nebraska where the
first guide meridian strikes said
boundary; thence running south
along said guide meridian to its
intersection with the fourth stan
dard parallel north of the base
line between the states of Ne
braska and Kansas; thence west
along said fourth standard paral-
ell to it's intersection with the
second guide meridian west of
the sixth principal meridian;
thence south along said second
guide meridian to its intersection
with the third standard parallel
north of the said base line; thence
west along said third standard
parallel to its intersection with
the range line between ranges
twenty-five and twenty-six west
of the sixth principal meridian;
thence south along said line to
it's intersection with the second
standard parallel north of the
said base line; thence west on
said standard parallel to its in
tersection with the range line
between ranges thirty and thirty
one west; thence south along said
line to its intersection with the
boundary line between the states
of Nebraska and Kansas, shall
not exceed in area six hundred
and forty acres, and shall be as
nearly compact in form as poss-
IDLE, and in no event over two
miles in extreme length. Pro-
vided, That there shall be eXclud-
ed from the provisions of this
act such lands within the terri
tory herein described as in the
opinion of the Secretary OF the
Interior it may be reasonably
practicable to irrigate by means
of water conducted from natural
streams by gravity; and that said
secretary shall, prior to the date
above mentioned, designate and
exclude from entry under this act
the lands particularly along the
North Platte river which in his
opinion it may be possible to
irrigate as aforesaid, through
operations under the national
irrigation law or by private en-
terprises; and shall thereafter
from time to time open to entry
under this act any of the lands
so excluded which upon further
investigation he may conclude
cannot be practically irrigated in
the manner aforesaid.
, 4" Section 2. That entrymen
under the homestead laws of the
Uunited States within the terri,
tory above described who owl
and occupy the lands heretofore
entered by them may, under the
provisions of this act and sub
ject to its conditions, enter otheI
lands contiguous to their sale
homestead entry, which shall not
with the land so already entered
owned, and occupied, exceed il
the aggregate six hundred anC
forty acres; aud residence upoI
the original homestead shall b,
accepted as equivalent to resi-