The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-06
TEXT OF KINKAlD BILL
Following Is the Provisions OF the New
Iio,nstead BiIi for Nebraska

Homestead Biii for Nebraska
The provisions Of the new homestead
law for Nebraska are as follows:
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 Dakota and Nebraska
where the first guide meridian west Of
the sixth principal meridian strikes
said boundary: thence running south
along said guide meridian TO it's inter
section with the fourth standard paral-
lei north of the base line between the
states OF Nebraska and Kansas; thence
west along said fourth standard paral-
lei to its intersection with the second
guide meridian west of the sixth prin-
cipal meridian; thence south along said
second guide meridian to its intersec-
tion with the third standard parallel
to its intersection with the range line
between ranges 25 and 26 west of the
along said lines to its intersection with
the second standard parallel north Of
the said base line thence west on said
standard parallel to its intersection
with the range line between ranges 30
and 81 west thence south along said
lines to its intersection with the bound
ary line between the states of Nebras-
ka and Kansas, shall not exceed in
area $40 acres and shall be as nearly
compact In form as possible and In no
event over two miles in extreme
length: Provided. that there shall be
excluded from the provisions of this
act such lands within the territory
herein described as in the opinion OF
the secretary of the interior IL may
be reasonable practicable to irrigate
under the national irrigation law or
by private enterprise. and that said
secretary shall. prior to the date above
mentioned. designate and exclude from
entry under this act the lands. partic-
ularly along the North Platte river.
which in his opinion 1t may be pos
sible to irrigate as aforesaid; and
shall thereafter, from time to time,
open to entry under this act any of
the lands so excluded, which, upon
| further invest igation. he may conclude
can not he practically irrigated in the
manner aforesaid.
"Section 2. That the entrymen under
| the homestead laws of the United
States within the territory above de-
scribed who own and occupy the lands
heretofore entered by them, may. under
| the provision Of this act and subject
to its conditions, enter other lands
contiguous to their said homestead en-
try, which shall not, with the land so
already entered. owned and occupied.
exceed in the aggregate GAO acres; and
residence upon the original homestead
shall be accepted as equivalent to res
| idence upon the additional land so en-
tered, but final entry shall not be al
lowed of such additional land until
five years after first entering the same.
Section 3. That the fees and com
missions on all entries under this act
shall he uniformly the same as those
charged under the present law for
maximum entry at the minimum price.
That the communication provisions Of
the homestead law shall not apply to
entries under this act. and at the time
of making final proof the entrymen
must prove affirmatively that he had
placed upon the lands entered perma-
nent improvements OF the value of no:
less than one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre for each acre included
in his entry: Provided, that a former
homestead entry shall not be a bar
to an entry under the provisions OF
this act OF a tract which, together with
the former entry, shall not exceed Gao
acres: Provided. that any former
homestead entryman who shall be en-
| /. .,led to an additional entry under sec
| ton . Of this act shall not have for
ninety days after the passage of this
act the preferential right 10 make ad-
ditional entry as provided In said sec
ton"