The National tribune., 1904-06-23

when necessary in case Of additional en-
tries made under the provisions of Sec
ton 2.
1T is provided by section 8 that the fees
and commissions on all entries under the
act shall be uniformly the same as those
charged under the present law for max
imum entry at the minimum price, viz, at
the time application is made. $14. and at
the time of making final proof, $4, to be
payable without regard to the area en-
braced in the entry.
''In case that the combined area Of the
subdivisions selected should upon apply
ing the rule of approximation thereto be
found to exceed in area the aggregate of
GAO acres the entryman will be required to
pay the minimum price per acre for the
excess in area.
Entries made under this act are not
subject to the Communication provisions OF
the homestead law.
Before the act shall become operative,
the lands that it may be deemed practi-
cable to irrigate under the national irriga-
ton law or by private enterprise will be
excluded from entry under the proviso con-
tanned in the first section thereof.
'(Signed) ]. III. FIMPLE Acting Com
missioner.
Approved May %. 1904
TIfos. RYAN. Acting Secretary"
THE ENABLING ACT.
The Act To amend the homestead laws
as to certain unapproprlated and unre-
served lands in Nebraska. is as follows:
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That from
and after GO 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 its intersection with the
fourth standard parallel north of the base
line between the States of Nebraska and
Kansas; thence west 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 % and 26
west OF the sixth principal meridian;
thence south along said line to its intersec-
ton 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 so and
81 west; thence south along said line to
its intersection with the boundary line be-
tween the States of Nebraska and Kansas,
shall not exceed in area $40 acres, and
shall De as nearly compact In form as pos
sible, 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 de-
scribed IS in the opinion of the Secretary
of the Interior it may be reasonably prac-
ticable to irrigate under the national irri-
CATION 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. par
ticularly along the North Platte River,
which in his opinion it may be possible
to irrigate as aforesaid; and shall there
after, from time to time, open to entry un-
der this Act any of the lands so excluded,
which, upon further Investigation, he may
conclude can not be practically irrigated in
the manner aforesaid
Sec. 2 That entrymen under the home-
stead laws of the United States within the
territory above described who own and oc-
cupy the land heretofore entered by them,
may. under the provisions of this Act and
subject to its conditions, enter other lands
contiguous to their said homestead entry,
which shall not. with the land so already
owned and occupied, exceed in the
aggregate $40 acres; and residence upoa
the original homestead shall be accepted an
equivalent to residence upon the addi-