Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-01-25
CORNfLL'S LEASE BILL.
Concluded from last week. J

man having lieu SuDJecC 10 pro-
visions of section nine 90, upon
satisfying the local land Office that
he has established an actual bona
fide residence upon said homestead :,
shall be entitled to lease as much
as twenty acres of land for each
acre embraced in his homestead,
contiguous to said homestead, al
though the same may at the time
be held under previous lease or
leases. Provided, that the home
stead entryman filing under act of
congress of April %, 1904, 80 U.
S. statutes, page 547, Commonly
known as the ''Kinkaid" law,
shall be allowed five 60 acres for
each acre contained in his home
stead. Upon application being
made by said entryman, giving
number of acres and description
of same to the register and receiv-
er of the local land office, they
shall at once serve said lessee or
lessees by legal notice under the
customary rules, and after having
had thirty days notice, should said
lessee or lessees fail to make pro-
test, then so much of said lease or
leases may be cancelled as may be
necessary to transfer under lease,
at said price per acre, the land ap-
piled for to said entryman. Should
the holder or holder of said lands
under lease or leases protest a.
gainst said transfer, the register
and receiver shall cite all parties
interested to appear for hearing
under rules of practice. Provided,
further, that these two officers
shall ascertain the amount of land
held under the homestead laws,
lease of state school lands or free
hold by the respective parties,
and provided there be sufficient of
the same pro rate until said entry
man shall have received as much
as twenty (2O) or five o., as the
case may be, leased to one entered
as homestead. Provided, furth-
err, that in determining equities
the land Office is hereby granted
the utmost latitude. Provided,
further, that the land leased by
said entryman shall be then SUBJ
ject to. conditions of section nine
90 of this act regarding trespass.
Sec. II. No leased land on
which improvements shall have
been made in shape of wells, cul-
tivation, seeding to native or
leguminous grasses or any i'm
provement calculated to add to the
value of the land which cannot be
readily removed shall be subject
to homestead entry, or cancellation
and release, until the lessee sur
rendering shall have been reim-
bursed for the value of said i'm
provements. Where the parties
in interest cannot agree as to value,
shall be chosen under
such regulations as shall be made
by the secretary of the interior.
Sec. -. On application for as
of lease, the land Office
shall give legal public notice, stat
ing the time and place all parties
in interest shall appear, and the
Rules of Practice governing
contests shall apply, subject to
such notifications as may be found
necessary by the proper authori-
ties: Provided, that upon the
death of a lessee his lease shall in
ure to the benefit of the estate or
legal representative of said lessee.
Sec. Is. Lessees in fencing
lands acquired hereunder are re-
quired to at all times maintain
gates at all places necessary for
homestead entrymen, or others
controlling lands bounded in whole
or part by said leased land, to gain
ready access to and from said lands,
and right-of-way is hereby grant
ed across said leased lands for said
purposes. Also, like gates must