The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-09-11

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he makes entry, and he will be re.
/ Quired to pay Sl53.6O annually there.
after for five years II he enters 100
acres under number above 1000 he
must pay $lli purchase money and
Sll fees and commissions, or a total
. of Sl5S, when he makes entry, and sub.
sequcntly he must pay yearly annual
installmcnts of Sll5,2O each.
/ II an ontymau fails to make any an.
nuN payment, when 1t becomes due,
or fails to reside ON and cultivate the
land as the law requires, his entry
| will be cancelled, and all former pay.
mcnts made by him will be forfeited.
After an applicant has made entry,
| he can obtain patent by complying
/ with the requirements of the home.
stead law, as to residence and Cultva.
! ton, for Ave years. and making the an.
| nual payments, or after actually rCsid-
/ ing upon and cultivatug the land In
eoOd faith for the fun period of -four.
| teen months, he can obtain title by
/ proving that fact, and paying all the
unpaid purchase money The resi-
! doncc required upon these lands
means the actual bona iido making
and maintaining of home thereon, TO
/ the entire exclusion of a home else
where
The rcquu cmcuts as to residence.
cultivation, and payment apply to sold
/ icrs as we'll as to others. except that
/ a soldier who served during any of the
wars mentioned above may. after re-.
/ .idrg ON the land for lively, months,
/ or longer, claim credit for the period
. of his military service daring the war
or i'm other words. when a soldiers
I military service, added to the period
of residence the land. EQUALS hive years
/ he will not be required to longer re.
side upon or cultivate the land, but he
must make his installmout payments
3 annually, unless he elects to make all
OF the payments at the time he makes
! Lis prOOOi at an earlier date.
Pr,aJna arc not entitled to register
for this opening if they be under TWEEN.
ty.onc years of age at the time they
apply to make entry or are married
women. and not heads of families, or
are not citizens of the United States
and have not declared their intentions
to become citizens, or are owners OF
more than 100 acres of land or have
obtained title to or are claiming three
hundred and twenty acres of land
under entries made under the home
| stead desert-land. or timber and stone
laws since August 3d. 1890, or have
already made entry for one hundred
and sixty acres If the entry has been
patented or Cancelled for fraud or re-
| linquished for a valuable cOnsldera-
tion
Anv nerson who. prior to February
& 1908 lost. forfeited or abandoned
homestead entry. made by him, may
make entry of one hundred and sixty
acres of these lands, if his former entry
wac not cancelled for fraud or re.
linouished for a valuable considera-
tion
A nerson who has obtained patent
under homestead entry for less than
one hundred and sixty acres can enter
such area of these lands as will, when
addad 70 the land embraced in his
former entry. amount in theaggregate
70 one hundred and sixty acres. 1t will
not be necessary for person who in
tends TO make either second or addi-
tional entry TO mention that fact in his
annlicaion for registration, but, at the
time he applies to make second or ad.
ditionaI entry. he must furnish the de-
scrintion and date of the former entry
the number of the entry, the lands
entered and the land office at which
tho entry was made. in the manner
nrescribed nv regulations governing
tho making of second and additional
entry
IIvnrv nersOn who files an appiCa-
tion for registration must swear that
he is oualifed to make a homestead
entry, that he desires to register for
the sole purpose of securing lands for
his own use, as a home, and for i'm.
nrovemept and cultivation; that he
does not expect or intend to make en-
trv in the interests of any other per
10y, 49,, Co... consultative nurposes. From
~ :. fa1ia,,s hot any nerson who