The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-04-25
Information From
Land Office.
Laws Under Which Persons May
Make Second Homestsad In
tries Are Defined.

Copies Of q circular letter, which ha
been sent out by the land Office q
Washington, have been received at th'
land Office at Marquette. The condi
tions under which a citizen may make I
second homestead entry are given il
the letter which is follows:
General Land Office,
Washington, D. c., Feb. g, 1908
Registers and Receivers,
United States Land Offices.
/. The act Of Feb. 8, 1903 Public
No. ls), allows q. person otherwise
qualified to make a second homestead
entry where such person has made and
lost, forfeited or abandoned former
homestead entry prior to the passage OF
said act, and such former entry was
not cancelled for fraud nor abandoned
or relinquished for consideration.
2. The person applying to make sec
ond homestead entry under this act
must file in the local land Office an ap-
plication to enter specific tract of
public land subject to homestead entry,
accompanied by his affidavit executed
before an officer authorized to admins
ter oaths in homestead cases, stating
description of former entry by section,
township, and range numbers Tor num-
ber of entry and name Of land Office
where made); date Of entry; when he
lost, forfeited, or abandoned the same;
that it was not cancelled for fraud, and
whether he received anything for aban-
doning his claim or relinquishing the
entry. This affidavit must be corrobo-
rated by the affidavit of one or more
persons having knowledge of the facts
relative to the abandonment of his
claim, or the REIMBURSEMENT Of the
former entry, which corroborated affi-
davit may be executed before any offic-
er authorized to administer oaths, and
having an official seal.
8. Section of the act of June 5,
1900, (31 Stat, 26D, allows second
homestead entry to person otherwise
qualified who, prior to the date of the
act, made homestead entry and COM
muted same under the provisions of
section 230l, revised statutes, and the
amendments thereto, but such second
entry is not subject to communication.
4. The act of May 70, 1902 (S2 Stat,
2OS), allows second homestead entry
to a person otherwise qualified who,
prior to May II, 1900, made and per-
fected homestead entry, paying there
for the price provided under the law OPP
ening the land for settlement, but to
which land, had he not perfected title
prior to the date mentioned, he would
have been entitled to receive patent
without payment under the ''free homes
act" Said act does not allow commu-
tation unless proof submitted on
land first entered shows five years resi-
dence.
s. A person applying to make second
entry under the provisions of the acts
described in paragraphs 8 and 4, of q
specific tract Of public land subject to
homestead entry, must file with such
application his affidavit, describing his
original entry by section, township and
range numbers Tor number Of the entry
and name of the land Office where
nade), date Of the entry and date when
final entry was made therefor. Az the
facts required to be shown in support
of such application are matters Of rec
ord, no corroboration will be necessary.
6. When an application u presented
the register and receiver will examine
same, and II not executed before prop.
er officer, or (when made under the act
Of Feb. 8, 1899 is not corroborated, Q,
II otherwise fatally defective, they viii
reject the same subject to appeal. Up.
on proper showing the register and re-
ceiver may. II the person il entitled
thereto, allow second homestead entry
TO be made, and must indorse upon the
application and receivers duplicate re-
ceipt: allowed under section 2 Of the
act Of June s, 1900" or ''Act Of Nay q
1900, +" or "Act Of Feb. 8, 1908" - the
case may be.
z. In addition to the general actl
hereiibefore mentioned, there are Z