The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-24

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(h) A person may register who
for any cause lost, forfeited, or
abandoned his homestead entry
prior to February 8, 1908, if the
former entry was not cancelled for
fraud or relinquished for valuable
consideration. Where such entry
man sold his REIMBURSEMENT or
received pay for his improvements
as an inducement to him to relin-
.quish, he cannot register, regard
less of the fact that his improve
ments may have cost him more
than the amount he received for
them.
G) A person who has made
final proof under his homestead
entry for less than 100 acres may
register and make entry of such an
area as will, when added to the
lands embraced in his former en-
try, not exceed l6O acres.
4 5. Who May Register by Agent.
Soldiers and sailors who were hor
:orably discharged after nine
days actual service during !e
War of Rebellion, or durinp The
Spanish American War, the
Philippine Insurrection (Which be-
gun April 21, 1898, and lasted un-
till July Is 1909, or their widows
or minor orphan children may
register either in person by going
to any Of the registration points,
or through an agent who visits a
registration point, but a widow
cannot register If she has remar-
iried and her second husband is
still living. A minor child of a
deceased soldier cannot register
either by agent or in person, if his
mother is still living and unmar-
lried, but if the mother is either
dead, or remarked and now has a
living husband, he may register.
All the minor orphan children of
. soldier may register jointly eth
|er through one Of the minors or by
Itheir agent or guardian, but each
Of The minors cannot register
separately for himself and in his
own individual behalf IN cases
where there are more than one
minor child of the same soldier.
The registration and entry must
be made in the interest of all the
minors. ), ,.-.-.s T3} 81;
Persons who served in the Army
or Navy in the time of peace and
did not serve for 80 days during
either Of the wars mentioned
above, and the children of soldiers
who are over twenty-one years of
age cannot register by agent but
must go to one of the registration
points for that purpose.
6, Appointment Of Agents.-All
agents should be appointed on
blank powers of attorney, printed
in the form and words hereto at
tached, on one side of heavy
weight paper Of light yellow or
canary color cut exactly three and
one.quarter inches wide and five
and one-half inches long, and the
agents affidavit hereto attached
must be printed on the other side
Of the paper. The agents name
must be written into the power of
attorney before it is sworn to by
the soldier. Soldiers, sailors, wid-
ows and minors or their guardians
may swear to their powers of at
torney before any notary public or
other officer, having a seal at any
place within the United States, or
elsewhere, but the agents affidavit
must be sworn to before desig-
mated notary public tone of the
registration points named above.
Its il not necessary that l should
designate the notaries or other Of
ficers before whom, soldiers, sail
3ors, widows, minors or guardians
swear g their powers Of attorney
and no officers will be designated
for that purpose. Blank powers Of
attorney can be obtained from me
at Washington, D. C.. prior to
Saptamber Is. 1909. and after that