The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-07

an amount Of public lands a. will, whom
added TO the land for which he has al
ready made proof, not exceed IN the
aggregate 100 acres.
Any person desiring 10 make n sec.
ond entry must FIRST select aud inspect
the land lac intends ~ enter aud then
make application therefor ON blanks
furnished by the register and receiver
Each application must state the date
aud number Of his former entry aud
the land office ut which II WA made,
or give the section, township, aud range
la which the land entered was located.
Any person mentioned IN paragraph 90
above must show, by the oaths Of him.
self aud some other person Of persons,
the time when his former entry was
lost, forfeited Or abandoned VI relin.
pushed for a valuable consideration.
IL. An additional homestead entry
may be made by a person for such an
amount of public lands adjoining lands
then held aud resided upon by him uu
der his original entry ~ will, when
added to such adjoining lands, not OK.
coed IN the aggregate 100 acres. Al
entry Of this kind may be made by any
person who has mol acquired title to
aud IL not, at the date Of has applica
tiOn, claiming under any Of the agri
cultural public land laws, through n
settlement VI entry made since August
80, 1880, any other lands which, with
the lands then applied for, would ca.
coed ia the aggregate $50 acres; but
the applicant will not be required to
show any Of the other qualifications Of
u homestead Cnltyman.
10. An adjoining farm entry may
be made for such nj amount OF pub
lie lands lying contiguous to iauds own.
ed and resided upon by the applicant
rs will not, with the lands 40 owned
aud resided upon, exceed in the aggre
gate 100 acres; but no person will be
entitled to make entry Of this kind
who is not qualified to make an origi
nal homestead entry.
How Homestead Entries are Made
10. A homestead entry may he made
by the presentation to the land Office
of the district In which the desired
lands are situated of an application
properly prepared on blank forms pre-
scribed for that purpose and sworn to
before either the register or the 70.
e%eiver, or before q United States com.
missioner, or a United States court com.
missioner, or u judge or a clerk Of a
court Of record, in the county or parish
in which the land lies, or before any
officer Of the classes named who resides
in the land district and nearest and
most accessible to the land, although
he may reside outside Of the country
in which the land is situated.
II. Each application to enter and
the a0idAvits accompanying it must
recite all the facts necessary to show
tina, the applicant is acquainted with
the land; that the land il not, to the
applicants knowledge, either saline or
mineral in character; that the appli.
cant possesses all the qualifications
of n homestead entrymaHi that the
application is honestly aud IN good
faith made for the purpose Of actual
settlement and cultivation, aud mol
for the benefit Of any other person, per
sons, or corporation; that the applicant
will faithfully and honestly endeRvor
to comply with the requirements Of the
law rs to settlement, residence, and
cultivation necessary to acquire title
to the land applied fori that the appli'
cant is not acting rs the agent Of any
person, persona, corporation, or syndi'
cate in making such entry, nor in col
fusion with any person, corporation or
syndicate to give them the benefit Of
the land entered or any part thereof,
that the application is not made for
the purpose Of speculation, but In good
faith to obtain q home for the appli.
cant, and that the applicant has not
directly or indirectly made, aud will
not make, any agreement or contract
in any way or manner with any person
or persons, corporation, or syndicate
whatsoever by which the title be may
acquire from the Government to the
land applied for shall inure, in whole
Or in part, to the benefit Of any per
sou except himself.
Is. All applications TO make second
homestead entries must, In addition t.
the facts specified In the preceding
paragraph, show the number and dat,
u the applicant original entry, tn,
name OF the land office where the origi
nal entry was made, and the descrip
tion Of the land covered by il, and Il
should state fully all VI the facts which
%entitle the applicant to make d secon'
entry.
10. All applications by person.
claiming AS settlers must, in addition
to the facts required in paragraph 81
state the date and describe the acts o
settlement under which they claim
preferred right Of entry, and applica
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