The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-14
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An Act 10 Provide for An Enlarged
Homestead.


BE II enacted hv the. Senate "a
House Of Representatives 81 the
United States 81 America In Con.
gress assembled, that any person who
II q qualified entryman under the
may enter, by legal subdivisions, un.
der the provisions. Of this act. In the
States OF Colorado. Montana. Nevada,
Oregon. Utah. Washington and Wyo.
ming. and the territories Of Arizona
and New Mexico, three hundred and
twenty acres. or less. 81 nonminernl,
nonirrigable. unreseTved and unapprO.
priate2 surveyed public lands which
do not contain m~erchantable timber,
located In n reasonable compact hodv,
and not over one and one.half miles
In extreme length: Provided. That
no lands shall, bc subject 10 entry un.
der the provisions 81 this net until
such lands shall have been designated
nv the Secretary Of the Interiot~as
not being, IN his opinion. susceptible
irrigation mt n reasonable cost from
any known source water supply.
Sec. g. That any person applying
10 enter land under the provisions Of
this act shall make and subscribe be.
fore the proper officer an AFFIDAVIT IN
required by section twenty-five hun.
dred and ninety % the Revised Stat.
utes, and addition thereto shall make
AFFIDAVIT that the land sought h he
entered " Of the character described
in section one Of this act, and shall
pay the fees now reqrired TO he paid
under the homestead laws.
Sec. 2. That any homestead entry.
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described, upon which final proof has
not been made, shall have the right 10
enter public lands, subject TO the pro
visions 81 this act, contiguous Ia his
former entry which shall not. together
with the original entry, exceed three
hundred and twenty acres, and resi-.
dence upon and cultivation ~ the
original entry shall he deemed NJ resi-.
ditional entry.
Sec. 4. That at the time Of making
final proof as provided In section
twenty two hundred and ninety one ~
the Revised Statutes the entryman lD.
der this act shall, In addition TO tho
proof and affidavit required under the
said section, prove by two credible
witnesses that at least one. eighth %
the area embraced in his entry was
continuously cultivated TO agricnltnr.
nj crops other than native grasses DO.
ginning with the second year Of tho
entry, and NJ least one fourth Of tho
area embraced In the entry was 30
continuously cultivated beginning with
the third year of the entry.
Sec, 5. That nothing herein con.
talned shall he held to effect the right
VI a qualified entryman to make home.
stead entry In the States named In
section one NJ this act under the pro.
visions ~ section twenty-five hundred
and eighty nine Of the Revised Sta,.
utes' but no person who has made en-,
try under this act shall he entitled To
make homestead entry under the pro-
visions 81 said section, and no entry
made under this act shall he commit.
ed.
Sec. q. That whenever the Seage.
tary Of the Interior shall And Kht
any tract Of land, In the State Of
Utah, subject 10 entry under this act,
do not have upon them such n suniri.
ent supply Of water suitable for do
nestle purposes Rs would make cOn-
tinuous residence upon the lands pos,
sible, he may, In his discretion, d..,
iRnhte such tracts Of land, not Ia IN.
uoIIIIm oAl olUSoIsSu sql ~ pSaa
acres, and thereafter they shah be
subject TO entry under this act with.
out the necessity NJ residencei Pro.
vided, That In such event the entry.
man on any such entry shall IN good
faith cultivate not less than one eighth
OF the entire area Of the entry during
Tho second year, one fourth during tho
third year, and one 'half during tho
fourth and hfth years after the date
Of such entry, aud that after entry
aud until final proof the entrymAh
shall reside within such distance OF
said land as will enable him success.
fully to farm tho sarie as required by
this section.