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

%, 1909, and there swear to, and
present their applications for re-
gistration (if they are not entitled
to register through agent as herein
after specifed) as the towns named
are the only registration points
designated oy the President in his
proclamation.
No person can present more
than one application in his own
behalf and one as agent for a SOL
dier or sailor or his widow or min
or orphan children, and if more
than one application for registra-
tion is presented by the same per-
son in his own behalf, or more
than one by him as agent, or if
his application is presented in any
other than his true name, or is not
sworn to at one Of the registration
places named above, the applicant
will be denied the right to make
entry under and number assigned
to him.
8. Application for Registra-
When an applicant for re-.
gistration or an agent visits one of
the registration points between
the dates named, he must swear to
his application for registration be-
fore a notary public having a GER
tificate of authority printed in
large letters on a light yellow
cardboard eleven by fourteen
inches in size, and signed by me-,
and he should not swear to his ap-
plication before any notary who
does not exhibit a certificate Of
that kind or swear to it at any
other place than one of the regis
tration points named above.
Applications for registration
must be in form aud words like
the form hereto attached and a
blank application will be furnish.
ed each applicant by the notary
before whom he appears, as 1 will
have them printed and furnish
them to all authorized lnotaries
free of cost. Applicants should
carefully examine their applica-
,tions after they are sworn to and
see that their names, post office
addresses and street pumber are
plainly and carefully written into
the application and that it bears
the proper date and has the sigma
ture and seal of the notary attach
ed. No payment will be required
for the privilege Of registering,
buta fee Of twenty-five cents must
be paid to the notary for each oath
administered.
4. Who May Register.-All
persons who are qualified to make
entry under the general provisions
of the homestead laws may regis
ter.
(a) A married woman who has
not been deserted or abandoned
by her husband, cannot register;
but if a husband is incapacitated
by disease or otherwise from earn
ing a support for his family, and
his wife is the head Of the family,
and its main support, she can re-
gister and make entry in her own
right. A deserted wife may regis.
ter.
b) One who is not q citizen Of
the United States, and has not de-
clared his intentions to become
such a citizen, cannot register.
Persons who were formerly citi-
zens Of the United States but who
have become citizens Of some other
country, must declare their inten-
tions to become citizens Of the
United States before they can
register or make entry.
(c) Minors cannot register, ex-
cept in cases where they will be-
come twenty one years old before
they are required to make entry
next spring, Or where they are the
head Of q family and it's main sup
port. Minor orphan children Of
soldiers may register.
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