The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-21
To Momesteaders
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applied for arc situated give her ths
right 10 acquire and hold tiils to lands
aa . femme sole.
s. II an sntEyman deserts his wife
and abandons The land covered by has
entry, his wife then has the exclusive
right W contest the entry II she has
continued to reside ON the land, and VI
securing its cancellation she may
tor tho land In hsF own right, OF she
may continue her residence and make
proof In the name vi and M the agent
tor her husband, and patent will Issue
to hun
v. IL An entryman deserts his minor
children and Abandons his entry alter
the death VI his wife, the children have
the same rights the vile could have
exercised had she been deserted dur.
lng hes lifetime.
~. IL = husband and wife are each
hoidIng an original entry VI = second
entry nj the same tame, they must re-
linYuisn one VI the e~ntrIes, unless one
oi them holds an entry as the heir vi
u former entTyman or settler. In cases
where they can not hOid 10Th entries,
they may elect which one they viii TO
tain and relinauish the oths
Al. The unmarried widows vi sol
diers aud sailors wko were hUnoTsDIy
...a.uI .aNnN tau.tN staNaf aaNaaal
service during the wal Vt tue rebellion,
OF the Spanish American war, OF t'hlip'
pine insurrection, may MAKE oa-Ty ~
such widows, II their husbands died
without making entryj but = widow
may make entry an her W right ~
IA unmarried woman, regardless VI tho
tact that her husband may havo made
entry, but she can not claim credit
for her husbands service.
IL. A person serving in the Army
or Navy Of the United states may
make q homestead entry II some mem
Der Of his family Is residing on the
lands applied for, and the application
aud accompanying sadavits may be
executed before the officer commanding
the branch Of the service in which he
Is engaged.
ID. second homestead entries for q
quarter section or a smaller legal sub
division OF public lands may DO made
under statutes specifically authorizing
such entries by the following classes Of
persons, IL they are otherwise q~ualiieC
" make entry.
(a) by q former entryman who com
muted his entry prior TO June 5, l9OO
(b) by homestead entryman who
prior to May II, 1900, paid for landI
to which they would have been after
wards entitled TO receive 4 patent with
out payment, under tho ''Free hom'
act.D
(e) BY any person who for an,
cause lost, forfeited or abandoned hi
homestead entry before February &
1905, II the former entry was not can
celed for fraud or ~relinquished for
valuable consideration.
(dlAny person who has already mad,
final proof for less than 100 acres un
der tho homestead lava may, II he i
other wise qualified, make q second .
additional homestead entry for suel
an amount Of public lands as will, whel
added to the land for which he has al
ready made proof, not exceed in th,
aggregate 100 acres.
ANY person desiring to make a soc
oud entry must arst select and inspee
the land no intends to enter and the
make application therefor on blank
furnished by the register and receiver
Each application must state the dat
and number of his former entry an,
the land oaice ut which IL wa made
or give this section, township, and rang
In which the land entered was ~loeatec
Any person mentioned in paragraph &c
above must show, by the oaths of hin
self and some other person or person,
the time when his former entry wa
lost. forfeited or abandoned or reii:
auished for u valuable consideration
IA. An additional homestead entr
may be made by a person for such q
amount of public lands adjoining land
then held and resided upon by him vi
der his original entry as will, who