The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-02
Laws AND

LAVE ANU hEouLATIONb
For your moro complete instruction
concerning the subject.matter Of these
rules, and as a means Of affording a
ready and convenient reference Of the
several laws and regulations providing
for and requiring publication Of notice
In relation to entries Of and claims Of
public lands, those laws aud regulations
are here assembled. A careful exam.
nation thereof will familiarize you
with the language with which they en-.
prcss their requirements and indicate
to you their evident purpose.
Homestead and preemption entries
() Act Of Congress Of March 8, 1879
eco Stat, 472).
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives OF the United States
Of America In Congress assembled, That
before anal proof shall be submitted by
any person claiming to enter agri.
cultural lands under the laws provid.
ing for presumption or homestead entries,
such person shall file with the register
Of the proper land office q notice Of his
or her intention to make such proof,
stating therein the description Of the
lands to he entered, and the names Of
the witnesses by whom the necessary
facts will be established.
Upon the filing Of such notice, the
register shall publish the notice that
such application has been made, once
n week for a period of thirty days, in
u newspaper to he by him designated
AS published nearest TO such land, and
he shall also post such notice In some
conspicuous place in his Office for the
ame period. Such notice shall contain
the names Of the witnesses as stated in
the application. Al the expiration Of
said period Of thirty days, the claimant
shall be entitled to make proof In the
manner heretofore provided by law. Tho
Secretary Of the Interior shall make all
necessary rules for giving effect to the
foregoing provisions.
(2) Circular Of April 10, 1909, para.
graphs 20, ~, and ~, continuing in
force the principle Of 4 requirement an.
nounecd by earlier circulars.
~. How proofs may be made.-Final
or communication proofs may be made be.
fore any Of the officers mentioned In
paragraph 10, as being authorized to
administer oaths 20 applicants.
Any person desiring TO mako home.
stead proof should first forward a writ.
ten notice of his desire to the register
and receiver Of the land office, giving
his post.ohice address, the number Of
his entry, the name and official title
Of the officer before whom he desires to
make proof, the place at which the
proof Is to he made, and the name and
post office addresses of at least four Of
his neighbors who can testify from
their own knowledge As to facts which
will show that he has in good faith ION.
piled with all the requirements Of the
law.
al. Publication es.--Applicants shall
hereafter be required to make their own
contracts for publishing notice Of in.
,ention to make proof, and they shall
make payment thereof directly 70 the
publisher, the newspaper being desig
mated and the notice prepared by the
register.
81. Duty Of officers before whom
proofs are mAde.-on receipt Of the no.
tice mentioned in the preceding para.
graph, the register will issue a notice
naming the time, place aud officer be
fore whom the proof il to be made and
cause the same to be published once
a week for Ave consecutive weeks In
a newspaper of established character
and general circulation published near
est the land, aud also post a cops OF
the notice In a conspicuous place in his
office.
Desert land entries.