The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-14

mas been elected or appointed to Of.
nee Ia not excused from maintaining
residence, but must comply with tho
ave In tho same manner as though he
ND not been elected or appointed.
"a. Neither residence nor cultiva.
tion II required on lands covered by an
adjoining farm entry, or an additional
ehsry Of the kinds mentioned In para.
ysaphs II and Is; but a person who
makes an adjoining farm entry is not
to n patent until he has con.
tinued his residence and cultivation,
Tor the full five years, on the adjoining
owned by him, unless he sooner
bis entry after fourteen
months residence on either the enter.
ed lands or the adjoining lands owned
ny him. "A person WAC has made an I'D.
ditional entry for lands adjoining his
original entry Is not entitled TO a pat.
ent to the lands SO entered until he
earns n patent to the adjacent lands
embraced In his original homestead en-.
try Mt the time he makes bis additional
homestead entry he Ia entitled at once
to a patent under the additional en-
try.
35. Neither residence nor cultiva.
ton by an insane homestead ~entryman
Ia necessary IL such entryman made
entry before he became insane and com
piled with the requirements Of the law
up to the time his insanity began.
Leaves Of Absence.
80. Leaves of absence for one year
OF less may be granted to entrymen
who have established actual residence
on the lands entered by them In all
cases where total or partial failures or
destruction Of crops, sickness, OF other
unavoidable casualty has prevented the
entrymen from supporting himself and
those dependent upon him by a c%ultiva-
! tion Of the land,
Applications for leaves OF absence
should be addressed to the register and
receiver Of the land Office where tho
entry was made and should be sworn
to by the applicant and some other dis
interested person before such regiCter
and receiver OF before some officer in
the land district, using u seal and au.
thorized 20 administer oaths, except
in cases where through age, sickness,
or extreme poverty the entryman Is
unable to visit the district for that
purpose, when the oath may be made
outside Of the land district. All ap.
plications Of this kind should clearly
set forth;
(aj The number and date Of the
entry, a description Of the lands en-
tered, the date Of the establishment
Of his residence on the land, and the
extent and character of the improve
ments and cultivation made by the ap'
p%lieant.
(b) The kind Of crops which fail
ed OF were destroyed and the cause
and extent Of such failure or destruc
tion.
(c) The kind and extent of the
sickness, disease, or injury assigned
and the extent to which the entrymar
was prevented from continuing hi
residence upon the land, and, II prac
ticable, a certificate signed by a relia
BILE physician, N to such sickness, dis
ease, or injury, should be furnished.
(d) The character, cause, and ex
tent Of any unavoidable casualty whiel
may be made the basis Of tho appliea
tion.
(e) The date from which and Il
which the leave Of absence IL request
cd.
Communication OF Homestead Entire
81. All original, second, aud add
tional homestead, and adjoining farm
entries may be committed, except sue
entries rs are made under particula
laws which forbid their Communication
when residence was established with
in six months from the date Of an.
entry made before November l, 1901
and thereafter continuously maintain
cd with improvements and cultivation
s2.25 per acre for land within tn
granted limits, except rs 10 certai
, lands which were opened under statute
: requiring payment Of a price difieren
I, from that here mentioned.
. Homestead Final and commutatioI
a Proof.
q 80. Either anal or eommutatio
I proof may be made at any time whe
n il can be shown that residence m
q cultivation have been maintained
a good faith for the required length o
I time, but II final proof Is not mad
II within seven years from the date O
a homestead entry the entry will b
cancelled unless some good excuse 10
a the failure to make proof within th
O seven years IL given with satisfaetor
a Gnal proof as to the required residene
u aud cultivation ! ade after the expir'
|, ton Of the seven years.
y 80. BY whom proof may be offere'
a Final proof must be made by the entr,
men themselves, or by their widow
!, heirs, or devisees, and cannot be mad
by their agents, attorneys In fact, a'
a illustrators, or executors, except !
/. the following cases.
d (a) II an entryman becomes insan