The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-21

wv % q htlIleI VI TACT, Inat water is
not available for the irrigation there
of.
When sufficient showing is made
in cases coming within the provisions
Ct the law, leave of absence will be
granted until such time as water for
irrigation is turned into the main irri-
Gatlon canals from which the land is to
he irrigated or, in the event that the
lroject is abandoned by the govern
lhent, until the date of notice of such
abandonment ana the restoration to
the public domain of the lands en-
bracad in the entry.
Attention is directed to the provision
that the period of actual absence
shall not be deducted from the full
time of residence required by law"
The effect of the granting of leave Of
absence under this act is to protect
the entry from contest for abandon
ment and, by the necessary application
Of the act, the period of seven years
within which the entryman IS required
to submit final five years proof will be
extended and the entry will not be
subject to cancellation for failure to
submit proof until seven years from
the date of entry, exclusive of the per-
iod for which leave of absence may
be ganted.
The act approved June %, 1910, emit
tied, "An act providing that entrymen
Tor homesteads within the reclamation
PROJECTS may assign their entries upon
satisfactory proof of residence, i'm
Drovement and cultivation for five
years, the same as though said entry
lad been made under the original
homestead act" public, No. 243), reads
as follows:
Be it enacted by the senate and
house Of representatives Of the Uni
ted States of America in congress
assembled, That from and after fill
ing with the commissioner of the
general land office of satisfactory
proof of residence, improvement and
cultivation for the five years re-
quired by law, persons who have, or
shall make homestead entries within
reclamation projects under the pro-
visions of the act of June IL, 1902,
may assign such entries, or any part
thereof, to other persons, and such
assignees, upon submitting proof of
the reclamation of the lands and up
on payment of the charges appor-
toned against the same as provided
in the said act of June II, 1902, may
receive from the United States a
patent for the lands: Provided, That
all assignments made under the pro-
visions of this act shall be subject to
limitations, charges, terms, and con-
ditions of the reclamation act.
Under the provisions of this act per-
sons who have made or may make
homestead entries subject to the recla-
nation act may assign their home
stead entries in their entirety at any
time after filing in this office sats
factory proof of residence, improve
ments, and cultivation for the five
years required by the ordinary provis-
ions of the homestead law. The act
also provides for the assignment OF
homestead entries in part, but such
I assignments, if made prior to the es-
| tablishment of farm units, nut be made
| in strict accordance with the legal sub
| divisions of the public survey, and If
made after such units are established
] must conform thereto. Such assign
ments shall be made expressly subject
to the limitations, charges, terms, and
conditions of the reclamation act will
be accepted by you, duly noted on your
records, and forwarded to this office
in the usual manner, and the assignees
in each case will be allowed to submit
proof of reclamation and make pay
ment of the water right charges as
would the original entryman, and after
full compliance with the law will be
given final certificate and patent,