The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-30
HOMESTEADERS
CAN NOW ASSIGN
NEW REGULATIONS APPROX.
ED BY SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR BALLINGER.

New Instructions Secured by Senator
Borah and Permit Settlers to As
sign Entries In Whole or In Pa,t
After Making Five-Year Proof
the Land.
Every day sees the government lift
| lug the burden of the homcsteader>
on the government reclamation pro,
jects. Idaho is very fortunate in hay
ing men in Washington Ike Senators
Hepburn and Borah and Representa-
tive Hamer. The west is also fortu
nate in having a western Secretary o
the Interior, Secretary Ballinge,
knows conditions in the west and is
| always ready to further the interests
and promote the welfare of settlers
on western lands Under the regula
/ tons approved by Secretary Balm
ger, homestead entrymen on govern
ment irrigation projects may assigl
any part of their entries at any time
after completing FIVE years residence
upon the land, as required by law
| The law authorizing assignments, en-
acted June %, 1910, authorized til,
assignment Of entries 'in whole or il
part" but the first regulations issued
by the department under date of Sep
TENDER Is, restricted assignments tC
whole entries and denied the right tC
assign a part of an entry.
As the bill had been passed largely
at the instance of Senator Borah o.
Idaho, and as he personally had in
serted the provision permitting the as
| Signment of parts of entries the
Idaho senator took serious exception
to the regulations, on the ground that
they were at variance with the law
and several times he personally pro.
tested to Secretary Baliinger agains
the regulations of last September
The secretary recognized that the reg
ulations narrowed down the privilege
conferred by the law, and accordingl,
issued new instructions to land off
GERS and the reclamation service
These new regulations, after recitine
the terms of the act of June %, 1910
read as follows:
New Instructions as Issued.
Under the provisions of this act
persons who have made or may max
homestead entries subject to the rec.
lamation act may assign entries /
their entirety at any time after filing
in the general land Office satisfactory
proof of residence, improvement anr
cultivation for the five years re
quired by the ordinary provisions o
, the homestead law. The act also pro
vides for the assignment of homestead
entries in part, but such assignments
: il made prior to the establishment o
farm units, must be made in stric
!, accordance with the legal subdivis
ions of the public survey, and If mad
after such units are established mus
( conform thereto, except as hcreinaftc
provided
In cases where the entry involve
'wo or more farm units the entryma
may file an election as to which far
unit he will retain, and he may
;po and transfer to a qua fled a:
!, signee any farm unit or farm units e.
tirelv embraced within the origin
+ entry If an election by the entrv'na
+, to conform to farm unit be filed al
r, no assignment made OF the remaind'
- of the entry. the entry will be col
+, formed to the farm unit selected II
retention and cancelled as to the r
:, mainder Assignments of parts
e established farm units will be
- owed only after report by the proJe
=, engineer to the department that t
T. farm unit as proposed to be divided
n as capable of adjustment in come
:, ton with surrounding lands will ma
4 two or more units each capable
supporting a family the report to
ACCOMPANIED with pats describing t
amended farr1 units. Such platS "
a be submitted by the director OF
r. reclamation service to the secretary
l. the interior for approval, and VIII
or approved by him will be forwarded
tt, the commissioner of the general Ia
IA office for transmission to the 10
e. lard Office with approximate irStr
ed tons: the assignment OF the 'ands
e. hraced vithin one OF the farm III
81 established TO be allowed ONLY
to- A proper showing Of the Qualih
err tions of the ASSIGNEE, the filing OF
MIR, ter right Application by him and
list payment OF any amounts due upon
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