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by said commissioner shall be either
the specific tract or tracts applied for
or other suitable and available agri-
cultural lands in the same geographi-
cal district ana, as far as possible, IN
the immediate locality of and as near
ly equal to that applied for as may be
available: Provided, however, That
no leased land, under cultivationa
shall be taken for demonstrating un-
til any crops growing thereon shall
have been harvested.
at shall be the duty of the COM
missioner of public lands to cause to
be surveyed and opened for home
stead entry a reasonable amount Of
desirable agricultural lands and also
of pastoral lands in various parts of
the Territory for homestead purposes
on or before January first, nineteen
hundred and eleven, and he shall an
nually thereafter cause to be survey
ed for homestead purposes such
amount of agricultural lands and pas
toral lands in various parts of the
Territory as there may be demand
for by persons having the qualifica-
lions of homesteaders; and in laying
out any homestead the Commission
er of Public Lands shall include
therein an amount, not exceeding
eighty acres in area, sufficient to
support thereon an ordinary family;
and all necessary expenses for sur
veying and opening any such lands
for homestead shall be paid for out nf
any funds of the territorial treasury
derived from the sale or lease of the
public lands, which runds are hereby
made available for such purposes.
Nothing herein contained shall be
construed to prevent said commits
sioner from surveying and opening
for homestead purposes and as a sin
gle homestead entry public lanis
suitable for both agricultural and pas
toral purposes, whether such lands be
| situated in one body or detached
tracts, to the end that homesteaders
may be provided with both agricul-
tural and pastoral lands wherever
there is demand therefor; nor shall
the ownership of a residence lot or
tract, not exceeding three acres in
area, hereafter disqualify any citizen
from applying for and receiving any
form of homestead entry, including
homestead lease.
"All lands in the possession, use,
and control of the Territory shall
hereafter be managed by the commits
siOner, except such as shall be set
aside for public purposes as herein
after provided; all sales and other
dispositions of such land shall be
made by the commissioner or under
! his direction, for which purpose, if
necessary, the land may be transfer
red to his department from any 9TH
err department by direction of the
governor, and all patents and deeds
of such land shall issue from the Of
flee of the commissioner, who shall
countersign the same and keep a re-
cord thereof. Lands conveyed TO
the Territory in exchange for other
lands that are subject to the land
laws of Hawaii, as amended by this
Act, shall except as otherwise pro-
Vided, have the same status and be
subject to such laws as if they had
previously been public lands of Ha-
wall. All orders setting aside lands
for forest or other public purposes
Or withdrawing the same, shall be
made by the governor, and lands
while so set aside for such purposes
may be managed as may be provided
by the laws of the Territory. The
commissioner is hereby authorized iC
perform any and all acts, prescribe
forms of oaths, and, with the approval
of the governor and said board, make
such rules and regulations as may be
necessary and proper for the purpose
of carrying the provisions of this sec.
ton and the land laws of Hawaii in.
to full force and effect"
Section 6. That section eighty-fou
, of said Act is hereby amended to READ