The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-05-26

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The acts provide that the fees
shall! be the same as those now re
quired to be paid under the home
stead laws: therefore, while the fees
, may not in any one case exceed the
maximum fee of $40 required un-
der the general Homestead law, the
commissions will be determined b.
the area OF the land embraced il
the entry.
40. Form of Applcauon.- AppIl-
cations to make entry under these
acts must be submitted on forms
prescribed by the General Land OF
fee, and in case of an original entry
on No. 4-OG3.
The affidavit OF an applicant as
to tue charter Of the land must be
corroborated by two witnesses. 1t is
not necessary that such witnesses be
acquainted with the applicant, and il
they are not SO acquainted their al
fidavits should be modified accord
ingly.
5O.-Additional entries.-Section
8 of the acts provide that any home
stead entryman Of lands of the char
acter described in the first sections
of the acts, upon which entry final
hn h., n
1 ter such other lands subject to the
provisions of the acts, contiguous to
the former entry, which shall not
i together with the lands embraced in
the original entry, exceed $40 acres,
and that residence upon and cult
walton of the original entry shall be
accepted as equivalent to residence
upon and cultivation OF the addition
al entry.
lands, may, subsequent to entry, be
classified, or designated, by the Sec
rotary of the Interior as falling with
in the provisions Of these acts, and
in such cases an entryman of sucn
lands may, at any time prior to fin
al proof on his original entry, make
such additional entry, provided he is
otherwise qualified. Applicants for
such additional entries must tender
the proper fees and commissions,
and make application and affidavit
on the form prescribed (No. 4-004)
Entrymen who have made final
proof on their original entries, are
not qualified to make additional en-
tries.
81. Final proof on original and
additional entries Communication
not allowed Final proof must be
made as in ordinary homestead cas-
es. and in addition to the showing
required Of ordinary homestead en-
trymen it must he shown that at
least one eighth OF the area embrac-
ed in each entry has been contin-
uously cultivated to agricultural
crops other than native grasses, be-
ginning with the second year OF the
! entry, and that at least one-fourth
OF the area embraced in the entry
has been cultivated to agricultural
crops other than native grasses be-
ginning with the third year of the
entry and continuing to date of final
proof.
| Final proof submitted on an addi-
tional entry must show that the area
of such entry required by the acts
to be cultivated mas been cultivated
in accordance with such require
ment; or that such part of the origi-
nal entry as will, with the area cul-
tivated in the additional entry, ag-
gregate the required proportion of
| the combined entries, has been cul-
tivated in the manner required by
the acts.
Proof must be made on the orig
NAL entry within the statutory per-
| iod of seven years from the date of
the entry; and il it can not be
shown at that time that the cultiva-
ton has been such as to satisfy the
requirements of the acts as to both
entries it will be necessary to SUBJ
nit supplemental proof on the addi-
tional entry at the proper time. But
proof should be made at the same
time to cover both entries in all cas-
es where the residence and cultiva-
ton are such as to meet the require
ments of the acts.
Communication Of either original or
additional entry, made under these
acts, is expressly forbidden.
81. Right of entry.-Homesteaa
entries under the provisions of Sec
ton 222S9 of the Revised Statutes.
for $50 acres or less, may be made
by qualified persons within the Stat
es and Territories named upon lands
subject to such entryy, whether such