Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-06-21
THREE YEAR HOMESTEAD
PUBLISHED FOR FIRST TIME

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229i and 2299 of the Revised sta
tutes. reading as follows:
Sec. POI. No certificate, how.
ever, shall be given or patent is
sued therefor until the expiration
Of three years from the date Of
such entry; and if at the expira-
ton of such time, or at any time
within two years thereafter, the
person making such entry, or il
he be dead his widow, or in case
FOf her death his heirs or devIsee,
or in the case Of a widow making
such entry her heirs or deyisee, in
case Of her death, proves by him
self and two credible Witnesses
that he. she Of they have a hab-
table house upon the land and
have actually resided upon and
cultivated the same for the term
Of three years succeeding the
time Of filing the affidavit, and
makes affidavit that no part of
such land has been alenaled, ex-
cepl as provided in section twenty
two hundred and eighty eight, and
that he. she, or they will bear true
allegiance TO the Government of
The United States, then in such
case he, she, or they, if at that
time citizens Of The United States
shall be entitled TO patent, as
in other cases provided by law;
PROVIDED, That upon filing in
The local land office notice Of the
enlryman shall be entitled TO a.
beginning of such absences, tue
continuous leave of absence from
The land for period not exceeding
five months in each year after es-
iablishing residence, and upon the
beginning of such absence The
rulryman sholl Tile o notice Of
su h lermiraliCa IN the local land |
rlll O., ~ cas- Of commute ion |
Tho l1uttrCn n,bs' actual feel- |
.u,r as NOV icGr, ed by law must |
b. shcwa, and the person commit
.ng must be at The time a citizen
lf the United States PROVIDED,
lhal When the person making en-
ny dies before the offer of final
proof those succeeding TO the entry
nua show that the entryman had
'oInplied with the law in all re-
lpccls to the date of his death and
hat they have since complied
With The law in all respects, as
IS would have been required of the
'ntryman had he lived, excepting
hat they are relieved from any re-
luirement of residence upon the
and: PROVIDED FURTHER, That
he enlryman shall, in order to
Omply with the requirements of
cultivation herein provided for,
ullisate not less than one-six-
zenith of the area of his entry,
with the second year of !
he entry, and not less than one
ighth, beginning with the third =,
ear of the entry, and until final
roof, except that in the case of
ntries under section six of the p
homestead law double c
he area of cultivation herein pro- 4
ided shall be required, but the ,
ecretary of the Interior may. \
pOn a satisfactory showing. un- t
err rules and regulations prescrib- 4
d by him, reduce the required 4
rea of cultivation. PROVIDED.
hat the above provision as to
shall not apply to ens h
rIes under the Act of April twenty Il
lghth. nineteen hundred and four c
ommouly known as the Kinkaid
ct, or entries under the Act of :,
1ne seventeenth. nineteen hun D
red and two. commonly known as =
10 Reclamation Act. and that the
DIVISIONS of this section relative
) the homestead period shall APP III
y to all unprotected entries as q
eli as entries hereafter made {
pom which residence is required: n
R0NIDED. That the Secretary Of a
Ie Interior shall, within sixty days
ter The passage of this Act, send
copy of the same to each home W
cad cntryman Of record who may ~
affected thereby, by ordinary
all 70 bis last known address. o,
I'd any such entryman may. by a
wing rotice within one hundred :,
"a twenty days after the passage r.
this Act. by registered letter to "
G register and receiver of the u,
ral land office. elect to make r.
oof upon his entry under the y.
lde without regard to the pro =,
" under which the same was
SONS of this Act"
See. 2297. If. at any time after at
e filing Of the affidavit as re- of
ired in section twenty-five hun Of