The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-18
TEXT Of new
D. S. Land Law
PROVISIONS or INTEREST TO
THE NORTH DAKOTA HOME
sTEADERs WHO PROVE UP
CONTAINS AN AMENDMENT BY
CONGRESSMAN HANNA.


The following is the text Of the new
land law passed by the present con
gress and just approved by the presi-
dent. 1t contains what is known as.
the Hanna amendment put into the
measure by Congressman Hanna In
the interests Of North Dakota home
steaders.
mo certificate, however. shall be
given or patent issued therefor until
the expiration 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 of her
death his heirs or devisee, or in case
of a widow making such entry her
heirs or devisee, in case Of her death,
proves by himself n by two credible
witnesses that he, she, or they nave
a habitable house pon the lane and
have actually resided upon and Guilt
waited the same for the term OF three
years succeeding the time of filing the
affidavit, and makes afidavit that nj
part of such land has been alienated,
except as provided In section 1888. and
that he, she, or they will bear true al
legiance to the government of the
United States, then in such case he,
she, or they, IL at that time citizens
Of the United States, shall be entitled
to a patent, as in other provid-
ed by law; Provided. that upon fling
in the local landofice notice of the
beginning of such absence, the entry
man shall be entitled to a continuous
leave Of absence from the land for a
period not exceeding five months in
each e a after establishing residence,
and upon the termination Of such alb
sence the entryman shall file a notice
of such termination In the local land
office, but in cas- of communication the
fourteen months actual residence as
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and the person committing must be at
the time a citizen Of the United States:
Provided, that when the person maxi
ing entry dies before the offer OF final
proof those succeeding to the entry
must show that the entryman had
complied with the law in all respects
to the date Of his death and that they
have since complied with the law in
all respects, as would have been re-
quired of the ~entryn1an had he lived,
excepting that they r relieved from
any requirement of residence upon the
land: Provided further, that the en-
tryman shall, in order to comply with
the requirements of cultivation herein
provided for, cultivate not less than
one-sixteenth of the area of his entry,
beginning with the second year of the
entry, and not less than one-eighth,
beginning with the third year of the
entry, and until final proof, except
that in the case OF entries under sec
ton s of the enlarged-homestead
law double the area of cultivation
herein provided shall be required, but
the secretary Of the interior may. up
on a satisfactory showing, under rules
and regulations prescribed by him, re-
duce the required area of cultivation:
Provided: that the above provisions as
to cultivation shall not apply to entries
under the act Of April 28, 1904, COM
monty known as the Kinkaid act, or
entries under the act of June II, 1902,
commonly known as the reclamation
act, and that the provisions of this
section relative to the homestead pc
Rod shall apply to all unprotected en-
tries as well as entries hereafter made
upon which residence is required:
Provided, that the secretary of the in
terror shall, within sixty days after the
passage of this act send a copy of
the same to each homestead entry
man Of record who may be affected
thereby, by ordinary mail to his last
known address. and any such entry
man may, by giving notice within 120
days after the passage of this act,
by registered letter to the register and
receiver of the local landoflce, elect
to make proof upon his entry under
the law under which the same was
made without regard to the provisions
Of this act.
eff, at any time after the filing Of
the affidavit as required in section
2290 and before the expiration of the
three years mentioned in section 1921.
1t is proved, after due notice to the
settler, to the satisfaction of the reg
lister Of the landoffice that the person
having filed such afidavit a failed to
establish residence within six months
after the date of entry, or abandoned
the land for more than six months
at any time, then and In that event
the land SO entered shall revert to the
government: Provided, that the three
years period of residence herein fixed
shall date from the time of establish
ing actual permanent residence upon
the land: And provided further, that
where there may be climatic easons,
sickness, or other unavoidable cause.
the commissioner of the general land
office may, in his discretion, allow the
settler twelve months from the date
of filing in which to commence his
residence on said land under such
rules and regulations as he MAY pre-
scribe"
Approved, June 6. 1912.
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