The Springfield herald., 1912-06-21
The Three-Year Law.

The Three-Year Law.
Be It enacted BY the Senate
and House of Representatives of
the United States OF America in
Congress assembled, That sec
ton twenty two hundred and
ninety-se of the Revised Stat
utes of the United States be a.
mended to read as follows:
SEQ. 2291. No certificate, how
ever, shall be given or patent is
sued therefor until the eXpira-
tion of three years from the date
of such entry; and if at the eX-
piration of such time, or at any
time within two years thereafter.
the person making such entry,
or if he be dead his widow, or in
case of her death his heirs or
devisee, or in case of a widow
making such entity her heirs or
devisee, iii casctof her death,
proves by himself and by two
credible witnesses that he, she,
or they have babitable house
upon the land and have actually
resided upon ana cultivated the
same for the term OF three years
succeeding the time of fling the
affi davit, and malfes affidavit that
no part of such land has been
alienated, exceptas provided in
section twenty tNo hundred and
eighty eight, and that he, she, or
they will bear tEpe 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 en-
titled to patsf,t, as in other
cases provided bylaw: Provided,
that upon fling lasthe local land
office notice OF Te9beginning OF
such absence, tie Shtryman shall
be entitled to dofitinuous leave
of absence frons tie land for a
period not exceepi4g five months
i'll each year aEsf establishing
residence, aud lspbp the termi-
nation of such a sence the entry
man shall file snotice Of such
termination i9 ethe local land
office, but IN cale OF commuta-
tion tire fs,s Il esastsa, tsi,t., AZ isl
residence as now required by
law must be shown, and the per
son committing must be at the
time IL citizen of the United
States; Provided, That when the
person making entry dies be
fore the offer OF final proof those
succeeding to the entry must
show that the entryman had
complied with the law in all re-
spects to the date OF his death
and that they have since compli-
ed with the law in all respects,
as would have been required OF
the entryman had he lived, eX-
cepting that they are relieved
from any requirement of resi-
dence upon the land: Provided
further, That the entryman
shall in order to comply with the
requirements of cultivation here
in 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-eigbth, begin
ming with the third year of the
entry, and until final proof, eX,
cept that in the case of entries
under section six of the enlarged
homestead law double the area OF
cultivation herein provided shall
be required. but the Secretary
OF the Interior may, upon salts
factory showing, under rules ano
regulations prescribed by him.
reduce the required area of cult
vation: PrOvided, That the above
provision as to cultivation shall
not apply to entries under the
Act OF April twenty eighth,
nineteen hundred and four, com.
monty known as the Kinkaid Act,
or entries under the Act of Ju ne
seventeenth, nineteen hundred
and two, commonly known as the
reclamation Act, and that the
ofthis section relative
to the honest ssead period shall ap.