Bisbee daily review., 1912-05-11
CARL HAYDEN.
Senate Bill 1867

Senate Bill 1907
BE ii enacted by the senate and
house OF representatives of the United
States OF America in congress assem-.
bled, that section 229l and section
22y1 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States be amended TO read as
follows:
Sec. 229l. No certificate. however
shall be given or patent issued there
for until the expiration of three years
from the date of such entry and at
the expiration 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 entry her
heirs or devisee, in case of her death
proves by himself and by two credi.
Bile witnesses that he, she, or they
have habitable house upon the land
and have actually resided upon and
cultivated the same for a term OF
three years succeeding the time OF
filing the affidavit and makes aft.
dayit that no part of such land has
been alienated, except as provided in
section twenty-five hundred and thirty
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bear true allegiance to the govern.
ment Of the United States. the. in
such case, he. she. or they, If at any
time citizens Of the United States.
shall be entitled by law. Provided
that the entryman may be absent
from the land not more than five
months in each period of one year
after establishing residence. but in
case of Communication the fourteen
months actual residence as required
by law must be shown: Provided
that when the person making 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 re
spects, as would have been required
by the entryman had he lived. ex-
cepting that they are relieved from
any requirement OF residence upon
the land.
Sec. 2297. If at any time after
the filing of the affidavit. as required
in section twenty-five hundred and
ninety. and before the expiration of
the three years mentioned in section
twenty-five hundred and ninety-one.
II is proved. after due notice to the
settler. TO the satisfaction of the reg
lister of the land office that the person
having filed such affidavit has 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 establishing actual permanent resi-
dence upon the land: And. provided
further, where there may be climatic
reasons, sickness or other unavoid.
able cause, the commissioner of the
general land office may. in his dis
erection. allow the settler twelve
months from the date OF filing in
which 10 commence his residence on
said land, under such rules and regu-
lations as he may perscribe'
The secretary of the interior, among
other things insists that the three
year homestead bill be amended in
the following particulars:
That every homestead entryman
shall be required. in addition to resi-
dence, to have cultivated one eighth
OF the area of his homestead, suscept-
ible of cultivation. the first year,
one fourth the second year and one
half the third year.
That the provisions OF this act shall
not apply 20 the enlarged homestead
OF 800 acres nor TO homestead under
the reclamation act.