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An act to amend section twenty
two hundred and ninety-one and
section twenty-five hundred and
ninety seven of the revised statutes
OF the United States relating to
homesteads.
Be it enacted by the senate and
the house of representatives Ct the
United States OF America in Con
gress assembled, That section twen-
ty two hundred and ninety one and
section twenty-five hundred and
ninety seven of the Revised Sta.
tutes of the United States be
amended to read as follows:
Section 2zoI.-No certificate. however,
shall be given or patent issued therefor
until the expiration of three years from the
date Of such entry: and if at the expiration
OF such time. or at any time within two
years thereafter the person making such
entry, or If he lie dead. his widow. or in
case of her death. his heirs or devIsee. or
in case of widow making such entry her
heirs or devisee in case Of her death. proves
by himself and two credible witnesses that
he, she. or they have a habuable house
upon the land and have actually resided up.
on 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 alienated. except
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. cl tney il al that time citizens Of the
United States shall be entitled to a patent.
as in other eases provided by law: Pro
vided tina, upon filing in the local land
Office notice Of the beginning of such alb
sence. the entryman shall be entitled to
continuous leave of absence from the land
for period not exceeding five months in
upon the termination Of such absence the
entrymsn shall file a notice OF such ter
minstion in the local land office. but in case
OF Communication the fourteen months actual
residence as now required by law must be
shown. and the person committing must be |
at the time citizen of the United States:
Provided. That when the person making en-
try 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. as would have been required Of the
entryman had he lived. excepting that they
are relieved from any requirement Of resi-
dsnce upon the land: with the requirements
Of cultivation herein provided for. cultivate.
not less than one sixteenth of the area OF
his entry. beginning with The second yeai
Of the entry. and not less than one. eighth.
beginning with the third year of his entry.
and until final proof. except that in the case
OF ENTREES under section six OF the enlarged /
homestead law. double the area Of cultiva-
tion herein provided, shall be required.
but the secretary of the interior NAV. upon |
satisfactory showing, under rules and reg
ulations prescribed by him. reduce the re
quired area OF cultivation: Provided. That
the above provision as to cultivation shall
not apply TO entries under the act of April
twenty eighth. nineteen hundred and four.
commonly known as the Kinkaid act. or
entries Under the ac, of June seventeenth.
nineteen hundred and two. commonly
known as the reclamation act. and that the
provisions of this section relative to the
homestead period shall apply to all unper-
fected entries as well as entries hereafter
made upon which residence is required
Provided. That the secretary of the interior
shall. within sixty days after the passage
of this act. send copy Of the same to each
homestead entryman 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 one hum
dred and twenty days after the passage Of
TINS act. by registered letter to the register
and receiver of local land Office. elect to
make proof upon his entry. under the Law
under which the same was made. without |
regard to the provisions of this act"
Section 2zo7.-If. at any time after the |
filinS of the affidavit as required in section |
twenty-five hundred and ninety. and before |
the expiration Of the three years mentioned
in section twenty two hundred and ninety.
one, il is proved. after due notice to the
settler. to the satisfaction Of the register Of
the local land Office. that the person having
fled such afhvsdit has failed to establish
residence within SIX months after the date
Of entry. or abandoned the land for more