Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-06-21
New Homestead Law in Full.

So many people in Luna count,
are anxious to know about the 3
year homestead law that we hcreb,
publish in full, with the explanation
r that it would never have been pass
ed this session without the cfectiv,
work Of the senator's and rcprcsen
tatives from New Mexico:
Be il enacted by the Senate an,
House of Representatives of tn,
United States of America in Con
greSS assembled. That section TWEEN
ty-two hundred and ninety one AM
section twenty-five hundred AM
ninety seven of the Revised Statute,
of the United States be- amended t.
read ms follows:
See. 229l No certificate, how.
ever, shall he 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 il he he dead
his widow, or in case of her death
his heirs or dcvisec. or in case of n
widow making such entry her heirs
OF dcviscc, in case of her d q II h
proves by himself and by two cred
liable witnesses that he, she, or they
have habitablc 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, an It
makes affidavit that no part Of such
land has been alicnated, except ms
provided in section twenty-five hun
dred and lightweight, and that he,
she or they will bear true allegiance
to the Government of the United
States, then in such ease he, she, or
they. if at that time citizens of the
United States, shall be entitled to II
patent AS in other cases provided
by law; Provided, That upon fling
in the local land office notice of the
beginning of of such absence. the
cntryman shall he entitled to con-
tinuous leave of absence from the
land for a period not exceeding
five months in each year after es-
tablishing residence, and upon the
termination of such absence the en-
tryman shall file notice of such
termination in the local land office,
but IN case or communication the
fourteen months actual residence ms
now required 10y law must be shown
and the person committing must be-
at the time n citizen of the United
States: Provided, That when the
person making entry dies before the
offer Of final proof those succeeding
to the entry must show that the en-
tryman had complied with the law
in all respects to the d ate of his
death and that they have since COM
piled with the law in all respects, as
would have been required of the
entryman had he lived, excepting
that they are relieved from any re-
quirement of residence upon the
land: Provided further, That the
entryman 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 Sec
ond year of the entry, and not less
than one-eighth, beginning with the
third year of the entry, and until f.
nal proof, except that in the case of
entries under section six of the en-
larged-homstead law doubled the
area of cultivation herein provided
shall be required, but the Secretary
of the Interior may, upon a salts.
factory showing, under rules and
regulations prescribed by him, re-