The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-17

North Dakota Homestead
ers Who Prove Up.
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.
No certificate, however, shall be
given or patent issued therfor until
the expiration of such time. or at any
time within two years thereafter, the
person making such entry. or If he be
death his heirs or devisee. or in case
of a widow making such entry her
heirs or devisee, in case of her death,
proves py himself and by two credible
witnesses that he, she, or they have
a habitable hous upon the land and
have actually resided upon and cult
waited the samem for the term of three
years succeeding the time of filing the
affidavit. and makes affidavit thai no
part of such land has been alienated.
except os provided in section twenty
two hundred and Lightweight, and
that he, she. or they will bear true al
legiance 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 a patent, as in other cases provid-
ed by law: Provided. That upon ling
in the local land office notice Of the
beginning Of such absence, the entry
maj shall be entitled to a continuous
period not exceeding five months in
each "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 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 a citizen of the United States:
Provided. That when h 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-
CURED of h entryman had he lived.
that they are 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
on%e-sixteenth of the area of his entry.
beginning with the second year of the
entry. and lot less than one-eighth.
beginning with the third year Of the
entry, and until vnal proof, except
that in the case Of entries under Sec
tion six Of the enlarged-homestead
aw double the area Of cultivation
herein provided shall be required. but
on a satisfactory showing. under rules
and regulations prescribed by him. re-
duce the required area of civilizations:
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 act Of June seventeenth.
nineteen hundred and two. commonly
known as the reclamation act. and
that the provisions of this section rela-
ply to all unprotected entries as we'll
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 a cop of the same to
each homestead entryman Of record
who nay be affected thereby, by or
binary mail to his last known address.
and any such entryman may, by giving
notice within n hundred and twen-
ty days after the passage of this act,
by registered letter to the register and
receiver of the local land Office. elect
to make proof upon his entry under
the law under which the same was
made without regard t the provisions
Of this act"
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 n%inety-one, 1t Is proved,
due notice to the settler. to the
satisfaction of the register of the land
office that the person having filed such
affidavit has failed to establish resi-
dence within six months after the date
nor than six months at any time.
then and in that event the land SO en-
tered shall revert to the government:
That the three years period
Of residence herein fixed shall date
from the time Of establishing actual
permanent residence upon the land:
And provided further. That where
there ma be climatic reasons sick
ness, or other unavoidable cause, the
commissioner Of the general land Of
ice may, in his discretion. allow the
twelve months from the date Of
fling In which to commence his resi-
and regulations as he may prescribe"
Apurovod Iuno a 1919