The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-07-04
NEW THREE.YEAR HOMESTEAD BILL.

The BOrah-Tayor hreeyear homestead bill has at las
been passed by the United States congress and June Pres
ident Taft affixed his signature This ends fight of severa
in victory for the homestear and the agrcuturist
who have been striving obtain fair land law that will en-
able the greater settlement of the great west and in measure
restrict the immigration to other countries where omeseta
laws appealed more to the settler
For three years past the international Dry Farming
gress has carried active campaign obtain enen
and broader homestead laws in the United States and Hon.
w Mondel when president of this organization worked
siduousy to the passage of three amendment
the homestead laws Through Mr.. Mondes continuous eff
forts and the crcuarzg of members of by the Dry
Farming congress- coupled fifth the support of Senator
Borah Congressman Taylor and other progressive agrcu
tura members of congress- the victory has been and it
certainly notable one.
Because of the great interest in this bill it is here publish
ed in full as approved by the PRESIDENT
Senate Bill 3367-It being enacted by the senate and the
house of representatives of the United States of America in
congress assembled that Section 1921 and section 2297 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States be amended to read
follows
''Section 229-No certificate however, shall be given
patent issued therefor until the expiration of three years from
the date Of such entry and if the expiration of such time
at any time within two years thereafter the person making
such entry if he be dead his widow of her death
his heirs devsee in of widow making such entry
her heirs devisee of her DEATH proves by himself
and bytwo credible witnesses that he she they have hab
table house upon the land and have actually resided upon
and cultivated the for the term OF three succeeding
the time of filing the affidavit and makes affidavit that part
Of such land has been aenaed except provided Section
28 and that he she they will bear true allegiance to the
of the United States then in such he she
they if at that time citizens of the United States shall be
titled to patent in other provided by law.
Provided that upon filing in the local land office notice of
the beginning of such Absence the enryman shall be entitled
to continuous leave of absence from the land for period not
exceeding five months in each year after establishing residence
and upon the termination of such absence the enryman sa
file notice of such termination in the local land Office but in
of communication the II months actual residence
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 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
specs to the date of his death and that they have
piled with the law in all respects would have been required
of the enman had he lived excepting that they relieved
from any requirement 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 of the of his
ty beginning with the second of the entry and not less
than eighth beginning with the third year of the entry and
until final proof except that in the of entries under
ton six Of the enlarged homestead laws double the of cu
vaon herein provided shall be required but the secretary of
the interior may upon satisfactory showing under rules
and regulations prescribed by him. reduce the required
of cultivation.
Provided that the above provision cultivation shall
not apply to entries under the act of April 2S 1904 commonly
known the Kincaid act entries under the act of June
9o commonly known as the reclamation act and that the
visions of this section relative to the homestead period shall
apply to all unprotected entries well entries hereafter
made upon which residence is required.
Provided that the secretary of the interior shall within 60
days after the passage of this send copy of the same to
each homestead entrman of record who may be affected there
tn add
entryman may by giving notice within 100 days after the pass
age OF this act by registered letter to the register and receiver
OF the local land office elect make proof upon his entry I'M
der the law under which the same was made without regard
the provisions of this act L
section 29- at any time after the filing of the affidavit
required IN section 2290 and before the expiration of the
hree years mentioned in section 229 it proved after due
notice to the settler to the satisfaction of the register of the