The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1912-06-20

committing must be at the time citizen
OF the Uuited States: Provided, That
when the person making entry dies be-
fore the offer of final proof those succeed
ing 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
required Of the entryman had he lived,
excepting that they are relieved from
any requirement Of residence upon the
land Provided further, That the entry
shall, in order to comply with the re-
quirements Of cultivation herein provid-
ed for, cultivate not less than one-six-
teenth Of the area of his entry, begin
ming with the second year of the entry,
aud not less than one eighth, beginning
beginning with the third year Of the
entry, and until final proof, except that
IN the case OF entries under section six
OF the enlarged homestead law double
the area of cultivation herein provided
shall be required, but the Secretary of
the Interior may, upon a satisfactory
showing, under rules and regulations
prescribed by him, reduce the required
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 Kin
kaid Act, or entries under the Act of
June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and
two, commonly known as the reclama-
ton Act, and that the provisions Of this
section relative to the homestead period
shall apply to all unprotected 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 NAV
be affected thereby, by ordinary mail TO
his last known address, and any such
enlryman may, by giving notice within
one hundred and twenty 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 to the
provisions of this Act. .
''Sec. 2297. If, at any time after the
filing Of the affidavit as required in sec
ton twenty-five hundred and ninety and
before the expiration Of the three years
mentioned 10 section twenty-five hum
dred and ninety-one. it is proved, after
due notice to the settler, to the satisfac-
tion of the register of the land office
that the person having filed such Aft
davit has failed to establish residence
within six months after the date of en-
try. 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 residence
upon the land And provided further,
That there may be climatic reasons,
sickness, or other unavoidable cause,
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office may, in his discretion, allow the
settler twelve months from the date of
filing in which to commence his resi-
dence on said land under such rules and
regulations as he may prescribe"