Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-06-20
FULL TEXT OF THE BORAH-JONES
THREE-NEAR MEASURE.

thrre-year homestead hill a. it Wa
signed by President Taft on June Is.
Ii will be- noted that the law take-
the form Of an amendment L. Sec
tion> 229l and 2297 If the revised
statutes. Under the terms of the
new law, a copy will he sent to each
homestead entryman by the Secre-
tary Of the Interior The three
year law follows:
BE it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives OF the Inited States OF
/ America in congres, assembled. That
section 222el and section 2297 OF the NJ
vised statutes OF the United States h.
amended to read ~ follows:
section 22yl No certificate, how
ever. shall b. given or patent issued
therefor until the expiration oi thre.
years from the date Of such entry; and
il at the expiration OF such time, OF at
any time within two years thereafter, the
person making such entry. or if he he
dead his widow, or in case ri her death
his heirs OF devisee. or in cas- of =
widow making such entry her heirs or
devise, in ease Of her death. proves 10y
himself and by TWO credible witnesses
that he, She, OF they have habitable
house upon the land and have actually
rs-side-i upon and cultivated the same Tor
the term ri three years Succeeding the
time vi filing the affidavit. and makeS
affidavit that no part ri such land has
been alienate'i. except - provided in
section 22,>s. and that he. she or they
will bear true allegiance to the govern
ment OF the United States, then in such
case, he, she. OF they il al that time
citizens OF the United States, shall be
entitled 10 l patent, a. III other cases
provided by Law: Provided. That upon
tiling in the local land Office notice OF the
beginning OF such absence. the entryman
shall he entitled To continuous leave of
absence from the land for a period not
exceeding five months in each year
after establishing residence, and upon
the termination OF such absence the en-
tryman shall tile notice ii such termi-
nation in the local land office, but in
case OF communication the II months ac-
tual residence As now required by law
must he shown, and the person commut-
ing must at the time be a citizen OF the
Inlted States: Provided, That when
the person making entry dies before the
offer Of final proof those succeeding to
the entry must show thatNthe 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 REQUIRE |
ments OF residence upon the land: Pro-
vided further, That the entryman shall. |
in order 10 comply with the requirements
OF cultivation herein provided for. Guilt |
vate not less than one-sixteenth OF the |
area oil his entry, beginning with the
second year OF the entry, and not less
than one-eighth, beginning with the
third year OF the entry, and until final
proof, except that in case OF entries under
section OF the enlarged homestead law
double the AREA OF cultivation herein
provided shall be required, but the Sec
rotary oil the Interior may, upon a salts
factory showing, under rules and regula
tons prescribed by him, reduce the re-
quired area OF cultivation: Provided.
That the above provision as to cultiva
ton shall not apply to entries under the
act OF April Is, 1904, commonly known
as the klnkaid act, or entries under the
act OF June Il, 1902, commonly known
as the reclamation act, and that the pro-
visions OF this section relative to the
homestead period shall apply to all I'M
perfected entries as well as entries here
after made upon which residence is re-
qulred; Provided, That the Secretary
OF the Interior shall, within a. DAYS after
eHc PdSSasc vi tllls 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 entryman may, by giving
notice within 10 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 en-
try under the law under which the same
was made without regard to the provis-
ions OF this act
Section 2297. If, at any time after
the filing OF the affidavit as required in
section 22SO, and before the expiration
Of the three years mentioned in section
Poi, it is proved, after due notice to the
settler, to the satisfaction of the register
oi the land office that the person having
liled such affidavit has failed to establish ,
residence within six months after the