The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-06-20
SINCERITY Ctothes
EDWARDS & MCCLELLAN

absence the entryman shall file a mo-
tice of such termination i'm the local
land office but in case of commuta-
ton of fourteen months actual resi-
dence as now required by la " must
be shown, and the person committing
must be at the time a citizen of the
United States. Provided, that when
the person making entry dies before
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 COM
piled with the law in all respects, as
would have been required of the en-
tryman had he lived, excepting that
they are relieved from any require
ment of residence upon the land.
Provided, further, that the en-
tryman shall; i'm 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 second
year of the entry, and not less than
onc-eighth, beginning with the third
year of the entry, and until final
proof, except that in the case of en-
tries under section six of the en-
larged homestead law double the
area of cultivation herein provided
shall be required, but the secretary
or the interior may, upon satisfac-
tory showing, under rules and regu-
lations prescribed by him, reduce the
required area of cultivation. Pro-
vided, that the above provision as to
cultivation shall not apply to entries
under the act of April 90, 1904
commonly known as the Kinkaid
Act, or entries under the act of June
II, 1902, commonly known as the
reclamation act, and that the pro-
visions Of this section relative to the
homestead period shall apply to all
unprotected entries as we'll as entries
hereafter made upon which residence
is required. Provided, that the Sec
rotary 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
may be affected thereby, by ordinary
mail to his last known address and
any such entryman may, by givi ng
notice within 100 days after the
passage of this act, by registered let
ter 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.
Section 1897. If, at any time
after the filing of the affidavit as re-
quired in section 1890 and before
the expiration of the three years
mentioned in section 1891, it is
proved, after due notice to the set
tier, to the satisfaction of the regis
ter of the land Office that the person
having filed such affidavit has failed
to establish residence within six
months after the date of entry, 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. Provid-
ed, that the three years period of
residence herein fixed shall date
from the time of establishing actual
residence upon the land.
And provided, further, that where
there may be climatic reasons, sick
ness, or other unavoidable causes the
of the general land Of
flee may, in his discretion, allow the
settler twelve months from the date
of filing in which to commence his
residence on said land under such
rules and regulations as he may pre-
scribe.
Approved June 6, 1912"