Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-29
GAO ACRE ENTRIES
PROVIDED FOR IN
BILL BY CURRY
Measure Provides for Amend
ment CT Homestead Law as
to Certain Unappropriated
and Unreserved Public
Lands in New Mexico.

Nrv MrXi,u homr-tyIirra VIII hc
Interested ben the following resolution
introduced iu tie house ul rupcssu-
uti,cs Cos Congressman curry of
New Mexico. and refnrrcd Geo the CONE
mIttvy ON public lands
BE % enacted bs ,tr senate aud
house uf Representative ot thc Unit
cd states Ui Amvri,. Boo congress as
scmDl,d. That from aud attDr sixty
days uftur the approval OF this act
entries made undor the homestead
laws lR the state % NrN Mexico em-
hraCod. lying, and being within the
following line, tO-vi' beginning 1t
81 paiut soutl ui tu, boundary lluc
o. the states uf Colorado uud New
Mckee. where the DunarroU mcri.
dian Wtvrrccts the seventh standard
parallel north. thence running south
along said Cimarruu meridian Goo us
intersection with 90. lII standard
parallel soutl. north uf the EIsr limo
between the state ul Texas uud tho
republic of Mexico aud the state OF
New McNlco. thence vest ulonE said
uuh standard parallel south Co rs
intersection with Tho second guido
meridian west. them. north along
said second guide meridian west 90 iB.
intersection With TIM seventh standard
parallel north. thence east along said
seventh standard parallel north 20.
the place oi bcglnuinu. tnc same be-
ing SIS Intersection with thr cim1r-
ron meridian. shaii lot exceed ir area
$50 acres. and shaw he as nearly c"m-
r.ct iu form uh possible. aud 300 no
event over two miles bon extreme
length pru, d,d. That h,l, shall Dec
excluded lrum tHc provisions Hi ms
act su.u lands Within tlv territory
herein described ts iu tbv opinion "l
the secretary of ihc interior 4 may
Doe reasonably practicable g." unE"ie
under tho national irrigation u" OF
oy private enterprise. aud mat 1.d
secretary slau rfior to thc date
above mentioned. designate aud cN-
cludc from cutr under mis- .ei the
lands .Ahlea Iu uis opinion q uH. 1r
uuvsIbI, Go iu -.,Iv as uiuf,.HiI. dnd
shall thereafter from time &" Time,
open Co entry under this a.t amy "I
tho lands so excluded. which. upon
further Investigation. hc MAJ conclude
can not nc puruudlly irrigated Boo tho
manner aforesaid.
SEQ I. That yutr,mcu under the
usu. cstcud mVH uf the Inii"' States
within tho territory above d'sc.lh,
. r hu own BHI ,.nnpy the lJuda mere
/ tuforc entered ay them. may, under
I Go, pro-, lsiuur ul his act aud subject
40 its conditions. enter other lands
. contiguous Go their said homestead
rntr,. which shalt not With thr lana
20 already entered, ownod enc ".Du-
pied ,NCurd Boo ttr HggrtrJto GO
acres: and residence continued and
improvements made upon ihu original
/ homestead Subsequent Go iHo making
of tnr additional cutry shall uu hr-
ccutrd us equivalent Ca actual r'-i-
doucc and improvements mad" upon
the additional land $50 entered. pul
final rutt shall mot uc allowed 90
such additional Wud unit. three years
after first entering thr same, "Fr'p'
in favor of entry men entitled 90 Drrdil
Tor military service.
See. 3 That the fees aud r'Wnh
sious ON all entries under 'hh ACT
suun be- uniformly The Same as those
charged undo. the present JAS Tor q