The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-07-02
TAKE THE GIRL
GET THE LAND
New Law Permits You to Mar
~ Lady Homesteader
If You Can.

Register Heitfeld and Receiver Bar
Dor, of the Lewiston land office, have
just been advised by Clay Tallman.
commissioner of the general land Of
flee, of the passage of a law by con-
gress ON April defining the status of
homestead entries where entrymen and
entrywomen marry. The full text of
Commissioner Tallman's letter is as fol-
lows:
Your attention Is directed to the act
of congress of April g. 1914 public, No.
81. relating to the rights of homestead
ers who ntermarry:
BE it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in congress as
sembled. That the marriage of home
stead entryman to homestead entry
woman after each shall have fulfilled
the requirements of the homestead law
for one year next proceeding such mar
rage shall not impair the right of
either to patent, but the husband shall
elect, under rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the secretary of the inter-
ior on which of the two entries the
home shall thereafter be made, and
residence thereon by the husband and
the residence requirements upon each
entry: Provided, that the provisions
hereof shall apply to existing entries.
"2. The act applies to claims init
lated before or after it's date, and to
become entitled to its benefits it is re-
quired that each of the parties shall
have compiled with the requirements of
the homestead laws for not less than
one year next preceding their marriage.
Where the parties, either of them,
are entitled to credit for such compli-
ance prior to entry, that time may
be counted in making up the period Of
one year, and it follows that neither
of the entries need be one year old at
the time of marriage.
80. The law confers upon the hus-
band the privilege of electing on
which of the two entries the family
shall reside. His election must be sup
ported by the affidavits of both the
parties, describing their entries and
showing the facts as to the residence
cultivation and improvements already
had in connection herewith Only in
cases where the tracts involved are
situated in different districts will 1t be
necessary that the election and affida-
Wits be executed in duplicate then copies
of all papers must be filed in each Of
flee.
-. The local officers will make due
notation of the filing of the election on
their records as to entry, or entries,
within their district, and will at once
forward the papers, with their recon-
mendations, to the general land office,
which will promptly pass upon the
question of accepting the election.
'5. Though the election be accepted
proofs on the entries will be submitted
separately, as in other cases. ii will be
necessary TO show residence on the Sc
lected homestead from approximately
the date of the selection, and on the
entries of the respective parties before
said date The act makes no change
whatever in the requirements as to cul-
tivation, and compliance with the home
stead law in this regard must be shown
as to each entry, precisely as though
the marriage had not taken place.
IS. II proof is made on the entry
selected as the home before title to
the other is earned, residence may new
ertheless be continued on the perfect
ed entry and credited to the other.
However, the act has no application to
cases where the requirements OF law
have been fulfilled as to one entry prior
to the marriage or to the filing of the
election"