The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-05-06
ENLARGED HOMESTEAD LAW

The following Act to amend an Act
entitled "An act to provide for an en-
larged homestead:
BE il enacted by the Senate and the
House Of Representative of the Uni
ted States Of America in Congress
assembled. That sections three and
four Of the act entitled "An act to
provide for an enlarged homestead"
approved February nineteenth, nine
teen hundred and nine, and of AN act
entitled "An act to provide for an en-
larged homestead" approved June
seventeenth, nineteen hundred and
ten, as amended by an act approved
February eleventh. nineteen hundred
and thirteen, be, and the same are
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3. That any person who has
made, or shall make. homestead entry
Of lands Of the character herein de-
scribed. and who has not submitted
final proof thereon, OF who having sub
mitted final proof still owns and oc-
cupies the land thus entered, shall
have the right TO enter public lands,
subject TO the provisions of this act,
contiguous to his first entry, which
shall not, together with the original
entry, exceed three hundred and twen-
ty acres: PROVIDED, That the land
, originally entered and that covered by
the additional entry shall have first
been designated as subject to this act
as provided by section one thereof.
Sec. a.. That at the time of max
ing final proof, as provided in section
twenty-five hundred and ninety -one
Of the Revised Statutes, the entryman
under this Act shall. in addition to
the proofs and afiidavits required un-
der said section, prove by himself and
two creditable witnesses that at least
one-sixteenth of the area embraced
in such entry was continuously cul-
tivated for agricultural crops other
than native grasses. beginning with
the second year of the entry, and that
at least one-eighth of the area en-
braced in the entry was so continu-
ously cultivated beginning with the
third year of the entry: PROVIDED,
That any qualified person who has
heretofore made, or who hereafter
makes additional entry under the pro-
visions of section three of this Act
to an entry upon which final proof
has not been made, may he allowed to
perfect title to his original entry by
showing compliance with the provis-
ions of section twenty-five hundred
and ninety-one Of the Revised Stat
utes, respecting such original entry
and thereafter in making proof upon
his additional entry shall be credited
with residence maintained upon his
original entry from date Of such or
iginal entry, but the cultivation re-
quired upon entries made under this
act must be shown respecting such ad-
ditional entry, which cultivation, while
IL may be made upon either the orig
inal or additional entry or upon both
entries, must be cultivated in addi-
ton To that relied upon and used in
making proof upon the original entry
or, IL he elects, his original and addi-
tional entries may be considered as
one, with full credit for residence up
on and improvement made upon his
original entry, in which event the
amount of cultivation herein required
shall apply to the total area of the
combined entry, and proof may be
made upon such combined entry when
ever il can be shown that the cult
vation required by this section has
been performed; and to this end the
time within which proof must he made
upon such a combined entry is here
by extended to seven years from the
date of the original entry: PRO
VIDED FURTHER, That where an
entry is made as additional to an en-
try upon which final proof has there
tofore been submitted by an entryman
who still owns and occupies the land
thus entered, the entryman in making
proof upon his additional entry shall
he credited with residence maintain
ed upon his original entry from date
thereof, but the cultivation required
upon entries made under this act must
be shown respecting such additional
entry and must he performed upon
the land included therein to the eX-
tent and for the period required in
connection with the original entries
under this act, proof of which must
be submitted within five years from
and after the date of the additional
entry: PROVIDED FURTHER, that
nothing herein contained shall be SO
construed as TO require residence upon
| the combined entry in excess Of the
period Of residence as required by
section twenty-five hundred and nine
ty-one of the Revised Statutes
Approved March 3, 1915.
WOE Tn SINCI MAN