The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1915-04-02
Homestead Law
Affecting So. Oak.

Public No. 200, (H. r. 16oSl and
Public No. 27o, Oh. r. I2oIo).
Both are amendments of the origin
al enlarged homestead or $40 acre
act of February 10Th, 1909 (35
Stat, $500, which applied to the
States of Colorado, Montana, Ne
vada, Oregon, Utah, Washington
and Wyoming, and to the then Ter
ritorles of Arizona, and New Mex
leo. Subsequent acts have added
Idaho, California, North Dakota
and Kansas to the list OF States to
which the Enlarged Homestead Act
is applicable.
The lands which may be entered
under the original and amended
acts are nonmineral, nonirrigable,
unreserved and unappropriated and
without merchantable timber there
on. The Act permits of an origin
al entry of $40 acres of lands of
the character described.
Public No. 200 extends the pro-
visions of the original Act and Acts
amendatory thereof to South Dako-
ia, the original bill having been
amended in this respect at the in
stance Of Senator Sterling. The
Act permits homesteader on lands
of such character, who has not
made final proof on the 100 acre
tract first entered, to make an APP
phcation for an additional 100 acres
contiguous to his unprotected err
try. 1t is not required that the
lands subject to entry under this
Act shall have been previously des-
ignated by the Secretary of the In
terror before application for entry
can be made but the application
must be supported by the corrob-
Grated affidavit of the applicant in
duplicate, showing that the land APP
piled for is of the character con-
templated by the enlarged home
stead act. The application will be
received by the Register and Re-
ceiver of the land district in which
the land is located and action there
on suspended until it shall have
been determined by the Secretary
of the Interior whether the land,
entry of which is applied for, is of
the character contemplated by the
act. During such Suspension the
land described in said application
will be segregated and not subject
to entry until the case is disposed
of. If it is found that the land is
of the character contemplated by
the Act, then the application shall
be allowed; otherwise it shall be
rejected, subject to appeal.
The original homestead act, and
acts amendatory thereof, permitted
an additional entry only in cases
where final proof had not been
made upon the original entry, but
Public No. 27o changes the law in
this respect and permits any person
who has submitted proof and who
still owns and occupies the land en-
tered to make an additional entry
of land contiguous to his first entry
which, with his first entry, shall
not exceed 82o acres. 1t will there
fore be possible for number of
bomesteaders within the State on
lands of the character described in
the enlarged homestead act and who
have already proved up but are still
living on their original entry, to
make entry of contiguous land to
the extent of an additional 100 acres.
Regulations under these acts have
not vet been issued by TIN, Interior
Department but it may be advisable
for anyone who coptemplates max
ing either an original entry OF $40
acres or an additional entry. to
make the necessary application to
the Register and Receiver in the
District in which the land is located
at the earliest opportunity.
These acts do not apply to In
dian Reservation land which, un-
der existing law relating to the dis
posal of such lands, have been or
are disposed of at appraised prices,
but only the lands subject to entry
under the general homestead law.