Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-25
INSTRUCTIONS UNDER
THE new HOMESTEAD
LAW ARE RECEIVED

The United States Land Office at
Bismarck, North Dakota, received the
Following instructions issued by the
General Land Office under the pr,7i.
sions of the Additional Homestead
ItAct, passed on July 3, 1916, relating
to homestead entries made under the
Enlarged Homestead Act of February
10, 1909. @
A careful perusal of the ,instruc-
|tions will inform the reader of his
qualification to make an ,dditionai
homestead entry under said Act, and
the requirements precedent to making
such entry.
The circular follows, in part:
That any person who has made or
shall make homestead entry of less
than 800 acres Of lands of the char
acter herein described, and who shall
have submitted final proof thereon,
shall have the right to enter public
lands subject to the provisions of this
act, not contiguous to his first entity.
which shall not with the origina! On.
try exceed 800 acres;
Provided, Tha the land originally
entered and that covered by the sddi.
tional entry shall first have been des.
ignated as subject to this act, as pro.
vided by section one thereof;
Provided Further, That in no case
shall patent issue for the lan1 cover.
ed by such additional entry until the
person making same shall have actu.
ally and in conformity with the home.
stead laws resided upon and culti7at.
ed the lands so additionally entered,
and otherwise complied with such
laws, except that where the land en-
braced in the additional entry Is H..
Gated not exceeding 20 miles from the
land embraced in the original entry
no residence shall be required On
such additional entry;
And Provided Further, That this
section shallrnot be construed as af-
fecting any rights as to location Of
soldiers additional homesteads under
section 1906 of the Revised Statutes.
This act has no application unless
the first entry was made in one of
the states where the enlarged home
stead act is in force, as listed above,
land the; additional entry cannot be
allowed until both tracts shall have
been designated Hereunder. How.
ever. in considering allowance of the
entry it is not material whether the
applicant owns or couples the origi-
nal tract. A. person whose two incon-
,tiguous entries do not make up 800
acres, who has, submitted proof on the
first and occupies his unprotected Sec
ond claim, may amend the latter by
adding land contiguous thereto, so as
to aggregate that area, subject to the.
requirements of this act respecting
residence, and, cultivation. Also the
benefits of this act raay be claimed
by a person who has made AMI per-
fected more than one homestead en-
try, but the aggregate area o. the
land thus acquired with that applied
for is limited to 800 acres.
The only qualifications required of
an applicant under this act are that.
he has. not already made an add,-
tional entry hereunder, and that the
tract applied for will not, with other
lands which he has entarei and ac-
quired title to under any Of the non
mineral public land laws, or which &c
is then claiming Hereunder, make IN
aggregate of more than 4S0 acres.
There must be shown in proof on
the entry the usual residence and cul-
tivation and the existence IF hab-
liable house upon the land entered.
exception to these rules being made
only where said tract is within ~
mills Of that embraced in the original
entry and the entryman Is resi- ling
on the latter In that event the nome
steader need not reside on The addi-
tional entry nor have a habit.ole
house thereon, If he owns and Sides
upon the original tract when .p1'y"Ig
for said entry, and continues both
ownership and residence until suhuis-
sion Of proof
As in other cases, a petition FOR
designation, filed in connection with
an entry under this act, must consist
Of an aff1davit-executed in duplicate
by the applicant and at least two wit
nesses-setting forth description by
legal subdivisions of all the land in
volved, its character, and the condi-
tions governing the irrigability Of
both traCtS.;. ea