The Dolores star., 1917-06-08
Enlarged Homestesds.
General Land Office,

Washington, d. c., March 1s. 1917.
Sirs: .-
/. Your attention is directed to the
act of Congress of February 20, 1917,
Public, No. 33O, which provides:
That any person otherwise qualified
who has obtained title under the home
stead laws to less than one quarter
section of land may make entry and
obtain title under the provisions Of the
act entitled An act to provide for en-
nineteenth, nineteen hundred and nine,
hundred and ten, entitled An act to
provide for an enlarged homestead. ;
for such an area of public land as will
when one half of such area of lands to
which he has already obtained titled,
not exceed one quarter section: Pro-
vided, That this act shall not be con-
strued to apply to soldiers additional
homestead entries made under section
twenty-three hundred and six, United
States Revised Statutes, or acts amend
atory thereof or supplemental thereto.
2. This act permits an additional en-
try under the enlarged homestead act
to be made for tract designated as
subject thereto, altho the land included
in the applicants perfected entry be
not thus designated; it is immaterial
whether he owns the original tract,
and the additional tract may be con-
tiguous thereto or at any distance
therefrom. NJ
8 The application must contain q de-
scription of all entries Heretofore made
by the applicant or such data as will
serve to indentify them,
4. Under section 6 of the Act of
March 2, 1883, Us Stat. s54), a person
who has partially exhausted his home
stead right thro perfected entry is
entitled to make an additional entry of
30 much land as will with the COM
pleted entry make 100 acres. The
present act supplements that legislation
by providing that the additional land.
If designated under the enlarged home-
stead act. shall be designated at only
one-half it, actual area in the calcula-
ton under the act of March 2, 1889.
To illustrate: If the person has OBJ
tanned title to 40 acres, he NAV make
additional entry for not exceeding 24O
acres of enlarged homestead land that
is, twice 120; if he has had 80 acres, he
may still take 160 acres of such land;
if he has had 120 acres, he may now
take an additional 80 acres.
s. In connection with an application
pursuant to the provisions of this act,
a petition for designations under the
enlarged d-home-stead act, a petition for
designation Of the land sought NAV be
filed as provided in other cases of appli-
cations under the enlarged. .home. stead
act, and the proceedings with relation
to the application and petition will be
as in other cases.
6. Where an application is filed for
additional entry under either section 8
or section z of the enlarged home stead
act, and the Secretary Of the Interior
refuses to designate Hereunder the
tract included Ia the original perfected
entry, the application may be allowed
for 80 much Of the land sought q the
claimant 10 entitled to enter under this
act, provided said land be designated
as subject to the enlarged-homestea
act. .;
z. In proof on an entry allowed pur.
suant TO the provisions Of the present
act there must be shown the existence
Of q dwelling house upon the land en-
tered and the usual residence and culti-
vation. Residence must not be for leaa