Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-09
ALMOST 100000
ACRES PATENTED
DURING YEAR 1922
Land Office Reports 5000
More homsstsads Taken
Up Than Previous Year.
OFFICE ON CURRENT BASIS
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Washington. Dec. e.-For the frs.
time In wears the work ~ the General
iand offce is practically on a cur
rent hasis. Commissioner Spry decrhred
in his annual report. Final homestead
entries are now acted upon within
thlri, to ninety days after the nnni
certificate has been issucd. ne said
and % j. no longer necessary for IN
cntrNman 20 whit two years or more
after having submitted satisfactory
nnai proof for his patent.
approximately 5000 moro pntsnts
were issucd during the Nscal year
than IN tho previous one. involving
an Increase ~ s5s7 600 acres. Of thls
increase. 2A6es22 acres wcrc coveyod
., entries under the homestead laws.
making total ot a.f326ss acres
patented under those lnws. Entries
were allowed for io.as7.iss ncrcn OF
which 7oTo.i7s ncrc. wer, taksn
under the stock-rais.rr homestead
hct. ana patents were taken cut on n
iotni ~ is.eoss2i acres. n substantial,
Increase over the are, nnton,cd the
year previous
Total cash receipts FOR the ycar
showed n surplus ~ sssas.s SOS. Tho
hed service. entrusted with the in
NestiEation ~ all charges affecting the
integrity ~ transactions involving
titl" to public lands. as we'll "a the
protection = public lands from ,rcs-
pass nr unlawful occupancy. collected
siaa Oaa and turned over 10 tho
Treasury siTellA recovered through
civil and criminal actions In cases q,
drnredatlons During the year rl7.-
i3a acres We're thus restored 10 the
public domain.
During tho year T. 9ss entries were
MI, we'd under the stoCk-raislng home
stead act. hringing the total number q,
cntrlcs under tho act to SO.323. en-
Tracing an area of 81 a07 .sst acres
Saaa patents were issued under the
Inv. covering an area ot e.eiesie
arre-. bringing the total number Is
sued 90 June 80 up 20 la.l30 600. for
a. area q, sSSo.si acres
Substantial progress was noted n
rcolamatinn ~ desert lands. i67,
fnai de-ert lard entries were received
snd es6 patent. issued during thc
year - against 1899 patented ;hs
year previous.
rnder tho Federal Water Powe,
'Aci. applications assresn;lns s7&,oot
nrrcs were received for action NJ
ten-t $50 SEQ tho previous year
About .ooo elections under the sc'
vrre called FOR as asair., 500 las
scar. and IN the majority o, these
,a.e. elections have been fled snt
snt-lc. allowed suh,cc; 20 the provi
sicn- q ,hs act.
Under nc,s cs Congress conserrinl
Npon former service men the prefer
tntlai riGh, ~ entry for ninety day.
g. advance os other disposition o
lands released from withdrawal n
trsresatlcn cr made subject 20 de
poe. len through survey or rcsurvey
sfs feo acres ~ers restored 20 entry
knd san eco acres opened on survey
During tho year slx na,lcna! Forest
~ure enlarged, fiye under special act
a. Consress, and one reduosi. Thr-'
hundred m.fs applications for r'inera
patents wsFe rsoo.vud Gur.hs tn
,uar thas .R he prev .eus one The az
ltailans emrFaa.Hs Eh efsa @! ss'
tss acres. Homestead entries u
IAasi.a have bean rssde extensively
Fa nris.nsl ENTREES ~ere made dur.hl
a., nsuai sssr smbrae-ns an area
la.6ii scros. ~h.ie - nhAi sntries ~er
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