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Show HEW HOMESTEAD ACT. IS EXPLAtttED Ropcatod inquiries of the United States land office rolatho to tho ef-foet ef-foet of tho now thrcc-yeai' homaotead iav upon oxlatlr.K entries, which Indicate In-dicate a. general ralflapprohonnlon of Ua provisions, Imvo led tho rogloler and rccolvor to nubmlt tho following ac Lacir Interpretation of tho law; "By tho act of Juno 0, 1912, known aa tho throa-yenr homestead lav, all entrleu made fttr tho date of tho said act are subject to its provisions. In cases where residence Is required, re-quired, proof may be made any time after a residence of three years has been maintained and the necessary amount of' cultivation can be shown. "The slid act also applies to afl entries en-tries made prior to the passage of said act upon which proof has not been made, unless entrymen notify tho local land office in writing by registered mail within 120 days after the date of the passage of the act that they elect to make proof under the provisions of the old law. "Entrymen, under section C of the so-called Smoot law, are required under the new law to cultivate one-eighth one-eighth of the area of entry during the second year of tho entry, one-eighth of the area during the third year, and continue the cultivation of such areas during the fourth and fifth years of the entry. "Entrymen, under section 6," are not required or expected 'to file in the local lo-cal office the notice of election le-fprred le-fprred to in the new law. That provision pro-vision rofers only to ontrles which require residence." nf |