Show < LINI LtWss 3oui New Laws I1slicd It1 Picniion iVushigton 20 Following is i the test of the recent act for the relief of tet tIers on the public domain as it finally passd both houses of C rgrcss and will appear in the next volume of the statutes It is of direct pecuniary value to ninny hundredsettlers in th i Pee fio tt < tes and territories and important also to be understood un-derstood by all persons interested in land matters generally V He it enacted etc That when a preemption pre-emption homestead or timber culture claimant shall file a written relinquishment relinquish-ment of his claim in the local land office the and covered by such claim shall be open 10 settlement and entry without further nell n on the part of the commissioner commis-sioner oi the general land office Sec 21n all cases where any person has contested pid tho land oCice fees and prCcured the cancellation of any preemption pre-emption homestead or timber culture entry he shall be notified by the register of the land office of the < lin ict in which such land is i situicJ of such cancellation cancella-tion and shah b allonrid thirty flays rom the date of such nitice tj enter sasd lands provided that mid register elicIt be entitled ton C1 of 1 for tbo givirgof such notice tj ba paid by Ihe contistant and not to be rep rted Uoc aThat any settler who his settled set-tled or who thal hereafter settle on any of the public lands of this United States whether surveyed or unsurveyed wits the iateniion of claiming the sane under tho home tead law sisal be allowed ho same limo to file liii homestead application and perfect his original entry in the United Slat s land office as is now nl lowed to settlers under the preemplion laws to put iheii claims on record and his rights shall reUte bask to the date of settlement the same ss if ho settled under the Drcemplion laws The following at of Corgresj approve ap-prove on the Uth iiuthiit referring to the ECltlcrs affidavit in preomplioo and commuted homestead entries will also be found interest in connection with the foregoing licit enacted etc That lhjfcrfid vit required to be mae by sections 2tji and nnd 2301 of the Kevied Statutes of the United Sstos may be mad befre the clerk of the county court or of any court of record of l0 county ar d s au or district dis-trict and territory in which the lands aro situited and if said lards are situate ii any unorganized district such affi davit may be made ia i n similar manner in any adjacent counly in said state or territory and the affidavt so madj and duly subscribed shill have the kimc force and clRct ss if muJc before the register or receiver of the proper Hnd dutnet and the same shall be Iransmhled by such clerk of the court to the register and receiver re-ceiver with the fea and chug allowed by hew |