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Show IIouacUcutlM for -Soldiers uud Sitilors. Washington, 15, The general land office, to-day, promulgated an important im-portant order, signed by Secretary Chandler just before his retirement from the department, modifying bis decision of last May so aa to permit soldiers and sailors additional homestead home-stead entries, to be made in tho following fol-lowing cases, which are very numerous numer-ous aud aflect large bodiea of lands in California: First, those which aro presented prior to the mder of March ilOih, 1870, suspending all entries of this kind and rejected for reasons insufficient in-sufficient in law to bar their reception, recep-tion, but kept alive, by appeal, and which by such rejection were postponed post-poned beyond the date of the order and so lost. Second, those actually in the h mds of agents or attorneys at the date of the promulgation of the instructions of May 22d, in execution execu-tion of the department's decision of May 17, 1876, which under said instructions in-structions have not been recognized, aud which atill remain iu the hands of auch agents or attorneys. Third, entrances will he allowed lo bo made by agents or attorneys of tho party originally entitled to the entry, but only after the commission of the general land office shall have certified certi-fied that the claim ia valid and that the party ia entitled to the amount of land claimed under such instructions and r'egulationa as thu commission : may prescribe. I . |