| Show LAND fical proof on various classes of entries correspondence of the I 1 of course the person who initiates an entry for public land under whatever law or method of disposal it may be is the person having the primary right and being legally required to make final proof where suan step is necessary to perfect title under the provisions of the law the question as to who may make such proof in the event of the death of the is one of general interest and no little importance and respecting which the public at largo has very little knowledge the preemption pre emption laws are the oldest of the bo called settlement laws and stand first in order A claim having been initiated by settlement and in due time by filing of declaratory lar atory statement may be perfected upon the death settler by the heirs or for their benefit that is if the heirs have reached the age af twenty one years they may either collectively or by one of their number meting for all submit the necessary proofs and make payment for the land whereupon the patent will issue to the heirs of the deceased if none of the heirs have attained their majority the final proof and payment may be made for the benefit of the heirs by a guardian duly appointed the widow as a general rule is not entitled to perfect the claim of her deceased husband in her own right but in the states where by law she is one of the heirs she is entitled to all rights and benefits accruing to other heirs the homestead law nest in jorder awards tho land embraced in the claim of a deceased first to the widow if there be no widow the right and free inure to the benefit of such infant child or children as may survive the death of the parents in such case the land may be sold for the benefit of the child or children or title may be perfected for their benefit in the usual manner by a duly appointed guardian there being no widow or infant child the right descends to the heirs or devisee 0 the deceased and the proof may be made by any one of them for the benefit of all and patent will issue to the heirs where patent is to be issued for the benefit of infant child or children the full name of each and every child must appear therein where gentries or claims have been duly initiated under the homestead and preemption pre emption laws by persons who have subsequently become insane the same at once perfected by any person duly authorized to act for the during his disability it be ing necessary to show in the final woof only that the requirements of law were fully complied with by the up to the time of coming insane and that tho insanity exists while the timber culture law does not require actual residence upon the land entered yet by reason or the cultivation etc required an entry made by its authority may fairly by considered a settlement claim proof upon an entry of this class can be made by or for the benefit of the heirs only the desert land law Is applicable only to the states of california oregon and nevada and the territories of washington idaho utah wyoming arizona new mexico and dakota the final proof and payment may be made by or for the benefit of the heirs or by a duly appointed administrator the timber land law operative only in the states of california oregon washington territory requires j arof precedent to entry this must as a rule as any one can see be made by the party applying to make the entry exceptions to tho rule are made however and where an applicant who has initiated a claim and commenced the publication required dies before the expiration of the prescribed period of publication the entry may be perfect bv an administrator for the benefits of the heirs the proofs required under the laws relating to mineral entries may be made by any party in interest or the duly authorized agent of such party senator steward informs me that ho does not expect or desire senate bill no 1888 amending the mining laws to pass at this session of congress he invites correspondence with tho view of making the bill perfect before its passes copies of the bill can be obtained from senators and representatives As it passed the senate the date of relocating mines was changed from january ad to august ast 1st tho proposed law allows an individual to make only one location on a vein of twenty acres of placer and prevents a person from relocating a mine who has once abandoned it there is no other measure before congress affecting mining interest that has any prospect of becoming u law during the fiftieth congress N COPP |
