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Show TIJiniUl CUIJUHB K.NTHIES. Tho Latest llulln-i Ullli Itcipect lo lliol.avr oulkat Matter. ThesulJolneU circular has reached Iteglster llobba of Iho local land olllca with regard to timber culture entries: DEiMimirM up tiiu Inti.iuoh, Ueutral Land Olllce, Watlilngton, V. (J. To Ilcglittrs and HocelTen: lly tho first section of tho act of March 3, lt!U, tho law. proTldliit: for Ihooutry of lubllo lands for limber vulturu puriioses wero repoaled, so far ss retards any fuluro claims, aud continued, con-tinued, with certain proscribed modi flcatlons, for the adjuttmeut of any claim. Initiated prior to such reaming act, as follows: First Hie followlmc words of tlio last dame ol Hecllou 2 if tlio act of Juno 1 1, 1877, "lust uot Urn than 'J7U0 tut. wero planted on lach acre," woro repealed. Beooud II wss provided that in computing tbo period of of cultivation, the time should run from the dnto ot the entry, If tho necessary aota ot cultivation cul-tivation wero pirformod wlthlu tho pro! er time. Third It was further provide 1 that tho preparation uf the laud and tno planting of trees should bo construtd as acts ol cultivation, and the tlniu authorised to bo so mnloyed and actually actu-ally omplojed should bo construed as a I art of tbo eljht yean of cultivation requited by statute. One of Ilia condition, of tho act of JuunII, 1878, embracing tho following words: "At tho llrao of making inch proof thero shall be nt least U7J llvlug aud thrifty Ireta t each acre," was left untouched In Iho repealing act, so that persous proposing to I erlixt title thereunder were required to show In Ihe final proof tho exlsteuce ot the quantity and character of treoj on tho land as therein prescribed. (JoiiKriBi at Its recent session pained Iho fallowing act on March 3, lt03, mUtled: "An act making approprla. lion, for sundry cIMI expenses of the government for the fiscal yiar ending June SO, ISO I, and for oilier purpose. 'That section I of an act entitled "Au net to reeal tlinbir culturu law. and for other putosir.,' approved March ,1,18'JI, to and hereby Is amended amend-ed by adding the following words to tin, fjurtli provision thereof! 'And provided further, that If trees, seeds or tutting, wire In good faith planted a. provided by law, and the sarao and Iho land upon which so planted wero thereafter In good fsltli cultivated ns inovljed by law for at If rut eight year, by a person qualified to make entry aud who has n tubslillug entry under the tlmbtr culture laws, final proof may be mado without regard to the nuiubercf trees thnt may havo been growing on the land,' Under this enactment partita may inako flnsl proof without showing the existence of the quantity and character charac-ter of trees on the laud at thetlmo of their doing so, as nqulred tinder tho previously existing law, uovldci! that It im made to appear In the proof: First That triis, areja or cuttings were In good lalih planted according to the requirements cf tlio Umber cul. turelaws oaomended by Ihe first section sec-tion of the net of March 3, 1S01, befuru mentioned Second That the tree., seeJs or cuttings so planted and tho land upon which they wele so planted, were In gold faith cultivated for at least eight years In the manner irescllbed In tbo Umber culture laws. That the claimant was iiuallfktl to make entry under such laws. Fourth That ho haa an uitry subsisting sub-sisting thereunder. Kirth That tho facta ot tho case are such as to show the claimant's good faith In Ills proceedings under tho statute. Von will thtrcforo npply and glvo proper ellect to th provisions cf tho act cf March 3, 1601, accordluB lo the foregoing In auy ca.ea comllu beforu you. . V. M. 1103K, Approved! Acting Commissioner, IIokk Burnt, Hecretary. |
