Show second entries people may now make second entries on homesteads and some have already begun to take advantage of the law recently passed by congress the full text of the act is as follows any person who prior to the passage of this act has made entry under the homestead laws but from any cause lias has lost forfeited or abandoned the same shall be entitled to the benefits of the homestead law as though such former entry had not been made and any person applying for fora a second homestead under this act shall furnish the description and date of his former entry provided that the provisions of this thia act shall not apply to any person whose former entry was canceled for fraud or who relinquished the former entry for a valuable consideration |