Show ACTING SECRETARY CRULES RULES MOOT SMOOT ON ACT No Nu Hard unit Imi luo lade l lc i un n t m ll Holder Must fiats Imm l It t I HUM hUll peen Iwen a I mooted for Naha unto time ux UK tu to Just how liow or u a man may mussy rc reside from land IlInd taken up ul under the lilt Smout moot enlarged hont In 1 act which entitles u 11 citizen to 10 30 J O acne In n place u of It the tho lt 0 acres of or lands l by h the thu government fur rol 01 this particular purpose wordlists Word lists hUll Just boon been received by h Senator teed Heed Smoot trout cling Acting Secretary Prank Krank that there will still bo ho nu 10 hard and f fuel nt rule laid lul l down In III this matter but that u a man may mil uko up tip mich land hind at any distance provided l he can lan either cither do du Ih work stork or tm au Irvn this Iho of ot the ground round In MM his hi letter Mr Ir Ico says nays I 1 think It IH is proper to tn unite slate that Iha the Iho entry provided l for far by this thin law IH Is it II entry It II t U lit so cO diluted declared l In fu thin tho statute and the entry man II IH is I io rc to I possess Um III of ot ofu ofa u a homesteader lol tho thu fact that Hint the Iho Is excused l trans from actually residing on the lie land lund entered Nevertheless the Iho law requires require that lie III shall hull t reside such J I distance from It ilK as will enable him hint tu to successfully farm the thu same sallie nu us by y this see net lion alum It II In is bellowed believed Unit that Congress Sleet lined this title and that It Ita sells a Intended that the tho him elf self should personally farm turm the Uio land lund or orI personally I r supervise such Rueh farming Oth the tho use lists of ot this the language em etc employed by hy Congress lies has no meaning whatever Therefore If It nn an por ix lor r tonally farms this the Und land 1 1111 entered or tier per I supervises the cultivation Lurid and Improvement of ot the stone name the thin depart department orient ment will swill not Inquire us ns to ails JIH place of 01 residence because the fact that he his literally complies compiled with wills the thu requirement requirements of ot r f the statute will tho thin necessity of ut Inquiry as liS to his Ids pIara of ot abode If It on tho the other hand an tin entry man mall los does not nt personally form farm tam tho or r personally 1 y supervise tho Iho o cultivation thereof his hla place of or residence respect respecting In Ing tho the distance front from the thu land will b be considered for the tho purpose of at determining ing lug whether or not he Is Jut by b reason of ot hl his place of oC residence unable to com coin comply ply 11 with the IlIe requirements of ot tho the law Respecting Ui line case e under discus Rims slon It may luny 1111 be staled that If It by rea reaton on ton of ot residing In this the city of Salt Lake ho Ito Is la not prevented from flOm complying with tho the requirement of ot the tho statute as os understood there would seem scent lice III to bo ho bono beno no nu reason leason shut Ill objections should be b of oC offered offered to his hats place of lit residence If It on the other hand ho ha la is unable to 10 comply ly with that of ot the tho law which requires him successfully tully to farm thu tho land IlIn 1 und and ns as n stated slated 1 above till this mean mc n that Hint ho hl skull either pe do the th work or personally supervise c It It will willbo willbe bo ho necessary either for tor him to re relinquish linquish h his hili claim or to change hie place of 01 residence cl r |