Show AN ACT TO PROVIDE F TOE OR AN ENLARGES ENLARGED HOMESTEAD bo be it 11 enacted by the senate and house of representatives or of the united un states of america in Con congress greis assembled sem bled that any person whis Is a qualified under the homestead laws of the united states may enter by legal suli subdivisions divisions under the provisions pio visions of this act in the Sta states 0 L colorado I 1 I 1 do california idaho Alon montana tana aegon utah washington and wyoming 1 1 M and the territories of arizona Arizon and new Al mexico exico three hundred an and d twenty acres or less of able unreserved ved aw and surveyed sur sun eyed public 1 u lands which do 10 not contain merchantable timber located in a re reasonably asoria I 1 I 1 y CO t om m pact net body and not over one and one I 1 halt half miles in extreme length see 2 that any person applying to enter land under the provisions pio Plo visions of oc tills this act shall make and subscribe before fore the proper officer an affidavit as required by section twenty two lill hima dred and ninety of the revised statutes and in ablit addition k ion th ernp reLo shall male affidavit that tile the lart garyd sought to be entered ente redis js of the character described in section one of tilia ct and shall pay the fees now 4 ed to tie be paid under homestead laws a s see sec 3 that any homA hostead hom tead ellry eiith man mail of ands lands of the char character deter herein described upon which final proof has not been made shall have the right to enter public lands su subject bie cj to the provisions or of this Att contiguous grous to his fort former lier entry which shall not together with the original entry ia exceed three hundred and twenty acres and residence upon and ell cultivation t I 1 V 0 of tile the original entry shall be deemed as residence upon ind and cultivation 0 I 1 A the additional I 1 1 entry k t see sec 4 that at tile the time of making final proofs as provided in section twenty two hundred and ninety one of the revised statutes tile the under this aft act shall in ill addition to the proofs and affidavits require 1 un der the said section prove by two credible witnesses that thai at least one eighth of tile the area embraced in his entry was continuously cultivated to agricultural crops other than native grasses beginning begin hing with tile the second year of the entry aill an t hat at least one fourth of them the area alei embraced in the entry was so continuously cultivated beginning with the third year of the entry see sec 5 that nothing herein contained shall be held to ta effect the right of a qualified tomake toni to make ake home stead enar entry F la in eStates th he States named fw ct se section c alo ion one 0 i ie 0 of f this s act A et under u 1 l er the provisions i I 1 0 of f s section e et n t twenty w e n ln y two iwo hundred and eighty nine of the revised statutes but no person who has mide made entry under tills this act shall be entitled to make homestead entry under the provisions of said section and no en tia tr made under this act shall be commuted passed the senate april 13 15 1908 attest CHARLES G BENNETT secretary ali tills is art act has not yet received executive approval ed |