| Show T U I 1 i i I 1 1 t it ap following communication la or F great reat rent lope lole tva n the I 1 public lands it shou a read fend aad understood by every mr ulan nian n sni 1 woman tn in utah particularly n tho country districts we bellevo believe it will be news to the people throughout the territory it greatly enlarges the opportunities for acquiring title to unimproved lands and will we have no doubt prove ol 01 great benefit to many persons I 1 marks another step in the bovet ment towards comans womans wo mans rights SALT laue LAKE CITY august 1882 editor deseret jewa it may be of benefit to your readers to know that we have been advised by the hon commissioner of the general land office that rinder the tho decision 0 of f the hon secretary of the interior any woman born in the united states and of the age of 21 years or more whether married or single is entitled to make entry under the desert ac act and that a woman ot of foreign birth who nas has declared her intention to become a citizen or has married a citizen of the united states and might herself be lawfully naturalized may make an entry and t that h at in the case of a matric married d woman it is immaterial whether or not her husband husland has exhausted his rights under eaid act consequently under this ruling a wife as well as her husband may obtain a section of desert land at per acre 23 cents an acre down and 1 an acre within three years together usual costs of ent entry and final proof without the land must be redeemed within three years by bringing water on to it und una irrigating tha the same and raising a crop thereon which would not have grown there without sueh euch irrigation the water right must most also be a Irman permanent ent one for said jand land further information will be given by ua us on application either at our or by letter respectfully STAYNER SIMMONS land laud attorneys |
