| Show LAND REVIEW llyal laal proof on various classes of entries who May Make it editor deseret news of course the person who initiates an entry tor for public land under whatever law or method of disposal it may be is the person a baving avi ng the primary Y right and being legally leg ally required to make final proof where wh er such step is necessary to perfect title under the provisions of the law the question as to who may make such proof in the event of the death of the entry maa is one of general interest and no little importance and respecting spec ting which the public at large has very tittle little knowledge THE preemption PRE EMPTION LAWS are the oldest of the so called settlement laws and stand first in order A claim having been initiated by settlement and in due time by filing of declaratory lar atory statement may be perfected upon the death of the settler by the heirs or for their benefit that is if the heirs have reached the age of twenty one years they may either collectively or by one of their number acting for all submit the necessary proofs proof and make payment for the land whereupon the patent will issue to the heirs eftie of the deceased it if none of the heirs have attained their majority the final proof and payment may be made for the benefit of the heirs by a guardian duly appointed the widow as a general rule is not entitled to perfect the claim of her deceased husband in her own right but in the states where by law she is one of the heirs she is en titled to all rip ri ats and benefits accruing aar to other heirs THE HOMESTEAD LAW next in order awards the land embraced in the claimon claim of a deceased first to the widow it if there be no widow the right and fee inure to the benefit of such infant child or children as may survive the death of f the parents in such case the land m may ay be S sold old for the benefit of the child or children il or title may be perfected for their benefit in the usual manner by a duly appointed there being no widow or I 1 infant child the right descends to the heirs or devisee of the deceased and the proof roof may be made by any one of them for for the benefit of all and patent will issue to the heirs where patent Is to be issued for tile the benefit of infant child or children the full name of each and every child must appear therein INSANE PERSONS where entries or claimed have been duly initiated under the homestead and preemption pre emption laws by persons who have subsequently become insane the same may be at once perfected by any person duly authorized to act for the during his disability it being necessary to show in the final proof only that the requirements of law were fully complied with by the entry inan up to the time of becoming insane and that the insanity exists THE TIMBER CULTURE LAW while the timber culture law does not require actual residence upon the land entered yet by reason or the cultivation ti etc required an entry made by b its an authority thorit may fairly be considered settlement a settlement claim proof upon an entry of this class can be made by or tor for the benefit of the heirs only THE DESERT LAND LAW Is applicable only to the states of california oregon and nevada and the territories of washington idaho montana utah wyoming arizona new mexico and dakota the final roof and payment may be made by or for the benefit of the heirs or by a duly appointed administrator THE TIMBER LAND LAWs LAW operative only in the states of califor nia mat oregon and nevada and washington territory requires proof precedent to entry this must as rule as any one can see be made by me flue party applying to make the entry exceptions to te the rule jare are made however it wever and where an applicant who has ha initiated a claim and commenced the publication required dies before the expiration of th the e prescribed period erio d of publication the ea entry may ge be perfected p e afee te d by an administrator for the benefit of the heirs THE MINING LAWS the proofs required under the laws relating to mineral entries may be made by any party in interest or the duly authorized agent of such party senator stewart informs me that he does not expect or desire senate bill no 1888 amending the mining laws to pass at this session of congress he invites correspondence with the view of making the bill perfect before its passage copies of the bill can be obtained from senators and representatives As it passed the senate the date of relocating mines was changed from january ad to august the proposed law allows an individual to make only one location on a vein of twenty acres of placer and prevents a person from relocating a mine who has once abandoned it there Is no other measure before congress affecting mining interests that has any prospect of becoming a law during the fiftieth confess Con congress HENRY gess N COPP |
