Show homesteaders WAY MAY BE EXCUSED FROM RESIDENCE any homestead settler or entry ir iran an who during the calendar year 1929 1930 or 1931 found it neles nei es wy tary or during 1932 should find it necessary to leave his homestead to find employment in order to obtain food and other necessaries of 0 life tor tar himself family or work stock because of serious drought conditions causing total or partial failure ot of crops ci aps ops may according to an act of congress passed march 2 1932 public no 15 upon tiling filing with the register of the district proof of 0 such conditions in the form of a corroborated affidavit be from residence upon his homestead during all or part of the calendar bears 1929 1930 1931 and 1932 aind nd said entries all shall all not be open to contest or protest because of auci sue absences provided that the time of such actual absences shall not be deducted from the actual residence required by law but an equivalent atory period shall be added to the statutory life of the entry |