If this final proof is not presented within the time prescribed this office will be warranted in treating the entry as voluntarily abandoned on your part. To [4-344.] FOR SEVEN-YEAR NOTICE. UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, Register. 18-. dated of section SIR: You are hereby notified that the homestead law requires final proof of settlement and cultivation to be made within two years after the expiration of five years from date of entry, and that in case of your entry, No. —, for township , range 18-, the time fixed by the statute has expired without the requisite proof being filed by you. You will therefore, within thirty days from date of service of this notice, show cause before us why your claim shall not be declared forfeited and your entry canceled for noncompliance with the requirements of the law, so that the case may be reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office for the proper action. To [4-344.] FOR EIGHT-YEAR NOTICE. , Register. Receiver. for of section DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 189-. SIR: You are hereby notified that the homestead law requires final proof of settlement and cultivation to be made within three years after the expiration of five years from date of entry (see act of July 26, 1894, 28 Stat., 123), and that in case of your entry, No. township , range — dated 18-, the time fixed by the statute has expired without the requisite proof being filed by you. You will, therefore, within thirty days from date of service of this notice, show cause before us why your claim shall not be declared forfeited and your entry canceled for noncompliance with the requirements of the law, so that the case may be reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office for the proper action. Register. Το [4-385.1 TIMBER-CULTURE PROOF-TESTIMONY OF CLAIMANT. [Act of June 14, 1878.] own behalf, in support of being called as a witness in timber-culture entry No. for section of range meridian, in the district of lands subject to entry at testifies as follows: Q. 1. What is your name (written in full and correctly spelled), your age, and post-office address ?—A. Q. 2. Describe your timber-culture entry by legal subdivisions, giving the date thereof and the number of acres embraced therein.-A. Q. 3. Are you a native-born citizen of the United States? If so, in what State or Territory were you born?1-A. year, Q. 4. What number of acres of said land was broken by you during the first what number broken during the second year, and what number broken during the third year, respectively, after the date of your entry ?-A. 'In case the party is of foreign birth a certified transcript of the court records of his declaration of intention to become a citizen, or naturalization, or a copy thereof, certified by the officer taking this proof, must be filed with the case. Q. 5. How many acres of said tract were cultivated during the second year of your entry, and how many the third year?-A. Q. 6. How many acres of said tract were planted to trees, seeds, or cuttings during the third year of your entry? State the kind or kinds of trees, seeds, or cuttings planted; and how you know the area or number of acres so planted during said third year.-A. Q. 7. How many acres of said tract were planted to trees, seeds, or cuttings during the fourth year of your entry? State the kind or kinds of trees, seeds, or cuttings planted; and how you know the area or number of acres so planted during said fourth year.-A. Q. 8. State what was done each year, subsequent to the fourth year, in the way of replanting and cultivating the tract planted to trees, seeds, or cuttings.-A. Fifth ; seventh year, ; eighth year, ; eleventh year, ; twelfth year, -; ninth year, ; sixth year, year, ; tenth year, Q. 9. Describe the condition of the trees now growing on said tract, giving their average diameter and height, as near as you can, the kind or kinds of trees, the number of trees per acre now growing thereon, and state how you know the facts to which you testify.-A. Q 10. Describe by legal subdivisions, or by number, kind of entry, and office where made, any other entry or filing (not mineral) made by you since August 30, 1890.-A. (Sign plainly with full Christian name.) I hereby certify that each question and answer in the foregoing testimony was read to the claimant before signed name thereto, and that the same day of 189-, at my office was subscribed and sworn to before me this NOTE. The officer before whom the testimony is taken should call the attention of the witness to the following act of Congress, which is made by statute specifically applicable to all oaths, affirmations, and affidavits required or authorized under the timber-culture act: ACT OF MARCH 3, 1857 (11 STATUTES, P. 250). "SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where any oath, affirmation, or affidavit shall be made or taken before any register or receiver, or either or both of them, of any local land office ir. the United States or any Territory thereof, or where any oath, affirmation, or affidavit shall be made or taken before any person authorized by the laws of any State or Territory of the United States to administer oaths or affirmations, or take affidavits, and such oaths, affirmations, or affidavits are made, used, or filed in any of said local land offices, or in the General Land Office, as well in cases arising under any or either of the orders, regulations, or instructions concerning any of the public lands of the United States, issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office or other proper officer of the Government of the United States, as under the laws of the United States, in anywise relating to or affecting any right, claim, or title, or any contest therefor, to any of the public lands of the United States, and if any person or persons shall, taking such oath, affirmation, or affidavit, knowingly, will. fully, or corruptly swear or affirm falsely, the same shall be deemed and taken to be perjury, and the person or persons guilty thereof shall, upon conviction, be liable to the punishment prescribed for that offense by the laws of the United States." (See also section 5392, U. S. Revised Statutes.) I, No. of the at FINAL AFFIDAVIT. having on the day of 18-, made a timber-culture entry, of section -, in township- of range, subject to entry under the timber-culture laws of the United States, do hereby apply to perfect my claim thereto by virtue of the seventh section of the act of June 14, 1878, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to encourage the growth of timber on the Western prairies,"" and for that purpose do solemnly that my aforesaid entry was made in good faith, and not for the purpose of speculation, or directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever; that I have not heretofore made any other entry under the timber-culture laws of the United States; and I do further that the section of land specified in my aforesaid entry is composed exclusively of prairie lands or other lands devoid of timber, and that said entry was made for the cultivation of timber, and that I have planted on said land, cultivated, protected, and kept in a healthy growing condition for and during the period of eight (8) years last past acres of (here describe the kinds) timber; that not less than trees were planted on each acre, and that there are now at least (here state the number) living and thrifty trees to and upon each acre, aggregating in total the number of trees. [The testimony of two witnesses, in this form, taken separately, required in each case.] No. [Act of June 14, 1878.] being called as a witness in support of the timber-culture entry of in the district of lands subject to entry at testifies as follows: the claimant, and if so, since what Q. 1. What is your name, age, occupation, and residence?-A. Q. 2. Are you well acquainted with time have you known him?—A. Q. 3. If you have personal knowledge regarding claimant's timber-culture entry, give the date when said entry was made, describe the tract or tracts, and state the number of acres embraced therein.-A. Q. 4. How far do you reside from the land described, and have you had continuous personal knowledge of said land and the improvements thereon during the last eight (8) years?-A. Q. 5. Was the section embracing the entry of the claimant composed of prairie lands or other lands devoid of timber? Describe the land embraced in said section, whether undulating or otherwise; and if any natural timber was growing on the tract named at the date of entry, state the kind of trees so growing, and their number, situation, and size.-A. Q. 6. How many acres of the land embraced in claimant's entry were broken by him during the first year, how many during the second year, how many during the third year, respectively, after the date of entry? State how you know the area or number of acres broken.—A. Q. 7. How many acres of said tract were cultivated during the second year of said entry, and how many the third year?-A. Q. 8. How many acres of said tract were planted to trees, seeds, or cuttings during the third year of said entry? Give the kind or kinds of trees, seeds, or cuttings planted; and state how you know the area or number of acres so prepared and planted during said third year.-A. Q. 9. How many acres of said tract were planted to trees, seeds, or cuttings during the fourth year of said entry? Give the kind or kinds of trees, seeds, or cuttings planted; and state how you know the area or number of acres so prepared and planted during said fourth year.-A. Q. 10. State what was done by the claimant each year, subsequent to the fourth year, in the way of replanting and cultivating the tract planted to trees, seeds, or cuttings.-A. Fifth year, -; seventh year, ; eleventh year, ; ninth year, -; sixth year, -; eighth year, ; twelfth year, Q. 11. How many acres of timber on the tract described has the claimant planted, cultivated, protected, and endeavored to keep in a healthy growing condition for the period of eight (8) years, last preceding, and from what source is your knowledge upon this point obtained?-A. Q. 12. Describe the condition of the trees now growing on said tract, giving their average diameter and height, as nearly as you can, the kind or kinds of trees, the number of trees per acre, and state how you know the facts to which you testify.— A. Q. 13. Has the claimant, to your knowledge, ever made any other timber-culture entry?—A. Q. 14. Have you any interest, direct or indirect, in this claim?-A. (Sign plainly, with full Christian name.) I hereby certify that the above-named personally appeared before me; that 189-, at my office in the foregoing testimony was read to him before being subscribed, and was sworn to by him before me this day of County, NOTE. The officer before whom the testimony is taken should call the attention of the witness to the following act of Congress, which is made by statute specifically applicable to all oaths, affirmations, and affidavits required or authorized under the timber-culture acts. ACT OF MARCH 3, 1857 (11 STATUTES, p. 250). "SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where any oath, affirmation, or affidavit shall be made or taken before any register or receiver, or either or both of them, of any local land office in the United States or in any Territory thereof, or where any oath, affirmation, or affidavit shall be made or taken before any person authorized by the laws of any State or Territory of the United States to administer oaths or affirmations, or take affidavits, and such oaths, affirmations, or affidavits are made, used, or filed in any of said local land offices, or in the General Land Office, as well in cases arising under any or either of the orders, regulations, or instructions concerning any of the public lands of the United States, issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office or other proper officer of the Government of the United States, as under the laws of the United States in any wise relating to or affecting any right, claim, or title, or any contest therefor, to any of the public lands of the United States, and if any person or persons shall, taking such oath, affirmation, or affidavit, knowingly, willfully, or corruptly swear or affirm falsely, the same shall be deemed and taken to be perjury, and the person or persons guilty thereof shall, upon conviction, be liable to the punishment prescribed for that offense by the laws of the United States." (See also section 5392, U. S. Revised Statutes.) I, No. entry at of the [4-073 a.] TIMBER-CULTURE ENTRY. [Commutation under the first section of the act of March 3, 1891.] having, on 1 FINAL AFFIDAVIT. day of, 18-, made a timber-culture entry, of section - in township of range - subject to -, under the timber-culture laws of the United States, do hereby apply to perfect my claim thereto by virtue of the first section of the act of March 3, 1891, entitled "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," and to that end do solemnly that I am a bona fide resident of in the State or Territory of and al citizen of the United States, or have declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States; that my aforesaid entry was made in good faith, and not for the purpose of speculation, or directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever; that I have not heretofore made any other entry under the timber-culture laws of the United States; and I do further that the section of land specified in my aforesaid entry is composed exclusively of prairie lands or other lands devoid of timber, and that said entry was made for the cultivation of timber, and that I have broken and cultivated said land, and planted, cultivated, and protected timber thereon, to the extent and in the manner prescribed in said laws, as follows, viz: 2 Received of the sum of dollars cents, being the balance of payment required by law for the timber culture entry of the of section meridian, containing of range 100 acres, in township under the acts of March 3, 1873, and March 13, 1874, and the act of June 14, 1878, amendatory thereof, entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to encourage the growth of timber on the Western prairies.' Receiver. In case the party is of foreign birth a copy of his declaration of intention to become a citizen or full naturalization certificate officially certified must be filed in the case. *Here insert a statement of the acts done, giving the particulars as to areas broken, cultivated, and planted in the first, second, third, and fourth years, respectively, from date of entry, kind and quantity of trees planted, etc. 3073-19 It is hereby certified that, in pursuance of the provisions contained in the acts of Congress of March 3, 1873, and March 13, 1874, and the act amendatory thereof, of June 14, 1878, entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to encourage the growth of timber on the Western prairies,"" of has made payment in full for of section No. in township No. of range No. meridian, containing Now, therefore, be it known that, on presentation of this certificate to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the said shall be entitled to a patent for the tract of land above described. Register. [4-537.] [This affidavit can be made only upon the personal knowledge of applicant derived from his own personal examination of the Ïând.] TIMBER AND STONE LANDS-SWORN STATEMENT. I, [To be made in duplicate.] LAND OFFICE AT of (town or city) , county of (Date) 18-. State (or Territory) of , desiring to avail myself of the provisions of the act of Congress of June 3, 1878, entitled "An act for the sale of tiniber lands in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and in Washington Territory," as extended to all the public land States by act of August 4, 1892, for the purchase of the of section ; township of range in the district of lands subject to sale at do solemnly that I am a native (or naturalized) citizen (or have declared my intention to become a citizen1) of the United States, of the age of - and by occupation that I have personally examined said land, and from my personal knowledge state that said land is unfit for cultivation, and valuable chiefly for its ; that it is uninhabited; that it contains no mining or other improvements , nor, as I verily believe, any valuable deposit of gold, silver, cinnabar, copper, or coal; that I have made no other application under said acts; that I do not apply to purchase the land above described on speculation, but in good faith to appropriate it to my own exclusive use and benefit, and that I have not, directly or indirectly, made any agreement or contract, in any way or manner, with any person or persons whomsoever, by which the title I may acquire from the Government of the United States may inure in whole or in part to the benefit of any person except myself, and that my post-office address is 2 I hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit was read to affiant in my presence before he signed his name thereto; that said affiant is to me personally known (or has been satisfactorily identified before me by ), and that I verily believe him to be the person he represents himself to be; and that this affidavit was subscribed and sworn to before me this 18-. day of Register (or Receiver). NOTE.-Every person swearing falsely to the foregoing affidavit is guilty of perjury, and will be punished as provided by law for such offense. In addition thereto, the money that may be paid for the land is forfeited, and all conveyances of the land or of any right, title, or claim thereto, are absolutely null and void as against the United States. In case the party has been naturalized or has declared his intention to become a citizen, a certified copy of his certificate of naturalization or declaration of intention, as the case may be, must be furuished. 2 If the residence is in a city, the street and number must be given. |