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Sioux Indian Reservation-Continued.
Commutation provision of homestead law (sec. 2301, Rev. Stat.) made
applicable to ceded portion in South Dakota (act of March 3, 1891,
sec. 6)...
Land reserved by section 16 of act for Dakota Central Railroad Com-
pany, made subject to town-site entry only (act of March 3, 1891, sec.
22)

President's proclamation of February 10, 1890.
Price of land to homesteaders:

Section 21 of act

194-196, 227
201-204

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Act of March 3, 1899

Becomes fixed upon first entry thereof.

Settlers on what was known as Crow Creek and Winnebago Reservation
(sec. 23 of act).

Town-site entries may be made in accordance with circular of July 9,
1886

Soldiers and sailors' homesteads:

Credit for military or naval service (sec. 2305, Rev. Stat.)............. 21, 24, 49, 156
Act of June 16, 1898, soldiers in Spanish war.

Declaratory statement-

Filing of, does not bar other filings and entries.
Filing of, exhausts right

22, 94, 256

23

23

May be filed by agent or in person (sec. 2309, Rev. Stat.)

22,157

24, 29, 156

Entry must be made by soldier or sailor and not by agent

23

Entry by guardian of minor orphan children.

Entry must be made within six months from filing of declaratory state-
ment (secs. 2304 and 2309, Rev. Stat.)

22, 23, 156-157

Entry not made within six months because of climatic hindrances...
Entry not made within six months may be allowed afterwards in cer-
tain cases where no adverse right has intervened

Entryman must reside upon, improve, and cultivate homestead for at
least one year.

Evidence of military or naval service required of applicant to make
entry

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Revised Statutes (secs. 2304-2309) providing for

Rights of widows and minor orphan children.

Settlement and improvements, claimant allowed six months after filing

claim within which to commence

Soldiers and sailors' additional homesteads.

283

284

156-157

24, 156

22,155

49-50

29-31

Act of March 3, 1893, relief of purchasers of land under invalid certifi-
cates of right.

30, 232

Act of August 18, 1894, validating certificates of right in hands of bona
fide purchasers

Alaska unsurveyed lands, entries allowed for

30-31, 234
114-115

Assignment of certificates under act of August 18, 1894

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Assignment of certificates under act of August 18, 1894.
Final certificate (4-197)

Right of entry defined by section 2306, Revised Statutes.

Right of entry extended by section 2307, Revised Statutes, to widow,

unmarried, otherwise to minor orphan children by guardian

Right of entry is transferable.

"Soonerism," Oklahoma homesteads

Special surveys, deposits for

300-301

235

49-50

29, 156

if

29, 157

29

61

50

22, 94, 256

97-103, 159–160, 170, 181, 233-234

Squatters upon public lands have no right to cut timber.

35

States:

In which there are no land offices

Within which public lands are located....

Stockbridge Munsee Indians (secs. 2310-2312, Rev. Stat.)

Stone land. (Timber and stone land)

Supreme Court scrip .

Surveys, deposits for special:

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95-96

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157

45-47. 165-167, 231

8,29

170

Act of March 3, 1879, amending section 2402, Revised Statutes

Act of August 7. 1882, adding proviso to section 2403, Revised Statutes. 181
Act of August 20, 1894, amending sections 2401 and 2403, Revised Stat-
utes, relative to

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Assignment of certificates of deposit..

Certificates may be used by settlers in paying for land.

Certificates not receivable in payment of fees and commissions.

97-98.233

102-103

103

98-100

101

100

101

101-102

98, 100-101

98.159

43

Duties of register and receiver when certificates are used to pay for
land.

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Confirmation of, by Board of Equitable Adjudication.. 135, 160-161. 265-270
Confirmation of, under section, act of March 3, 1891.

89-90,223

T.

Timber and stone land.

Act of June 3, 1878, providing for disposal of, in certain States

45-47

45-47,

165-167

Act of August 4, 1892, making act of June 3, 1878, applicable to all pub-
lic-land States.

45.231

Act of May 18, 1898, abolishing distinction between offered and unof-
fered land

Contest against claimant..

Entry by an association of persons.

Entry-

Character of sworn statement required

May be made by married woman in certain States-

Or filing, only one allowed to any person or association

Fees in entries same as in mining claims (act of June 3. 1878, sec. 3) ..
Forms-

255

46

45, 47, 165

45, 47.166

45

47.165

166

290

291

45. 165

45

46

8

165

166

46.166

145, 166

45,166

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One person or association limited to 160 acres, which must be in one
body

Payment for land must be made at time of offering proof.
Payment, warrants and scrip in lieu of cash

Price of land

Perjury for false swearing.

Proof-

Evidence must be taken before register and receiver.

Fees for reducing testimony to writing (sec. 2238, Rev. Stat., pars.
10, 11, and 12, and act of June 3, 1878, sec. 3)
Publication of notice of intention to make.

Protest against proof, hearing to be ordered.
Qualifications requisite to make entry for
Sworn statement, filing of

Timber culture..

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46
45, 165

45-46, 166
36-39, 167-169

Act of June 14, 1878, to encourage the growth of timber on the western
prairies

36-39, 167-169

Act of March 3, 1891, section 1, repealing timber-culture laws and provid-
ing for perfection of existing claims.

Act of March 3, 1893, modifying requirements as to trees.
Act of March 4, 1896, claimant's testimony.

Commutation, right of, under act of March 3, 1891, section 1

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Timber Culture-Continued.

Contests

Preference right of successful contestant.
Cultivation and planting required

Debt, claim not liable for, prior to patent..

Fees and commissions in proof, act of March 3, 1891, section 1
Forms-

Affidavit (4-073a) in commutation

Receiver's final receipt (4-148).

Register's final certificate (4-217)

Testimony and final affidavit of claimant (4—385)-

Testimony of witnesses (4-386) - .

Heirs, etc., of deceased entryman.

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Payment, warrants and scrip in lieu of cash.

Proof, commutation and final, made in same manner
Relinquishments

Relinquishments, offering of, for sale, how treated
Suspended final entries, confirmation of.

Trees recognized as timber.

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35

142
16.

Timber, abandonment of settlement claim after removal of
Timber depredations, laws and instructions relative to, form the subject of
a separate circular.

Timber destroyed by forest fires in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan..

Timber on public lands

In Alaska

Timber, necessary, may be taken from land cleared for cultivation
Timber trespassers, cash purchase by (act June 15, 1880. sec. 1)
Tonkawa lands, Oklahoma..

Township plats and diagrams, fees for furnishing

Townsites:

24-25.236
35, 109-113
126-128
35

6, 178-179
48, 52-53, 234
140, 181-182

Act of March 3, 1891, section 16, relative to, on mineral lands..
Act of March 3, 1891, sections 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, allowing entries in
Alaska for townsites, etc

226

3, 129–135, 224–226
Laws and instructions relative to, form the subject of a separate cir-
cular

226

Trade, manufacture, or other productive industry, entries for, in Alaska. 12-126
Transmutation of preemption into homestead claims

16, 167 187

U.

United States district land offices, list of.

Unoffered and offered lands, distinction between, abolished.
Unsurveyed lands:

Settlers on..

Settlers on school sections (sec. 2275, Rev. Stat.)
Soldier's additional allowed.for, in Alaska.

V.

Vacancy in office of register or receiver......

W.

270

255

13

150

114-115

86-87, 149

Waiver (partial) of homestead right......
War, homestead settler who serves in Army, Navy, or Marine Corps in
time of

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