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any event. become liable to the satisfaction of any debt. or debts con- 
tracted prior to the issuing of certificate therefor. whale 
SECTION SIX. 
That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby re- 
quired to prepare and issue such rules [and regulations consistent 
with this act, as shall be necessary and proper to carry its provi- 
sions into effect; and that the registers and the receivers of the 
several land offices each be entitled to receive two dollars at the 
time of entry, and the same sum when the claim is finally estab- 
lished and the final certificate issued. 
SECTION SEVEN. 
That the fifth section of the act entitled “An act in addition to 
an act to punish crimes against the United States, and for other pur- 
poses,” approved March 3, 1857, shall extend to all oaths, affirma- 
tions, and affidavits required or authorized by this act. 
SECTION EIGHT. 
That parties who have already made entries under the act ap- 
proved March 3, 1873, of which this act is amendatory, shall be 
permitted to complete the same under full compliance with the pro- 
visions of this act. 
