92 Acts relating to Timber on the Public Land*. 



plowed the first year, must be cultivated by crop or otherwise in the 

 second year. lu the third year he must cultivate the five acres 

 broken in the second year, and plant iu timber trees, tree-seeds, 

 or cuttings, the five acres first broken or plowed, and cultivate the 

 remainder that has been broken. In the fourth year, lie must plant 

 in timber trees, tree-seeds, or cuttings, the second five acres. 



335. If the entry is for eighty acres, the amount to be broken and 

 planted must be one-half, or if for forty acres, one-fourth of the above 

 amount. If the trees, seeds, or cuttings are destroyed by grass- 

 hoppers, or by extreme or unusual drouth, for any year or term of 

 years, the time for planting is increased one year for every such 

 year when they have been destroyed. In applying for an extension 

 of time, an affidavit by the applicant, corroborated by two witnesses, 

 must be filed, setting forth the destruction of the trees. 



336. At the end of eight years from the date of entry, or within 

 five years thereafter, the person who made it, or if he or she be dead 

 his or her heirs or legal representatives must prove, by two credible 

 witnesses, that the amount of land has been plowed, cultivated, 

 planted, and protected as above required, and a statement of the 

 quantity and character of trees thus planted ; that not less than 

 2,700 trees were planted on each acre ; * and that at least 675 are 

 living and thrifty, upon each acre, at the time of making such 

 proof. This will then entitle him to a patent for the quarter sec- 

 tion, or less amount of land that was entered. 



337. The claim is forfeited at any time before the eight years, 

 upon neglect of any of the conditions, and may be entered by another 

 person, either as a homestead or as a timber claim, the original 

 claimant being notified as prescribed by rules, and his rights deter- 

 mined by evidence, as in other contested cases.. 



338. Timber-claims are not liable to the satisfaction of debts con- 

 tracted before date of final certificate. The penalties prescribed 

 with respect to oaths and affirmations falsely made in other cases ap- 

 ply to this, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office is re- 

 quired to issue rules and regulations for the execution of the act. 



339. Entries made under the acts of 1873 or 1874 may be com- 

 pleted under the act of 1878, upon complying with its conditions, 

 and in this case it is not necessary to prove that the manner of 



1 Equivalent to rows four feet apart each way. 



