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file proof of such expenditures. Failure to file such 

 proof is cause for cancellation of the entry. 



TIMBER AND STONE CLAIMS. 



Valid claims under the timber and stone act (20 Stat., 

 and 27 Stat., 348) within National Forests may be 



rfected under the terms ofthat act. Only one entry 

 can be made by any person or association. Notmore 

 than 160 acres can be covered by any entry, and the land 

 entered must be in one body. 



A timber and "slbrie entry is initiated by filing in the 

 local land office an affidavit by the applicant that he has 

 made no prior application under the act; that the land 

 is unfit for cultivation, and valuable^ chiefly for its^ tim- 

 ber or_stone ; that, it is uninhabited and contains jio 

 jnining or other improvements, except for ditch or canal 

 purposes (if any exist), save such jis wj^rgjrmdft bjm- 

 belong Jo the applicant ; that the land is npnmineraT; 

 that thea^plicirtioR-is not made on speculation, but in 

 good faith to secure the land for the exchj^iv^use^and 

 benefit^of^the applicant ; that he has not, directly or 

 indirectly, made any agreement or contract by which 

 the title shall inure in whole or in part to the benefit of 

 any other person. 



The applicant must have been upon and examined 

 each legal subdivision of the land covered by his entry, 

 and the sworn statement must be made upon his per- 

 sonal knowledge, except in so far as the statute provides 

 that the affidavit may be made on information and 

 belief. 



