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that the applicant will faithfully and honestly endeavor to comply with the require- 

 ments of the law as to settlement, residence and cultivation necessary to acquire 

 title to the land applied for; that the applicant is not acting as the agent of any 

 person, persons, corporation or syndicate in making such entry, nor in collusion 

 with any person, corporation or syndicate to give them the benefit of the land 

 entered or any part thereof; that the application is not made for the purpose of 

 speculation, but in good faith to obtain a home for the applicant, and that the ap- 

 plicant has not directly or indirectly made, and will not make, any agreement or 

 contract in any way or manner with any person or persons, corporation or syndicate 

 whatsoever, by which the title he may acquire from the government to the lands 

 applied for shall inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of any person except 

 himself. 



Six Months for Settlement. 



A homestead entryman is required to establish residence upon the land within 

 six months after the date of entry unless an extension of time is allowed, and is 

 required to maintain residence thereon for a period of three years. He may absent 

 himself, however, for a portion of each year not exceeding five months. 



Cultivation of the land for a period of three years is required. During the 

 second year not less than one-sixteenth of the area entered must be actually 

 cultivated, and during the third year, and until final proof cultivation of not less 

 than one-eighth is required. There must be actual breaking of the soil followed 

 by planting, sowing of seed and tillage of a crop other than native grasses. 



The homestead entryman must have a habitable house upon the land entered 

 at the time of submitting proof. Other improvements should be of such character 

 and amount as are sufficient to show good faith. 



All original, second and additional homestead, and adjoining farm entries may 

 be commuted, except such entries as are made under particular laws which forbid 

 their commutation. 



The entryman or his statutory successor submitting such commutation proof 

 must show substantially continuous residence upon the land, and cultivation 

 thereof, for a period of at least fourteen months immediately preceding submis- 

 sion or proof of filing a notice of intention to submit same, and the existence of a 

 habitable house upon the claim. The area actually cultivated must equal at least 

 one-sixteenth of the entire acreage. A person submitting commutation proof must 

 in addition to certain fees, pay the price of the land; this is ordinarily $1.25 per 

 acre, but is $2.50 per acre for lands within the limits of certain railroad grants. 

 The price of certain ceded Indian lands varies according to their location, and 

 inquiry should be made regarding each specified tract. 



Land Office Fees. 



When a homesteader applies to make entry he must pay in cash to the receiver 

 a fee of $5.00 if his entry is for 80 acres or less, or $10.00 if he enters more than 

 80 acres. And in addition to this fee he must pay, both at the time he makes 

 entry and final proof, a commission of $1.00 for each 40-acre tract entered outside 

 of the limits of a railroad grant and $2.00 for each 40-acre tract entered within 

 such limits. Fees under the enlarged homestead act are the same as above, but 

 the commissions are based upon the area of the land embraced in the entry. In all 

 cases where lands are entered under the homestead laws of Arizona, California, 

 Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, 

 the commission due to the register and receiver on entries and final proofs, and 

 the testimony fees under final proofs, are 50 per cent more than those above 

 specified, but the entry fee of $5.00 or *$10.00, as the case may be, is the same in 

 all the states. 



