5^ MONTANA 19U 



All unappropriated siirA^eyed public lands adaptable to any agricultural 

 use are subject to homiestead entry if they are not mineral or saline in char- 

 acter and are not occupied for the purpose of trade or business and have 

 not been embraced within the limits of any withdrawal, reservation or 

 incorporated town or city, bn't homestead entries on lands within certain 

 areas are made subject to the particular requirements of the laws under 

 which such lands are opened to^ entry. 



Homestead entries may be made by any person who does not come 

 within either of the following- classes : 



(a) Married women, except as hereinafter stated. 



(b) Persons who have already made homestead entry, except in cer- 

 tain cases where former entry has been cancelled through no fault of the 

 en try man. 



(c) Foreign-born persons who have not declared their intention to 

 beco'me citizens of the United States. 



(d) Persons who are the owners of more thian i6o acres of land in the 

 United States. 



(e) Persons under the age of 21 years who are not the heads of fam- 

 ilies except min'ons w^ho make entry as heirs, or who have served in the 

 Army or Navy during the existence of an actual war for at least 14 days. 



(f) Persons who have acquired title to or are claiming, under any of 

 the agricultural public-land laws, through settlement or entry made since 

 August 30, 1890, any other lands which, with the lands last applied for, 

 would amount in the aggreg'ate to more than 320 acres. 



A married woman who has all of the other qualifications of a home- 

 steader may make a ho-mestead entry under any one of the following con- 

 ditions: 



(a) Where she has been actually deserted by her husband. 



(b) Wbere her husband is incapacitated by disease or otherwise front 

 earniuig a support for his family and the wife is really the head and main 

 support of the family. 



(c) Wfliere the husband is confined in a penitentiary and she is actually 

 the head of the family. 



(d) Where the miarried woman is the heir of a settler or contestant 

 wlho' dies before making entry. 



(e) Where a married woman made improvements and resided on the 

 lands applied for before her marriage, she may enter them after marriage if 

 her husband is not holding other lands under an unpcrfccted homestead 

 entry at the time she applies to make entry. 



The marriage of the entrywoman after making entry will not defeat her 

 right to acquire title if she continues to reside upon the land and otherwise 



— Montana has the resources; it needs men and capital. 



