22 XATTOXAL FOREST MANUAL LAWS. 



, States, or who has filed his declaration of intention to become such, 



Persons enti- as required by the naturalization laws, shall be entitled to enter one 



tied to homestead quarter-section, or a less quantity^ of unappropriated public lands, to 



rights. fo e located in a body in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the 



public lands; but no person who is the proprietor of more than one 



hundred and sixty acres of land in any State or Territory shall acquire 



any right under the homestead law. And every person owning and 



residing on land may, under the provisions of this section, enter other 



land lying contiguous to his land, which shall not, with the land so 



already owned and occupied, exceed in the aggregate one hundred 



and sixty acres. (As amended Mar. 3, 1891, 26 Stat., 1098.) 



SEC. 2290. That any person applying to enter land under the pre- 



Mode of pro- ceding section shall first make and 'subscribe before the proper officer 

 cedure. and file in the proper land office an affidavit that he or she is the head 



of a family, or is over twenty-one years of age, and that such applica- 

 tion is honestly and in good faith made for the purpose of actual set- 

 tlement and cultivation, and not for the benefit of any other person, 

 persons, or corporation, and that he or she will faithfully and honestly 

 endeavor to comply with all the requirements of law as to settlement, 

 residence, and cultivation necessary to acquire title to the land applied 

 for; that he or she is not acting as agent of any person, 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, or the timber thereon; that he or she does not 

 apply to enter the same for the purpose of speculation, but in good 

 faith to obtain a home for himself, or herself, and that he or she 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 which he or she might 

 acquire from the Government of the United States should inure, in 

 whole or in part, to the benefit of any person, except himself, or herself, 

 and upon filing such affidavit with the register or receiver on payment 

 of five dollars, when the entry is of not more than eighty acres, and 

 on payment of ten dollars, when the entry is for more than eighty 

 acres, he or she shall thereupon be permitted to enter the amount 

 of land specified. (As amended Mar. 3, 1891, 26 Stat., 1098.) 



Certificate and SEC. 2291. No certificate, however, shall be given, or patent issued 

 therefor, until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry; 

 and if at the expiration of such time, or at any time within two years 

 thereafter, the person making such entry; or if he be dead, his widow; 



Widows and O r in case of her death, his heirs or devisee ; or in case of a widow making 

 such entry, her heirs or devisee, in case of her death, proves by two 

 credible witnesses that he, she, or they have resided upon or cultivated 

 the same for the term of five years immediately succeeding the time of 

 filing the affidavit, and makes affidavit that no part of such land has 

 been alienated, except as provided in section twenty- two hundred 

 and eighty-eight, and that he, she, or they will bear true allegiance to 

 the Government of the United States; then, in such case, he, she, or 

 they, if at that time citizens of the United States, shall be entitled to a 

 patent, as in other cases provided by law. 



Infantchildren. SEC. 2292. In case of the death of both father and mother, leaving 

 an infant child or children under twenty-one years of age, the right 

 and fee shall inure to the benefit of such infant child or children; and 

 the executor, administrator, or guardian may, at any time within two 

 years after the death of the surviving parent, and in accordance with 

 the laws of the State in which such children, for the time being, have 

 their domicile, sell the land for the benefit of such infants, but for no 

 other purpose; and the purchaser shall acquire the absolute title by 

 the purchase, and be entitled to a patent from the United States on 

 the payment of the office fees and sum of money above specified. 



Persons in mili- SEC. 2293. In case of any person desirous of availing himself of the 

 service r naval benefits of this chapter, but who, by reason of actual service in the 

 military or naval service of the United States, is unable to do the 

 personal preliminary acts at the district land office which the preced- 

 ing sections require; and whose family, or some member thereof, is 

 residing on the land which he desires to enter, and upon which a bona 

 fide improvement and settlement have been made, such person may 



