NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL LAWS. 27 



ENLARGED HOMESTEADS IN CERTAIN STATES. 



Act February 19, 1909 (35 Stat., 639). 

 Act June 17, 1910 (36 Stat., 531). 



CONTESTS AND CANCELLATION OF CLAIM. PREFERENCE RIGHT. 



Act May 14, 1880, section 2 (21 Stat., 140), as amended by act July 26, 1892 (27 Stat. 

 270). 



Act March 3, 1911, section 2 (36 Stat., 1084). 



COMMUTATION PROVISIONS. 



Act June 3, 1896, section 2 (29 Stat., 197). 



Act May 29, 1908, sections 9 and 10 (35 Stat., 465). 



HOMESTEAD BY MARRIED WOMAN. 



Act June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 683). 



SETTLERS WHO BECOME INSANE. 



Act June 8, 1880 (21 Stat., 166). 



LEAVES OF ABSENCE. 



Act March 2, 1889 (25 Stat., 864), and various acts of local application. 



FINAL PROOF NOTICES. 



Act March 3, 1879 (20 Stat., 472). 



Act March 2, 1889, section 7 (25 Stat., 854). 



DISTINCTION BETWEEN OFFERED AND UNOFFERED LANDS ABOLISHED. 



Act May 18, 1898 (30 Stat., 418). 



RELINQUISHMENTS. 



Act May 14, 1880 (21 Stat., 140). 



GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE HOMESTEAD LAWS EXTENDED TO CER- 

 TAIN LANDS ix THE YELLOWSTONE (NOW SHOSHONE) NATIONAL 

 FOREST, ETC. 



Act March 15, 1906 (34 Stat., 62). 



HOMESTEADS IN FORMER SILETZ INDIAN RESERVATION. 



Act August 15, 1894 (28 Stat., 286, p. 326). 

 Act March 4, 1911 (36 Stat., 1356). 



HOMESTEAD LAWS EXTENDED TO ALASKA, WITH MODIFICATIONS, ETC. 



Act May 14, 1898, section 1 (30 Stat,, 409), as amended by act March 3, 1903 (32 Stat., 

 1028). 



LANDS IN THE BLACK HILLS FOREST RESERVATION, SETTLED UPON 

 AND IMPROVED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 19, 1898, MAY BE ENTERED 

 UNDER THE HOMESTEAD LAWS, ETC. 



Sundry civil appropriation act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat., 1074, p. 1095). 

 DECISIONS UNDER THE HOMESTEAD LAWS. 



Lands subject to settlement and entry. Land not susceptible of culti- 

 vation or other agricultural use can not be entered under the homestead 

 law; and an affidavit charging such facts is sufficient basis for a hear- 

 ing. (Davis v. Gibson, 38 L. D., 265.) 



