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thereto shall make affidavit that the land sought 
to be entered is of the character described in Section 1 
of this act and shall pay the fees now required to be 
paid under the homestead laws. 
Section 3 
That any homestead entryman of lands of the 
character herein described, upon which final proof 
has not been made, shall have the right to enter pub- 
lic lands, subject to the provisions of this act, con- 
tiguous to his former entry which shall not exceed 
320 acres, and residence and cultivation of the orig- 
inal entry shall be deemed as residence upon and 
cultivation of the additional entry. 
Section 4 
That at the time of making final proof, as pro- 
vided in Section 2259 of the Revised Statutes, the 
entryman under this act shall, in addition to the 
proofs and affidavits required under the said section, 
prove by two creditable witnesses that at least one 
eighth of the area embraced in this entry was con- 
tinuously cultivated to agricultural crops other than 
prairie grasses, beginning with the second year of 
the entry, and at least one fourth of the area em- 
braced in the entry was so continuously cultivated 
beginning with the third year on the entry. 
Section 5 
That nothing herein contained shall be held to 
affect the right of a qualified entryman to make 
