44 LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE NATIONAL FORESTS. 



may be climatic reasons the Commissioner of the General Land Office 

 may. in his discretion, allow the settler twelve months from the date 

 of filing in which to commence his residence on said land under such 

 rules and regulations as he may prescribe. (As amended Mar. 3, 

 1881. 21 Stat.. 511.) (This section amended bv act June 6, 1912, 37 

 Stat., 123.) 



Limited to quarter section. 



Sec. 2298. Xo person shall be permitted to acquire title to more 

 than one quarter section under the provisions of this chapter. 



Commutation. 



Sec. 2301. Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to pre- 

 vent any person who shall hereafter avail himself of the benefits of 

 section twenty-two hundred and eighty-nine from paying the mini- 

 mum price for the quantity of land so entered at any time after the 

 expiration of fourteen calendar months from the elate of such entry, 

 and obtaining a patent therefor, upon making proof of settlement and 

 of residence and cultivation for such period of fourteen months, and 

 the provision of this section shall apply to lands on the ceded portion 

 of the Sioux Reservation by act approved March second, eighteen 

 hundred and eighty-nine, in South Dakota, but shall not relieve said 

 settlers from anv payments now required by law. (As amended 

 Mar. 3. 1891, 26 Stat., 1098.) 



Mineral lands not subject to entry. 



Sec. 2302. Xo distinction shall be made in the construction or exe- 

 cution of this chapter on account of race or color; nor shall any 

 mineral lands be liable to entry and settlement under its provision. 



Special provisions in favor of soldiers and sailors. 



Revised Statutes sections 2300; 2304 and 2305. both as amended by act of 

 March 1. 1901 (31 Stat.. 1ST i : 2306 and sundry civil appropriation act of August 

 18, 1894. sec. 1 (28 Stat.. 397) ; 2307; 2308 and act of June 16. 1898 (30 Stat, 

 473) ; 2309. 



Three-year homestead law. 



Act of June 6. 1012 (37 Stat.. 123). 



That section twenty-two hundred and ninety-one and section 

 twenty-two hundred and ninety-seven of the Eevised Statutes of the 

 United States be amended to read as follows: 



" Sec 2291. Xo certificate, however, shall be given or patent issued 

 therefor until the expiration of three 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, or 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 himself and by two credible witnesses that he, she, or they 

 have a habitable house upon the land and have actually resided upon 

 and cultivated the same for the term of three years 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 



