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able cause, 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." 



Eight of election to make proof. 



Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat, 455). 



That the failure of a homestead entryman to give notice of election 

 of making his proof as required by the act of June sixth, nineteen 

 hundred and twelve, being an act to amend sections [twenty-] two 

 hundred and ninety-one and [twenty-] two hundred and ninety-seven 

 of the Eevised Statutes of the United States, relating to homesteads, 

 shall not in anywise prejudice his rights to proceed in accordance 

 with the law under which such entry was made. 



Settlement rights, time for filing. 



Act of May 14. 1SS0. sec. 3 (21 Stat.. 140). 



Sec. 3. That any settler who has settled, or who shall hereafter 

 settle, on any of the public lands of the United States, whether sur- 

 veyed or unsurveyed, with the intention of claiming the same under 

 the homestead laws, shall be allowed the same time to file his home- 

 stead application and perfect his original entry in the United States 

 Land Office as is now allowed to settlers under the preemption laws to 

 put their claims on record, and his right shall relate back to the date 

 of settlement the same as if he settled under the preemption laws. 



Canceled or relinquished entries reinstated. 



Act of March 3 3 1911 (36 Stat, 10S4). 



That all homestead entries which have been canceled or relin- 

 quished, or are invalid solely because of the erroneous allowance of 

 such entries after the withdrawal of lands for national forest pur- 

 poses, may be reinstated or allowed to remain intact, but in the case 

 of entries heretofore canceled applications for reinstatement must be 

 filed in the proper local land office prior to July first, nineteen hun- 

 dred and twelve. 



Sec. 2. That in all cases where contests were initiated under the 

 provisions of the act of May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, 

 prior to the withdrawal of the land for national forest purposes, the 

 qualified successful contestants may exercise their preference right to 

 enter the land within six months after the passage of this act. 



Second homestead and desert-land entries. 



Act of September 5, 1914 (38 Stat., 712). 



That any person otherwise duly qualified to make entry or entries 

 of public lands under the homestead or desert-land laws, who has 

 heretofore made, or may hereafter make, entry under said laws, and 

 who. through no fault of his own. may have lost, forfeited, or 

 abandoned the same, or who may hereafter lose, forfeit, or abandon 

 same, shall be entitled to the benefits of the homestead or desert- 

 land laws as though such former entry or entries had never been 

 made: Provided, That such applicant shall show to the satisfaction 

 of the Secretary of the Interior that the prior entry or entries were 

 made in good faith, were lost, forfeited, or abandoned because of 



