3. Q. Have you personal knowledge of this land? State its situation, the character of the soil, its proximity to water, and what natural streams, springs, or bodies of water are upon, or pass through, or adjoin it; and if any, is any part of the claim naturally irrigated by such stream or spring?—A. 4. Q. Does the entryman own and control or have a clear right to water sufficient to properly and permanently irrigate all the land embraced in this entry?—A. 5. Q. State the source and volume of the water supply, how acquired, and how maintained.-A. 6. Q. Has water been conducted upon the land embraced in said entry so as to irrigate and reclaim the same from its former condition to such extent that it will produce an agricultural crop? If so, give the number, dimensions, and capacity of the main ditch or ditches, and also of all the ditches on each legal subdivision of the land which are used in irrigating the same, and the amount expended in complying with the legal requirements, whether it equals $3 per acre of the entire arca or not.-A. 7. Q. Have you seen water distributed through and by means of said ditches over all the land in each legal subdivision of said entry? State the dates when such distribution took place, the duration thereof, and the quantity of water per acre used.-A. 8. Q. If there are any high points or uneven surfaces which are practically not susceptible of irrigation, state definitely the nature, situation, and area thereof. A. 9. Q. Has an agricultural crop of any kind, including an increased growth of grass, been raised on the land as the result of such irrigation? If so, state the year when raised, the kind of crop, the quantity per acre, and the portion of the entry on which the same was raised, showing the aggregate area in actual cultivation, whether it equal one-eighth of the entire area or not.-A. 10. Q. If any lands adjacent to or in the vicinity of the land embraced in this entry are settled upon or occupied, and paying crops of any kind are or have been raised thereon without artificial irrigation, describe the same, and state year or years of cultivation, kind of crop and quantity raised per acre, and if paying crops have been raised, were the lands naturally irrigated?—A. 11. Q. Has any coal or other minerals been discovered on said land, or is any coal or mineral known to be contained therein? Are there any indications of coal, salines, or minerals of any kind on this land? If so, describe what they are.-A. 12. Q. Have you any interest, direct or indirect, in this entry or in the land covered thereby, or in the water supply used in its irrigation?—A. (Sign here with full christian name.) LAND OFFICE AT 189-. I hereby certify that the above testimony was taken and subscribed before me this day, and that the same was read to the witness in my presence before he signed his name thereto; that I believe the witness to be the person he represents himself to be, and that the land described is properly subject to entry under the desertland act, and that said testimony was subscribed and sworn to before me at my office in County, NOTE-The officer before whom the deposition is taken should call the attention of the witness to the following section of the Revised Statutes, and state to him that it is the purpose of the Govern. ment, if it be ascertained that he testifies falsely, to prosecute him to the full extent of the law. TITLE LXX.-CRIMES.-CHAP. 4. SEC. 5392. Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, at hard labor, not more than five years, and shall, moreover, thereafter be incapable of giving testimony in any court of the United States until such time as the judgment against him is reversed. [See § 1750.] County, State or Territory of the Received from sum of the dollars and containing of cents, being final payment of one dollar per acre for acres, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the sum of twenty-five cents per acre having been heretofore paid, as per original receipt No. of It is hereby certified that, in pursuance of the act of Congress, approved March 3, 1877, entitled "An act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories," County, State or Territory of has purchased of the register of this office, and made payment in full for the land described as follows, to wit: containing acres, at the rate of one dollar and dollars: twenty-five cents per acre, amounting to Now, therefore, be it known that on presentation of this certificate to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the said receive a patent for the tract of land above described. shall be entitled to Register. [4-062.] NON-MINERAL AFFIDAVIT. This affidavit can be sworn to only on personal knowledge, and can not be made on information and belief. The non-mineral affidavit accompanying an entry of public land must be made by the party making the entry, and only before the officer taking the other affidavits required of the entryman. UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, 189-. being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the who is an applicant for Government title to the identical -; that he is well acquainted with the character of said described land, and with each and every legal subdivision thereof, having frequently passed over the same; that his personal knowledge of said land is such as to enable him to testify understandingly with regard thereto; that there is not, to his knowledge, within the limits thereof, any vein or lode of quartz or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, or copper, or any deposit of coal; that there is not within the limits of said land, to his knowledge, any placer, cement, gravel, or other valuable mineral deposit; that no portion of said land is claimed for mining purposes under the local customs or rules of miners or otherwise; that no portion of said land is worked for mineral during any part of the year by any person or persons; that said land is essentially non-mineral land, and that his application therefor is not made for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining title to mineral land, but with the object of securing said land for agricultural purposes, and that his post-office address is I hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit was read to affiant in my presence before he signed his name thereto; that said affiant is to me personally known (or has been satisfactorily identified before me by and that I verily believe him to be a credible person and the person he represents himself to be, and that this affidavit was subscribed and sworn to before me at my office in within the land district, on this day of 189-. NOTE. The officer before whom the deposition is taken should call the attention of the witness to the following section of the Revised Statutes, and state to him that it is the purpose of the Government, if it be ascertained that he testifies falsely, to prosecute him to the full extent of the law: REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES. TITLE LXX.-CRIMES.-CHAP. 4. SEC. 5392. Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be punished by fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, at hard labor, not more than five years, and shall, moreover, thereafter be incapable of giving testimony in any court of the United States until such time as the judgment against him is reversed. [See § 1750.] NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION (ISOLATED TRACT). PUBLIC LAND SALE. Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of instructions from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under authority vested in him by section 2455, U. S. Rev. Stat., as amended by the act of Congress approved February 26, 1895, we will proceed to offer at public sale on the next, at this office, the following tract of land, to wit: day of Any and all persons claiming adversely the above-described lands are advised to file their claims in this office on or before the day above designated for the commencement of said sale, otherwise their rights will be forfeited. (Date.) Register. FORMS FOR ASSIGNMENT OF SOLDIERS' CERTIFICATES RECERTIFIED TO OWNERS AND PURCHASERS UNDER ACT OF AUGUST 18, 1894. [See page 30.] ASSIGNMENT BY FIRST OWNER UNDER RECERTIFICATION. For value received, I, was, upon the day of of in the and assignee of the original beneficiary to whom the foregoing and attached certificate was, upon the day of 18-, issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office under section 2306 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and the same to whom, as a bona fide purchaser and owner thereof, such original certificate 189-, recertified by the Commissioner of the General Land Office under the act of Congress of August 18, 1894, and official circular of the General Land Office, dated October 16, 1894, do hereby sell and assign unto of —, in the — and and to his heirs and assigns forever, the said certificate and the right of entry and location thereby secured, and authorize him to locate the said certificate and to enter lands therewith and to receive a patent for any land so located or entered. [L. S.] [Two witnesses.] [Form No. 2.] ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FORM NO. 1. 88. On the day of 189-, before me personally came to me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed; and I certify that the said is the identical person to whom the within certificate was recertified upon the -day of 189-, and who executed the foregoing assignment thereof. And I further certify that the said certificate, at the time of making the foregoing assignment, was attached to said assignment and was presented by and was in the possession of him, the said [Form No. 3.] ASSIGNMENT BY ASSIGNEE OF FIRST OWNER. and For value received, I, to whom the foregoing and attached certificate and right of entry and location thereby secured were assigned, do hereby sell and assign unto of in the and to his heirs and assigns forever, the said certificate and right of entry and location, and authorize him to locate the said certificate and to enter lands therewith and to receive a patent for any lands so located or entered. Attest: [Form No. 4.] ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FORM No. 3. [L. S.] 88. day of 189-, before me personally came to me On this well known, and acknowledged the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed; and I certify that the said is the identical person to whom the foregoing and attached certificate and right of entry and location thereby secured were, on the day of 189-, heretofore assigned. And I further certify that the said certificate, at the time of making the foregoing assignment, was attached to said assignment, and was presented by and in the possession of him, the said Subsequent assignments may follow Form No. 3 above. FINAL CERTIFICATE FOR RESERVATIONS IN OKLAHOMA TOWN SITES (COMMUTED HOMESTEADS). No. [See page 56.] LAND OFFICE AT in (Date) 18—. It is hereby certified that, pursuant to the provisions of section 22 of the act of May 2, 1890 (26 Stat., 81), and the regulations thereunder of the town of County, Oklahoma, has made application for patent for in the town Oklahoma, reserved for public purposes in accordance with the approved plats of said town site, said application being accompanied by satisfactory proof of the organization of said municipality, and of his authority to make application for patent for said reservations. site of Now, therefore, be it known, that on presentation of this certificate to the Commissioner of the General Land Office the said shall be entitled to a patent for the tract of land above described in trust for the municipality of —, Oklahoma, said land to be maintained for the public purposes, as provided in the act herein referred to. Register. 1 INDEX. [Full-face numerals indicate pages on which copies of laws, or parts of laws, referred to may be found.] A. ` Abandoned military reservations.. Act of Aug. 18, 1856, providing for disposal of, in Florida.. Page. 73-74, 171,217,220 73 73 171 Act of July 5, 1884, repealing preceding act, and providing generally for appraisement and sale of reservations... Act of July 5, 1884, not affected by the act of Mar. 2, 1889 (see sec. 8) Act of Aug. 23, 1894, providing for disposal of certain reservations under public land laws, giving preference right to settlers.. 74,217 Act of Feb. 15, 1895, extending provisions of preceding act to certain other reservations.. 74, 220 Abandonment. (See Contest; Homestead; Absence (leaves of).) Absence (leaves of) 16-19, 154, 155, 170, 219 Act of July 1, 1879, providing for, to homesteaders and preemptors on account of grasshopper incursions 16-18, 154-155 Act of Mar. 2, 1889, sec. 3, providing generally for, in cases of crop failure, sickness, etc. 16-17, 170 Act of Jan. 19, 1895. sec. 1. providing for, on account of forest fires, to settlers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan... Contest for abandonment against homesteader who has been granted leave of absence.... Acquisition of agricultural public land, restriction on (act of Aug. 30, 1890).. Aug. 18, 1856 (disposal of abandoned military reservations in Florida). June 2, 1858 (private land scrip).. Mar. 3, 1873 (timber-culture entry).. Mar. 13, 1874 (amendatory of foregoing act) June 16, *22, (traveling expenses of employés of the Government). 16, 18-19, 219 85 81 73 144, 250, 252, 254 9,218 9, 35-38, 155, 218, 249-255 35-38, 126, 249-255 127 66 101 138 75, 145 116, 142 87 Mar. 3, 1875 (granting railroads the right of way through public lands). (provision for entry of public lands in States having no land offices). (homestead proof; amending 2291, R. S.)............. 9, 38-43, 145, 204, 218, 257-264 (conversion of preemption filing into homestead entry).. May 27, 1878 (conversion of preemption filing into homestead entry). June 3, July 1, (cutting of timber on mineral lands in certain States and Territories). (service of contest notices by publication) (conversion of preemption filing into homestead entry). 78, 122, 146 16, 244 16, 244 101, 103 9, 44-46, 147, 214, 218, 255 86 16, 149, 244 9, 35-38, 85, 126, 149-151, 203, 249-255 9, 151 14, Jan. 28, 1879 (assignment and location of private land scrip).. Mar. 3, (amending 2403, R. S., relative to deposits for surveys). 94, 152 (additional rights of homestead settlers within railroad limits)... 31-33, 153, 165, 245 (publication of notice of intention to make proof). 153, 171 (additional rights of homestead settlers within railroad limits in Missouri and Arkansas).. 31-33, 154, 165 (leaves of absence to settlers on lands subject to grasshopper incursions). 16-18, 154 May 14, 1880 (relinquishments, preference right of contestants, and homestead settlement) 14, 38, 43, 83, 121, 156, 210 (settlers on the Osage Indian trust and diminished-reserve lands)... 46,156-158 (leaves of absence to settlers in Kansas and Nebraska because of crop failures in 1879 or 1880). 28, June 4, 8, 9, 15, 16, (perfection of homestead and preemption claims, where claimants become (amending 2262 and 2301, R. S., relative to attestation of required affidavits).. (condoning timber trespass, attempted sale of homesteads, etc.) Jan. 13, 1881 (relief of certain settlers on restored railroad lands). (adding proviso, relative to climatic hindrances, to 2297, R. S.). (repealing act of Aug. 18, 1856, and providing generally for disposal of aban- 3, 164 33, 121, 164 73, 171 267 |