§ 251 TITLE ld.?-1 cultivafloa ppon such homestead. (July 28, 1917, c. 44, § 2, do Stat. 2-18,) - a ' FINAL _PRQQF GENERALLY - 251. Nmice of intention to make &¤•,l -pruof.l—Beforo final 'Qproof shall be submitted by any `parsou· claiming to cuter agricultural laada under tho laws providing for homeatead oatries. such person shall Elo with · the register of tho proper land omoe- a aotice of l1is"or hor iatengiou to make such proof, stating theréla the déscriptioa of lands to be entered, and tha aamos of Sha witnesses by Whom the necessary facts will ba ostablished. —Upoa thé Eliug of sack noticé, tha register shall pulslish. a notice, that such application `haa been made once a week for the period of thirty days. ia a zrwspaper, to be by him designated as published uearost to auch land, and he shall alao post such notice in some conspicuous- place in his olmce for the same Sucln, notice shall contain the_namés of fthe wituoweskas statdl in tlgo _ application. At the expiration of said pcrim of thirty days. {tho claimant shall be entitled to make proof fu the manner provided by law. The Secretary of the ‘ Interior shall make all necessary rules for giving effect to the foregoing provisions. l (Mar. 3, 18?9, c. 192, 20 Stat.'4Z2.) 252. Time of tnkiag tejstimoay for Erm] proof at case of anayédable delaj.——'fhe testimony for lfiuala proof may be takcg within tau days; following tho day advértlsed ai upon °whicB _ sfzala Goal proof, shall be made, in . cases whord accident For o amavoidablo dqlays have provoutell the applicant or witnesses from making such proof on the data spocifled;”;`(·?Mar, 2, 1889, c. $$1, § 7, 25 Stat, 855.) _ _ · ,1- _· . 253L Notice of contest; publicatio11_.-——-The notices *of contest sow provided by lQW·{lH(1¤Ql.‘·C·ll(9 lloméstcady [ pre-emption and trtaarulturel laws of tho United {States Shall, after June` 3, 1878, be printed in some nesvspaper- printed in __the county where the land in couteétglios; and if no- newspaper be printed in saab county, than -ln‘ the newspaper printed la the county nearest to s1icI1.'laud.`· `(Juno 3, 1878, c. 152, 5, 1, 20 Stat. 91.) EL 0&crs`hforc whom a&davits or proofs may- be madé; perjury; fees--—All proofs, l atlidavits, and mths . of aay kind vghatsxver required to be madé by applicants and ohtrymou under the Homestead, Desert Land, and Tlmmrjand Stone·`Acta, "may ia addition to those uovq authorizcdto take such andavits, proofs, and oaths be made before any r.U¤ltcd States commissioner or commissioaor of tha court 'exerclslug Federal jurimicmm in tile. Territory or before thé judge or clerk of ·` any court xx-nrecord ia the county, mriah, _ or land ‘-district in ‘whi¢·h, tha ds are situated: Provided, That in oasoa wheré bocaaae of gc·ographic· or. topographic c~o:1ditlous_ there is a 'qaalidod odicér hare: or more accessible to the land lnvolved, but oataide the comxty and land district, andavtts, proofs, and oaths may be taken lgoforo aucli owzorz Provided farther, That Pia tsaae tho aaldavita, proofl, jllid oaths' herolnbcforc mentioned be taken outéldo of the county or land district in vvhicln the land is_ lomted, the applicant must ahowaby andavlt, . satisfactory to the Gommlasioagr of ‘ the General Land Omcé,
- that it a was mlcoa bafore tho noardst or moat nccoaaiblé omor
qualiiiod to také ~sa—cl;r ailldavlta, proofs, and baths; but auch showliag by andayits oecd not be made la making dual- proof if the proof be } takea in the town or city whore the aowaizvaber la published la whioh the iioal proof notice la brlntod. The proof, afddavit, aaa oath, wl1au.ao.mado and duly aubscribcd, allall have the ‘ aamo force and olfoct aa if mada before tho ‘ register when transmitted tohim with the feoaaad commis- I-${0318 alloiétf and required by law. I f any Wiliam tasking such proof, or aay applicant making such andavlt or oath, shall knowingly, willfully, or corruptly swear falsely to any material matter. coiltalnod in- said proofs, afddavlta, or oaths, he ahall be doomed guilty of perjury, arid shall bca liable to the aaxméipalila and penalties as if ho 'had ,aworn_falsely béforc
’UBILIG ~LA Nba 1346 , the register. The fees for entries and for Qual proofs, when made before`any other omcer than the register.? shell be as follows: " . I i ‘ " _Fé>f each affidavit, 25 cents. ¤ [ For each deposition of clainizentur witrze$s,·wl1cn’110t pw- ‘ pared by the officer, 25 cents. ¢ I _ ’ . ° · 'For each deposition, of claimant or witness prepared by the ' 0H‘1cer,$1. » { Any edicer demmndiug or receiving n greefersxum for meh ¢ service shall be guilty otgmisdemeanor and eupqn conviction = shall be punished for each 0'Eeme by a Hue not e1kceedmg`$190, » (R. S. § @4; May ·%; 1890, `c. 355,'28 Stgt. 121; Mar. 3, 1&1, J » c. 561, §§ 1, ‘4, 26 Stat. 1091; Mm:. 3, 1&3, e. 21.8mt. 593; ’ Mar. 11, 1902, c. 182, 32 Stat. 63; Mari, -1, 1994, e. 394,33 Smt. . 59; Feb, 23, 1923, c._ 105,-42 Stat. 1%1; Mer. 3, 1925, le. 482, > 43·Stat.-1145.) · _ ,2 0 ‘ » ’ F 255. rferscns in, Eitary 01; naval service; aE;yits taken . by nconimaxxding e&ee:·.—In case of. any person desireus of . avqiling himself of theYbeneiits' of this chapter; but whe, by ’ reasoxfof actual service in the military or semi seitvlce et the L_ .United` Stateé, .iS enable tqdo the persons! preliminary nets at_the distrjieblend 0Eee which the precedE¤§' &etiq¤s'req¤h·e; ·` and whose family, er some l§l€‘H}bé?&tl}€l#€0f,_ ig residng en the L Jand which he desireslq enter, add upon which • ww : , — improvement aud. settlement have been made, such person ‘ maj ugake the aiiidavit required by law before the cha cema -lI18D(ii§1g ih `the branch of the service in which the putty is , engaged, which emdavit shgllebe as binding in hw, and with like penalties, ‘as if [taken zbefdre the re¤s$er: ami upon smh
- ‘ umdavit being tiled with the regster by the `wife er `xker
·i1'€DlT€S€Bt§uVé; 0; the patty, ,the same sha}! become eEwtive
frbm the date of such Ming, provided the- swheitign. and x6! dayit are accompanied by the fee ang commissiem as Yby1aw,i. · ‘ e e -_ (__ e D¤fii1g' the eoptinuahce ot the present war with Germany; and mitilk his'. discharge {fom} servicéh gu; men setting in th 1 armed torees of the United §tgtea, WE0, prior to the be§¤hi¤g , of services wasn settler, an applicant, `oi entrymgn u I the land lawsot the United Ststw, or whe bas, priest to mixt- 'meut, tiled `g contest, with "the` view et exem$@ p:efu·e¤ce e right ;ot eiitry · therefor, ma} mike .8.8}: •&davit_ required bl » law or regulation ot the departmwg siectiw mc~h`_sp@¤en, _ entry, -·or contest, cr._ necessary w' the n£ euétry in the
- case of the successful ·tei·mimnti0¤ et_ sm ceqtmt zwnrdmg
,hi§l'I preference right of entry,;before hk M 0¤cér as pmv@_ded_ above in tht; section; which jmdnvits shall be as biudixxg in law and wit}: like penalties as it vtaken mfore the Regi'ster‘ of the Ilnited States ·Lu;d ’<)tHee.' (R. `S. g @3; '· Oct. 6,-1917, c.86,40Stat.·%1.')_- -_ ‘ __ · · » _ 256.;_El¢¢tiM‘u.·te lay-¤ndm= whié ta. nuke wed.-- ·Any=_pers0n entitled gc enter lands under the h®¤¤d law; who may have establishedxwdenee upen we rveyw lands . (which were subject to hemesteaq éRt1'¥)`.D!i0!; te June 6, 1916, may perfekzt his prec! for such Isaés the morvlslom of this *<:h%I$(er, or tmder the kw- exmim at the timqef the mtablishmeuti ot such residence, is he my elect; mh electioa me be signided to the Department at the Intuier in ·•cc0rd·-· ance with rules and regulations to be pmcflbed by the Seeme- .tary,» (Mer. 4, 1913, c. 149, ,37 Stat. 9%.) . U ,. §AYMENTS_·AND` REFU_NDS_ e ’ 261. Tiie fer payments; enmdm of time fe? pgyximte-·· ` Whenever it shall upper by the Ming qi such evidence in` tm _0&ce dt any rqistérlmid receiver qs shall be by the $ecr·etnry·—0( the Iziterior that any mttler on the mblic lands by rmson of q fnilprehof eremfor vé=hic;1i'he fa in no wise respengible, ie mmbie- to make the payment `cu his homestead ‘ elnim required by law, the `COH\l¥liSSiOI1€l'f el the General Land
