§ 273 " rzru {8.-·I’UB upon proof prodneel to the ehxsrs of the proper local land c e se by me wldew, it nnznsrrled, or in ease of her ideath or e marriage, thm his minor erpésn @ildren or his nr their legal ¢ repreeentativ&, that the appliosnt for patent. is the `wiilow, e it nnmsrrid., or in case et her dmth sor mnrrisw, his orphan 1 children or his orthelr legal ~ »~ e ntstlves, and that such e seleier, @ilor, er marine died while in the servlceof the United e States as `hmiuhefore dewrihed, tkrstent for .meh l:md· < shall (RQS. § Har. 1, lwl, of 674, 31 Stst._847; 4 July 1917,3. 44, .§` 2, 46 Stat. 248; Feb. 25, 1919,.c. 37,/40 < Sts;. 1181; 191276, 1%, e. 122, § 1, 42 Stat. 491;) .' -. _ `_ » 273t Veterans receiving eompensatima for wounds or dis- •¥&y.·-—·The previsions oi the two prwwlng sections, eo fsif ss applicable to those dlschsréed frcmthe military or naval serv- lee because ot wounds received or disability incurred therein, 1 are extended to those xjegnlsrly dtschsrged; from such service. .1 and submqnently nivarded cempensntien by the Government 1 fer wennds rmeived or disability in the line ot duty. 1 (Apr. 6, 1922. c. 122, § 1,*42 Stat,491.) . · - · J 274; K@tinn;l` why by veteran;-#—Every person ‘e_ntitle_d, 1 nnder the provisions of section 271 to enter a homestead who ` may have, prier. to March 1,1901, entered, under the homestead . laws, a` qnnndty of lent! less than one hundredf land sixty V sexes, shallfhe permitted to enter so rnuch land ns, when sdded < tn the _ quantity prevl0nsly_-ezxtered, shall not exceed one hun- 3 dredend siity nerw. ‘(R._S._§‘2l06.) ’ t · _ L . _ 275. entries invalid; commutstion.~+\\’here sol·l 1 diefe nddmonsl homwtead entries have been made or initiated 4 ·n@_ eerti£cate· et the Commissioner of the `General La11d_QHice‘ ; of théi right to xnnke such entry, sud there is no edverse elsim-7 : ant, and such eertineate is found- erroneous or lnyslid for any . esnse, the purchaser thereunder, on inaking proof of suoh pur- _· chase, may perfect his title {by psyment of the Government · price for the ;—hut no nerson shall be perinitted to acquire t more than enc hundred and sixty acres- of public land through the loesgtien ot, nnyQ such certificate. (Mar. 3, 1893, c. 208, 27 1 Stst.5£.}` `~ ‘_ ._ . — _ · ·‘ = 276, _ A»%tioml homestead certiécates;. sale.-—All soldlers’" additiognnl homestead certlneates issued under thé “·rules and regulatiens ot the General, Land _()Hoe wider section 274 of . _
divieien ot this chapter, or ln pursuance of the decisions
er lnsumtziens ot tm Secretary ot the Interior, ot date March _ 10, _18‘•'7," or any ®eqnent decisions or instructions of the Secretary of the Interim or the ·—Comrnissioner¤ of the Genera ~ Land _ Omee, shall he, and nre declared to be valld, 'notwith·· . mnding any attempted ale or transfer thereof; and iwhero mw have been, priorxto ·Angnst· 18, 1894, or may a theresfta he sold or transferred, such sale or trsnsier not he regarded as invslidatinx right, but the same shall be good and valid in me hands ot bona Bm purchasers for value; and all entria prier to Angnet 1@4, or thereafter tmsde with sneheertihcatx by such purchasers. shall be approved, and intent shall tune in. the name of the sssignees. (Aug. 18, lwei, c. 301, {S1, 28 Stat. M7.) L_ . · _ ·_ 277. &try by “sg@t.——--—Evei·y e soldier, sailor, marine, otllcer, or other person Awithin the provisions ot section 271, may, ss well by an`·égent'ss in person, enter upon such home- ‘ stud by Bling a declaratory statement; but suelntclaimnt in person s z ell within the time prescribed make his actual entry., - eomenee settlements _ and lmprorements on the same, and
tulhll all the requirements ot law. (R. S. { @09;
Mar. 3, 1@1, c. 561, § 4, 26 Stat.»1w7.) ‘ - ~ 278. Right widow of veteran to make entry; rights of cM&en her death.-—-In the eese ot the desrh tot any person who would he entitled to a homestead under the provisions of secnens 271 and 272 of this division of this chapter, his widow, it unmarried and otherwise quslitled,·n1ny-mhke entry I G!. publie lanes under the proylsions ot the- honzwtescl laws
L10 Lssos 1348; >t the United States and shall he .mtltled tof all the benedts enumerated in said preceding sections oi this dirision ot this chapter subject to the provlwzms and reqnirements" is io f
- ·ettlemen—t, residence, and lmprosrement therein contained
Provided, That lu the event of the death of sneh homwtesel sntrywomnn prior to perfection of title, lmirlng only n minor child or chiklren, patent shall issue to the sold ptnor child or
- hildren open proof of death, and of the minority of the child
>r`chi1dl*e¤, withont further showing er. comnlinnee yrith lsv;. (R. S. { 2307; _Sept._21,?19@, c. 857, 42 Stat. 990.) ‘ Y X " 'STOCK·RAISING HOMESTEAD .291. Persons entitled to sake entry; nnmher of acres,-»-· From and after Decemberfw,. 1916, it shall be lawful for any person · quelioed to make entry, sneer the no¤@ nm or the; unites States; to ._ma.ke ·a stockwaislng mead entry-- for not exceeding six hnndred and forty even of nnamroprinted _ unreserved pnblic land in reésonably compact. form :~ Provided, however, That the land so entered ·-shall thereteiore here been- designated by the Secretary of the Interior as; " stock-raising lsnds." 29, 1916, bc. 9, { 1, $ Stat.i8¤.) » 292. Designation of snbieet te entry; •ppHca@-— _ The Secretary of the Interior is snthorimdQ on nwlcatten or ‘ otherwise, to designate as stocbrnislng lands snhject to entry under this. division of this chapter lands the snrface of srhieh ls;—in# his opinion, chiedy vnlnsble for zr•,¤¤¢ and rama; torsge’ crops, do not contain merchantahle tlmw, are not sweptihle of irrigation from any l¤riow_g source et water snp· DUH and are of such character that mx hnndred acres are reasonably required for the support ot a family: Provided, _That· where any- · person to make original or additional entry nnder the provisions of this division of this chapter shall — make application to enter any rnnsppreprlnted public land which haslnot heendeslgnated as `snbjectto envy ·(provld·ed said npplication is accompnnied and by properly ‘ corroborated s5davlt_ of the amicnnt, tn. duplicate, showing __prima facie that land d applied for is or the character ~ contemplated F by this dlvision`5I this chapter), such "npplicae tion, together with the few, and commlmlone, ahall be received by the ot the land district in www said lnmly is` locntéd and suspended until it shall have wm, determined by the Secretary, ot the Interior whethu said land is actuallymof that character. Dnrlng such sn@don the land » described in the application shall not he ot; and it the sald.1and.shsll be dedxnhted under Wk divides of this chapter, then snch epplicntion shall `he allowed, lx it shell be rejected, subject. to appeal ;° het no right to occupy such lander shall he acquired by reason ot mid application until. uid lands have been designated as stocbrawg lends. nnleu the applicant lactnslly estahlisw his residence and resides on. the land; sud until Bnal action on such awlicstion, the settler may, it othe land; be not designated nnder this division of _ this chapter, change his application to one under the emerged homestead law it such lands he deslgmted thereunder, or to one under the ordinary provisions ot the homestead law: Ifrooided, That if the settler shall change his application he shall embrace therein the lands npon which his residence and principal · improvements are located, and contorm to the provisions, llmltstions, and conditions of the applicable law. » (Dec. 29, 1916, c. 9, S 2, % Stat. &&; June 6, 1924, c. 274, 43 Stat. 469; Mar. 3, 1925, c. 482, 48 Stat. 1145.) ‘ · 293. Perm entitled to make entry; efect of entries.--—Any qunllded homestead- entrymen may make- entry under the homestead laws of lands so-designated hy the Secretary of the Interior, _ according to `_ legal snbdlvisions, in areas not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, and in cornpsct term so far as may be subject to the provisions of `this‘ division of this chapter, and secure tltle thereto by compliance
