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 PBOCLAMATIONS. N0. 5. 1233 gezctiiorgx)2306 U. S. R. S., and section 18 of the act of May 2, 1890, 26 a ., . 8. Parties may initiate claims under the homestead law either by I¤i¤¤¤¤¤ 0* ¤l¤¤·¤¤- settlement on the land or by entry at the district office; in the former case, the party will have three months after settlement within which to iile his application for the tract at the district office; in the latter case, the party will have six months after entry at that office, within which to establish residence and begin improvements upon the land. £See sections 2290 and 2297, U. S. R. S.; and section 3, of the act of ay 14, 1880, 21 Stat., 140). 9. The homestead aindavits required to be filed with the application Hxwuticn of homemust be executed before the register or receiver of the proper district ""“° "m°““°°‘ land office (see section 2290, U. S. R. S.), or before any other officer who may be found duly qualified at the time to administer such oaths gccording to the provisions of the act of Congress of May 26, 1890, 26 tat., . 10. Parties applying to make homestead entry will be required to F°°°· tender with the application the legal fee and commissions which are as follows: for an entry of over eighty acres a fee of ten dollars, and for an entry of eighty acres or less a fee of five dollars, and, in both cases, in addition, commissions, of two per cent upon the Government price of the land, computed at the rate of $1.25 per acre, the ordinary minimum price of public lands under the general provisions of section 2357, U. S. B. S. (See sections 2238 and 2290 U. S. R. S.). . .» 11. Homestead applicants appearing in great number at the local ,,,§§§§""”g “”°°“` oflicc to make entry at the time of opening will be required to form in line iéiuqrder that their applications may be presented and acted upon in re ar order. 12. Soldiers’ declaratory statements can only be made by the parties ,§,f§"°’°' “’*’“°" entitled or by their agents in person, and will not be received if sent by mail. A party acting as agent and appearing in line, as contemplated under the eleventh paragraph, will be allowed to make one entry or filing in his individual character, if he so desires, and to nle one declaratory statement in his representative character as agent, if such he shall be, and thereupon he will be required to step out of line, giving place to the next person in order, and, if he desires to make any other filings, to take his place at the end of the line and await his proper turn before doing so, and thus to proceed in order until all the filings desired by him shall be made. 13. Section two thousand three hundred and one of the Revised Stat <><>¤1~·¤¤5¤·¢i¤¤ not utes of the United States providing for commutation of homestead p°E”sii°iwZ2aoi, p.421. entries is not applicableto said lands. (See section 18 of the act of May 2, 1890, 26 Stat., 90). . 14. Proof of nve years’ residence, cultivation, and improvement, and F*““ "°°‘° the payment prescribed by the statute, as hcreinbefore mentioned must be made, before a party will be entitled to a patent under the homestead law, and such proof is required to be made within seven years from the date of the entry. Commissions equal to two per cent, upon the Government price for the land, computed at $1.25 per acre under sections 2357 U. S. R. S., must also be tendered with the iinal prooil Interest at four per cent. per annum on the purchase price of the land must be paid from the date of the entry to date of final payment of purchase money. (See sections 2238 and 2291 U. S. R. S.,; and sections 10 and 13 of the act of March 3, 1893, 27 Stats. 640). 15. The parties named in paragraph six of these regulations are Deductions m entitled to have the term of service in the Army or Navy, under which f§§”’ "' La`? ""' the claim is made, not exceeding four years, deducted from the period of live years' residence or cultivation required as stated in the preceding paragraph,or if the party was discharged from service on account of wounds or disabilities incurred in the line of duty, the whole term of enlistment not exceeding four years, may be deducted. (See section 2305 U. S. R. S.). srAr—v0L XX\’III——78