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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 674. 1901. 847 CHAP. 674.-An Act Providing that entrymen under the homestead laws, who M¤¤¤h 1»19°1· have served in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps during the Spanish _";"_ war or the Philippine insurrection, shallhave certain serv1ce deducted rom the time required to perfect title under homestead laws, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and }I0uee of Rq€>recentatines of the Matted _, _ States o_1fAmerica in Congress assembled, That sections twenty-three h§,$,t,‘§Q$,‘,Q,“d§}‘d““il°” hundre and four and twenty-three hundred and live of the devised §é§·é;§g;ggg4·23°6· Statutes be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as follows: p`` "SEo. 2304. Every private soldier and officer who has served in the s€’§$lg*°*§¤*Q;gr¤g}lg;§ Army of the United States during the recent rebellion for ninety days, benxioiii and who was honorably discharged and has remained loyal to the Government, including the troo_ps mustered into the service of the Y United States by virtue of the third section of an Act approved Febru- `°l‘12’p‘33°‘ ary thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and every seaman, marine, and officer who has served in the Navy of the United States or in the Marine Corps durin the rebellion for ninet Y days, and who was honorably dischar ed and has remained loyal to the Government, and every private soldier and officer who has served in the Army of ·d“’*¤¢SP°·¤‘*h"’*“· the United States durin the Spanish war, or who has served, is serving, or shall have served in the said Army during the suppression of the insurrection in the Phili pines for ninety days, and who was or shall be honorably discharged; and every seaman, marine, and officer who has served in the Navy of the United States or in the Marine Corps during the Spanish war, or who has served, is serving, or shall -**1 Ph¤iPP*¤°¤· have served in the said forces during the suppression of the insurrection in the Philippines for ninety days, and who was or shall be honorably discharged, shall, on compliance with the provisions of this chapter, as hereinafter modified, be entitled to enter upon and receive Eg? e$gj*°' P“"““ patents for a quantity of public lands not exceeding one hundred and ' sixty acres, or one quarter section, to be taken in compact form, according to legal subdivisions, including the alternate reserved sections of public lands along the line of any railroad or other public work not otherwise reserved or appropriated, and other lands subject to entry under the homestead laws of the United States; but such "“m°*° °“""’· °“’· homestead settler shall be allowed six months after locating his homestead and filing his declaratory statement within which to make his , entr and commence his settlement and improvement. _ _ “gEG. 2305. The time which the homestead settler has served in the m?§"2,‘§°f}§,€‘,,°§eg{§],§ Army, Navy, or Marine Corps shall be deducted from the time here- fggggglyggredw tofore required to perfect title, or if discharged on account of wounds P`· received or disabihty incurred in the line of duty, then the term of enlistment shall be deducted from the time heretofore required to perfect title, without reference to the length of time he may have served; but no patent shall issue to any homestead settler who has not resided upon, improved, and cultivated his homestead for a period of at least one *ear after he shall have commenced his improvements:” _ _ Provided, Tyhat in every case in which a settler on the public land of {:{}‘{§§”§;(,0;b,- hm, · ` the United States under the homestead laws died while actually engaged gfc d°°°”°d ¤°‘d*"· in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States as private ` soldie1·, officer, seaman, or marine, during the war with Spain or the Philippine insurrection, his widow, if unmarried, or in case of her death or marriage, then his minor orphan children or his or their legal representatives, may proceed forthwith to make final proof upon the land l~ 1 E f d h so held b the deceased soldier and settler, and that the death of such "°g° ° €°°° er ` soldier while so engaged in the service of the United States shall, in the administration of the homestead laws, be construed to be equivalent to a erformance of all requirements as to residence and cultivation for tbe full period of five years, and shall entitle his widow, if unmarried, or in case of her death or marriage, then his minor orphan children or his or their legal representatives, to make iinal proof upon