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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Ssss.II. C11. 9. 1916. 863 be allowed; otherwise it shall be re`ected sub°ect to a · N° www prim no right to occupy such lands shall lbs  by reasllgielgf,   wdmgm u` izppéncation until said lands have been designated as stock·raising an s. Sec. 3. That any ualiiied homestead entryman ma make ent Mm °‘ 6*** ww under the homesteadl laws of lands so designated by the Secretary °u°w°d` of the Ilpterior, accgridilntg to legal sgbdivisions,  areas qot exceed; mgsix_un an o_ acres,a.n mcom act ormso arasma be subject to the provisilms of this Act, and) secure title thereto bg; compliance with the terms of the homestead laws: Provided, That a {gy"- former homestead entry of land of the character described in section ¤¤tri¤>=Fm to rm two hereof shall not be a. bar to the entry of a tract within a radius of twenty miles from such former ent under the provisions of this Act, subject to_ the requirements ofrlaw as to residence and improvements, which, together with the former entry, shall not exceed  ot amiga. six hrmdred and forty acres: Provided further, That the entryman °‘“‘“““· shall be required to enter all contiguous areas of the character herein described 0 en to entrymprior to the ent of any noncontiguous . land: Prmnded` {further, at instead of cilltivation as required by sei:x1lif$°¤i¤i$”i»°¤fo°iii: the homestead laws the entryman shall be required to make perma- ‘*“"°°· nent improvements upon the land entered before final roof is submitted tending to increase the value of the same for stock)-raising purposes, of the value of not less than $1.25 per acre, and at least one-half of such improvements shall be placed upon the land within three years after the date of entry thereof. Sec. 4. That any homestead entryman of lands of the character ,m·§“‘}*,;“f,”°,j°mP8·;=°*¤¢ herein described, who has not submitted hnal proof upon his existing ` entry, shall have the right to enter, subject to the provisions of this Act, such amount of contiguous lands designated for ent under the prolyisionis ofus this Ag. as shall ngt, iilogegheg  the amount · em race in origin entry, excee six un e an ort acres, and I, 0 residence upon the original entry shall be credited on bothlgntries, but not-id ov mnmi"` improvements must be made on the additional entry equal to $1.25 for each acre thereof. Hmmm Sec. 5. That ipersons who have submitted final proof upon, or enter aaaxmiiiin $5; received patent or, lands of the character herein described under the "‘“°“"’·“"’*· homestead laws, and who own and reside upon the land so acquired, ma, subject to the provisions of this Act: make additional entry for and, obtain patent to cont%ous lands designated for entry under the provisions of this Act, w ch, together with the area theretofore acquired under the homestead law, shall not exceed six hundred and Im m_cm°msw_ forty acres, on proof of the expenditure required by this Act on quired. account of ermanent improvements upxon the additional entrz, Rm ummm { Sec. 6. 'lgiat any erson who is the ead of a_fam1ly, or w o has mma qlnomestead it arrived at the age ofptwenty-one years and is a citizen of the United ”‘“k° ¤'*’—“’¤°°°'F· States, who has entered or acquired under the homestead laws, prior to the passage of this Act, lands of the character described in this Act, the area of which is less than six hundred and forty acres, and who is unable to exercise the right of additional entry herein conferred because no lands subject to_entry under this Act 8(l]01Il·l»ll6 tract so entered or acquired or he within the twenty mile limit provided for in this Act, maly, upon submitting proof that he resides u on and has not sold the and so entered or_acqu1red and against which land there are no encumbrances, relinquish or reconveg to the United States the land so occupied, entered, or acquired, an m lieu thereof, within the same land·office district, mav_enter and acquue title to six hundred and forty acres of the land subject to entry under cmdmum this Act, but must show compliance with all the provisions of this Act respecting the new entry and with  the provisions of existing homestead laws except as modified herein.