Public Law 64–220

That the Act entitled “An Act to provide for an enlarged homestead,” approved February nineteenth, nineteen hundred and nine, be amended by adding thereto an additional section to be known as section seven:

“Sec. 7.

That any person who has made or shall make homestead entry of less than three hundred and twenty acres of lands of the character herein described, and who shall have submitted final proof thereon, shall have the right to enter public lands subject to the provisions of this Act, not contiguous to his first entry, which shall not with the original entry exceed three hundred and twenty acres:

Provisos.

Condition.

Provided, That the land originally entered and that covered by the additional entry shall first have been designated as subject to this

Actual residence and cultivation required.

Act as provided by section one thereof: Provided further, That in no case shall patent issue for the land covered by such additional entry until the person making same shall have actually and in conformity with the homestead laws resided upon and cultivated the lands so additionally entered, and otherwise complied with such laws, except that where the land embraced in the additional entry is located not

Residence on former entry accepted.

exceeding twenty miles from the land embraced in the original entry no residence shall be required on such additional entry if the entryman is residing on his former entry: And provided further, That this

Soldiers’ entry rights not affected.

section shall not be construed as affecting any rights as to location of soldiers’ additional homesteads under section twenty-three hundred and six of the Revised Statutes.”

R. S., sec. 2306, p. 422.

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