Chapter 192.
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CHAP. 192.— An act to provide additional regulations for homestead and preemption entries of public lands. March 3, 1879. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Public lands. That before final proof shall be Homestead and pre-emption entries.submitted by any person claiming to enter agricultural lands under the laws providing for preemption or homestead entries, such person shall file with the register of the proper land-office a notice of his or her intentionNotice of final proof. to make such proof, stating therein the description of lands to be entered, and the names of the witnesses by whom the necessary facts will be established.
Publication.Upon the filing of such notice, the register shall publish a notice, that such application has been made once a week for the period of thirty days, in a newspaper to be by him designated as published nearest to such land, and he shall also post such notice in some conspicuous place in his office for the same period. Such notice shall contain the names of the witnesses as stated in the application. At the expiration of said period of thirty days, the claimant shall be entitled to make proof in the manner heretofore provided by law.
The Secretary of the Interior shall make all necessary rules for giving effect to the foregoing provisions. Approved, March 3, 1879.