Chapter 14. Extending the time for certain homesteaders to establish residence upon their lands
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CHAP. 14.— An Act Extending the time for certain homesteaders to establish residence upon their lands. January 28, 1910.[[H. R. 16223](/us/bill/61/hr/16223).][[Public, No. 23](/us/pl/61/23).] *Be it enacted by the Senate an d House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all persons who haveHomestead settlers.Time extended to establish residence by certain.*Post*, p. 903. heretofore made homestead entries in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming, and the Territory of New Mexico, where the period in which they were, or are, required by law to make entry under declaratory statement or establish residence expired or expires after December first, nineteen hundred and nine, are hereby granted until May fifteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, within which to make entry or establish residence upon the lands so entered by them: *Provided*, That*Provisos*.Regular period not shortened. this extension of time shall not shorten either the period of commutation or of actual residence under the homestead law: *Provided further*, That this Act shall not apply to an adverse claim established byAdverse claims excluded. entry and residence after the expiration of the time allowed for establishing residence of the first entryman, and prior to the passage of this Act.
Sec. 2. That homestead entrymen or settlers upon the public domainLeaves of absence granted. in the States above named are hereby granted a leave of absence from their land for a period of three months from the date of the approval of this Act: *Provided*, That the period of actual absence under this*Proviso*.No deduction from regular period. Act shall not be deducted from the full time of residence required by law. Approved, January 28, 1910.