Chapter 51. Providing that the marriage of a homestead entryman to a homestead entry woman shall not impair the right of either to a patent, after compliance with the law a year, to apply to existing entries
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CHAP. 51.— An Act Providing that the marriage of a homestead entryman to a homestead entry woman shall not impair the right of either to a patent, after compliance with the law a year, to apply to existing entries. April 6, 1914.[[H. R. 11102](/us/bill/63/hr/11102).][[Public, No. 81](/us/pl/63/81).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public lands.Marriage of homestead entryman to entry woman not to impair patents.
That the marriage of a homestead entryman to a homestead entrywoman after each shall have fulfilled the requirements of the homestead law for one year next preceding such marriage shall not impair the right of either to a patent, but the husband shall elect, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, on which of the two entries the homo shall thereafter be made, and residence thereon by the husband and wife shall constitute a compliance with the residence *Proviso.*Existing entries included.requirements upon each entry: *Provided*, That the provisions hereof apply to existing entries.
Approved, April 6, 1914.