Chapter 6. To authorize absence by homestead settlers and entrymen, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 6.— An Act To authorize absence by homestead settlers and entrymen, and for other purposes. December 20, 1917.[[S. 2334](/us/bill/65/s/2334).][[Public, No. 94](/us/pl/65/91).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public lands.Homesteaders allowed leave of absence for farm labor elsewhere. That during the pendency of the existing war any homestead settler or entryman shall be entitled to a leave of absence from his land for the purpose of performing farm labor, and such absence, while actually engaged in farm labor, shall, upon compliance with the terms of this Act, be counted as constructive *Provisos*.Notice before leaving claim.residence: *Provided*, That each settler or entryman within fifteen days after leaving his claim for the purpose herein provided shall file notice thereof in the United States Land Office, and at the expiration of the calendar year file in said land office of the district wherein his claim is situated a written statement, under oath and corroborated by two witnesses, giving the date or dates when he left his claim, date or 431dates of return thereto, and where and for whom he was engaged in farm labor during such period or periods of absence: *Provided further*, Cultivation, etc., required.That nothing herein shall excuse any homestead settler or entryman from making improvements or performing the cultivation required by applicable law upon his claim or entry: *Provided further*, That the Restricted to present applications.provisions of this Act shall apply only to homestead settlers and entrymen who may have filed their application prior to the passage of this Act.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to provide rules and regulations for carrying this Act into effect. Approved, December 20, 1917.