 | Girart Hewitt - Land settlement - 1869 - 74 pages
...owner of" 160 acres by paying the sum of ten dollars and the fees of the land officer, provided he be a citizen of the United States or has declared his intention to become such;" and it further provides that "w« land acquired under the provisions of this act shall in any event become... | |
 | Iowa. Board of Immigration - Iowa - 1870 - 112 pages
...Register or Receiver that he is over twenty-one years of age, or the head of a family ; that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such, and that the entry is made for his exclusive use and benefit, and for actual settlement and cultivation. It is not, however,... | |
 | W.W.Lester - 1870 - 404 pages
...Register or Receiver that he is over the age of twenty-one, or the head of a family ; that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such, and that the entry is made for his exclusive use and benefit and for actual settlement and cultivation. 15. Where the applicant... | |
 | United States. General Land Office - Land grants - 1870 - 44 pages
...Register or Receiver that he is over the age of twenty-one, or the head of a family ; that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such, and that the entry is made for his exclusive use and benefit and for actual settlement and cultivation. 15. Where the applicant... | |
 | Minnesota - 1870 - 84 pages
...the Register or Receiver that he is over the age of 21 years, or the head of a family; that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such; and that the entry is made for his exclusive use and benefit, and for actual settlement and cultivation. This affidavit may... | |
 | Massachusetts - Session laws - 1870 - 536 pages
...that to the best knowledge and belief of such mayor or selectmen, the applicant therein named, is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and is of good repute for morals and integrity. The mayor or selectmen,... | |
 | J. H. Hawes - Public lands - 1873 - 234 pages
...applicable to any other tract. THE HOMESTEAD LAW, WHO ARE ENTITLED TO ITS BENEFITS. Any person who is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such under the laws of the United States, and who is : 1st. The head of a family. 2d. Who has arrived at... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1874 - 1324 pages
...of sutfrage is conferred upon every male person of the age of 21 years and upward, provided he be a citizen of the United States or has declared his intention to become such, and has resided in Florida for one year, and in the county where his vote is offered for six months next... | |
 | Charles Bancroft - Constitutional history - 1875 - 744 pages
...applicant must swear that he is the head of a family, or over the age of twenty-one, a citizen, or has f declared his intention to become such; and that the...benefit, and for actual settlement and cultivation. When an applicant has made actual settlement upon the land he desires, he must make affidavit of the... | |
 | United States. Dept. of the Interior - 1875
...the register or receiver that he is over the age of twenty-one, or the bead of a family; that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such; and that the entry is made for his exclusive use and benefit, and for uctual settlement and cultivation ; and must pay the... | |
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... that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such... 
