I desire to ask the Senator from Vermont the same question I asked the Senator from Florida. because I believe he knows everything about the law. I ask whether or not these lands are open to everybody. or whether the limitations put on them by the act of 1862 still remain ? The act of 1862 to secure homesteads to actual settlers provides: That any person who is the head of a family. or who has arrived at the age of twentyone years. and is a citien of the United States. or who shall havefilod his declaration of intention to become such. as required by the naturalization laws of the United States. and who has never borne arms against the United States Government or given aid and comfort to its enemies. shall. from and after the let of January. 1863. be entitled to enter onequarter section or a less quantity of unappropriated public lands. &c. Section 2 provides: That the person applying for the benefit of this act shall. upon application to the register of the land office in which he or she is about to make such entry. make affidavit before the said register or receiver that he or she is the head of a family.
Keywords matched
naturalization