If I do not occupy too much time. I will explain them as here prescribed. Section 2259 provides thatEvery person. being the head of a family. or widow. or single person. over the age of twentyone years. and a citizen of the United States. or having filed a declaration of intention to become such. as required by the naturalization laws. who has made. or hereafter makes. a settlement in person on the public lands subject to preemption. and who inhabits and improves the same. and who has erected or shall erect a dwelling thereon. is authorized to enter with the register of the land office for the district in which such land lies. by legal subdivisions. any number of acres not exceeding 160. or a quartersection of land. to include the residence of such claimant. upon paying to the United States the minimum price of such land. In section 2260 it is provided: The following classes of persons. unless otherwise specially provided for by law. shall not acquire any right of preemption under the provisions of the preceding section. to wit: First. No person who is the proprietor of 320 acres of land in any State or Territory.
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