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 CIRCULAR No. 289 
 
 GENERAL LAND OFFICE 
 
 REGULATIONS 
 
 UNDER 
 
 TIMBER AND STONE LAW 
 
 (Act of June 3, 1878, and Acts Amendatory) 
 
 (APPROVED NOVEMBER 80. 1908) 
 
 REVISED AND APPROVED JANUARY 2, 1914 
 Reprinted March 1, 1916, with amendmenta 
 
 /rRSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
 ' LC3 ANGELES 
 
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 WASHINGTON 
 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
 
 1916
 
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 KIiGliLATIONS UNDER TIMBER AND STONE EAW. 
 
 Department of the Interior, 
 
 General Land Office, 
 Washington, D. C, November 30, 1908. 
 
 Registers and Receivers, 
 
 United States Land Offices. 
 Sirs: The regulations under the act of June 3, 1878 (20 Stat., 89), 
 and amendatory acts, commonly known as the timber and stone law, 
 are hereby revised, modified, and reissued as follows: 
 
 PROVISION FOR APPRAISEMENT. 
 
 Any land subject to sale under the foregoing acts may, under the 
 direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon appli- 
 cation or otherwise, be appraised by smallest legal subdivisions, at 
 their reasonable value, but at not less than S2.50 per acre; and here- 
 after no sales shall be made under said acts except as provided in 
 these regulations. 
 
 CHARACTER OF LANDS SUBJECT TO ENTRY. 
 
 All unreserved, unappropriated, nonmineral, siu'veyed public lands 
 within the public-land States, which are valuable chiefly for the 
 timber or stone thereon and unfit for cultivation at the date of sale, 
 may be sold under this act at their appraised value, but in no case at 
 less than $2.50 per acre, in contiguous legal subdivisions upon which 
 there is no existing mining claun or the improvements of any bona 
 fide settler clauning under the public-land laws. The terms used in 
 this statement may be defined substantially as follows for the purpose 
 of construing and applying this law: 
 
 2. Unreserved and unapprojirmted lat^ds are lands which are not 
 included within any military, Indian, or other reservation, or in a 
 national forest, or in a withdrawal by the Government for reclama- 
 tion or other purposes, or which are not coveretl or embraced in any 
 entry, location, selection, or filing which withdraws them from the 
 public domain. 
 
 3. Unoccupied lands are lands belonging to the United States upon 
 which there are no improvements belonging to any person who has 
 initiated and is properly maintaining a valid mining or other claim 
 
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 4 REGULATIONS UNDER TIMBER AND STONE LAW. 
 
 to such lands under the public-land laws. Abandoned and unused 
 mines, shafts, tunnels, or buildings occupied by mere trespassers 
 not seeking title under an}^ law of the United States, do not prevent 
 timber and stone entries if the land is otherwise capable of being so 
 entered. 
 
 4. Nonmineral lands are such lands as are not known to contain 
 any substance recognized and classed by standard authorities as 
 mmeral, in such quantities and of such qualities as would, with reason- 
 able prospects of success in developing a paying mine thereon, induce 
 a person of ordmary prudence to expend the time and money neces- 
 sary to such development. 
 
 5. Timber is defined as trees of such kind and quantity, regardless 
 of size, as may be used in constructing buildings, irrigation works, 
 raiboads, telegraph and telephone lines, tramways, canals, or fences, 
 or in timbering shafts and tunnels or in manufacturing, but does not 
 include trees suitable for fuel only. 
 
 6. Lands valuable chiefly for timber, but unfit for cultivation, are 
 lands which are more valuable for timber than they are for cultiva- 
 tion in the condition in which they exist at the date of the application 
 to purchase, and therefore include lands which could be made more 
 valuable for cultivation by cutting and clearing them of timber. 
 The relative values for timber or cultivation must be determined 
 from conditions of the land existing at the date of the application to 
 purchase. 
 
 7. Lands may be entered under the timber and stone acts, except 
 as denied by special laws, in all of the public-land States; but such 
 entries may not be made in Alaska. 
 
 BY WHOM ENTRIES MAY BE MADE. 
 
 8. One timber and stone entry may be made for not more than 160 
 acres (a) by any person who is a citizen of the United States, or who 
 has declared his intention to become such citizen, if he is not under 
 21 years of age, and has not already exliausted his right by reason of 
 a former application for an entry of that kind, or has not already 
 acquired title to or is not claimmg under the homestead or desert- 
 land laws through settlement or entry made since August 30, 1890, 
 any other lands which, with the land he applies for, would aggregate 
 more than 320 acres; or (b) by an association of such persons; or (c) 
 by a corporation, each of whose stockholders is so qualified. 
 
 9. A married woman may make entry if the laws of the State in 
 which she applies permit married women to purchase and hold for 
 themselves real estate, but she must make the entry for her own ben- 
 efit, and not in the interest of her husband or any other person.
 
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 METHOD OF OBTAINING TITLE. 
 
 10. Any qualified person may obtain title uiidcr the timber and 
 stone law by performing the following acts: (a) Personally examining 
 the land desired; (b) presenting an application and sworn statement, 
 accompanied by a filing fee of $10; (c) depositing with the receiver 
 the appraised price of the land ; (d) publishing notice of his application 
 and proof; (e) making final proof. 
 
 11. Examination of the land must be made by the applicant in 
 person not more than 30 days before the date of his application, in 
 order that he may knowingly swear to its character and condition. 
 
 APPLICATION AND SWORN STATEMENT: DEPOSIT. 
 
 12. The application and sworn statement tnust contain the applicant's 
 estimate of the timber, based on examination, and his valuation of 
 the land and the timber thereon, by separate items. (See Form A, 
 Appendix.) It must be executed in duplicate, after having been read 
 to or by the applicant, in the presence of the officer administermg the 
 oath, and sworn to by liim before such officer, who may be either the 
 register or the receiver of the land district in which the land is located, 
 a United States commissioner, a judge or a clerk of a court of record 
 m the county or parish in which the land is situated, or one of these 
 officers outside of that comity or parish, if he is nearer and more acces- 
 sible to the land than any other qualified officer and has his office or 
 place of business witliin the land district in which the land is located. 
 Each applicant must, at the time he presents liis application and 
 sworn statement, deposit with the receiver a fdmg fee of $10. 
 
 13. Applications by associations or corporations must, in addition to 
 the facts recited in the foregoing statement, show that each person 
 forming the association or holding stock in the corporation is qualified 
 to make entry in liis own right and that he is not a member of any 
 other association or a stockholder in any other corporation which has 
 filed an application or sworn statement for otiior lands under the 
 timber and stone laws. 
 
 DISPOSITION OF APPLICATION. 
 
 14. After application and deposit Jmve been fled in pro])or form, as 
 required by these regulations, the register and receiver \nll at once 
 forward one copy of the application to the chief of field division 
 having jurisdiction of the land described, who, if he fmds legal 
 objection to the allowance of the application, will return it to them 
 \\Titli report thereon. The register and receiver ^^■ill, if they concur in 
 an adverse recommendation of the chief of field division, dismiss or 
 deii}^ the application, subject to the apjilicant's right of appeal; but 
 if the,y disagree with his recommendation they will forward the
 
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 record to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with their 
 report and opinion thereon, for such action as he may deem aavisable. 
 If the chief of field division finds no such legal objection to the 
 application, he shall cause the lands applied for to be appraised by 
 an officer or employee of the Government. (Designation of Ap- 
 praiser, Form B, Appendix.) 
 
 APPRAISEMENT: METHOD. 
 
 15. The officer or employee designated to make the appraisement 
 must personally visit the lands to be appraised and thoroughly exam- 
 ine every legal subdivision thereof, and the timber thereon, and 
 appraise separately the several kinds of timber at their stumpage 
 value, and the land independent of the timber at its value at the 
 time of appraisement, but the total appraisement of both land and 
 timber must not be less than $2.50 per acre. He must, in making his 
 report, consider the quantity, quality, accessibility, and any other 
 elements of the value of the land and the timber thereon. The 
 appraisement must be made by smallest legal subdivisions, or the 
 report must show that the valuation of the land and the estimate of 
 the timber apply to each and every subdivision appraised, (See 
 Form C, Appendix.) 
 
 APPRAISEMENT: MANNER OF RETURN: APPROVAL. 
 
 16. The completed appraisement must be mailed or delivered per- 
 sonally to the chief of field division under whose supervision it was 
 made, and not to the applicant. Each appraisement upon which an 
 entry is to be allowed must be approved, respectively or conjointly, 
 as provided in these regulations, by the chief of field division under 
 whose supervision it was made, by the register and receiver who 
 allow the entry, or by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. 
 
 APPRAISEMENT: DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN APPRAISING AND 
 APPROVING OFFICERS: HOW DETERMINED. 
 
 17. The chief of field division will return to the appraiser, with his 
 objections, an appraisement which he deems materially low or high, 
 and the appraiser shall within 20 days from the receipt thereof, 
 resubmit the papers, with such modifications or explanations as he 
 may deem advisable or proper, upon receipt of which the chief of 
 field division wiU either approve the schedule as then submitted, or 
 forward the papers to the register and receiver, wdth liis memorandum 
 of objection. The register and receiver will thereupon consider the 
 case. If they approve the appraisement, they wall sign the certificate 
 appended thereto, and advise the chief of field division thereof. If 
 the register and r'^ceiver approve the objection of the chief of field
 
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 division, they will so indicate, and if the appraising ofRcer is ar. 
 employee of the Interior Department, under the supervision of the 
 chief of field division, they t\'ill return the papers t<j the chief of field 
 division, who will thereupon order a new appraisement by a different 
 officer. If, however, the register and receiver approve the objection 
 of the chief of field division, when the appraiser is an officer of another 
 bureau of this department, or of another department, they will for- 
 ward the record of the case to the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Odice, who will then determine the controversy. 
 
 APPRAISEMENT: NOTATION AND EFFECT THEREOF. 
 
 18. When the a'pyraisement is comjyleted, the register and receiver 
 will note the price on their records, and thereafter the land will be 
 sold at such price only, under the provisions of the timber and stone 
 acts, unless the land shall have been reappraised in the manner pro- 
 vided herein. 
 
 FAILURE TO APPRAISE: RIGHTS OF APPLICANT: HOW 
 
 TERMINATED. 
 
 19. <^ Unless the land department, as hereinbefore provided, or 
 otherwise, as directed by the Secretary of the Interior, shall appraise 
 any land applied for under these regulations within nine months from 
 the date of filing of such application, the applicant may, at any time 
 thereafter not later than 30 days from service of notice of such failme 
 to appraise, deposit the amount, not less than $2,50 per acre, speci- 
 fied in his application as the reasonable value of the land and the 
 timber thereon, with the receiver, provided no appraisement shall 
 have been filed prior to such deposit, and thereupon will be allowed 
 to proceed with his application to purchase as though the appraise- 
 ment had been regularly made. Where appraisement is not made 
 within nine months, as herein provided, the register and receiver will 
 promptly so notify the applicant by registered mail and of his rights 
 hereunder. The failure of the applicant to make the required deposit 
 within the time allowed will terminate his rights without further notice. 
 
 NOTICE OF APPRAISEMENT: PAYMENT OR PROTEST. 
 
 20. If the appraisement shows the land, or any subdivision thereof, 
 to be subject to entry, the register and receiver will note its appraised 
 price on their records, and will immediately inform the applicant 
 that he must, within 30 days from service of notice, deposit with the 
 receiver, either in lawful money, in post-office money orders payable 
 to the receiver, in cert ified checks drawn in favor of the receiver 
 which can be cashed without cost to the Government, or as provided 
 in paragraph 36 hereof, the appraised price of the land, or of said part, 
 and the timber thereon, or within said time file his protest against 
 the appraisement, depositing with the receiver a sum sufficient to 
 
 a Amended Feb. 19, 1916.
 
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 defray the expenses of a reappraisement (which sum, not less than $100, 
 must be fixed by the register and receiver and specified in the notice 
 to the apphcant), together with his apphcation for reappraisement at 
 his own expense. (See Form D, Appendix.) 
 
 * If the register and receiver reject the apphcation as to part or 
 all of the land, upon the ground that the appraisement shows it not 
 to be subject to timber and stone entry, applicant may within 30 
 days submit a showing by affidavit, corroborated by at least two wit- 
 nesses having actual knowledge of the character of the land, setting 
 forth facts which tend to disprove the appraisement and that it is 
 chiefly valuable for the timber and stone thereon, and if a prima facie 
 showing is made, thereupon a hearing shall be ordered to determine 
 the facts, after a date has been fixed for the same by agreement 
 between the chief of field division and the register and receiver. 
 
 Notice must be given by registered letter and the envelope should 
 be marked for return if not delivered within 30 days. If notice be 
 returned after being held in the post office for 30 days, such proceed- 
 ings will constitute constructive notice for 30 days. 
 
 After 30 days' notice has been had, if no deposit of the price has 
 been made, or protest against the aj^praisement has been fUed as to 
 lands found subject to entry, and no application for hearing or appeal 
 has been filed as to lands found not subject to entry, the register and 
 receiver shall close the case on their records, all rights under the 
 application being terminated without notice. 
 
 OBJECTION TO APPRAISEMENT: APPLICATION FOR 
 REAPPRAISEMENT. 
 
 21. Any apj^licant filing his protest against an appraisement, and 
 his application for reappraisement, must support it by his affidavit, 
 corroborated by two competent, credible, and disinterested persons, 
 in which he must set forth specifically his objections to the appraise- 
 ment. He must indicate his consent that the amount deposited by 
 him for the reappraisement, or such part thereof as is necessary, may 
 be expended therefor, without any claim on his part for a refund or 
 return of the money thus expended. 
 
 REAPPRAISEMENT. 
 
 22. Vyon the receipt of a protest against appraisement and application 
 for reappraisement conforming to the regulations herein, the register 
 and receiver will transmit such protest and apphcation to the chief of 
 
 * field division, who will cause the reappraisement to be made by some 
 officer other than the one making the original appraisement. The pro- 
 cedure provided herein for appraisement will be followed for reappraise- 
 ment, except the latter, if differing from the former, must, to give it 
 effect, be approved both by the chief of field division and the register 
 and receiver, or, in case of disagreement between them, by the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office. (Form E, Appendix.) 
 
 a Amended Dec. 20, 1915.
 
 BEGULATIONS UNDER UMBER AND STONE LAW. 9 
 
 NOTICE OF APPRAISEMENT. 
 
 23. When a rcappraiscmcnt is liiuilly effected, th<' rof^istcr and 
 receiver will note the reappraised price on tli<nr records, and at once 
 notify the appUcant that h<' must, within 30 days from the date of 
 notice, de])osit with the rec<'iver the amount fixed by suchrcap- 
 ])raisoment for the sale of the land, or thereafter, and without notice, 
 forfeit all rights under his application. (Form F, Appendix.) 
 
 COST OF MAKING REAPPRAISEMENT. 
 
 24. The oilicer or em])loyee of the United States making the 
 rcap])raiscment shall be })ai(l from the amount dej)osited wdth the 
 receiver by the a])])hcant therefor, the salary, per diem, and other 
 expenses to which he would have been entitled from the Govern- 
 ment, in the case of an original appraisem<>nt, for liis serivces for the 
 tune he was engaged in making and returning the reappraisement. 
 The receiver will, out of the money deposited by the appHcant, pay 
 such compensation including reasonable ex]>enses for subsistence, 
 transportation, and necessary assistants; and the officer will deduct 
 from his expense account with the Government the amount which 
 lie has received from the receiver for such services. The receiver 
 will return to the applicant the amount, if any, remaining on deposit 
 with hun after paymg the expenses of said reappraisement. 
 
 FINAL PROOF. 
 
 25. After the appraisement or reapi)raisement and deposit of 
 purchase money and fee have been made the register vdll fix a time 
 and i)lace for the offering of final proof, and namc^ the officer before 
 whom it shall be offered and ])ost a notice thereof in the land oflice 
 and deliver a copy of the notice to the applicant, to be by him and at 
 his expense pubUshed in the newspaper of accredited standing and 
 general cu-culation publislunl nearest the land applied for. This 
 notice must be continuously published in th(> ]>aper for 60 daj's 
 ])rior to the date named th<>rein as the day ui)on which final proof 
 must be offered. (Form G, Appendix.) 
 
 TIME, PLACE, AND METHOD OF MAKING FINAL PROOF. 
 
 26. Final proof should be made at thv time and place mentioned in 
 the notice, and, as a part thereof, evidence of })ublieatiou, as required 
 by the ])revious paragraph, should also be filed. If final proof is not 
 made on that day or within 10 days thereafter, the ap})licant may 
 lose his right to complete <>ntry of the land. Upon satisfactory show- 
 ing, however, explaining the cause of his failm-e to make the proof as 
 above rc^quired, and in the absence of advei-se claim, the Commis- 
 sioner of the General Land Oilice may authorize him to readvertise 
 
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 and complete entry under his previous application, (See Form H, 
 Appendix.) 
 
 FINAL ENTRY. 
 
 27. Aftor an appraisement or reappraisement has been approved, 
 the payments made, and satisfactory proof submitted in any case as 
 required by these regulations, the register and receiver will, if no 
 protest or contest is pending, allow a final entry. 
 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
 CONTESTS AND PROTESTS. 
 
 28. Protest may be filed at any time before an entry is allowed, 
 and contest may be filed at any time before patent issues, by any per- 
 son who will furnish the register and receiver with a corroborated 
 affidavit alleging facts sufficient to cause the cancellation of the entry, 
 and will pay the cost of contest. 
 
 FALSE SWEARING FORFEITURE. 
 
 29. If an applicant swear falsely in his application or sworn state- 
 ment, he will be liable to indictment and punishment for perjury; 
 and if he be guilty of false swearing or attempted fraud in connection 
 with his efforts to obtain title, his application and entry will be dis- 
 allowed and all moneys paid by him will be forfeited to the Govern- 
 ment, and his rights under the timber and stone acts will be ex- 
 hausted. 
 
 EFFECT OF APPLICATION TO PURCHASE. 
 
 30. After an application has leen presented hereunder no other 
 person will be permitted to file on the land embraced therein under 
 an}^ public-land law until such application shall have been finally 
 disposed of adverse to the applicant. 
 
 31. Lands appraised or reappraised hereunder, but not sold, may, 
 upon the final disallowance of the application, be enterea by any 
 qualified person, under the provisions of the timber and stone laws, 
 at its appraised or reappraised value, if subject thereto. 
 
 32. Lands applied for hut not appraised and noc entered under 
 these regulations -may, when the rights of the applicant are finally 
 terminated, be disposed of as though such application had not been 
 filed. 
 
 33. Any lands which have not heen reappraised may be reappraised 
 upon the request of an applicant therefor under these regulations 
 who complies with the requirements of section 21 hereof. 
 
 34. An applicant securing a reappraisement under these regula- 
 tions shall acquire thereby no right or privilege except that of pur-
 
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 chasiiit; the lands at tlu-ir reappraised value, if he is qualified, and 
 if the huids ari" subject to sale under liis application; and he must 
 otherwise comply with these regulations, but shall not, in any event, 
 be ent itled to the return of any money deposited by him and expended 
 in such I'eappraisement. 
 
 35. Tlie Corrtmissioner of the General Land Office may at any time 
 direct the reappraisemcnt of any tract or tracts of public lands, 
 when, in his opinion, the conditions warrant such action. 
 
 36. Unsatisfied military bounty land warrants under any act of 
 Congress and unsatisfied indemnity certificates of location under 
 the act of Congress approved June 2, 1858, properly assigned to the 
 applicant, shall be receivable as cash in payment or part payment 
 for lands purchased hereunder at the rate of $1.25 per acre. 
 
 37. These regulations shall be effective on and after December 1, 
 1908, but all applications to purchase legally pending on November 30, 
 1908, may be completed by compliance with the regulations in force 
 at the time such applications were filed. 
 
 38. The forms mentioned hereui and included in the appendix 
 hereto shall be a part of these regulations. 
 
 ENTRY OF STONE LANDS. 
 
 39. The foregoing regulations apply to entries of lands chiefly 
 valuable for stone, and the forms herein prescribed can be modified 
 in such maimer as may be necessary to the making of entries of stone 
 lands. 
 
 FORMER REGin.ATIONS REVOKED. 
 
 40. ^Vll former regulations, decisions, and practices in conflict with 
 these legulations are hereby revoked. 
 
 Revised January 2, 1914. 
 
 Very respectfully, Clay Tallmax, Commissioner, 
 
 Revision a])j)roved January 2, 1914: 
 Andrieus a. Jones, 
 
 First Assistant Secretary.
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Acts relating to Timber and Stone Entries. 
 
 AN ACT For the sale of timber lands in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and 
 
 in Washington Territory. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
 States of America in Congress assembled, That surveyed piil)lic lands of 
 tlie United States within the States of Cahfornia, Oregon, and Nevada, 
 and m Washington Territory, not inchided within military, Indian, 
 or other reservations of the United States, valuable chiefly for timber, 
 but unfit for cultivation, and which have not been offered at pubHc 
 sale, according to law, may be sold to citizens of the United States, or 
 persons who have declared their intention to become such, in cpian- 
 tities not exceedmg one hundred and sixty acres to any one person or 
 association of persons, at the muiinium price of two dollars and fifty 
 cents per acre; and lands valuable chiefly for stone may be sold on 
 the same terms as thnber lands: Provided, That nothing herein con- 
 tained shall defeat or impair any bona fide claim under any law of the 
 United States, or authorize the sale of any minhig claim, or the 
 improvements of any bona fide settler, or lands contammg gold, silver, 
 cmnabar, co])per, or coal, or lands selected by the said States under any 
 law of the United States donatmg lands for internal improvements, 
 education, or other purposes: And provided further, That none of the 
 rights confeiTed by the act approved July twentj'-sLxth, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-six, entitled "iVn act grantmg the right of way to 
 ditch and canal owners over the public lands, ancl for other purposes," 
 shall be abrogated by this act; and all patents granted shall be sub- 
 ject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and 
 reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have 
 been acquired under and by the provisions of said act ; and such rights 
 shall be expressly reserved in any patent issued under this act. 
 
 Sec. 2. That any person deskmg to avail himself of the provisions 
 of this act shall file with the register of the proper district a written 
 statement in duT)licate, one of which is to be transmitted to the 
 General Land Oflice, designating by legal subdivisions the particular 
 tract of land he deskes to purchase, settmg forth that the same is 
 unfit for cultivation, and valuable chiefly for its timber or stone; that 
 it is uninhabited; contains no mmhig or other improvements, except 
 for ditch or canal pur|)oses, where any such do exist, save such as 
 were made by or belonged to the apphcant, nor, as deponent verily 
 beheves, any valuable deposit of gold, silver, cmnabar, copper, or 
 coal; that cleponent has made no other application under this act; 
 that he does not apply to purchase the same on speculation, but in 
 good faith to appropriate it to his own exclusive use and benefit, and 
 that he has not, directly or mdu-ectly, made any agreement or con- 
 tract, in any way or manner, with any person or persons whatsoever, 
 by which the title which he might acquire from the Government of the 
 United States should inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of any 
 person except himself; which statement must be verified by the oath 
 of the apphcant before the register or the receiver of the land office 
 
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 REGULATIONS UNDER TIMBER AND STONE LAW. 13 
 
 within the district wlicrc the hmd Is situated; and if any person 
 takiiii; siK-li oath sliall swear falsely in the ])reniLses, ho shall be sub- 
 ject to all the paius and })eualties of perjury, and shall forfeit the 
 money which he may have ])aid for said lands, and all n<j:ht and title 
 to the same; and any ojant or conveyance wliich ho may have made, 
 exce])t hi the hands of bona fide purchasers, shall be null and void. 
 
 Sec. 3. That upon the fihn^ of said statement, as ])rovidud hi the 
 second section of this act, the register of the hmd office shall post a 
 notice of such ap])lication, embracino; a description of the land bv 
 lep:al subdivLsions, hi his office, for a period of sixty days, and shall 
 furnish the apphcant a co])y of the same for pubhcation, at the 
 expense of such a})})hcant, in a news])aper ])ubhshed nearest the loca- 
 tion of the premises, for a hke period of tune; and after tlie exph-ation 
 of said sixty days, if no adverse clahii shall have been filed, the person 
 desirui*; to jiurchase shall furnkh to the register of the land office 
 satisfactory evitlence, first, that said notice of the api)lication pre- 
 pared by the register as aforesaid was duly pubhshed iu a newsi)aper 
 as herein required; secondly, that the land is of the character con- 
 templated hi thl^ act, unoccupied and without unprovements, other 
 than those excepted, either mmhig or agricultural, and that it 
 ap])ar(Mitly contams no valuable deposits of gold, silver, chinabar, 
 co])per, or coal ; and u])oii ])ayment to the proper officer of the jnirchase 
 money of said land, together with the tees of the register and the 
 receiver, as provided for in case of mhihig clahns hi the twelfth section 
 of the act a])proved May tenth, eighteen huncbed and seventy-two, 
 the applicant may be permitted to enter said tract, and, on the trans- 
 mission to the General Land Office of the papers and testmiony m the 
 case, a patent shall issue thereon; Provided, That any person having 
 a valid claim to any portion of the land may object, in WTituig, totlie 
 issuance of a patent to lands so held by hun, stating the nature of his 
 clahn thereto; and evidence shall be taken and the merits of said 
 objection shall be determined by the officers of the land office, subject 
 to a])])eal, as hi other land cases. Effect shaU be given to the fore- 
 going provisions of this act l)y regulations to be prescribed by the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office. 
 
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 Sec. 6. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent ^\^th the pro- 
 visions of this act are hereby re])ealed. 
 Approved, June 3, 1878. (20 Stat., 89.) 
 
 AN ACT To authorize the entry of lands chiofly vahiable for building stone under the 
 
 placer mining laws. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Hepresentatives of the United 
 States of America in Congress assenibltd, That any person authorised 
 to enter lands under the minhig laws of the Uniteil States may enter 
 lands that are chieily valuable for building stone under the provisions 
 of the law hi relation to j^huer mineral clahns: Provided, That lands 
 reserved for the benefit of the pubhc schools or donated to any State 
 shall not be subject to entry under this act. 
 
 Sec. 2. That an act entitled "An act for the sale of tunl>er lands in 
 the States of California, Oregon. Xevaila. and Washhigton Territory.'' 
 approved June thkd, eighteen humh-ed and seventy-eight, be, and the
 
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 same is hereby, amended by striking out the words "States of Cali- 
 fornia. Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory," where the same 
 occur in the second and thuxl lines of said act, and insert in lieu 
 thereof the words "])ubhc-land States," the purpose of this act bemg 
 to make said act of June third, eighteen hundi'ed and seventy-eight, 
 apphcable to all the pubHc-land States. 
 
 Sec. 3. That nothmg m this act shall be construed to repeal section 
 twenty-four of the act entitled ''An act to repeal timber-culture laws, 
 and for other purposes," approved March thhd, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-one. 
 
 Approved, August 4, 1892. (27 Stat., 348.) 
 
 AN ACT To provide for the location and satisfaction of outstanding military bounty 
 land warrants and certificates of location under section three of the act approved. 
 June second, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Mepresentatives of the United 
 States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the 
 benefits now given thereto b}'- law, all unsatisfied military bounty 
 land warrants under any act of Congress, and unsatisfied indemnity 
 certificates of location under the act of Congress approved June 
 second, eighteen hmidred and fifty-eight, whether heretofore or 
 hereafter issued, shall be receivable at the rate of $1.25 per acre in 
 payment or part pa^aiient for any lands entered under the desert -land 
 law of ]\Iarch tliird, eighteen hundred and eighty- [seventy-] seven, 
 entitled "An act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain 
 States and Territories," and the amendments thereto, the timber- 
 culture law of ^larch third, eighteen hundred and seventy-tliree, 
 entitled "An act to encourage the growth of timber on the Western 
 prairies," and the amendments thereto; the timber and stone law of 
 June tliird, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled "An act for 
 the sale of timber lands in the States of California, Oregon, Ne- 
 braska, and Wasliington Territory," and the amendments thereto, or 
 for lands which may be sold at public auction, except such lands as 
 shall have been, purchased from any Indian tribe within ten years last 
 past. 
 
 Approved, December 13, 1894. (28 Stat., 594.) 
 
 AN ACT To abolish the distinction between offered and unoffcred lands, and for other 
 
 purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United 
 States of America in Congress assembled, That in cases arising from 
 and after the passage of this act the distinction noAv obtaining in the 
 statutes between offered and unoffered lands shall no h)nger be mado 
 in passing upon subsisting preemption claims, in disposing of the 
 pubhc lands under the homestead laws, and under the timber and 
 stone law of June third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, as 
 extended by the act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and nmety- 
 two, but in all such cases hereafter arising the land in (question shall 
 be treated as unoffered, without regard to whether it may have 
 actually been at some time offered or not. 
 
 ^tf ^t* %^ ^f *^ *^ *^ 
 
 Approved, May 18, 1898. (30 Stat., 418.)
 
 REGULATIONS UNDER TIMliER ANb SXONfc LAW. 16 
 
 AN ACT To aiiK'nd tli«; act of ( "onf^ress of March eleventh, uiuetccn liuudrod and two, 
 
 relating to homesteads. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oftJie United 
 States of America in Congress assembled, That an act entitled "An 
 act to amend section twenty-two hundred and ninety-four of the 
 Kevised Statutes of the United States." approved March eleventh, 
 nineteen hundred and two, be, and the same is hereby, amended to 
 read as follows: 
 
 "That section twenty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised 
 Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so 
 as to read as follows: 
 
 " 'Sec. 2294. That hereafter all proofs, affida\its, and oaths of any 
 Idnd whatsoever requu'ed to be made by applicants and entr}nnt'n 
 under the homestead, preemption, limber-culture, desert -land, and 
 tind)er and stone acts, may, m addition to those now authorized to 
 take such affidavits, proofs, and oaths, be made before any United 
 States commissioner or commissioner of the court exercising Federal 
 juiisdiction in the Territory, or i)eforo the judge or clerk of any court 
 of record hi the comity, parish, or land district in which the lands are 
 situated: Provided, That in case the affidavits, proofs, and oaths 
 herembefore mentioned be taken out of the county in which the land 
 is located the applicant must show by affiilavit, satisfactory to the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office, that it was taken before 
 the nearest or most accessible officer qualified to take said affidavits, 
 proofs, and oaths in the land districts hi which the lands appUed for 
 are located; but sucli showhig by affidavit need not be made in 
 making ffiial proof if the proof be taken in the to\\Ti or city where the 
 newspaper is published in which the final proof-notice is printed. 
 The proof, affidavit, and oath, when so made and duly subscribed, or 
 which may have heretofore been so made and duly subscribed, shall 
 have the same force and effect as if made before the register and 
 receiver, when transmitted to them %vith the fees and commissions 
 allowed and required by law. That if any witness making such 
 proof, or any applicant making such affidavit or oath, shall knoA\*ingly, 
 willfully, or corruptly swear falsely to any material matter contained 
 in said proofs, affichivits, or oaths he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, 
 and shall be liable to the same pains and penalties as if he had sworn 
 falsely before the register. That the fees for entries and for final 
 proofs, when made before any other officer than the register and 
 receiver, shall be as follows: 
 
 " 'For each affithivit, 25 cents. 
 
 " 'For each deposition of claimant or witness, when not prepared by 
 the officer, 25 cents. 
 
 " 'For each deposition of claimant or witness, prepared by the 
 officer, $1. . 
 
 " 'Any officer demanding or receivmg a greater sum for such serWce 
 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be 
 punished for each offense by a fine not exceeding SIOO.'" 
 
 Approved, March 4, 1904. (33 Stat., 59.)
 
 16 REGULATIONS UNDER TIMBER AND STONE LAW. 
 
 AN ACT Making approjtriatioiifi for sundry civil expenses ol' the Government for the 
 fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and other 
 purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
 States of America in Congress assembled, 
 
 'fi *|5 Jj» 3J« 3j» 3j5 S|C 
 
 No person wlio shall, aftor the passage of tliis act, ontor upon any 
 of the public lands with a view to occupation, entry, or settlement 
 under any of the land laws shall be permitted to acquire title to 
 more than three hundred and twenty acres in the aggregate, under 
 all of said laws, but this limitation shall not operate to curtail the 
 right of any person who has heretofore made entry or settlement on 
 the pubhc lands, or whose occupation, entry, or settlement is vali- 
 dated by this act: Provided, That in all patents for lands hereafter 
 taken up under any of the land laws of the United States or on 
 entries or claims vaUdated by this act, west of the one hundredth 
 meridian, it shall be expressed that there is reserved from the lands 
 in said patent described a right of way thereon for ditches or canals 
 constructed by the authority of the United States. 
 
 Approved, August 30, 1890. (26 Stat., 391.) 
 
 AN ACT To repeal the timber-culture laws, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be' it enacted hy , the Senxite and House of Representatives of the 
 United States of America in Congress assemhled, 
 
 H= * Hs sj; ^ :(: ^ 
 
 Sec. 17. That reservoir sites located or selected and to be located 
 and selected under the provisions of ''An act making appropriations 
 for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year 
 ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eight3'-mne, and for 
 other purposes," and amendments thereto, shall be restricted to 
 and shall contain only so much land as is actually necessary for the 
 construction and maintenance of reservoirs, excluding so far as 
 practicable lands occupied by actual settlers at the date of the 
 location of said reservoirs; and that the pro^^sions of "An act making 
 appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the 
 fiscal year ending June tliirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninet3'-one, 
 and for other purposes," which reads as follows, viz: "No person 
 who shall after the passage^ of this act enter upon any of the pidjlic 
 lands wdth a view to occupation, entry, or settle-ment under any of 
 the land laws shall be permitted to acquire title to more than three 
 hundred and twenty acres in the aggregate under all said laws," 
 shall be construed to include in the maximum amount of lands the 
 title to which is permitted to be acquired by one person only agri- 
 cultural lands, and not include lands entered or sought to be entered 
 under mineral-land laws. 
 
 Approved, March 3, 1891. (26 Stat., 1095.) 
 
 The 320-acre limitation provided by the above acts of August 30, 
 1890 (26 Stat., 391), and March 3, 1891 (26 Stat., 1095), applies to 
 timber and stone entries. (33 L. D., 539, 005.)
 
 REGULATIONS UNDEK TIMBER AND STONE LAW. 17 
 
 I Form A.] 
 
 Application and Sworn Statement. 
 
 [To BE Made in Duplicate.] 
 
 Act June 3, 1878, and Acts Amendatory. 
 
 departmental regulations approved november 30, 1908. 
 
 United States Land Office, 
 
 .'19— . 
 
 I, , hereby make application to purchase the 
 
 quarter of section , in township and range , in 
 
 the State of , and the timber thereon, a^ such vahie as may 
 
 be fixed by appraisement, made under the authority of the Secretary 
 of the Interior, under the act of June 3, 1878, commonly known as 
 the "Timber and stone law," and acts amendatory thereof, and in 
 support of tliis appUcation I solemnly swear: That I am a native 
 (or naturaUzed) citizen of the United States (or have declared my 
 
 intention to become a citizen); that I am years of age, and 
 
 by occupation ; that I did on , 19 — , examine said 
 
 land, and from my personal knowledge state that said land is unfit 
 for cultivation and is valuable chiefiy for its timber, and that to my 
 best knowledge and belief, based upon said examination, the land 
 
 is worth dollars, and the timber thereon, which I estimate 
 
 to be feet, board measure, is worth ■ — dollars, making 
 
 a total value for the land and timber of dollars and no more; 
 
 that the land is uninhabited; that it contains no mining or other 
 improvements, nor, as I verily believe, any valuable deposit of 
 gold, silver, cinnabar, copper or coal, or other minerals, salt springs 
 or deposits of salt; that I have made no othi>r appUcation under 
 said acts; that I do not apply to purchase the land above described 
 on speculation, but in good faith to appropriate it to my own 
 exclusive use and benefit; that I have not, directly or indirectly, 
 made any agreement or contract, in any way or maimer, with any 
 person or persons whomsoever, by which the title I may acquire 
 from the Government of the United States may inure in whole or 
 in part to the benefit of any person except myseLf; that since August 
 30, 1890, I have not entered and acquii-ed title to, nor am I now- 
 claiming, under an entry made under any of the nonmineral ])ubUc 
 land laws, an amount of land which, together with the land now 
 appH(>d for, will exceed in the aggregate 320 acres; that I am not a 
 member of any association, or a stockholder in any corporation 
 which has filed an application and sworn statement under said act; 
 
 and that my post-oflice adch-ess is —, at which place any notice 
 
 affecting my rights under this application may be sent. 1 request 
 
 tliat notice t)e furnished me for publication in the newspaper, 
 
 published at . 
 
 (SiRii here, witli full Christian name.) 
 
 I hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit was read to or by 
 affiant in my presence before aifiant afiixetl signature thereto; that
 
 18 REGULATIONS UNDER TIMBER AND STONE LAW. 
 
 affiant is to me pei-sonally kllo^^^l, or has been satisfactorily identified 
 
 before me by (give full name and post-office address) ; 
 
 that I verily believe affiant to be a qualified applicant and the 
 identical person hereinbefore described, and that said affidavit was 
 
 duly subscribed and sworn to before me, at my office in • 
 
 (town), (county and State), within the land 
 
 district, tliis dav of , 19 — . 
 
 (Official designation of officer.) 
 
 In case the applicant has been naturalized or has declared his in- 
 tention to become a citizen, a certified copy of his certificate of nat- 
 uralization or declaration of intention, as the case may be, must be 
 furnished. 
 
 If the residence is in a city, the street and number must be given. 
 
 The newspaper designated must be one of general circulation, pub- 
 lished nearest the land. 
 
 [Form. B.] 
 
 Designation of Appraiser. 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL REGULATIONS APPROVED NOVEMBER 30, 1908. 
 
 — , 19- 
 
 Sir: You are designated to appraise the quarter of section 
 
 , to"s\Tiship , and range , which em- 
 braces a total of acres. This land has been applied for by 
 
 , of , , under the timber and stone law. 
 
 If you accept this designation, it will be your duty to personally visit 
 and carefully exanune each and every legal subdivision of the land, 
 and the timber thereon, and to make a return through this office of 
 the approximate quantity, quaHty, and the stumpage cash value of 
 the various kinds of timber, the cash value of the land, and the total 
 value of the land and timber. The total appraisement of the land 
 and timber, however, must not amount to less than two dollars and 
 fifty cents per acre for each acre appraised. Each legal subdivision 
 must be separately appraised, or your return must show specifically 
 that the appraisement appUes to each legal subdivision. 
 
 Please inform me as soon as possible, and not later than 
 
 , 19 — , whether you will be able to do the work, and also 
 
 advise me the approximate date the appraisal will be completed. 
 Very respectfully. 
 
 Chief of Field Division, General Land Office.
 
 REGULATIONS UNDER TIMBER AND STONE LAW. 
 
 19 
 
 [Form C.l 
 
 Appraisal, Timber and Stone Lands. 
 Act of March 3, 1878, and Acts Amendatory. 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL REGULATIONS APPROVED NOVEMBER 30, 1908. 
 
 Lot or quarter- 
 quarter. 
 
 Kind of I Quality 
 timber, of timber. 
 
 Board 
 
 feet 
 
 per tract. 
 
 Stumpage 
 value 
 per M. 
 
 Character 
 of soil. 
 
 Value of Total value [ Value of 
 land ex- | of land and j laml and 
 elusive of limtjer per timl)Cr per 
 timber. | e-re. i tract. 
 
 (wagon haul, flume, rivt;r driving, 
 
 Logging: 
 
 Timber must be logged by 
 
 or railroad). 
 
 Distance logs ov lumber are to be transported to market, 
 
 miles. Approximate cost per M for transportation of logs or lumber 
 to market, dollars. Accessible? (yes or no). Manu- 
 facturing possible on the ground? (yes or no). Will there 
 
 be improvement in logging facilities in the vicinity? (yes or 
 
 no). WDJ the demand for timber products be likely to increase in 
 the neighborhood in the near future? (yes or no). Nearest 
 
 available c^uotations on stumpage for the species estimated 
 
 -, 19—. 
 
 STATEMENT BY APPRAISER. 
 
 I have carefully exammed each and every legal subdivision of 
 
 the quarter of section , toAvnship , ran^e , 
 
 and the timber thereon, and the estimates includetl in the above table 
 and the foregoing statement were based on personal examination. I 
 did not fbid any mdication that the land or any part thereof contains 
 any valuable mineral or coal deposits, and found no improvements or 
 other evidence that ajiy claim is being asserted under any of the 
 public-land laws. I recommend that the applicatiim to purchase 
 receive favorable action. 
 
 Appra iser. 
 
 ACTION ON APPRAISEMENT. 
 
 I have carefully examined the within appraisement and find no 
 reason to believe that it is improperly made. 
 It is therefore, accordingly, approved. 
 
 Chief of Field Di vis-ion. 
 
 Note. — The approval of the appraisal by the chief of iiekl division 
 is final, and no action is required thereon by the register and receiver, 
 except to note the appraised price on then r'^<xirds and to issue the
 
 20 REGULATIONS UNDER TIMBER AND STONE LAW. 
 
 necessary notices. Tlie register- and receiver will, in tlie event of a 
 disagreement between the appraiser and the chief of field division, and 
 their concurrence with the appraiser, sigji the folio wmg certificate: 
 
 United States Land Office, 
 
 We have carefully considered the within appraisement and the 
 objections thereto urged by the chief of field division, and, believijig 
 th-.it the appraisal is not materially high or low, the same is hereby 
 approved. 
 
 , Register. 
 
 , Receiver. 
 
 Note. — If the register and receiver concur in the adverse objections 
 of the chief of field division, they will proceed iii accordance with 
 paragraph 17 of the Kegulations approved November 30, 1908. 
 
 SUGGESTIONS TO APPRAISER. 
 
 The appraiser should fill in each blank carefully and legibly. Under 
 the head of kinds of timber he should state the species, such as '' yel- 
 low pine," ''white pine," ''Douglas fir," ''spruce," etc. If there are 
 more than four leading species, all others should be under the head 
 of "Miscellaneous," in the fifth space. The quality of the tunber 
 should be judged as far as possible at local sawmills, and should be 
 indicated by such descriptive words as "excellent," "good," "fair," 
 and "poor." 
 
 In the first column to the left the description of the land should be 
 given. 
 
 [Form D.] 
 
 Notice to Applicant of Appraisement. 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL REGULATIONS APPROVED NOVEMBER 30, 1908. 
 
 United States Land Office, 
 
 Sir: You are mformed that the land, and the timber thereon, 
 
 embraced m your timber and stone application No. , filed 
 
 , 19 — , have been appraised m the total sum of 
 
 dollars. 
 
 You are therefore notified that your applicatio]i for said lands wiU 
 be dismissed without further notice, if you do not, within thirty 
 days from service of this notice, deposit the ap])raisod price of the 
 land with the receiver of this office, or file your writt(>n protest against 
 such appraisement, setting forth clearly and specifically your objec-
 
 REGULATIONS UNDER TIMBER AND STONE LAW. 21 
 
 tioii thereto, wlucli protest must bo sworn to 1)V you, uiid corroborated 
 by two competent, credible, and disuiterestecf persons. The protest, 
 if filed, must be accompanied by your application requesting that 
 the land be rea|)praised at your expense, and you must deposit with 
 
 the r(H'.eiv(>r the sum of dollars, to be ex])ended therefor, and 
 
 you must uidicatc your consent that the amount so deposited maybe 
 expended for the reappraisement, without any claim on your part that 
 a]iy portion thereof, so expejided, shall be returned or refunded to 
 you. 
 
 If a reappraisement is made under your application, ycu will secure 
 no rij^ht or privilejje, except that of purchasinf^ the lands at their 
 reap])raised value, if they are subject to sale and you are properly 
 qualified. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 , Register. 
 
 , Receiver. 
 
 [Forra E.] 
 
 Reappraisement. 
 
 Form C may be modified so as to show that the action taken is a 
 reappraisement instead of an original appraisement. The return of 
 the appraising officer and indorsements by the chief of field divi.siou 
 and the register and receiver must show that the action taken is a 
 reai)])raisement, and it must l)e approved conjointly by the chief of 
 field division and the register and receiver. 
 
 [Form F.] 
 
 Notice of Reappraisement. 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL JtEGULATIONS APPROVED NOVEMBER 30, 1908. 
 
 United States Land Office, 
 
 Sir: You are advised that, pursuant to your application, the ; — 
 
 quarter of section , towTiship , and range , and the tim- 
 ber thereon, embraced iu your timber and stone sworn statement, 
 
 No. — , have been rea]ipraised, and tlie price fixed at doUars, 
 
 which amount you must deposit with the receiver of this office within 
 thirty days from service of notice hereof, or your applicatioTi will l>e 
 fmally disallowed witliout further notice. 
 Very respectfully. 
 
 , Regitter. 
 
 , Receiver.
 
 22 REGULATIONS UKDER TIMBER AND STONE LAW. 
 
 [Form G.] 
 
 Notice of Application to Purchase Under Timber and Stone Laws. 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL REGULATIONS APPROVED NOVEMBER HO, 1908. 
 
 United States Land Office, 
 
 , 19—. 
 
 Xotico is hereby given that , whose post-office address 
 
 is , did on the day of , 19 — , file in tliis office 
 
 his sworn statement and application Xo. — to purchase the 
 
 quarter of section , toA^nisliip , range , M., 
 
 and the timber thereon, under the provisions of the act of June 3, 
 1878, and acts amendatory, known as the "Timber and stone law," 
 at such value as might be fixed by appraisement, and that, pursuant 
 to such application, the land and timber thereon have been appraised, 
 
 the timber estimated board feet, at $ per M, and the 
 
 land S , or combined value of the land and timber at $ ; 
 
 that said applicant ^^dll offer final proof in support of his application 
 
 and swoiTi statement on the day of , 19—, before ■ 
 
 , at . Any pei-son is at fiberty to protest this purchase 
 
 before entry, or initiate a contest at any time before patent issues, 
 by filing a corroborated affidavit in this office, alleging facts which 
 would defeat the entry. 
 
 , Register. 
 
 Where notice is issued under section 19, the register will mocUfy the 
 blank so as to show the valuation placed on the land and the timber 
 thereon was that made by the apphcant when he filed his sworn state- 
 ment, instead of being fixed by appraisement. 
 
 [Form H.] 
 
 Timber or Stone Entry. 
 
 (4— 370a.) 
 (Departmental regulations approved by the Secretary of the Interior, November 30, 1908.) 
 
 U. S. Land Office, , , No. 
 
 Receipt No. 
 FINAL proof. 
 
 I hereby solemnly swear that I am the identical 
 
 who presented sworn statement and appfication, No. , for 
 
 , section , township , range , 
 
 meridian; that the land is valuable chiefly for its timber, and is, in 
 its present condition, unfit for cultivation; that it is unoccupied and 
 without improvements of any character, except for ditch or canal 
 purposes, and that it apparently contains no valuable deposits of 
 gold, silver, cinnabar, copper, coal, salines, or salt springs. 
 
 1 
 
 (Sign here, with full Christian name.) 
 
 (Post-office address.)
 
 EEGULATIONS UNDER TIMBER AND STONE LAW. 23 
 
 I hereby certily that the foregoing affidavit was read to or by 
 affiant in my presence before afliant affixed signature thereto; that 
 affiant is to me pei-sonally fcnowm, or has been satisfactorily ittentified 
 before me by ; that I verily believe affiant to be a quali- 
 
 (Givo full name and post-office address.) 
 
 fied applicant and the identical person hereinbefore described, and 
 tliat said affidavit was duly subscribed and sworn to before me, at my 
 office, in , , witliin the land district, tliis 
 
 (Town.) (County and State.) 
 
 day of , 19 — . 
 
 (Official designation of officer.) 
 
 Tliis form of proof can be accepted only where the land embraced in 
 tfie application to purcliase has }3een appraised or reappraised pur- 
 suant to the provisions of the Timber and Stone Regulations approved 
 November 30, 1908, by the Secretary of the Interior. 
 
 Proof supporting applications to purchase under section 19 of the 
 said regulations or under applications pending November 30, 190S, 
 nuist be made by the apphcant and two v.itnesses, as required by the 
 regulations in force prior to December 1, 1908. (See Forms 4 — 370 
 and 4—371.) 
 
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