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Homestead Residency Provisions and Leave of Absence Rules
The text outlines conditions for patent eligibility on homesteads including three years of residence and cultivation, absence allowances with a five month yearly limit, succession rules if the entryman dies, required cultivation percentages rising from one sixteenth to one eighth, and possible exceptions for Kinkaid and reclamation acts. It also covers notice to affected entrymen, election to use older laws, and reversion penalties if residence is not established within six months or if land is abandoned, with discretionary twelve month extensions for unavoidable delays.
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United States
Local Land Office
Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Register of the Land Office
General Land Office