AZ vs. CA:19 California Exhibits, Vol. XIX; Nos. 4000-4044

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of the third year a map or plan showing the character and extent of such improvements. If any party who has made such application shall fail during any year to file the testimony aforesaid the lands shall revert to the United States, and the 25 cents advanced payment shall be forfeited to the United States, and the entry shall be canceled. Nothing herein contained shall prevent a claimant from making his final entry and receiving his patent at an earlier date than hereinbefore prescribed, provided that he then makes the required proof of reclamation to the aggregate extent of $3 per acre: Provided, That proof be further required of the cultivation of one-eighth of the land. (Mar. 3, 1877, oh. 107, § 5; Mar. 3, 1891, eh. 561, § 2, 26 Stat. 1096; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § ^03, eff- July l6> 19^6, 11 P. R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.) .... [Codifier's note omitted.] § 329. ISSUE OP PATENT ON FINAL PROOF; CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT AS TO PATENTEE; LIMIT AS TO AMOUNT OF HOLDING. At any time after filing the declaration, and within the period of four years thereafter, upon making satisfactory proof to the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior of the reclamation and cultivation of said land to the extent and cost and in the manner aforesaid, and substantially in accordance with the plans herein provided for, and that he or she is a citizen of the United States, and upon payment to such officer of the additional sum of $1 per acre for said land, a patent shall issue therefor to the applicant or his assigns- 1-7