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Western Reserve Chronicle
Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio
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The last session of Congress amended the Homestead Law, allowing soldiers who previously entered less than 160 acres to add more up to that limit, specifically enabling entry of 160 acres on double minimum lands within railway grants, up from 80 acres under the 1872 law.
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As to what changes were made in the Homestead Law by the last session of Congress, we learn that only one amendment or change was made in the law passed last year, the second section of which was so amended as to read as follows:
'That any person entitled under the provisions of the foregoing sections to enter a homestead, who may heretofore enter under the homestead laws a quantity of land less than 160 acres, shall be permitted to enter so much land as, when added to the quantity previously entered, shall not exceed 160 acres.'
This change in the law gives soldiers the right to enter homesteads on double minimum lands within the limits of railway grants, to the amount of 160 acres. Under the law of 1872 only 80 acres of these lands were allowed to be entered. Those who have already entered their 80 acres can now enter 80 more.
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Last Session Of Congress
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soldiers can now enter up to 160 acres on double minimum lands within railway grants, up from 80 acres under the 1872 law; those with 80 acres can add 80 more.
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Congress made one amendment to the Homestead Law passed last year, changing the second section to allow persons entitled to homesteads who previously entered less than 160 acres to add land up to 160 acres total. This specifically benefits soldiers by permitting entry on double minimum lands within railway grants.