bounds, or otherwise, and file the lists and descriptions with the Secretary of the Interior, with the request that the said lands be opened to entry in accordance with the provisions of the homestead laws and the aforesaid act.
Upon the filing of any such list or description, the Secretary of the Interior shall declare the said lands open to homestead settlement and entry in tracts not exceeding 100 acres in area and not exceding one mile in length, at the expiration of 60 days from the filing of the list in the land office of the district within which the lands are located, during which period the list or description shall be prominently posted in the land office and advertised for a period of not less than four weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the lands are situated.
Patent may be obtained within five years from the date of settlement by the entryman making proof showing a compliance with the act in question.
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