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Excerpt from Amending the Homestead Laws: Hearings Before the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives, on Various Bills Proposing Amendments to the Homestead Laws, January 31 and February 5, 1912 The acting chairman. That is one of the various matters we would like to have the Secretary express his views upon. Mr. Mondell. The Secretary's office has recently ruled that the entryman is not entitled to have the first six months after he makes his entry considered as a period of constructive residence. It has been so considered for many years, and as the Secretary has made some recommendations along that line in his annual report I suggest that the Secretary give us his Views, at such length as he may see fit, upon that particular question as an opening. Hon. Walter L. Fisher (secretary of the Interior). Mr. Chair man and gentlemen of the committee, I have no hesitancy in discus sing this entire general subject candidly and as fully as it is possible under the very short notice I received. I want it understood, how ever, that the views I express are expressed on very short notice and are subject to modification at any time without notice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.