...upon presentation of satisfactory proof to the Land Department of such sale or incumbrance: Provided, That after the lapse of two years from the date of...act, and when there shall be no pending contest or pro test against the validity of such entry, the entryman shall be entitled to a patent conveying the...

...upon presentation of satisfactory proof to the Land Department of such sale or incumbrance: Provided, That after the lapse of two years from the date of...final entry of any tract of land under the homestead, timber- culture, desert-laud, or preemption laws, or under this act, and when there shall be no pending...

...upon presentation of satisfactory proof to the land department of such sale or incumbrance: Prorided, That after the lapse of two years from the date of...of the receiver's receipt upon the final entry of 1my tract of land under the homestead, timber-culture, desert-land, or preemption laws, or under this...

...any action in the nature of a contest or protest against their validity until after the expiration of two years from the date of the issuance of the receiver's receipt upon the fínal entry, you will dispose of said entries as coming within the confirmatory provisions of the...

...approved March 3, 1891 (26 Stat., 1095), it is provided, that after the lapse of two years from tlic date of the issuance of the receiver's receipt upon...timber-culture, desert-land, or pre-emption laws, or under this art, and when there shall be uo pending contest or protest against the validity of such entry, the...

...to defeat confirmation under the proviso. Ira M. Bond (15 LD, 228). The language of the statute is " after the lapse of two years from the date of the...issuance of the receiver's receipt upon the final entry" and when there shall be no pending contest or protest against the validity of u such entry '' the entryiuan...

...section 7 (misstated by you as section 3) of the act of . March 8, 1891 (26 Stat., 1095), as follows: That after the lapse of two years from the date of...upon the final entry of any tract of land under the homestcad, timber-culture, desert-land, or preemption laws, or under this act, and when there shall...

...March 3. 1891 (26 Stat, 1095, 105)8-9), and patent should issue thereon. That proviso is as follows: That after the lapse of two years from the date of the issuance of the receiver's receipt upon final entry of any tract of land under the homestead, timberculture, desert-land, or preemption laws,...

...because your office did not act promptly in the matter, and order the investigation of the entry before the lapse of two years from the date of the issuance of said certificate? The act clearly gives to the individual the right to initiate proceedings against...

...or proceeding against, the validity of the entry." The proviso to said section 7 reads as follows: That after the lapse of two years from the date of...no pending contest or protest against the validity o£ sucli entry. the entryman shall be entitled to a patent conveying the laud by him entered, and...