...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 the issuance of the register's receipt upon the final entry of any tract of land under the homestead, timber-culture,*...

...well as against private contests and protests, unless such proceeding was pending at the expiration of two years from the date of the issuance of the receiver's receipt upon final entry. 42-611 7. A contest or protest to defeat the confirmatory effect of the proviso to section...

...1891, does not operate to confirm an entry against an act of Congress passed prior to the expiration of two years from the date of the issuance of the receiver's receipt upon final entry ; and where within the twoyear period the land was " classified, claimed, or reported as...

...Stockley et al., appellants, v. the United States, decided January 2,1923. The court held in said case that after the lapse of two years from the date of...homestead, timber-culture, desertland, or preemption laws, such entryman is, there being no pending contest or protest against the validity of such entry, entitled...

...disturbed by change in departmental rulings. The proviso to section 7 of the act of 1891, supra, is that : After the lapse of two years from the date...under the homestead, timberculture, desert-land, or preempt ion laws, or under this act, and when there shall be no pending contest. or protest against...

...void. The proviso to section 7 of the act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095, 1099) . reads as follows : That after the lapse of two years from the date of...final entry of any tract of land under the homestead, timber culture, desert land, or preemption laws, or under this act, and when there shall be no pending...

...The act of March 3, 1891, supra, provides : That after the lapse of two years from the date of ths issuance of the receiver's receipt upon the final entry of any tract of land under the homestead . . . laws . . . and when there shall be no pending contest or protest against the validity of such...

...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 the issuance of the receipt of such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate upon the final entry of...

...United States, decided January 2, 1923 (260 US 532, 67 L. ed. 390) holds that after the lapse of 2 years from the date of the issuance of the "receiver's...homestead, timber-culture, desert-land, or preemption laws, such entryman is, there being no pending contest or protest against the validity of such entry, entitled...

...United States, decided January 2, 1923 (260 US 532, 67 L. ed. 390) holds that after the lapse of 2 years from the date of the issuance of the "receiver's...final entry of any tract of land under the homestead, or desert-land laws, such entry, entitled to patent under the proviso to section 7 of the Act of March...