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(The testimony of two witnesses, in this form, taken separately, required in each case. This form will be used in final homestead proof and commutation proof.)
TESTIMONY OF WITNESS.
of the homestead entry of Dugald Campbell for N 1/2 SE 1/4 S 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec 36 Tp 138 R 43 testifies as follows:
Ans. Detroit Becker Co. Minn Quest. 2. What is your occuptation? Ans. Farming Quest. 3. Are you well acquanted with Duguald Campbell the claimant in this case, and how long have you known him ? Ans. Have known him nearly 10 years. Quest. 4. How old do you know or believe claimant to be? Ans. About 58 years Quest. 5. Is claimant the head of a family, or a single person; and, if the head of a family, of whom does the family consist? Ans. He is married and has one child Quest. 6. Is claimant a native-born citizen of the United States> If not, what steps has taken to become a citizen? (State your knowledge in this regard.) Ans. He is Foreign born. I have seen his citizen papers Quest. 7. Has claimant been an inhabitant of the land above described? Ans. Yes Quest. 8. Do you live in the vicinity of the land, and are you acquinted with the same? Ans. Yes Quest. 9. Are there any indications of coal, salines, or minerals of any kind on this land? (If so, state what they are, and whether the springs or mineral deposits are valuable.) Ans. No Quest. 10. Is the land more valuable for agriculrual than mineral purposes? Ans. Yes Quest. 11. When did claimant first make settlement on the land? Ans. In the month of May 1870 Quest. 12. When did claimant establish residence upon the land? Ans. In May 1870 Quest. 13. Up to what time has claimant resided upon land? Ans. The present time Quest. 14. Has his residence been continuous during the period named? Ans. Yes Quest. 15. If claimant had a family during said period of residence, did the family reside on the land? Ans. Yes Quest. 16. When was the claimant's house built upon the land? Ans. His first house was built in the spring of 1870. In July 1878 he built a new frame house. Quest. 17. What other imporovements have been made on the land? Ans. He has built a stable and grainery. Sunk a good well and fenced about 50 acres of the land. Quest. 18. What is the total value of improvements? Ans. $700 Quest. 19. For what purpose has the land been used by claimant? Ans. farming Quest. 20. How much of the land has been broken and cultivated, and what crops, if any, have been raised? Ans. About 50 acres - has raised wheat oats corn and vegetables Quest. 21. Has claimant made a homestead entry for other land than that the above described? (State your knowledge in this regards.) Ans. Not that I know of Quest. 22. Has calimant alienated any portion of the land - this is, conveyed it to some one else; and if so, to whom and for what purpose? (State you knowledge in this regard.) Ans. Not to my knowledge Quest. 23. Is it your belief that Dugald Campbell the claimant, has acted in good faith in the settlement and improvement of the said land as a homestead? Have you any knowledge to the contrary? Ans. I believe he has. I know nothing to the contrary. Quest. 24. Are you interested in this claim? Ans. No
I HEREBY CERTIFY that witness is a person of respectabilty; that each question and answer in the foregoing testimony was read to him before he signed his name thereto; and that the same was subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of November , 1879.
NOTE.-The officer before whom the testimony is taken should call the attention of the witness to the following Section of the Revised Statues, and state to him that it is the purpose of the Government, if it be ascertained that he testifies falsely, to prosecte him to the full extent of the law.
SEC. 5392. Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or cerify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subcribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, at hard labor, note more than five years, and shall, moreover, thereafter be incapable of giving testimony in any court of the United State until such time as the judgment against him is reversed. [See § 1750.] |
Note: Handwritten entries on the form are indicated by bold italics .