In Section two in the Homestead Act, it says that the land would be “for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation” (“Homestead…” p.n. 1). Each citizen had to use the land they bought and create farmland in order to keep it. There was a second requirement that said anyone who claimed land would need to have “two credible witnesses that... have resided upon or cultivated the same [land] for the term of five years immediately succeeding the time of filing [for the land]” (“The Homestead…” p.n. 1). Each homesteader had to have a witness that would vouch for them by saying they cultivated the land for the five years they had it. If the requirements were met, then the citizen that purchased the land would be able to keep it after the five years required to build a
In Section two in the Homestead Act, it says that the land would be “for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation” (“Homestead…” p.n. 1). Each citizen had to use the land they bought and create farmland in order to keep it. There was a second requirement that said anyone who claimed land would need to have “two credible witnesses that... have resided upon or cultivated the same [land] for the term of five years immediately succeeding the time of filing [for the land]” (“The Homestead…” p.n. 1). Each homesteader had to have a witness that would vouch for them by saying they cultivated the land for the five years they had it. If the requirements were met, then the citizen that purchased the land would be able to keep it after the five years required to build a