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2. Ranchos of California - Wikipedia

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   Pacheco Adobe, built 1835 by Salvio Pacheco on Rancho Monte del Diablo The Guajome Adobe, built 1852–53 as the seat of Rancho Guajome. In Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California, ranchos were concessions and land grants made by the Spanish and Mexican governments from 1775 [1] to 1846.

3. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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   The intent of the Homestead Act of 1862 [24] [25] was to reduce the cost of homesteading under the Preemption Act; after the South seceded and their delegates left Congress in 1861, the Republicans and supporters from the upper South passed a homestead act signed by Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, which went into effect on Jan. 1st, 1863.

4. Homestead exemption - Wikipedia

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   California exempts the first $7,000 of residential homestead from property taxes. Colorado allows a 50% deduction for up to the first $200,000 (equivalent to a $100,000 exemption if the property is valued at $200,000 or above) for seniors (over age 65) who have lived in their property for ten consecutive years.

5. Homestead Exemption: What It Means and How To Qualify - AOL

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   This type of tax exemption shields homeowners from excessive amounts of property tax.

6. What Is a Homestead Exemption on Your Taxes? - AOL

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   A homestead exemption is a legal mandate. It helps protect a home from seizure by creditors following a declaration of bankruptcy or the death of a spouse with ownership interest.

7. Squatting in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Homestead Acts legally recognized the concept of the homestead principle and distinguished it from squatting, since the law gave homesteaders a legal way to occupy "unclaimed" lands. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act of 1862, which was enacted to foster the reallocation of "unsettled" land in the West. The law applied to US ...

8. Desert Land Act - Wikipedia

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   This act amended the Homestead Act of 1862. Originally the act offered 640 acres (2.6 km 2), but that was subsequently limited to 320. [1] A precursor act in 1875, called the Lassen County Act, was pushed by Representative John K. Luttrell of the northeastern district of California, who wanted to speed up privatization of land east of the ...

9. Stock-Raising Homestead Act - Wikipedia

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   The Stock-Raising Homestead Act of 1916 provided settlers 640 acres (260 ha) of public land—a full section or its equivalent—for ranching purposes. Unlike the Homestead Act of 1862 or the Enlarged Homestead Act of 1909, land homesteaded under the 1916 act separated surface rights from subsurface rights, resulting in what later became known as split estates. [1]