1873, March 3 - 17 Stat. 605 - Amend Homestead Act to Allow Less than 160 Acres

The Act amended section two of the June 8, 1872 Homestead Act to provide that persons entitled to a homestead, who had previously entered under the homestead laws a quantity less than 160 acres, would be permitted to make up the difference not to exceed 160 acres.https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/hornbeck_usa_2_d/1016/thumbnail.jp