SECTION 1. Section thirty-three of Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-six, as amended by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and seventy-three, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 33. Any person desiring to obtain the benefits of this chapter must, prior to January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, file an application for a patent with such officer as may be designated by law as local land officer, or in case there be no such officer then with the Director of Lands. Said application must be executed under oath, and must show the following facts: The name, age, and post-office address of the applicant; that he is a native of the Philippine Islands; the location of the land desired, stating the province, municipality, and barrio in which the same is situated, and as accurate a description as may be given, showing the boundaries of the land, having reference to natural objects and permanent monuments, if any; that the land is not claimed or occupied by any other person; a statement as to the date when the applicant or his ancestor, giving the name of ancestor and stating his relationship to the applicant, entered into occupation and began cultivation, and a description of the improvements which have been made. If the first occupation and cultivation is claimed through an ancestor, the applicant must show the name of such ancestor and must file satisfactory evidence of the date and place of his death and burial, in which case the patent shall issue in the name of the heir or heirs of such ancestor as defined by the laws of the Philippine Islands."