Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-09-17
IPrBLIC-NO. 177.l

PrBLIC-NO. I'LL
AN ACT for the disposal Of coal lands and of
town property in ,hr public domain.
BE II enacted by tie Senate asd iIosse
IF Representatives. Of the Iaisrd !S,oses
V .Am.eica IN Coxg1ess assr,sIycG. That
where sny tracts embracing coal beds or coal
G.lls, CONSTITUTING POI tions Of the pntlic DO
main, and which. ns "miucs." are excluded
f,om the presumption act Of eighteen hun.
drrd and forty -onr. aud which under past
legislation arc not liable to ordinary private
entry, sit shall and may be lawful for thu
President to cause such tracts. in suitable
legal subdivisions, to b. offered at public
sale to the highest bidder, after public notice
of not.lcss than three months, at a minimum
p,icc OF twenty dollars per acre and any
lands not thus disposed Of shall thereafter be
liable to entry at said minimum.
Sec 2. And be 1t further enacted. That
in any case in which parties have already
founded. or may hereafter desire TO found, a
city or town on the public lands, it shall and
may ba lawful for them TO cause to b, filed
with the recorder for the county in which the
same is situated, plat thereof, for not cx-
cce!ing six hundred and forty acres, describ.
iny it's exterior boundaries according to the
lines Of the public surveys where such sur.
veys have been executrd also giving the
name Of such city or town, and exhibiting the
streets, squares, blocks, lots, and alleys, the
size of the same. with casurincnts and area
of each municipal Subdivision. the lots in
which shall not exceed four thousand two
hundred square feet, with statement of the
extent and general char acttr of the improve
mrnts the said map and statement to be
verified under oath hy the party acting fora
and in behalf of the persons pWposing to
month after such filing there shall be trans
miltrd to The General Land Office verified
transcript. OF such mp and statement, accom-
panied hy the testimony of two witnesses
that such city or town has been established in
good faith. and when the premises are with
in the limits OF an organized land district,
similar map and statement shall be filed with
the register and receiver, and at any time
Ter the filing of such map. statement, and
testimony in the General Land Office, it shall
and NAV he lawful for the President to cause
the lots embraced within the limits of such
city or town to bc offered at public sale to
the highest bidder. subject TO a minimum of
ten dollars for each lot; and such lots as may
not lr disp"sed of at public sale, shall there
after be liable to private entry at said mini
mum, or at such reasonable increase or dimi
mutton thereafter as the Secretary Of the In
terror may order from time to time, after at
least three months notice, in view Of the in
crease or decrease in the value of the NUM-
cipsl proprrty: Proridcd, That any actual
l~k pf1 and
upon any additional lot in which he may have
substantial Improvements. shall be entitled to
prove up and purchase the same as pre-.
cmpton, at said minimum, Mt any time before
the day fixed tor the public sale.
SEC. 3. Ind be It ./@ther enacted. That
when such cities or towns are established
upon unsurveyed lands, it shall and may be
lawful after the extension thereto of tn" pub
lie surveys, to adjust the extension limits OF
the premises according to those lines, where
it can hs done without interference with
rights whicl, may bcs vested by sale; and
patents for all lots SO disposed Of at public or
private sale shall issue as in ordinary cases.
Sec. 4. And be it .fmrfAcr enacted. That
if within twelve months from the establish
m.nt of city or town, as aforesaid. in the
public domain. the parties interested shall re-
fuse or fail to file in the General lind Offic"
transcript map with The statement and "s'i-
monv called for hy the provisions OF the sec
ond 5. ction OF this ac', it shall and may be
lawful for the Secretary Of the Interior to
cause survey AMI plat +" b. made ct such
ci,v or town. and thereafter the lots in the
same shall b. di-i.as'd OF as required by said
provisions. with this exception. that they
shall each lie at an Increase Of fifty pr
c-n,um on the aforesaid minimum Of ten dol
lars per lot
See. 5. Asd he II fDthe- esac'ed. That
effect shall b.. given to the foregoing act. nc-
cor ling to snch rrgulsii"ns n may be pre-
scli' ed bv the Seer ta'y at the inier'or-
The ac, s,r,iil.-d. An xci tor The rlef a the
ei,ir-n. oi town. upon the lands of the | n'''Ti
States. under ccs- ain Circumstances. approved
NV ,~en,y-.hre-. ammo pomini righ'ren
hundred and forty -iolr. aud all othsr ae's an !
parts If ac,s inconsistent Nth this sc;, be and
ih. SAM ar her-by rresl-d-
Approved. July /. 1854
lPIsLc-No. III