Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-24
TITLES TO TOWN LOTS IN GOLD

4AS
States law passed in 1864, and OF an
amendment to the same, approved in 1862
is we'll worthy the attention Of every real
estate owner in Gold Hill. The Town
Trustees have caused the proper town
map to be filed in the Land Office at Car
son, and are having another tracing OF
the map drawn to forward on to the Cen
eral Land Office at Washington, i'm
mediately. As soon as the provisions OF
the law has been complied with in this
respect, the town lots of Gold Hill are
open to presumption by the actual settlers
of the same, or those having made SUBJ
stantial improvements upon them by
proving up their possessory titles. Per-
sons now having possessory rights to lots
can, therefore, obtain title to them direct
from Government, and the minimum price
of $40 per lot, by complying with the
requirements of the law. In our adver-
Using columns will be found an advertise
ment of Messrs. Stevens & Fish, Of Vir-
ginia, who have long followed after the
business of searching records, who tender
their services to the citizens of Gold Hill,
who may wish abstracts of titles to their
property made out for the purpose of pre-
empsing the same. Mr.. A. c. Ellis, Of
Carson City, also offers his professional
services to the citizens of our town in
making up and forwarding to Washington
the necessary papers to secure the primary
title from the United States Government
to real estate in Gold Hill, and in attend
ing to any business connected with the
Land Office at Carson. Our citizens by
putting their business into hands OF these
business men, will have little trouble, and
be at but little expense in securing actual
indefeasible title to their property. The
following sections of the law referred to
above covers the whole subject:
80. And Be in further enacted, That in
any case in which parties have already found
ed. or NAV hereafter desire 10 found, city
or town on the public lands, it shall and may
be lawful for them to cause to be filed with
the Recorder for the county in which the
same is situated, plat thereof for not ex.
ceeding six hundred and forty acres, describ.
ing its exterior boundaries according to the
lines Of the public surveys, where such sur
veys have been executed; also giving the
name Of such city or town, and exhibiting
the streets, squares, blocks, lots and alleys
the size Of the same, with measurements and
area Of each municipal subdivision, the lots
in which shall each not exceed four thousand
two hundred square feet. with Statement OF
the extent and general character Of the i'm
proyements; the said map and statement to
and in behalf Of the persons proposingeo
establish such city or town; and within one
month after such fling there shall be trans.
mitted to the General Land Office verified
transcript Of such map and statement, accom-
panied By the testimony Of two witnesses that
such city or town has been established in
good faith, and when the premises are within
the limits Of an organized land district,
similar map and statement shall be tled
with the Register and Receiver, and at any
time after the filing Of such map, statement
and testimony, in the General Land Office, il
shall and may be lawful for the President TO
cause the lots embraced within the limits OF
such city or town TO be offered at public sale
TO the highest bidder, subject to minimum
Of ten dollars for each lot; and such lots as
may not be disposed Of at public sale, shall
thereafter be liable to private entry at said
minimum, or at such reasonable increase or
diminution thereafter as the Secretary OF the
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at least three months notice, in view Of the
increase or decrease OF the value Of the mu-
nicipal property. Prorsded, That any actual
settler upon any one lot, as aforesaid, and
upon any additional lot in which he may
have substantial Improvements, shall be en-
titled to prove up and purchase the same as
a presumption, at said minimum, at any time
before the day fixed for the public sale.
SEC. 8. And Be It further enacted, That
when such cities or towns are established
upon unsurveyed lands, it shall and may be
lawful, after the extension thereto OF the
public surveys, to adjust the extension limits
Of the premises according to those lines,
where It can be done without interference
with rights which may be 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 further enacted, That II
WlLQln INelNG lLul14 buC
Of 4 city or town, as aforesaid, in the public
domain, the parties interested shall refuse or
fail to file in the General Land Office trans
cript maps with the statement and testimony
called for by the provisions Of the second
section of this Act, it shall and may be law
full for the Secretary Of the Interior to cause
a survey and plot to be made Of such city or
town, and thereafter the lots in the same
shall be disposed Of as required 6y said pro-
visions, with this exception, that they shall
each be at an increase Of fifty per centum on
the aforesaid minimum Of ten dollars per lot.
SEC. 5. And Be it further enacted, That
effect shall be given to the foregoing Act, ac-
cording to such regulations as may be pre-
scribed BY the Secretary Of the Interior. The
Act entitled IAN Act for the relief Of the
citizens Of towns upon the lands OF the
United States under certain circumstances"
approved May %, 1874. and all other Acts
and parts Of Acts inconsistent with this Act,
be, and the same are hereby repealed. APP
proved July l, 1854.
The amendment reads as follows:
- And BE- It further enacted, That in the
case OF any city or town which, at the pas.
sage Of this Act, may be existing on the pub
lands, in which the lots therein may be vari'
ant as to size from the limitation fixed in the
said Act OF July l, 1904, anu IN WHICH the
lots and buildings as municipal improvements
shall cover an area greater than $40 acres
such variance A. to size Of lots or excess in
area shall prove no bar 10 such city or town
claim, under said Act Of July l, l864-efect
to be given to this Act according to such
regulations as may be prescribed BY the Sec
rotary Of the Interior; prorided, that the
minimum price Of each said lots in any such
city or town, which may contain greater
number Of square feet than the maximum
named in the Act to which this 10 an amend.
ment, shall be increased to such reasonable
amount a. the Secretary Of the Interior may
BY rule establish; proUided. further, that
where mineral veins are possessed, which
possession 10 recognized BY local authority,
and to the extent 90 possessed and recog.
nized, the title to town lots to be acquired
shall be subjectto such recognized possession
and the necessary use thereof; proridcd,
Aoscsrey, that nothing contained herein shall
be 90 construed a. TO recognise any color Of
title in possessors for mining purposes as
against the Government Of the United States.
Approved March 8, 1855.
HANDSOME TRIRUTB.- Alpheus Bull,
Esq, has sent to N. A. H. Ball marble
slab and stone, with request to place it