Smyrna times., 1865-06-28
TPUBLIC-No. l77.l
AN ACT for the disposal Of coa lands and Of town pro-


AN ACT for the disposal Of coal lands and of town pro-
perty in the public domain.
he At enacted by the Senate and House Of RepreSen-
tdtiUes Of the United States Of america in Congress
assembled, That where any tracts embracing coal
beds or coal fields, constituting portions OF the public
domain, and which, mines" are excluded from the
pre-emptOn act Of eighteen hundred and lOrt| one,
and which under past legislation not liable TO or
binary private entry, it shall and may be lawful for
the President to cause such tracts, in suitable legal
subdivisions, to be offered public sale 10 the highest
and best bidder, after public ices of not less Than
three months at minimum price Of twenty dollars
per acre. and any lands thus disposed Oi shall there
after be Liable to private entry at said minimum.
Sec. 2 And be ii further enacted, That in any case
IN which parties have aready founded, or may herea
Ter desire to iOund city or Town on the public lands
ii shall and may be lawful for them 10 cause 10 he
filed with the recorder for the county in which the
same is situated plat thereof for exceeding
hundred and forty acres describing lis exterior bOun
dares according 10 the lines of the public surveys
where such surveys have been executed also giving
the name Ct such city or town, and exhibiting the
Streets squares blocks lots and alleys, the size OF the
same, with measurnents and area OF such municipal
subdivision, the lots which shall each not exceed
four thousand two hundred square feet, with a state
ment of the extent and general character Of the i'm.
prevemens the said map and statement TO be verified
under oath by the party acting for and in behalf of the
persons proposing to establish such city town; and
within month after such filing there shall be trans
mltted 10 the General Land Office a verified trans
crpt of such map and statement, accompanied by the
testimony of two witnesses that such city town haG
been established IN good faith, and w,- ne premises
are within the limits OF an organized lands district,
similar map and statement shall be filed with the reg
lister and receiver, and at time after The filing
such map, statement and testimony in the Genera
Land Office, it shall and may be lawful for the Presl
dent TO cause the lots embraced within the limits O
such city be offered public sale 10 Iht
highest bidder, subject minimum Of ten dollars 70
each lot; and such lots may not be disposed of q
public sale shall thereafter be liable TO private entr
at said minimum, or AT such reasonable increase o
dimnutlOn thereof as the Secretary of the Interior maj
order from time to time after al least three months no
tice i'll view Of the increase decrease in the vau
OF the municipal property Provided, That actua
| settler upon any lot, aforesaid aud upon an
additional lot in which he may have substantial / n
prOvements. shall be entitled 10 prove up and pur
chase the a pre.emptiCn, al said minimum, Il
any time before the day fixed for the public snle
Sec ). And be 1t further enacted. That when sucl
cities or towns established upon unsctVeyed lands
II shall and may be lawful, after the extension limit
of the premises according to Those lines where il Ca
be done without interference with rights which ma
be vested by sale and patents for ali lots dispose
of at public private sale shall issue as in Ordlnar
cases.
Sec. 4. Aud be 1t further enacted, That if With
twelve months from the establishment of a city Q
town, as aforesaid, IN the public domain, the partIe
interested shall refuse fail 10 file in the Gepert
, Land Office transcript map with the statement an
testimony called for by the PROVISIONS Of the secOn
section Of this act, ii shall and may he lawful for I'll
Secretary of the Interior 10 cause survey and plat
be made ofsuch city or town. and thereafter the 10
IN the same shall be disposed of as required by sal
PROVISIONS with the exception that they shall each
al an increase OF fifty cenum per on the aforesaid min
mum of ten dollars per lot.
Sec. s. And be 1t further enacted That effect sha
be given to The foregoing act, according 10 such reg
atiOns may be prescribed by the Secretary OF It
Interior The act entitled 'An act iOr the relel
! the citizens of the towns upon The lands OF the Unite
y States, under certain circumstances" approved Ms
tw0nty- y-three ammo DOmn eighteen hundred and for
four and all other acts parts of acts inconsistent WI
) this act be aud the same hereby repealed.
e Approved, July /. 1864.