The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20
CHAP. CLXVI.-AN ACT concerning certain
Lands granted 10 the State Of Nevada.

| CHAP. CLXVI.-AN ACT concerning certain
Lands granted 10 the State Of Nevada.
BE It enacted by the Senate and House Of
| Representatives Of the United States Of America
| in Congress assembled, That the appropriation
| by the constitution of the State Of Nevada 10
educational purposes of the five hundred thou
sand acres Of land granted to said state by the
| law Of September fourth, eighteen hundred
and fOrty-One for purposes of internal i'm
| proycment, is hereby approved and confirmed.
| See. ,. And be II further enacted, That land
! equal in amount to seYenty-twO entire sections,
! for the establishment and maintenance Of n
university in said State, Is hereby granted to
| the State Of Nevada.
! Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That the
| grant made by law of the second day Of July,
eighteen hundred and siXty-two, 10 each State,
! Of land equal tO thirty thousand acres for each
of its Senators and Representatives in Congress.
| Is extended 10 the State of Nevada; and the
diversion Of the proceeds of these lands in Ne
vada from the teaching Of agriculture and me
chanic arts to that Of the theory and practice Of
mining Is allowed and authorized without
causing forfeiture Of said grant.
See. 4. And be it further enacted, That tlP
! President Of the United States, by and with the
| advice and consent of the Senate, shall be,
and he Is hereby authorized to appoint
| "A surycyOT-general for Nevada, who shall
| locate his office at such place as the Secre-
tary of the Interior shall from time to time di-
! rect, whose compensation shall be three thou
| sand dollars per annum, and whose duties,
powers, obligations, responsibilities, and allow
ances for clerk hire office rent, fuel and Incl
dental expenses shall be the same as those of
I the encouragement Of Oregon, under the di-
recton of the Secretary Of the Interior, and
deen il 4iyiaqlf Nhim~-
| Sec. 3. And pc II fur3ner cnurtrd, THAT in
extending the surveys Of the public lands in
the State of Nevada, the Secretary Of the lnte-
r1or may in his discretion vary the lines Of the
subdivisions from rectangular form, to suit
the circumstances Of the country; but in all
eases lands valuable for mines of gold, silver,
quicksilver or copper shall be reserved from
sale.
See. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That until
the State of Nevada shall have received her full
quota of lands named in the first second, and
third sections of this act, the public lands in
that State shall not be subject to entry, sale, or
location under any law of the United States, or
any scrip or warrants issued in pursuance Of
any such law except the homestead act of May
twentieth, eighteen hundred and siXty-two, and
acts amendatOry thereto. and the acts granting
and regulating pre-emptiOns, but shall be re-
served exclusively for entry by the said State
for the period of two years after such survey
shall have been made: Provided, That said
state shall select said lands in her own name
and right in tracts of not less than forty acres,
and dispose of the same in tracts not exceeding
three hundred and twenty acres, only to actual
settlers and bona fide occupants: And provided
further, That city and town property shall not
be subject TO selection under this act: And
provided further, That this section shall not be
construed to interfere with or impair rights
heretofore acquired under any law Of Con-
grcss
Approved, July 1, 1866.