Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-28
MINERAL LANDs-BILL PASSED.
MINERAL LANDS.
Amended BILL Reported by asenatSr
- .PRaSed.

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TO exploration and occupation BY all citizens
Of the United States, and those who have
declared their intention to become citizens,
subject TO such regulations as may be pro-
tcribed by law, and subject also to local Gus
Som or rules Of miners In the several mining
districts, so far az the same may not be in
eoSntet with the laws Of the United States.
oEe.z. And Be II further enacted, That
"n na any person or association Of per-
~ e'aIn q vein or lode Of quartz, or other
~ ~ pace, bearing gold, %ailver, cinnabar,
N.ppeI' naslng previously occupied and
cr!,on 'ne same according to the local
49, ~ .Saes OF miners in the district
NneIe tne same 10 situated, and having ex-
pended in actual labor and imnrover5cnts %
thereon an amount not les, thar ons thou-
sand dollars, q in regard IN vho,s no.....
sion there Is no controversy ~ onno.;ns
claim, it shall and may be lawful or ,a;a
claimant or association Of cl,;m,a, a..
N the local land Office 4 diagram ~ w.
60 extended laterally or otherviss &C. .oe
form TO the local laws, customs, and MIL. ~
miners, and TO enter such tract and recs;..n
patent therefor, granting such mine, tooetbor
with the right TO follow such vein or loda
with its dips, angles and variations, TO any
depth, although It may enter the land adioin.
ing, which land adjoining shall be sold cub.
Jet to this condition.
SEC. 3. And Be Il 6urther enacted, Thu,
upon the fling OF the diagram AZ provided in
second section Of this Act, and posting the
same In \ conspicuous place on the claim,
together with q notice Of intention 10 apply
for a patent, the Register Of the Land Office
shall publish q notice Of the same in a news
paper published nearest to the location Of
said claim, and shall also post such notice in
bis office for the period Of ninety days; and
after the expiration Of said period, II no ad-
verse claim shall have been filed, It
shall be the duty OF the Surveyor Gen.
sfal, upon application Of the party,
TO survey the premises and make q plat
thereof, Endorsed with his approval, designa-
ting the number and description Of the iocs-
| ton, the value Of the labor and improve
ments, and the character OF the vein ex-
posed; and upon the payment to the proper
officer Of FIVE dollars per acre, together with
the cost Of each survey, plat, and notice, and
gram and notice have been posted on the
claim during said period Of ninety days, the
Register of the Land Office shall transmit to
the General Land Office said plat, survey,
and description; and patent shall issue for
the same thereupon. But said plat, survey,
or description shall in no case cover more
than one vein or lode, and no patent shall
issue for more than one vein or lode, which
shall be expressed in the patent issued.
SEC. 4. And b Il further enacted, That
when such location and entry Of 4 mine shall
be upon unsuryeyed lands, It shall and may
be lawful, after the extension thereto Of the
public surveys, to adjust the surveys to the
limits Of the premises according to the loca-
ton and possession and plat aforesaid, and
the Surveyor General may, in extending the
surveys, vary the same from q rectangular
form to SUIT the circumstances Of the coun-
try and the local rules, laws, and customs Of
miners: Provided, That no location hereafter
made shall exceed two hundred feet in length
along the vein for each locator, with an addi.
tonal claim for discovery to the diseoversi
Of the lode, with the right to follow such vein
to any depth, with all It's dips, variations, and
angles, together with a reasonable quantity
same asfxed BY local rules: And provided
further, That no person may make more
than ono location on the same lode, and not
more than three thousand feet shall be taken
in any one claim by any association Of
persons.
SEC. s. And BE- IL further enacted, That as
a further condition Of sale, in the absence Of
necessary legislation BY Congress, the local
Legislature Of any State or Territory may
provide rules for working mines involving
easements, drainage, and other necessary
means to their complete development; and
those conditions shall be fully expressed in
the patent.
SEC. 6. And Be IL further snacted, That
whenever any adverse claimants to any mine
located and claimed AZ aforesaid shall appear
before the approval Of the survey, as pro.
yided in the third section of this Act, all pro-
oeedings shall be stayed until a final settle.
mont and adjudication in the Courts OF com
petent juriidiotion Of the rights Of posses-
sion to such claim, when q patent may issue
IS in other cases.
SEC. 7. And be Il further enacted, That the
President Of the United States be, and is
hereby, authorized to establish additional
land districts and to appoint the necessary
officers under existing laws, wherever he
may deem the same necessary for the public
convenience in executing the provisions Of
this Act.
SEC. 8. And Be 4 further enacted, That the
right OF way for the construction Of high
ways over public lands, not reserved for pub
lit uses, Is hereby granted.
SIC. 8. And DO IL further enacted, That
whenever, by priority Of possession, rights to
the use Of water for mining, agricultural,
manufacturing, or other purposes, have vest
cd and accrued, and the same are recognized
and acknowledged BY the local customs, laws
and the decisions Of Courts, the possessors
and owners Of such vested rights, shall be
maintained and protected in the same; and
the right Of way for the construction Of ditch
es and canals for the purposes aforesaid 10
hereby acknowledged and confirmed: Pro.
passage Of this Act, any person or persons
shall, in the construction Of any ditch or
canal, injure or damage the possession Of any
settler on the public domain, the party com
hitting such injury or damage shall DO liable
to the party injured for such injury or dam
age.
SEC. 10. and Be IL farther enacted, That
wherever, prior TO the passage Of this Act,
upon the lands heretofore designated a. min.
eral lands, which have been excluded from
survey and sale, there have been homesteads
made BY citizens Of the United States, or
persons who have declared their intention to
become citizens, which homesteads have been
made, improved, and used for agricultural
purposes, and upon which there have been
no valuable mines Of gold, silver, einnabar
or copper discovered, and which are properly
agricultural lands, the said settlers or owners
emption thereto, and shall be entitled to pur-
ShsoS sNS oeMs PAASS Va VIC oOHoi snu
twenty-five cents per acre, and in quantity
not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres;
or said parties may avail themselves Of the
provisions Of the Act Of Congress approved
May twenty, eighteen hundred and siIty.two,
entitled can Act to secure homestelds to
actual settlers on the public domain" and
Acts ~smendltory thereof.
SEC. IL. Ind be it further enacted, That ID
upon the survey Of the lands Aforesaid, the
Secretary Of the Interior may designate and
set apart such portions Of the said lands as
are clearly agricultural lands, which lands
shall thereafter be subject TO presumption and
sale rs other public lands Of the United
States. and subject to all the laws and regu-
lAtions applicable to the same.
The above Act has been approved BY the
President, and Is now the law.-ED. NBws.l
STOREY COUNTY
Union Central Committee.
1886.
VIRGINIA CITY:
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