Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-01-11

bate, by authority OF said court Of probate
and r~eciting or referring to this section, ant
every such deed shall be taken and consid
cred as conclusive evidence OF title, and tina
all preliminary steps had been c%orrectl,
taken.
SEC. s. And be IL further enacted, That, fol
the purpose Of coming said gold and silver
the President Of tho United States shall be,
and is hereby, authorized to lay off said
mineral regions into suitable coming dis
tricts, having regard to the minis now estab'
lished by law, and that all gold or silver
mined or procured from any Of the lands sold
under this act shall be coined at United
States minis, the owners paying one per cen
tum for coming gold, and three per centum
for coming silver; and any person who shall
remove or attempt to remove any gold or
silver out Of the coming district i'll which II
was procured, without first having the same
coined. shall forfeit said gold or silver-one-
half of which shall 90 to the informcr and the
other half to the United States; nor shall
any cinnibar be exported without the consent
of the chief Of the mint for the district IN
which il was procured, under penalty OF like
forfeiture, to be disposed Of as directed in
forfeiturcs previously provided for.
Sic. Q. Ina be Il further enacted, That be-
fore any person shall be permitted to enter
any of said mineral lands he shall take the
oath Of loyalty to the United States pre-
scribed By law, and any violation Of said oath,
and any malfeasance on the part OF any OF
the officers whose appointments are author
lied by this act, shall be deemed n felony,
and upon being proven before any court OF
competent jurisdiction the offender shall be
punished by n fine Of not less than one thou
sand dollars and imprisonment at hard labor
for not less than one year, or both, ut the
discretion Of the court and in case OF the
officers, they shall forever be disqualified
from holding office under the government OF
the United States.
SEC. 10. lind Be IL further enacted, That
the net proceeds Of said lands shall be, and
they are hereby, dedicated to the payment Of
the principal aud interest Of the bonds OF the
United States and il Congress shall hereaf.
ter authorize the issue of bonds, principal
and interest redeemablc in gold, any such
bonds shall be received in payment for any OF
these lands. And all the provisions OF this
act relative to lands shall be carried out un-
der such rules and regulations rs may be
prescribed by the Secretary Of the Interior for
that purpose, and all relative to mints, coin
age and so forth, under such rules and regu-
lations as may be prescribed by the Sccrc-
tarv Of the Treasury for that purpose.
SEC. IL. INA pt 10 JHtfff tNtNttNp Ahat
upon the survey Of the lands aforesaid, the
Secretary Of the Interior may designate and
set apart such portions OF the said lands rs
arc clearly agricultural lands, which lands
shall thereafter be subject to pre- emption,
homestead entry and sale, as other public
lands Of the United States, and subject to all
the laws and regulations applicable to the
same.
SEC. 10. Ind be Il further enacted, That, in
extending the United States surveys over the
mineral regions, the Surveyor General shall
be, and he iI hereby, authorized, whenever
nc shall find mining settlements, made in &C.
cordancc with surveys executed by such set
tiers, to establish such surveys by lines,
courses, corners, and so forth, correcting
such lines and corners with the boundaries
and corners Of the sections Of the rectangular
surveys, and designate those lots by suitable
numbers on the plnts Of survey, giving the
reasons and facts in full for such anomalous
surveys: Prorided, h~OiUerer, That no such
mining lot shall contain more than forty
acres, nor shall more land be included in any
such survey than the area being actually
worked or mined by the settler: Ind pro.
rided, also, That the Surveyor General may
cause adjacent lands to these mineral lots TO
be subdiyided in the same manner with those
lots, when the interest Of the government or
the convenience Of settlers shall, in his opin-
ion, require it.
70 SIC. l3. Ind be IL farther enacted, That
all the lands containing salt deposits shall be
subdiyided by the Surveyor General into lots
of one acre and Il quarter each, in the mode
herein prescribed for subdiyiding mineral
lands; and he shall subdiyIde timber lands
adjacent to such mineral lands into ten acre
lots, the minimum price OF. such salt and tim
Der lots to be determined by the Commits
sioners Of the General Land Office, on the
report Of the Surveyor General, register and
receiver, and g%eologist, as prescribed for min
eral lands and each person who shall buy n
mineral lot, shall be authorized to enter n
salt and timber lot at the same time, at the
minimum prices fixed by the Commissioner
as aforesaid: Proriaed, hOIerer, That il
two or more persons at the same time apply
to enter the same salt or timber lot, such lot
shall be put up at auction among such appli.
cants, and the highest bidder shall be entitled
to enter such lot, paying therefor the amount
bid, in addition to the price fixed by the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office,
the whole Of such payments to be paid in
gold or silver.
SEC. IA. And be il further enacted, That
when in his augment it shall be necessary for
the public interest, the President shall have
the power, and is hereby authorized, to in
crease the number Of land districts in any
State or Territory, fix the boundaries Of the
same, appoint a register and receiver for
each district so created, and to appoint such
additional number Of biologists in any land
district as may be deemed necessary fully to
carry out the purposes and intent OF this act.
SEC. Is. And be IL further enacted, That
all laws or parts Of laws inconsistent with
the provisions of this act be, and the same
are hereby repealed.