Arizona miner., 1867-11-23

trcts, 20 far as the samc may not be in con hict with the laws of the United States.
 SEC. 2. AHR je t tirthtr e,orid, That whenever any person or association oi per sons claim a ycin or lode Of quartz, OF other rock in place, bearing gold, silver cnnabar, OF copper, having previously occupied and improved the same according Co the local GUS tom or rules of miners in the district where the same is situated. and having expended,
 u actual labor and improvements thereon an amount of not less than SlOUO, and in regard to whose possession there is no controversy CT opposing claim it shall and may be lawful for said claimants or association of claimants to file in the local land office diagram of the same so extended laterally or otherwise as to conform to the local laws customs, and rules of miners, and Co enter such tract and receive patent therefor, granting such mine together with the right to follow said vein or lode with its dips, angles or variations Co any depth, although it may enter the land ad joining which land adjoining shall be sold subject Co this condition.
 SEC 8. IHi .. I J4rhcf Cur-'i /, That upon the filing of the diagram as provided in the second section of this Act, and posting tue some iu @ conspicuous place on the claim together with notice of intention Co apply for patent, the Register of the Land office shall publish @ notice of the same in a news paper published nearest Co 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, if no ad- verse claim shall have been filed. it shall be the duty of the Surveyor General, upon ap- plication of the party, Co survey the prem ises and make plat thereof, indorscd with his approval. designating the number and de- scription of the location; the value of the labor and improvements, and the character of Che vein exposed; and upon the payment Co the proper officer of five dollars per acre, together with the cost of such survey, plat and notice, and giving satisfactory evidence that said diagram and notice have been post ed on the claim during said period of ninety days the Register of the Land Office ehal transmit to the General Land Office said plat survey and description and patent shall issue for the same thcrcupon but sad plat survey or description shall in DO case cover more than one vein OF lode, which shall be expressed in ,he patent issued.
 SEC i. Aad ls t tuthersaocte5, That when such location and entry of a mine shall be upon unsurveyed lands, it shall and may be lawful, after the extension thcrcto'of the pub lie surveys, to adjust the surveys to the lin its of the premises according to the location and possession and plat aforesaid, and the Surveyor General may. in extending the sur yeys, vary the same from rectangular form
 to suit the circumstances of the country and the local rules, laws and customs of the miners PrOrided. That no location hereafter made shall exceed two hundred feet in length
 along the vein for each locator. with an ad-
 ditiOnal claim for discovery to the discoycrcr of the lode, with the right to follow such
 vein to any depth, with all its dips, varia- tions anG angles together with reasonable
 quantity of surface tor the convenient work ing of the same, as fixed by local rules And provided further, That no person may make
 more than one location on the same lode,
 and that not more than three thousand feet shall be taken in any one claim by any asso-
 citation of persons.
 SEC. J. And 6e H fur,her 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. G. AHd c. H further enacted, That. whenever adverse claimants to any mine lo- cated and claimed as aforesaid. shall appear. | before the approval of the survey, a. proyi- ! dcd iii the third section of this Act. ali pro- ceedings shall be stayed until final settle. ment and adjudication of the Courts of com ] petent jurisdiction of the rights of possession
 to such clam, when patent may issue as in other cases.
 ! SEC '. And be | further eaac,ed That the | President of the United States be. and he | is hereby, authorized to establish addi-
 tionai land districts, and to appoint the necessary officers under existing laws wher- ever he may deem the same necessary for the public convenience in executing tie proyis.
 ions of this Act
 SEc. 8. And Je it Jurther eHacted. That the right of way for the construction of highways over public lands, not reserved for public
 uses, is hereby granted.
 ! SEC. Q. Aad Se t turlher enacted. That whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural.
 manufacturing or other purposes. have vested
 and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs. laws and | the decisiOnsof Courts, the possesssors and owners of such vested rights shall be main talned and protected in the same; and the right of way for the construction of ditcbes anu Cahais TUT tHc purposes aforesaid IS hereby acknowledged and confirmed: Provided.
 however, That whenever after the passage
 Of this Act, any person or persons shall, in the construction of any ditch or canal. iniure or damage the possession of any settler on
 the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party
 injured for such injury or damage.
 SEc. 10. And 6s h .furthey eaacfeI. That.
 wherever prior to the passage of this Act. mnnn the lanls herctninra d...innat..I .- -..-; L;