Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-06
NrNgaAL Lakbs1B1LL PASSED.
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co, RIe ueIeVy uSClAISu w USltcc ouu OpUl
TO exploration and occupation BY all oftiseni
OF the United States, and those who hav,
declared their intention to become citizens
subject 70 such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by law, and subject also to local Gus
tom or rules Of miners in the several MINING
districts, 50 far as the same may not be 1t
conflict with the laws ofthe United States.
SEQ. 2. rAad b Il further aesoeted, Tha'
whenever any person or association Of per
sons claim a vein or lode Of quartz, or othe,
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabaf
or copper, having previously occupied ant
improved the same according to the loca
custom or rules Of miners In the diitric
where the same ID situated, and having ex.
pended In actual labor and improvement
thereon an amount not less than one thou
sand dollars, and in regard to whose posses
sion there 10 NJ controversy or opposing
claim, It shall and may be- lawful for said
claimant or association Of claimants 70 hlt
in the local land Office o diagram Of the same,
20 extended laterally or otherwise as to con.
form to the local Lawn, customs, and rules o.
miners, and to enter such tract and receive I
patent therefor, granting such mine, togethet
with the right to follow such vein or lode,
with its dips, angles and variations, TO any
depth, although it may enter the land sdjoin-
ing, which land adjoining shall be sold cub
ject to this condition.
SEC. g.. And Be IL further enacted, That
upon the filing Of the diagram az provided ID
second section Of this Act, and posting the
same In a conspicuous place. on the claim,
together with a notice Of intention TO apply
for a patent, the Register Of the Land Office
shall publish q notice Of the same In 4 news
paper published nearest to the location Of
said claim, and shall also post such notice ID
his Office for the period Of ninety days; and
after the expiration Of said period, II no ad!
verse claim shall have been fled, it
shall be the duty Of the Surveyor Gen.
eral, upon application of the party
to survey the premises and make q plat
thereof, Endorsed with his approval, dergna.
ting the number and description Of the loca.
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 Eve dollars per acre, together with
the cost Of each survey, plat, and notice, and
giving satisfactory evidence that said dia.
gram and notice have been posted on the
claim during said period Of ninety days, the
| Register Of the Land Office shall transmit I'd
the General Land Office said plat, survey,
and description; and a patent shall Issue fol
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 be IL further enacted, THAI
when such location and entry Of a mine shall
be upon unsurveyed lands, il shall and maj
DO lawful, after the extension thereto OF thl
public surveys, to adjust the surveys to tn,
limits Of the premises according to the loca
ton and possession and plat aforesaid, an,
the Surveyor General may, in extending tn,
surveys, vary the same from a rectangula
form to SUIT the circumstances Of the coun
try and the local rules, laws, and customs o
miners: Provided, That no location hereafts
made shall exceed two hundred feet In lengtl
along the vein for each locator, with an add
tional claim for discovery 10 the discoyere
Of the lode, with the right to follow such veil
to any depth, with all It's dips, variations, an,
angles, together with q reasonable quantit,
of surface for the convenient working Of tn
same as fixed by local rules: And provide
further, That no person may make NOR
than one location on the same lode, and no
more than three thousand feet shall be takei
in any one claim BY any association o
Persons.
Spc. 4. Aud bs Il xuy4he, tnacted. That n
a fnytber condition q az. in the ab.ence o
necessary legislation by Congress. the loea
Ieoislature of any State or TERRITORY ma,
provide rules for working mines involving
easements, drainage, and other neeessar!
means to their complete development; ant
those conditions shall be fully expressed II
the patent.
SIC. g.. And be Il further enacted, Tha,
whenever any adverse claimants to any min,
located and claimed a. aforesaid shall appeal
before the approval Of the survey, az pro
yided In the third section Of this Act, all pro
ceedines shall be stayed until afnai settle
ment and adjudication In the Courts Of com
petent jurisdiction OF the rights OF posses
sion to such claim, when 4 patent may issu,
"A in other cases,
SEC. z, And Be il fuyther enacted, That tn,
President of the United States be, and il
i,nd 1;,tr;ct, and N ,nnoint the nece.sar,
nav desr Tho sams nece.sary foY the npbli,
an.a IL aseor,;ne ~ Dsss; ion. -
III. A..
SEC And 4, Il further .,aet.a Tb,t III,
r;sht M nav for ths son.,r,istion M bioh
| unVa over nOhlic lnndA. not reRArvAd for DuD
In u.e.. i. herehv GRANTED.
SEC q ind 4, r. ftrth.r ,naet.d, TT,
vhanever nv nriori,y ~ nos,es,ion' riuht, 4
The mac NJ water for mining. norieultural
manufac,uring. or other purposes. have YES,
ed and accrued. and the same are recognize
and acknowledged by the local customs, law
and the decisions Of Courts, the possessor
and owners Of such vested rights, shall b
maintained and protected in the same; an
the right Of way Tor the construction Of ditch
ca and canals for The. purpose Aforesaid |
hereby acknovledoed and Confirmed, Pro
yided. however, That whenever. after IN
massage of this Act. any person or person
sbsiI. In the eonstruetion OF any ditch o
canal ;niure or damaoe tbe pos.ession Of an,
settler on nc public Domain, the marty com
hitting. such injury or damage shall DO lisbl,
to the party injured for such injury or dam
age. sls
SEC, 10. And be Il farther enacted, ThaI
wherever, prior to tie passage Of this Act
upon the lands heretofore designated al min,
eral lands, which have been excluded from
survey and sale, thererhayeJ een'homesteadi
| hecome citi,ens. which omesteads have beer