Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-23
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i. bapv1 MINRRAL LANDs.
Amended Mn Repsrted By se,.,.

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SECTION ]. That the mineral land, Of ths
public domain, both surveyed and unsuryey.
ed, are hereby declared TO be ffee and Oman
70 exploration and occupation by all citizen.
Of the United States, and those who have
declared their intention 70 become citizens.
SUBJECTS such regulations as may be ore.
scribed BY law, and subject also to local cu..
tom or rules Of miners In the several mining
d~iatIicts, 40 far As the same may not be IN
conflict with the laws Of the United States,
SHc.2 And b u further enacted, That
whenever any person or association Of per-
sons claim q vein or lode Of quartz, or ether
rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar,
or copper, having previously occupied and
improved the saus according to the local
custom or rules Of miners IN the district
where the same Is situated, and having e1.
pended In actual labor and improvements
thereon an amount not less than one thou.
sand dollars, andin regard to whose possss-
sion there ID no controversy or opposing
claim, Il shall and may be lawful for said
claimant or association Of claimants 70 file
In the local land Office . diagram Of the m
90 extended Literally or otherwise as to CON.
form 70 the local laws, customs, and rules Of
miners, and TO enter such tract and receive 4
patent therefor, granting such mine, together
with the right To- follow such vein or lode,
with its dipS, angles and variations. 10 any
depth, although 1t may enter the land adjoin-
ing, which land adjoining shal be sold cub
ject TO this condition.
SIC. 8. And % Il frther enacted, That
upon the fling OF the diagram a. provided In
second section Of this Act, and posting the
same in q conspicuous place on the claim,
together with a notice Of intention to apply
for a patent, the Register Of the Land Office
shall publish = notice Of the same in . news
paper published nearest TO the location Of
said claim, and shall also post such notice In
his Office for the period Of ninety days; and
after the expiration Of said period, II no ad-
verse claim shall have bsen fled, 1t
shall be the duty Of the Surveyor Cen
eral, upon application Of the party,
to survey the premises and make a plat
thereof, Endorsed with his approval, designs-
ting the number and description Of the loca-
ftion, 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 Ave 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
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tho General Land Office said plat, survey,
and description; and = patent shall Issue for
the n1ne thereupon. But said plat, survey,
or description shall in no case cover more
than ono vein or lode, and no patent shall
issue for more than one vein or lode, which
shall be expressed in the patent issued.
SEo.4 4. And be Il further enacted, That
when such location and entry Of q 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 70 the loea-
ton and possession and plat aforesaid, and
the Surveyor General may, in extending the
surveys, vary the same from = 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.
tional claim for discovery TO the discoverer
Of the lode, with the right to follow such vein
to any depth, with'a its dips, variations, and
angles, together. with 4 reasonable quantity
Of surface for the convenient working Of the
SAINT a. fixed BY local rules: And provided
further, That no person may make more
than one location on the same lode, and not
more than three thousand feet shall be taken
In any ons claim BY any association Of
persons.
$50. S. And6 % Il Jayt6er enacted, That a.
y further conditioned sale, in the absence OF
necessary legislation by Congress, the local
Legislature Of any State or Territory may
provide rules for working mines involving
casernents, drainage, and other neceSlSfyy
means to their complete Development; and
those conditions shall DO fully expr'.--din
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sso.s Z. Ana 3 L tst1.y enacted, Tha
| whenever any adverse claimants 70 any mine
located and claimed q Aforesaid shall appear
before tho approval Of the survey, n pro-
| vided In the third section Of this Act, all pro-
ceedings shall 30 stayed until q 6nai settts-
ment and adjudication In the Courts Of com.
petent jurisdiction Of the rights OF posses
sion to such claim, when . patent may issue
a. in other canes. -A.-1a1@N rIfs-
SEC. Z. And b Il further enacted, That ths
President OF the United States be, and 10
hereby, authorized to establish additional
hand districts and TO appoint the necessary
officers under existing laws whereysri.h he
may deem the same necessary for the public
eonysnisnce in executing the provisions Of
SEC. s. And % /. Further enacted, That tho
right Of way for the construction OF high
ways over public lands, not reserved for pub.
lit uses, ID hereby granted. Ll4 -.
SEC. 9. And b Il further enacted, That
whenever, BY priority Of possession, rights to
the'u se Of water for mining, agricultural,
manufacturing, or other purposes, have vest.
ed and accrued, and the same are recognized
and acknowledged BY the local customs, laws
and the decisions Of Courts, the posssGsors
and owners Of such vested rights, shall b
maintained and protected In the same /; and
the right Of way for the construction Of ditch
es and canals for the purposes Aforesaid l.
hereby acknowledged and confirmed. Pro-
vided, however, That whenever, after the
passage Of. this Act, any person Or persons
shall, in the construction Of any ditch or
canal, injure or damage the possesiion Of any
settler on tbs public domain, the party com.
hitting such injury or damage shall DO liable
to the party injured for such injury or dam
age. go
SEC. 10. And b e frtAsy enacted, Thai
wherever, prior 10 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 homestsads
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 bssn
no valuable mines Of gold, silver, oinnabsr
or copper discovered, and which are properly
agricultural lands, the said settlers or owners
Of such homesteads shall have q rishtof prs.
empton thereto, and shall b entitled 70 Dun.
chase the same at the price Of 6ne dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre, and In quantity
not % exceed one hundred and sixty acrss:
o r said parties may avail themselves Of the
provisions Of, the Act Of Congress approved
May twenty, eighteen hundred and siity.two.
entitled tAn2 Act to secure houesesds 70
actual settlers on the public domain" and
Acts amendatory thereof, Is9stzu saI i,
SIC. II. And b Il frthSr enacted, That
upon the survey Of the lands Aforesaid, the
Secretary Of the Interior may designate and
set apart such portions Of the said lands Il
are clearly agricultural lands, which lands
shall thereafter be subject to presumption and
sale a. othef public lands Of the United
States, and subject 10 all the laws and rsgu-
lations applicable to the same. .ar
1.-THE above Act has been approved BY the
President, and Il now the law.-ED. NEws.l
ozai a NOTICE.
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