The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-01-10

any depth. although it may enter the land adj
Joining, which land adjoining shall be sold SUBJ
| Ject to this condition.
| SEC. 3. And6e 1t farer enacted, That upon the
ming OF the diagram as provided in the second
/ sectlon OF this act, and posting the same in a
conspicuous place on the claim, together with
| notlce OF intention to apply for patent, the
register OF the land Office shall publish notice
OF 1ne same IN newspaper published nearest
i to the location of said claim, and shall also
post such notice in his office for a period of
ninety days; and after the expiration of said
period II no adverse claim shall have been filed,
II shall be the duty of the surveyor general, up
on Application of the party, to survey the prem
Uses, and make plat thereof, Endorsed with
his approval, designating the number and des
crlptlon of the location, the value of the labor
and improvements, and the character of the
vein exposed and upon the payment to the
proper officer of five dollars per acre, together
with the cost of such 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 to the General
Land Office said plat, survey and description ;
and patent shall issue for the same thereup
i on. 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.
i SEC. a. and be it further enacted, That when
/ such location and entry ola mine shall be up
on unsurveyed lands, it shall and may be law
ful, after the extension thereto of the public
/ surveys, to adjust the surveys to the limits of
the premises according to the location and pos
session and plat aforesaid, and the surveyor
i general may, in extending the surveys, vary
the same from rectangular form to suit the
circumstances of the country and the local
i rules, laws, and customs of miners: PrOvided
Inat location hQroQ ode ho nNYaan cd
two hundred feet in length along the vein for
each locator, with an additionalaclaim for dis
coyery to the discoverer of the lode, with the
right to follow such vein to any depth, with
all It's dips, variations and angles, together
with reasonable quantity of surface for the
convenient working of the same as fixed by To-
cal rules: Ard provided further, That no per-
Il son may make more than one location on the
same lode, and not more than 5000 feet shall
Fl be taken in any one claim by any association
of persons.
Sec. 5. Ard belt further enacted, That as a fur
ther condition of sale, in the absence of neces-
sary legislation by Congress, the local legisla-
ture of any State or Territory NAV 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. t. A1ad be further enacted, That whenev-
er any adverse claimants to any mine located
and claimed as aforesaid shall appear before
the approval OF the survey, as provided in the
third section of this act all proceedings shall
be stayed until final settlement and adjudi-
cation in the courts of competent jurisdiction
OF the rights of possession to such claim when
patent may issue as in other cases.
SEC. z. and be 1t further enacted, That the
President of the United States be, and hereby
is authorized to establish additional land dis
tricts and to appoint the necessary officers I'M
, der existing laws, whenever he may deem the
same necessary for the public convenience in
executing the provisions of this act
, SEC. g. And be 1t further enacted That the
!, right of way for the construction of highways
over public lands, not reserved for public uses,
is hereby granted
SEC. 9. And be 1t further enacted, That when
ever, by priority of possession, rights to the
use of water for mining, agricultural, manu-
featuring or other purposes, have vested or ac-
; crued, and the same are recognized and ac-
knowledged by the local customs, laws, and
the decisions ofcourts, the possessors and own
ers of such vested rights shall be maintained
and protected in the same; and the right Of
way for the construction of bitches and canals
for the purposes aforesaid is hereby acknowl
, edged and confirmed: PrOUided however, That
: whenever, after the passage OF this act, any
person or persons shall, in the construction OF
any ditch or canal, injure damage the pos.
session 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 belt further enacted, That when.
ever, prior to the passage of this act, upon the
, lands heretofore designated as mineral lands
! which have been excluded from survey and
sale, there have been homesteads made by cit.
liens 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, cinnibar or copper discovered land
which are properly agricultural lands, the said
settlers or owners of such homesteads, shall
have right of presumption thereto, and shall
be entitled to purchase the same at the price OF
one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and
in quantity not to exceed one hundred and six
, ty acres; or said parties may avail themselves
of the provisions of the act of Congress ap-
proved May twenty, eighteen hundred and six
ty-two, entitled"An act to secure homesteads
to actual settlers on the public domain, and
, acts amendatory thereof.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, That upon
! the survey of the lands aforesaid, the Secreta-
ry 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 other pub
! lie lands of the United States, and subject to
all the laws and regulations applicable to the
same.
Approved July &C. 1866.
PUBLIC REsoLUTIoN-No. IL
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the President to divert
certain funds heretofore appropriated and cause the
&c, for destitu. Indians and Indian Tribes.
ReSOtUed 6y the Senate and House Of Representa-
tUes of the United States of AneericG IN Con0resS
assembled That the President of the United
States be and he hereby authorized to be
pended under the direction OF the Secretary OF the Int
tute Indians and Indian Tribes within the southern
perntendency, and for agricultural implements and
seeds for the same sum not exceeding hve hundred
thousand dollars of the uneXpended balance in the
ury of appropriations heretofore made ITO enable the
United States carry into effect the act of third
eighteen hundred and nineteen and other acts
died. That the expenditure shall laid
ed sso T ali ac to- to SAID
Indians and tribes shall be delivered to them be-
| Approved, December 81, S66.
GPUBLIo REsoLUTIoN-No. g.
JOINT REsoLUTIoN for increasing the Bond of The Super
WHEREAS the amount of money which can be advanc-
ed to the superintendent of public printing under exist
rent expenditures OF his office: Therefore,
ReSolOed by the Senate and House Of RepreSen-
tatiUeS Of the United States Of AnaericG IN Congress
assembled, That the said Superintendent be re-
quested to furnish new bond in the penal sum of egh
ty thousand dollars.
| Approved, January 10, 1866
TPUBLIc REsoLUsIoN-No. 81
JOINT REoLUToN In relation to the Industrial EXPOSE
WHEREAS the United States have been invited by the
government of France to take part in universal expos
and the fine arts to be held in Paris France in the year
| eighteen hundred and sixty-seven:
| LCeSOlUed by the Senate and House Of RepreSeT-
tatiUeS ofe United States Of america IN Congress
assembled, That said invitation is accepted.
Sec. 2. And be at further resolved, That the pro-
ceedngs heretofore adopted by the Secretary of State in
relation the said exposition set forth In his report
and ACCOMPANYING documents concerning that subject,
transmitted both houses of Congress with the Pres
dents message of the eleventh instant, are approved
Sec 4ud be at further TeSotuea That the general agent
for exposition at New York be authorized to
employ such clerks be necessary to enable him
fulfil the requirements of the regua Of impe
rial commission not to exceed four in NUMBER one OF
whom shall receive compensation at the rate of eight
hundred dollars per annum, one at sixteen hundred
dollars, and two at fourteen hundred dollars:
Sec. 4. And be it further resolved, That the
Secretary of State be- and hereby authorized and re-
quested to prescribe such general regulations concern
the conduct of the business relating to the part to
taken by the United States in the exposition as may
| be proper.
| Approved, January Is, 1866.
| PUBLIC REsOLUTION-NO. q.
JOINT RESOLUTION granting certain Public Property to
the Soldiers, Qrnhans' Home of Iowa.