Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-30
n1ssaArGAspsnBttBRa PASSED.
M-INRRATLANDs.
Amended Bill HcPorted by Sonatsf
sesxsst g.a Passed.

10 t1plOIhh0u anu ~OSSoResASa
of the United States, and those who hay
declared their intention to become citizens
subject to such regulations as may be pre-
scrfbed by law, and subject also to local Gus
tom or rules Of miners in the several mininl
districts, so far as the same may not be II
conflict with the laws Of the United States.
SEC. 2. And be Il farther enacted, Tha
whenever any person or association Of per
sons claim a vein or lode of quartz, or othe
,roclNin place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar
or copper, having previously occupied an
improved the same according to the loca
custom or rules of miners in the distric
where the same Is situated, and having ex
pended in actual labor and improvement
thereon an amount not less than n thou
sand dollars, and in regard to whose posses
sion there is no controversy or .opposini
claim, It shall and may be lawful for sal
Claimant or association of claimants TO FL,
In the local land Office q diagram Of the same
40 extended laterally OF, otherwise as to con
form to the local laws, customs, and rules o
miners, and to enter such tract and receive
patent therefor, granting such mine, togethei
with the right to follow such vein or lode
with its dips, angles and variations. TO any
depth, although il may enter the land adjoin'
ine, which land adjoining shall be sold cub
ject to this condition.
SEC. 8. And be a further enacted, Tha'
upon the filing of the diagram as provided II
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, tho. Register Of the Land Office
shall publish q 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, IL no nd.
verse claim shall have been filed, II
shall ,be the duty Of the Surveyor Gen
eral, upon application Of the party,
to survey the premises and make u plat
thereof, Endorsed with his approval, designa.
ting the number and description Of the loca-
ton, the value Of .6he labor and improves
ments, and the character Of the vein ex.
posed; and upon the payment to the proper
officer OF FIVE dollars per acre, together with
the costof 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 to
the General Land Office said plat, survey,
and description; and q patent shall issue for
the same th%ercupon. But said plat, survey,
or description shall ia no case cover more
than one vein or lode, and no patent shall
issue for moro than one vein or lode, which
shall be expressed in the patent issued. .
SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted, That
when such location and entry Of . mine shall
be upon unsurveyed lands, 1t shall and may
be lawful, after the extension thereto Of the
public surveys, to adjust the surveys TO the
limits Of the premises according TO the loca-
ton and possession and plat aforesaid, and
the Surveyor General may, in extending the
surveys, vary the same from a 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 discoverei
Of the lode, with the right to followsu c weir
to any depth, with all its dips, variations, anc
angles, together with a reasonable quantity
of surface for the convenient working Of thu
same as fixed by local rules: And provided
than one location on the same lode, and no
more than three thousand feet shall be taker
in any one claim by any association o
persons. ggg 40 ..lg. - J
SEC. 5. And DO it further enacted, That d
a further condition Of sale, in the absence o
necessary legislation BY Congress, the loca
Legislature Of any State or Territory ma,
provide rules for working mines involving
easements, drainage, and other necessar!
means to their complete development; ant
those conditions shall be fully expressed II
the patent. ...
SIC. 6. AID Be il Iu,tIer enacted, THAI
whenever any adverse claimants to any min,
located and claimed as aforesaid shall appea
before the approval of tho survey, as pro
vided in the third section Of this Act, all pro
ceedings shall be stayed until 4 final settle
ment and adjudication in the Courts Of com
petent jurisdiction Of the rights Of posses
sion to such claim, when a patent may issu'
as in. other cases. $40 NA@
SEo.7. And BE- Il further enacted, That th'
President OF the United States be, n il
hereby, authorized to establish additional
land districts and to appoint the necessary
officers under existing laws, wherever he
may deem the same necessary for the public
convenience in executing the provisions Of
this Act.
SEQ. s. And Be It further enacted, That the
right Of way for the construction Of high.
ways over public lands, not reserved for pub
III uses, is hereby granted.
SEC. o. And Do IL further enacted, That
whenever, by priority Of possession, rights to
the use 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 possessors
and owners Of such vested rights, shall be
maintained and protected in the same; and
the right Of way FOR the construction Of ditch
es and canals for the purposes Aforesaid is
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 possession OF any
settler on the public domain, the party COM
hitting such injury or damage shall be liable
to the party injured for such injury or dam.
age. oT
wherever, prior to the passage Of this Act,
upon the lands heretofore designated as min.
eral lands, which have been excluded from
survey and sale, there have been homesteads
made. by citizens'of the United States, OF
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, einnabar
or copper discovered, and which are properly
agricultural lands, the said settlers or owners
OF such homesteads shall have o right Of pre-.
emption thereto, and shall be entitled to pur.
chase the same. at the price Of M dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre, and in quantity
not to exceed one hundred. and sixty acres
or said parties may avail themselves Of the
provisions Of the Act Of Congress approved
May twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty.two,
entitled " An Act to secure homestelds tc
actual settlers on the public domain" ant
Acts amendatory thereof.
) SIC. II. And b IL farther enacted, Tha,
upon the survey Of the lands aforesaid, the
Secretary Of the Interior may designate and
set apart such portions Of the said lands Al
are clearly agricultural lands, which landt
shall thereafter be subject TO presumption ant
sale rs other public lands Of the Unitec
States, and subject 70 all the laws and rsgu,
lations applicable to the sarde.
1.-THE above Act has been approved by The
President, and Is now the law.-ED. News,
NOTICE.