The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-03-07
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LAWS "A on ME UNITED STATES y \! \
Passed at The First Session of ne Thirty istl
Congress.

CHAP. CCXLIV--An Act granting to Al.
E Sutro the Right of Way, and granting other
Privileges to aid in the Construction OF .
Draining and Exploring Tunnel to the Com
{ stock Lode, in the State Of Nevada sg5'8
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
In Congress assembled, That, for the purpose
of the construction of deep draining and ex-
ploring tunnel to and beyond the "Comstock
lode,v so, called, in the State of Nevada, the
dghtof way 10 hereby granted TO A.. sutrc, MS
cayate q mining, draining, and exploring tun-
mel also to sink mining, working, or air
shafts along the cline or course OF said tunnel,
and connecting with the same at any point
which may hereafter be selected by the grantee
herein, his heirs or assigns. The said tunnel
shall be at least eight feet high and eight feet
wide, and shall commence at some point to be
selected by the grantee herein, his heirs or as
assigns, at the hills near Carson River, and
within the boundaries Of Lyon County, and ex-
tending, from said initial point In westerly
direction seven miles, more or less, to and
beyond said Comstoek lode; and the said right
Of way shall extend northerly and southerly
on the course OF said lode, either within the
same, or east or west OF the same; and slso on
or along any other lode which may be discov-
cred or developed by the said tunnel.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
right is hereby granted to the said A. Sutro,
aiS heirs and assgns' 70 pnrca as e 9ne
Gent amount Of public land near the mouth Of
said tunnel for the use, of the same, not ex-
ceeding two sections, and such land shall not
be mineral land or In the bona fide possession
of other persons who claim under any law Of
Congress at the time of the passage of this act,
and all minerals existing or which shall be dis
covered therein are accepted from this grant;
that upon filing plat Of said land the Secre-
tary Of the Interior shall withdraw the same
from sale, and upon payment for the same "a
patent shall issue. And the said A. Sutro, his
heirs and assigns, are hereby granted the right
to purchase, e9at five dollars per acre, such
mineral veins and 1odes within two Thousand
feet on each side of said tunnel as shall be cut,
discovered, or developed by running and con
structing the same, through its entire extent,
with all the dips, spurs, and angles Of such
lodes, subject, however, to the provisions Of
this act, and to such legislation as Congressmay
hereafter provide: Provided, That the Comstock
rode with its dips spurs and angles, Is excepted
from this grant, and all other lodes, with
their dips, spurs, and angles, located within
the said two thousand feet, and which are or,
may be, at the passage of this act, in the actual
bona fde possession ofother persons, are here
herein excepted, other than the ComstOck lode.e
shall be withheld, from sale by the United
States; and if such Iodes shall be abandoned or
not worked, possessed, and held in conformity
have been or may be prescribed by the Legis-
lature of Nevada, they shall become subject
to such right of purchase by the grantee here
in, his heirs or assigns. Il % Il 1oR DOL |
B Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all
persons, companies, or corporations owning
claims or mines on said Comstook lode or any
other lode drained, benefited, or developed by
said tunnel. shall hold their claims subject to
the, condition, (Which shall be expressed in
any grant they may hereafter obtain from the
United States, that they shah contribute and
pay to the owners of said tunnel the same rate
of charges for drainage or other. benefits de-
rived from said tunnel or its branches, as have
been, or may hereafter be, named in agreement
between such owners and the companies rep
resenting majority of the estimated value of
said Comstock lode at the time of the passage
of this act. ~ 9f} "a Ha.Gaia f31sIf q
Approved, July %, 1856. - sd1 !