Arizona miner., 1868-01-04

provide rules for Workiu. mines, ln'oiNihs easements, drainage and other ncccssar! means Co their complete development ana those conditions shall be fully expressed ID the patent.
 Src. c. Lad L P trlu cohd, That. whenever adverse claimants c. any mine Joe cated and claimed as aforesaid, shall appear, before the approval of Che survey, as pr"W- dcd in the third section uf thi. Act. ati pro ccedngs shall bc stayed until inal settle meut and adiulicatiou 0f the Courts oi com potent jurisdiction of tlc right- of possession to such claim, when patent may issue a' ID other cases.
 SEC :. An}bs i fg1,iey cioe'si. That the President of tbe United Statcs be, and Dc k hereby. authorized to establish addi- tional land districts. and to appoint thc necessary officers under existing laws wher- ever he may deem thc same necessary Tor the public convenience iu executing the Proyis- ions of this Act
 SEc. g. dad bs H fr.'a c77ci, That the right of way for thecons tructiono of highway' over public lands, not reserved for pubhc uses, is hereby granted.
 Ste. 2. Aa{ hs t rsrihsf .44,'.3, That whenever, by priority oi possession, rights Co 1 the use ot water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing or other purposes, have vested and accrucd, and the same ore recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws aud | the GOCisiJu-gi Courts, the po--ess-ors and ! owners of such vested rights shall Toe main taincd and protected in the same; and the right of way tor jac construction oi ditche, and canals for the purpose, aforesaid i- hereby ! acknowledged and confirmed Provided. ! however. That whenever, after the passage | 0i this Act, any person cr persons shall, in i the construction of any ditch or canal, injurc : OF dlmave the pps session ot any settler on the pubic domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable Co thc party : injured for such injury or damage
 SEC. 10. And i a fHt6s- uoeti That wherever prior Co tle passage of this Act upon the lands her, toforc designated O, min rgal lands which have been excluded from survey and sale there have been homestead. made by citizens of tho United States or per sons who have declared their intention Go be come citizens. which homcsteads have beer been made. improved and used for agr:cul tural purposes. and upon which there hay. been no valuable mines Of gold, silver, cnna lar or copper discovered and which ar properly agricultural land., the said settler oT owners of such hUmcstcads shall have right of prc-empti0n thereto and shall be en [. titled to purchase the same at the price O one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre and in quantity not to exceed one hundrc, and sixty acres, or saidparty may avail them selves of tic provisions of the Act of Con -rcss approred May 2o. lSG2, entitled "AI Act to sccure homesteads to actual settler ou.tlic public Gomain,n and Acts ancndator, thereof
 SEc. Il. ind be H HfIur'5er mac'e9 That up on the survey of the lands aforesaid, the Sec retary of the Interior may designate ani SC apart such portions of the said lands as ar clearly agricultural lands, which lands shal thereafter be subject to pre-emptiOn and sal as other public lands of the United States and subject to all the laws and regulation applicable to the same.
 Approved July 2Gth, 1866.