The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-12-23
Approved, July 7, 1870.
AN ACT IN amend "An act granting tho right Of
way 10 ditch and canal owners over the public
lands and for other purposes"

AN ACT IN amend "An act granting tho right OF
vay 10 ditch and canal owners over the public
lands, and for other purposes"
he 10 q, acted By hs Senate and Hoass Of Repre-
sssfai,pss of tie UHifsd States OF Lm0ioa IN Con.
er,ss ssssmb,,d, That the act granting the right Of
way 10 ditch and canal owners over The public
lands, and for other purposes sPProyed July trsn'
ty-siI, eighteen hundred and .idty-sI be, and the
ssme Il hereby, amended by adding thereto the FOL.
lowing additional sections, numbered twelve. thir.
tsen fourteen, fftecn, sixteen, and seventeen 70.
spcctivciy, which shall hereafter constitute and
form . part Of the Aforesaid act: , r,., ,,.,,
usually called "placers," including oil forms OF de-
posts, excepting veins OF quarts, or other rock In
place, shall DO subject IN entry and patent under
TIL: act unde, ae eirc%anees anu ,SnIdI ~,
vein or lode claims, Provided, That where tho
lands have been previously surveyed by the Unitcd
States the entry In Us exterior limits shall conf1rm
10 the legal subdivisions o. the Puplc anus, no IuI
the lands may 30 paid for At tho rate OF two dol
lars and ifty cents per aero Provided further,
That LEGAL subdivisions OF forty acres may be sub
divided into ten-acre tracts and that Two OF more
Gus claims Of any sine, although such claims may
be less than ten acres each may make joint entry
thereof, And provided further. That no location
OF placer claim, hereafter made, shall exceed ono
hundred and SIXTY acre. for any ono person or as
isolation OF persons which location shall conform
10 the United States surveys; and nothing In this
section contained shall defeat or impair any bona
ds prsmPton or ho%s' e.. S,. W huP%n
mcnts OF any bona hde settler 10 any purchaser;
SIC. n. And be II further enacted, That where
aid person or association, they and their grantors,
shall have held and worked their aid claims Tor .
pcriod equal IN tho time prescribed by the statute
OF limitations for mining claims OF the state or Ter.
ritory where the same may no situated, evidence OF
such possession and working Of the claim for such
period shall DO sufficient 70 e' "a , Snd r 20 ,x
adverse claim Provided, however. That nothing IN
tbs act shall be deemed 10 impair any lien which
NAV have attached In any way whatev' 70 any
mining claim or property thereto attached prior 70
ING NJ "a And Se II further enacted. That all CT
psrte sfdsvits required under ibis act, or ne ACT
q which IL Is amendatory may 90 VERNE s. v,aSD
The land district where the claims may be situated:
skc rs. And be u further enacted, That registefs
and receivers shall receive the same fees or nivcos
under this act as are pLHCS%Sa spd that eet
mali c given % tho rcgoing act according 70 snch
ssrrlsticns a. may DO prescribed by tho Commis'
sionor OF tho General Land Omce.
A. thc ast OF March third, eighteen hundred and
Snvthrcs, entitled can act 70 provide nor The sur.
vay M ths public lands In California, tho gAnting
dh sa nS, spd ths S' ns .h.
b suryeyod where the lands arc mineral, 10 hereby
repealed. And tho public surveys are hereby Of.
tspde d over ali such lands Provided, That All sub
SiviSns Of surveyed lands into lots les than ono
Sundred and dirty scrcs may Be done BY county
and local surveyors at tho eIpenes % see eIsman.
And pruyided further, Thai nothing herein con-
tsinsd shai require The survey OF wa1ts OF useless
lands. -, -. ~ m.
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len hunArvd and sIty-siI. tr.r
Aprvvci, Juiyo, 1870.