The Shasta courier., 1870-11-05
OFFICIAL INFORMATION FOR THE.
BENrFr OF PARTIES WISHING
To OBTAIN TITLES To MIN
a. ERRL LAND. AND QUARTZ
CLAIMS.
rSay G this for Reference

Information has been called for as to
the fees to which Registers and Receivers
are entitle tor services in acting upon
mining claims The following is there
fore communicated for the government of
all concerned:
In he 18th section OF tie act of Con
gress approved July 9. 1870, ITO amend
an act granting the right of way to ditch
and canal ow, rs over the public lands
and FIR other purposes, it is declared
THAT Registers aUi Receivers shall re
ceive the same fees for services under this
act as are provided by law for like sevices
under other is of Congress"
Now the mining act is substantially a
preemption law as tt e occupant, under the
local customs of miners is the only person
privileged to purch. Sc, and an application
for "A patent under the mining statute as
Stimulates to declaratory statement in the
case of entries under the general preemp-
tion law.
1t is, therefore, proper to apply the
provisions, as to fees in general preempton
cases, to the special preemptions under
the mining act. Hence, Registers and
Receivers are entitled to charge applicants
the diagram or making the application,
the sum of three dollars, being one dollar
and fifty cents each to the Register aud
Receiver.
and Receiver
For takii 2 testimony, either in the form
of afidavits or in writing out the answers
of witnesses. they are allowed Il joint charge
of twenty two and one-halt cents per hund-
red woris, these being the fees specified in
the act Of Congress approved 2lst March,
1864, "Amendatory of the Homestead
Law, and for other purposes" Gu. 5. Stat
utes, vol IL, p. 35), which We assimilate
to services as to mining claims.
Then the claimant has to pay the ex-
pense of surveying the claim and maxim.
a plat thereof, the cost of the publication
Of the notice in the newspaper, and per acre
for the surface ground embraced by tn,
survey.
Such are the items of expense incident
to obtaining a patent for mining claim
so far as the United States or its officers
COuCCiuCu-
From the foregoing it will be seen that
the fees payable to the Register and Re-
ceiver by the mining applicant are:
Ist 81 so to each for filing diagram
and application.
I'd. "a CENTS per hundred words for
redu ing testimony to VT ting, under the
principle laid down in the 4th and 9th
section of the SAID Homestead Act OF
March u, 1864, should the applicant
desire it taken down by those officers in
stead OF by themselves or other persous in
the presence Of the land officers.
The other payments required of applic-
ants for mining patents are:
Sd. 10 the Receiver, the sum of S5 and
81. 50 per acre, resp, ctively, for lode and
placer claims, as shown by the final survey.
These are the only charges, fees, or
emolnments which. by law OF regulations,
the Register and Receiver have any right
to exact from the mining applicant, and
none other must be charged or received
under any circumstances.
You are requested to ackn Dwledge the
receipt Of this commune tion, and to be
strictly governed BY the tera mentioned
therein. }. ). WILSON, U. $. Land
C,mmissioner, Washington ID. e.