The Placer herald., 1870-01-01
Sale of Placer Claims.

I0r the SAFE OF placer cls'us, Tscsoty lu'Io-
ducsd into the United States House Of Rep
rssentativss
AN ACT to amend IAN Act granting tho
rgb, OF way 10 Ditch and Canal owners
over tho Public Lands, and for other
purpose"
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representative Of the United States Of
Amsrics, in Congress assembled, That the
Act of granting The right Of way to ditch
owners over the public lands. and for other
purposes, approved July 26, 1866, be and
the same 10 hereby amended by adding
thereto the following sections. numbered II.
l3, IA and Is, respectively, which shall
hereafter constitute aud form q part Of tie
Aforesaid Act.
SECTION 10. And be i. further enacted,
Tba, claims usualIy called "plaesrs," inclu-
ding all form, of deposit, excepting veins Of
quartz or Other rock in place. shall Be spb
jso. 10 entry and patent under Ihis Act, un-
der like circumstsncss and coaditions aud
upon similar proceedings a. srs provided for
vein or lode claims; provided, that whom
lbs lands sball have been previously sur
vsysd by the United States, the entry, in i,s
exterior limits, shall conform 10 tbs legal
subdivisions Of the public lands, no further
survey in each case being required, and the
Iands may Be paid for at the rate OF 81 so
per acre; provided further, that legal sub ubdi-
visions OF forty scrss may bs subdivid.d
into ten acre tracts; and that Two or more
persons, or associations Of psrsons, having
contiguous cIams. may make j.iut entry
thereof; and provided, further, that no 10
cation of = placer claim hereafter made
shall exceed 100 acres for any one person
or association Of persons; and nothing 10
this section contained shall dsfsst or impair
any bous fds pre- smp,ion or Homestead
claim, or aalhorizs the sale Of the improve
msn,s Of any bona fids settler 10 any other
purchaser.
Sro. 10, And Be it further snaclsd,
That where said persoDs or associatiop, they
and their granters. shall have held and
worked their said clams for . period equal
to tho lime prescribed by the statute of lin.
itaions for mining claims Of the State or
Territory where the same b situated. syi
dsncs of such possession and working Of
the claims for such period shall be sufficient
to establish q right to . patent thereto un
der this ACT, in the abssncs Of any adverse
claim.
SEC "A. And bs i, further enacted, That
Registers and Receivers shall receive The
same lees for services under this Act - sre
provided by law for like services under 9TH
sr Acts Of Copgr.", and that effect shall
bs given TO the foregoing Act according to
such regulations ~ NAV bs prescribed by
tho Cummissionsr of the General Land
Office.
SEC l5 And bs it further snao,.d,
That so much Of the Act Of March 3, 1853,
entitled an Act to provide for tbs survey Of
the public lands 10 Cslifornia, the granting
Of pre- .mp,iou rights and for other purpos.
es, as provides ths, mono Other thsn town.
.hip lines shall be surveyed where The lands
are mineral, is hereby repealed.
We publish The above bill for the ipfor-
nation Of our readers, and We hope ali
interested will carefully study ts provisions,
~ ~ think ii, or some bill Of similar
character will become a law st The present
session of Congress. The general govern
msnl and the people Of the Slslss sAs, Of
the Rocky Mountains have long been dispos
cd to sell the mineral - we'll as the sgrcul
tura public lands Of the country, aud now
that q strong feeling in favor Of such . pol
icy 10 manifes,ng itssIf ali over The mi ing
districts, there can be but little doubt but
soms law will psss At the present session Of
Congress on The subject. There are many
good features in the bill, which ~ like and
commend. One Of thsss provisions 10 the
repeal Of the act Of 1853, which forbids the
,ubdividug Of the mineral lands, the effect
of which will b 10 secure the ssc.ioni ming
Of The whole pubic domain - soon - The
nscs'sary appropriations are made BY Con-
grsss, and the work can be done. There
are vas. bodies Of timber, grssnS and sgr'-
cultural lands 10 the footbl and mountain
pre- smption or sale simply because they
were not ssstonizsd, aod their true char
acssr reported 10 the government, 30 il
could offer them to The public. The rsdus--
ton of legal subdivisions to ten acre tracts
and the authorization Of joint satriss are
also good provisions, especially the latter.
Uudsr this clause A. many mining sompa-
niss ss And thsmsslvss on the same legal
subdivisions can join tegsshsr aod make
The entry at the same expense that one
would Be at (sxc!usivs Of the price of the
land) and then subdvds i. 80 that each
company will GET exactly what it now
claims. So a'so can farmer and q miner
join 10 q purchase, and then divide their
claims. There are soms localities whore il
will be difiisu. to dispose Of The land With
out dong injustice 10 some parties inter
sstsd. We refer TO mining grounds where
fourshiug towns are located on the surface.
the lOss and buildiugs and the mining caims
belonging to different owners. The price 10