The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-09-09
The >$%e 90iner.
REMARKS ON TOWN SITES.

From IIawes Manual of United States survcynsI The Town Site Law of lsA was repealed by the act of July 1st, 1861, and the former law is therefore only applicable to cases lh which applications for entry had been regu- larly made, and all necessary steps taSeh prior to July lst, 1861. There are but rev of these old cases remaining undeterlnihed, and it is therefore only necessary ln this con nection to deal with existing laws m reia'loh to town sites which are:
 lst. The act of July lst, lsC4.
 2l The amendatory act of the 3d ot March, 1865. The first provides for founding cities and towns on the public domain, and limits the area of each to 640 acres, and of lots in the same to an area of 1900 square feet.
 The adendatory act provides that in towns or cites actually existing at the date oi its passage, the lots may be acquired according to existing pats or surveys without restrlc- tion as to size.
 Actual settlers are allowed to pre- empt one lot and any additional lot on which they may have substantial improvements, at the minimum price, but must prove up and pay for the same, as in ordinary pre-emptiOn cases prior to the day of public sale.
 Lots neither claimed by pre-emption nor sold at the public sale will thereafter be sub ject to private entry by any individuals at the minimum price.
 Parties who have already founded or may hereafter found city or town, are required
 lst. To file with the Recorder of the county in which the town or city is situate a plat thereof not exceeding GAO acres, de- scribing its exterior boundaries according to the line of the public surveys, where such surveys have been executed.
 2d. Also the plat or map of such city or town must exhibit the name of the city or town, the streets, squares, blocks, lots, and alleys; the size of the same, with measure ments and area of each municipal subdiyis- ion, the lots in which shall not exceed 200 square feet, with statement of the extent and general character of improvements.
 3d. Further, the said map and statement to be verified by oath by the party acting for and in behalf of the founders of the city or town.
 4th. Within one month after filing the map or plat with the Recorder of the county, verified copy of said map and statement is to be sent to the General Land Office, ac- conlpanied by the testimony of two witnesses that such city or town has been established in good faith.
 5th. Where the city or town is within the limits of an organized land district, similar copy of the map and statement must be filed with the Register and Receiver.
 9th. The third section provides for cities or towns founded on HaSurueyed lands, and di- rects that 1t may be lawful to adjust the ex. terior limits of the premises with the lines o the public surveys, where it can be done without impairing the rights of others.
 Patents are to issue for all lots sold under the provisions of this act as in ordinary cases
 7th. By the second section of act of Is July, 1864, after the transcript and state ment have been filed in the General LanC Office, the lots are to be offered at publi, sale to the highest bidder at minimum O ten dollars per lot; but, by the supplements act, where the area of e1ch lOt exceeds th' mazimum of 4,2OO square .feei, the miaiHrus price of each lot shall be increased to sucl reasonable amount as the Secretary of th Interior may establish" and which price ha been established by the Secretary as follows
 "The minimum price of each lot in c tVei surreyed before he abOrs-RGmed act of Narc Sd, 1865, took eject, containing over 4,2O square feet and not more than s, 400 squar feet, shall be fifteen dollars; of each lot cor taining over g, 100 square feet and not nor than l2,G00 square feet, the minimum pric shall be eighteen dollars; of each lot con taining over l2, 600 square feet and not mor than l6,S00 square feet, the minimum pric shall be twenty dollars and for larger To, the price shall be increased two dollars fc every additional 1, ,200 square feet.
 "In the case of out-lots in any such villag, town, or city, the minimum price of such out lots shall be ten dollars of such out-lo, containing more than ore acre, the minimum price shall be ten dollars for the first acr, and five dollars for each additional acre such lot"