The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-09-09
Pre-emptiOns.

The act of September 4th, l84l, grant. to settlers upon the public lands a preference right to purchase, known as the exemption right.
 The individual claiming the benefits of said act must be-
 lst A citizen of the United States, or have filed his declaration of intention to be- come a citizen.
 2d Either the head of family, or a wid- ow, or a single man over the age of twenty one years.
 Sd. An inhabitant of the tract songht to be entered, upon which, in person, Ee has made settlement and erected dwelling house.
 4th. The tract claimed to be in compact form, and consist of regular quarter section or other legal subdivisions of sections.
 5th Claims initiated prior to the surveys will be adjusted by the lines of the surveys when made, in such manner as to cover the improvements of the claimants. If the lands are surveyed at the date of settlement, only one person on quarter sec ton is protected by this law, and that is the one who made the first settlement, provided he shall have conformed to the other provisions of the law.
 person who has once arilei himself of the provisions of this act cannot, at any future period, or at any other land office, acquire another right under it. | No person who is the proprietor of three i hundred and trenty acres of land in any State or Territory of the United States, Is entitled to the benefits of this act. l No person who shall qUa or abandon has rss- ieisace on his 0eH IGnd to reside on the pub lie land in the saDle State or Territory, is en- 1 titled to ba benefits of fhis
 No pre-emption right exists by reason of a settlement on and inhabitancy of tract, un- less at the date of such settlement the Indi- an title thereto had been extinguished.
 The approval of the plat is evidence of the legality of the survey but in accordance with the spirit and intent of the law, and for the purpose of bringing the settler within its provisions, the land IS to be construed as sur veyed when the requisite lines are run on the field and the corners established by the dep- uty surveyor.
 No assignments or transfer of pre-emption rights are recognized. The patents must is- sue in the name of the claimants shown to be entitled to the land under the law.
 The following description of lands are ex- empted from the operation of this act First. Lands included in any reservation or upon which are situated any known salines.
 Second Mineral lands.
 Third. Lands selected for or upon which is situated any town or city.
 Persons claiming the benefit of the pre- emption act are required to file in the local land office duplicate afidavits, as required by the law, and to furnish proof by one or more disinterested witnesses of the facts necessary to establish a full compliance with the re quirements of the statute, and clearly to sat
 isfy the department of the actual bona fd
 purpose of the pre-emptor to reside upon anc / cultivate the land claimed. Forms for pre-emption affadavits and O
 proof will be found at all the local United
 States Land Offices, where the application and proof must be made. Careful attention to the foregoing brief di rections and compliance with the provision of the law, will enable parties to avoid con fcts and procure titles without delay.