Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-10-12

roll with the register of the land Office,
together with the certificate of the sur
veyOr general that the requisite amount OF
labor has been expended, or Improvements
made thereon, and the description re-
quired in other cases. and shall pay 10 the
receiver five dollars per acre for his claim,
together with the proper fees, whereupon
the whole proceedings and the Judgment
roll shall be certified by the register TO the
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
and a patent shall issue thereon for the
claim. or such portion thereof as the ap-
plicant shall appear, from the decision OF
the court, to rightly possess. Ii IL shan
appear from the decision of the court that
several parties are entitled to separate ana
different portions of the claim, each party
may pay for his portion of the claim, WIN
the proper fees, and file the certificate ana
description by the surveyor genera,
whereupon the register snail Gertny the
proceedings and judgment-roH to the
Commissioner of the General Land Oft1ce,
as in the preceding case, and patents shall
issue to the several parties according TO
their respective rights. Proof of citizen
ship under this act, or the acts OF July
twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty
six, and July ninth, eighteen hundred
and seventy, in the case of an individual,
may consist of his own affidavit thereof,
and in case of an association of persons
unincorporated, of the affidavit of their
authorized agent made ON his own knowl-
edge or upon information and belief, and
in case of corporation organized under
the laws of the United States, or of any
State or Territory of the United States,
by the filing of a certified copy of their
charter or certificate of incorporation
and nothing herein contained shall be
construed to prevent the alienation OF the
title conveyed by patent for a mining
claim to any person whatever.
nSEC. 8. That the description of vein or
lode claims, upon surveyed lands, shall
designate the location of the claim with
reference to the lines of the public surveys,
but need not conform Herewith; but
where patent shall be issued as aforesaid
for claims upon unsurveyed lands, the
surveyor general, in extending the sur
veys, shall adjust the same to the bound
aries. of such patent claim, according to
the plat or description thereof, but so as
in no case to interfere with or change the
location of any such patented claim.
Sec. 9. That sections one, two, three,
four, and six of an act entitled - An act
granting the right of way to ditch and ca
nal owners over the public lands, and for
other purposes" approved July twenty
sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
are uOI0UN Icptd1Cut UOb QUILL AOpCoi
not affect existing rights. Applications
| for patents for mining claims now pending
may be prosecuted to final decision in
the General Land Office; but in such cases
| where adverse rights are not affected there
by, patents may issue in pursuance of the
provisions of this act and all patents for
| mining claims heretofore issued under the
act of July twenty-sixth, eighteen hun
| dred and siXty-siX, shall convey all the
rights and privileges conferred by this act
where no adverse rights exist at the time
of the passage of this act
SEC. 10. That the act entitled "An act
to amend an act granting the right of way
to ditch and canal owners over the public
! lands, and for other purposes" approved
July ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy,
shall be and remain in full force, except
as to the proceedings to obtain a patent,
which shall be similar to the proceedings
prescribed by sections six and seven OF
this act for obtaining patents to vein or
lode claims; but where said placer claims
shall be upon surveyed lands, and conform
to legal subdivisions, no further survey or
plat shall be required, and all placer min
ing claims hereafter located shall conform
as near as practicable with the United
States system of public land surveys and
the rectangular subdivisions of such sur
veys, and no such location shall include
more than twenty acres for each individ-
ual claimant, but where placer claims can
not be conformed to legal subdivisions,
survey and plat shall be made as on un-
surveyed lands: Provided, That proceed
ings now pending may be prosecuted to
their final determination under existing
laws but the provisions of this act, when
not in conflict with existing laws, shall
apply to such cases: And provided also,
That where by the segregation of mineral
land in any legal subdivision a quantity
of agricultural land less than forty acres
remains, said fractional portion of agri-
cultural land may be entered by any party
qualified by law, for homestead or pre-
emption purposes. -.st ..5, d.
SEC. II. That where the same person,
association or corporation is in possession
of a placer claim, and also a vein or lode
included within the boundaries thereof
application shall be made for patent for
the placer claim, with the statement that
includes such vein or lode, and in such
case Subject to the provisions of this act
and the act entitled "An act to amend an
act granting the right of way to ditch and
canal owners over the public lands, and
for other purposes" approved July ninth,
eighteen hundred and seventy,0 a patent
shall issue for the placer claim, including
such vein or lode, upon the payment of
five dollars per acre for such vein or lode
claim; and twenty-five feet of surface on
each side thereof The remainder of the
placer claim, or any placer claim not en-
bracing any vein or lode claim, shall be
paid for at the rate of two dollars and fifty
cents per acre, together with all costs of
proceedings; and where vein or lode,
such as is described in the second section
of this act, is known to exist within the
boundaries of a placer claim an applica-
ton for patent for such placer claim
which does not include an application for
the vein or lode claim shall be construed
as conclusive declaration that the claim
ant of the placer claim has no right of
possession of the vein or lode claim but
where the existence of vein or lode in a
placer claim is not known, a patent for the
placer claim shall convey all valuable
mineral and other deposits within the
boundaries thereof. " 90
SEC. r. That the surveyor general of
the United States may appoint in each
land district containing mineral lands as
many competent SURVEYORS as shall annIv