Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-26


. nlENEHAL NATURE NO 1o5
.cr tn encourage the growth of timber on
~ he n prairies. -. r.....
~ Enacted BY the Senate and Hettss ~ or ne,sss.
ntipes @ ~ hat any person who shall plant protect,
nbled, ~ a healthy sgn owing condition i0r ten
forty acres .SeSs q ss apart pa @ each way any
9elng Vnectlon OF any Of the public lands OF the
uaIlss states shall be entitled 10 patent ior tne
4 nlteu ssid uuarter section at the explraton OF
Fhole oi sasa an making proof of such feet BY not
zalu ,han two credible witnesses: froVlneus Ihhb
s nnarter in any section shall be thus granted.
poly ohS That the person applying for the 0entf
M ~; act snail upon application TO the register OF
n lana in witch he or she u 40 ny 70 MAKE sucn
mry MAKE tdavlt before sslu ~ ~ ,u
ls' na npon filing said affidavit with SAID register
&eL & .retveT and on pam ent Of ten dollars ne or
a Iheeopan se SoSsver Thau mo-
Il "a "a a,a ahsll be given or patent tstue the efer
p,, he expiration Of at least ten years rom me
Of such eny Sp1 Tihn u !; hTee Years shereater i
zli1, noraon making sHch entry. or " ne or hhe De
od his or her heirs or lee 81 representatives. snail
ptau ~, na Two credible witnesses that he, she, or
prove nv nIanted and for not less han ten years
Icy 9 rnittvaIed and protected such quantity and
r,,tpr OF timD r as afore' AID they IN III receive
nns,snt for such quarter section OF land.
w " THAT II any time after the nj ng OF said
stsv, an prior to the issuing OF the patent for
AID and, it shall be proven alitr que hotGe 70 lne
@ M ,tmher 10 the satisfaSti OF the register of
1s and ofiice. that sucn person mas abandoned OF
alad to cultivate protect ana Keep IA gooe Spnoi
io sHch timber, then, and IN that event. said ahd
Snall revert to the United States.
n &c T. hat ach ana every person VINO, under
the provisions 0i an act entitled an acL u secure
Min approved May twentieth, eiRh cen hundred
mn slxtvtwO, or any amendment tn ereto, having
N mestpad on said public d imain, who. at the end
" ,na thiTd wear of his or her T, Bidence thereon,
osa nave had under cultivation, for two years, one
~ r.. 81 timber the trees thereon not being more
,nan tWelye feet a. art eacn way, and In good
,nriity condition. for each and every sixteen acres
NJ said homestead shall, upon due proof said fact
h, Two cIedlble wi g. teceive MS or her patent
c.b That no land acquired under prnvis ons of
tha a, shall, in any event, become liable TO the
saista tton OF any debt or debts contracted prior
sSC 6 That the Commissioner of the General
Land nice ia hereby revui ed TO prepare and issue
such ruts and reguat ons, com istent with ms act
in. INTO effect; and that the reRist rs and the re-
epytrp OF the several land offices shall be entitled
ftn tceiye he sane compensation for any lands en-.
trttd under the provision OF this that they are now
entitled to reaeive when the same quantity OF land
+ is entered W tn money.
q = u act In addition to IN act to buLisn crimes
against the United sta es an for other u poses, >
approved March third, eiph cen hundred and y
ven. shall extend TO all oafhs, tfllrlnatiohs and
siiid.vt,s required authOTiZ ID by this act
Approved, March 8, 1873.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 1871
Ian ACT TO provide or the sale OF the lands OF the
rnted states containing COAL
81 Re tendcted by the ssndte and House Of RepTesen
urs Ofths United states Of America in ngr'ss as
[mbyi lhat any person above the age of twenty
nur years who Is citizen OF the Unit States, or
VINO aa declared his attention 20 become such, or
6ny assOci itiOn OF persons seVeraly qnalined as
7hbuys shall upon application to the register VI the
proper land office, have the right to enter, by legal
subdivisions, any quantity OF cant coal lands oi
i Uuitrd States not otherwise appropriated or re
4ets,d by competent authority, Iot exceeding one
kiudred and sxty acres 10 such-indiyluual person,
a three hundred and twenty &C es to such associa-
III up IN pay ment to the receiver OF not less than
IN dnars ptr acre TOR such lands, " here the same
hall lie situated more thau fifteen mi es from any
amdtted railroad and not less than twenty dollars
Ira re for such lands as snail be WlIbln ntteen
7Ssc I. THAT any person or association of persona
avera ly qual'h d as above, VIII have opened snd
approved, or snail h. reafter open and improve, any
I'D mine or mines upon the public lands, and shal
b. In actu i poss 'ssiOn OF he same, shall ne enti
led TO preference right OF entry, under the fore
going provisions, OF the mines 80 opened and im-
proved: Provided, That when any association o.
na less than fohr persons, severally qualified as In
5 ct0n oAe OF this act, shall nave expended NO
lie s III IN five thousand dollars Ia working spd i'm
proving any such mine or mines, SUCH app.ica' ioI
may en- er not exceeding six hundted aud FORT
acres inc udlng subj mining Improvements.
sE. That all claims under section two OF thi
act mus. presented 10 the regis er Of the prop,
lLd-dlsulct within six y days ait the daie OF &C
tlll ps b5t tlOQ anu
mems Oh the ianu, by the hltng OF sclHratOf
statement therefor: Provided: I hat when the town
ship plat is not ON hit at the date OF such improve
+ munt fling IN AIT be ma ie within sixty days fron
lie receipt OF such lat at the district oIlce: Al
provided fITih.r, That where the improvement
snail have been made prior TO the expiration Z
lhree mt nhs from the passage OF this act, tixt
days from lhe 1Xpn atUn OF said three mouths hha
tie allowed for tile II lug OF dec'aTatUry statsmen
aLd no SAFE under the pro VISITORS of this act aha
be al owed uLti the expiration Of Elk months iron
TIE Il tte,hereoL
SIC 4. That this act shall be held tC suthoriz
only entry by The same person or association
persons under its provisions; and no asst ctatOl
II rs0ns any.meulDer OF Whuh snail have tAkel
TIE OsLenL OF tnls either as an tndqidua OF AS
mrIAber OF any other esSu iau2D, snail enter vi M
any other lands under the prov slCns of this ac
a ID no member Of Bny association winch shall nav
"a en the htne1s Uf THIS act shall enter or hold an
0lner alfs un1er ils provisions: and all persoI
Gaining unuer section Two nereuf shall ne require
lU rove th lr respective rights and pay for N
lBt ds tled upon within one year from the time Pre-
ICEued for fling their respective claims; and upo
f.llure to HE the proper notice, or tO pay Tor u
ldud within the required period, The salle snell
hu jeCt 10 entry by any Utner qua tned applicant.
sac 8. 1nRt In case Ct conflicting claims upo
lands Where the improvements shall hereafter
commenced, priority Of possession aud impr0V
meLt, followed by proper nling and continued gOt
faith. shall determine the preference rght TO pn
chase. And also where imp r0VementS nave alreat
been maue ut the date Of the passage OF this az
division of the land Claimed may De made ny leg
subdivisions, to Include, az near az may be, u
vauBble i'm prOvements OF the respective pArtie
and the Commissioner of the Gent raj Land ON
snail De, and is hereby, authorized TO issue
netdiul rules aud regulations for carrying into {
fe-t the provisions Of this act.
SIC. 6. That nothing in this act ehall be .nstru
TO destToy or impair any rights which may have 9
hcned prior to ts PASSAGE or TO authortz the 81
Il lands Vsluable for mines OF gold silver or cupp
Approved n arcn 3, 1913.