The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-04-19
The Coal Land Bill.

hs ile day is not lar distant when the vast : call f,'l, oi Arizona will be one of her mos; j ia ,ni,ant industries. citizens oftbis Territory wi. feel an interest in tbe new coal land bin, which became a law near the close Of the 'a-t session of Congress. and which We here print in full:
 Section l. That any person above the age oi twentg-One year, who is s citizen oi tue United State.. or who has declared hi. intcu- ton t9 become such, or any association Oi per-Hr- .eftslily qualified as above, shall, up oa application tu the register of the proper land office, have the right Co enter by legal subdivisions. any quantity of vacant coal lauds ot tle United states, not otherwise sppr0pri- atei or rcsefyei by competent authority, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres Co such iuli,Iusl pefsOn., Or three hundred and twenty acre, Co such association. upon pay meut t0 tAc receiver of bot le-, than SlO Der acre for such lands, where the same shall be -l'1.tei more than fifteen ul.l,- from auy com p.c:el ,l..-.aI. and not les. than S2p per acre i-r such lands as shall be within fifteen miles uf-leL loal.
 Sec. ?. That any person or association Of persons, seyera.iy qualified as above, who have opened and improved, or shal! hereafter open and Improve any coal mine OF mines up on the public lands. and shall be iu actual possession of the same. shall be entitled Co a preference right ef entry. under the foregoing provisions, Ui the mines sJ.opeucd and m- proved, prDri7sf, that when any association Oi not llss than four persons, seyerally quail fled as In Section l of this Act. shali have ex- pended not less than five thousand dollars in working and improving any such mine or mines, such association may enter noi exceed ing six hGndr.I and forty acres, including .rch
 mining ml roycments
 Sec. 3. That all claims under Section of this Act must be presented Co the register Of the proper land district, within sixty days af
 tar the date ul actual possession and the com meucemeut Of improvements on tue land. by the filing of deci4ratcry statement therefor: prorusS, that when che township plat i, not Cu file gt the date Of such Improvement, h.in. must be made within sixty days from the re- ceiPt of such plat at the district office. AaH ! PToraf1 lnulsr, that whcre the improvements shall aare been made prior to the expiration oi three months from the passage of this Act. sixty days from the expiration of said three months shall be allowed for the filing of de- clarafory statement, and DO sale under the provisions of this act shall be allowed until the expiration Of six months from the date hereof
 Sec. 1. That this Act shall be held to au- thOrize only one entry by the same person or association of persons under its provisions: and no association of persons, any member of winch shall have taken the benefit of this Act either as au individual or as a member of any other association, shall enter or hold any other lands under the provisions of this Act: and member of any association which shall have taken the benefit of this Act shall enter or hold any other lands uadcr is provisions and all persons claiming under Section here oi shall be required to prove their respective rights and pay for the lands filed upon with ! ID one year from the time prescri bed for filing i tleir respective claims and upon failure to . ne the proper notice, or to pay 10: the land ! within the required period, the same shall be ! cant
 Sec. ,. That in case of conflicting claims upon lands where the Improvement shall b, hereafter commenced, priority of possession and improvements, followed by proper filing and continued good faith. shall determine tue preference right 10 purchase. And also whcr, improvements have been made at the date of the passage of this Act, division of the land claimed may be made by legal subdivisions. to include, as near as may be, the valuable improvements of the respective parties: and the Commissioners of the General Land or lice shall be, and is hereby authorized to is, sue the neediul rules and regulations for car -ying into effect the provisions of this Act.
 Sec c. That nothing in this Act shall be 'O0strued tO destroy or impair any rights which may have attached prior to its passage. 'r to authorize the sale Of lands valuable for mines of gold, silver or copper