New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-09
GENERAL EA1CRE-No. I01.l

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Approved March 8. 1873.
GENERAL EATCRE-No. l0'.i
I An act to provide for the sale Of lands OF
! the United States containing coal.
| Be it enacted BY the Senate and House OF
| Representatives of the United States OF
| America IN Congress assembled, lhat any
| person above the age OF lwenty-one years.
who is q citizen of the United States, or
| who has declared his intention to become
such. or any association OF persons sever
| ally qualified as above. shall. upon appEca-
| ton to the register of the proper land office.
| have the right to enter. by legal subdi.
| visions. any quantity OF vacan: coal lanos
| of the United States not otherwise apPrO-
| priated or reserved by competen: authority,
| not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres
| to such individual person or three hundred
| and twenty acres to such association, upon
paymeut to the receiver OF not less than
| ten dollars per acre for such lands, where
| the same shall be situated more than fifteen
| miles from any completed railroad, and not
| less than twenty dollars per acre .or srch
| lands as shall be within fifteen miles OF
| such road.
SEC. 9. That any person or association
| of persons severaily qualified as acove. VINO
have opened and improved, OF snail here
after open and improve, any coal mine or
| mines upon the public lands, and shall be in
| actual possession of the same, shall be en-
| titled to a preference right OF entry, under
| the foregoing provisions, OF the mines 80
! opened and improved; provided, that when
| any association of not Iess than four per-
| sons, ses orally qualified as in section one
| of this act. ehali have expended not lees
| than five thousand dollars in working and
| improving any such mine or mines, such
association may enter not exceeding SIX
hundred and forty acres, Including such
| mining improvements.
! SEC. 3. That all claims -nder section two
| of this act must be presented 10 the register
! of the proper land district within sixty days
| after the date of actual possession and the
| commencement of improvements on the
! land. by the filing of deciaratory state
F; ment therefor: provided. Tat when the
township plat is not OF Tie at tie date OF
| such improvement, filing must he made
! within sixty days from the receipt of sr,ch
| plat at the district Office: and prov ded fur.
! Their. tina. where the Improvements shall
| have been made .rior to the expiration Of
| three months from the passage of this act.
| sixty days from the expiration OF sald three
| months shall be allowed for the Sling OF
declaratory statement. and no sale under
the provisions of this .ct shall be allowed
until the expiration OF ST. months from :he
| date hereof.
SEC. 4. That this act shalt 6e ED to
! authorize only one entry By tie sane PEI
son or association OF persons under is
! provisions and no assoc alton @. persons
| any member of which shall have taken the
! benefit of this act either as an individual or
! as member of any other association. shall
enter or hold any other lands Under the
provisions of this act. end no member CT
any association which shall have taken the
benefit of this act shall enter or nold a2y
| other lands under its provisions and al!
persons claiming under section two hereof
| shall be required to prove their respective
rights and pay for the lands filed upon
| within one year from the time prescribed
for filing their respective claims: and upon
failure to file the proper notice. or to pay
for the land within the required period, the
same shall be subject to entry by any other
qualified applicant.
SEC. 5. That in case OF con letting claims
upon lands where the improvements shall
be hereafter commenced, priority of posses
sion and improvement. followed by proper
filiug and continued good faith. shall de-
| termine the preference RICH. to purchase.
And also where improvements have already
| been made at the date of the passage OF
this act. division of the land claim
may BE made By legal subdivisions.
to include. as near as may be. the
! valuable improvements of the respective
parties: and COMMISSIONS of the General
! Land Office shall be and is hereby author.
I iZfO Issue al utttlul iuIts duu VI a
tons for carrying into effect the provisions
! of this act.
SEC. 6. That nothing in this act shall be
construed to destroy or impair any rights
which may have attached prior to its pass
age, or to authorize the sale of lands valu
| able tor mines of gold. silver or copper.
Approved March 3, 1873.
! GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81.
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tors of steam vessels for the customs dis
trct OF Michigan, IN the State OF Mlchi'
gan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
| Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That there
shall be local board of inspectors des'g-
mated and appointed for the customs dis
trict of Michigan, in the State of Michigan
and the inspector of hulls and the iuspec
tor of boilers. composing the said board.
shall receive a salary of nine hundred dol
lars year each.
Approved March 3, 1873.
| GENERAL NAIURE-No. ITO.
An act to authorize and direct the Secre
tary of War to distribute arms and mill
tary equipments under the act of April
twenty three, eighteen hundred and eight,
and the acts amendatory thereof
of Represen tatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled. That the
Secretary of War be, and he is hereby. au
tnorized and directed to distribute to such
States as did not, from the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-twO to the year eighteen
hundred and sixty nine, receive the same
their proper quota of arms and military
equipments for each year, from eighteen
hundred and sixty-two to eighteen hundred
| and sixtv-nine under the act of Con grese
approved April twenty third, eighteen hun
| bred and eight, and the several acts amend
atory thereof; provided, that in the organH
alton and equipment of military companies
and organizations with said arms, ne dis
| elimination shall be made between said
companies and organizations On account OF
race, color or former condition of servi
tude.
Approved March 3, 1873.
| GENERAL NATURE-No. %.
An act to provide for the preparation and
presentation to Congress Of the Revision
| of the Laws of the United States, con
solidating the laws relating to the pos
| roads, and code relating to military OF
lenses and the revision OF treaties with
the Indian tribes now in force.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representative of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled. mat
| Committee of three of the House OF Repre-
eentatives on the Revision of the Laws, with
committee on the part of the Senate Is
hereby authorized, by resolution, TO OF
filed in the Department of Justice, to &C
| cept, on the part of Congress, the draft OF
| Revision of the Laws Of the United States
prepared by the commissioners TO 10