Arizona weekly miner., 1874-05-01

The following bill has, perhaps, passed both Houses of Congress and become law i; it having been introduced in the Hose on the 9th of the present month:
 Be it enacted by he Se,late and House q Rep resentatires of the United States of AHserica in CongTess assembled That surveyed public lands of the United States within the Territorbs, not included within military, Indian or other rserva- lions of the United States, valuable tor litnber but unfit for cultivation, may be sold to citizens or the United States, or persons who have de- clared the!r intention to become snch, in quanti. ties not exceeding forty acres to any one person or association of persons, at the price of two dollars and fifty cents an acre; and lands yalna- be chiehy for stone may be sold on tie same terms as timber r-lands: Prorided. That nothing herein contained shall defeat or impair any bona. hde claim under any law of the United states or authorize the sale of any mining g-cIaim, q the m- proyements of any bona-ide settler, or hnds con taining gold, silver, cinnabar copper, or cod. in quantities sufficient to render mining remunera- tive or lands set apart for school purpo,es under the acts of Congress creating said Territories . And PrOtided fxrfher, That none of the rights conferred by the act approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act granting the right of way 10 ditch ana canal own CTS over the public lands, and for oth1 purposes" :" sball be abrogated by ,hs act, and tue samerare hereby extended to all public lanss infected by this act and all patents granted shall be subject to any vested and accrued water-hghts or rlxhts to ditcbcs and reservoirs used in connection with such water-fights, as may have bseu acquired un. der or recognized by said act, and such rights shall be expressly reserved in any patent issued under this net.
 See: That any person desiring to avail him. self of the provisions of this act shall file with the register Of the proper district written statement In duplicate. one Of which is to be transmitted to the General Land Ofice, designating by legal subdivisions the particular tract Of land he deircs to purchase, setting forth that the same is unfit fer cultivation, and valuable chiefly for It's timber or stone that it is uninhabited; contains no Dln- ing or other improvements except for ditch st ca sphea6, pd poneni verify a s beIlsss.sss99 Ies s9 valuable deposit of gold, silver, cinnabar, cdper or coal; that deponent has made no other apli. cation under this act that he does not appE to purchase the same on speculation, bot in bod fhith, 10 appropriate 1t to his own exclusive ase and benefit; and that he has not, directly or idi- ieciy, made any agreement or contract in my way or manner with any person or persons Saf- soeyer by which the title which be might ac,sire rom ihe Government of the United States shald inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of ny pers0n except hirpself;. which statement mas be verified by the oath of the applicant before be register or receiver of tbe iand-ofhce within ne district, or befors the anditor or clerk of the s- trict court of the county, in which the land la t uateS and 1T any person taking such oath saIl swear falsely In the premises, he shall be subsct 70 ai the pains and penalties Of perjury, and sIil
  said lands, and all right and title to the sane. and any grant or conveyance he may have nac' except 10 the hands of bonafide purchasers. sbii be null and void. -
 Sec. g. That upon the filing of such sta,erap,. as provided in the secoud section of this act. he register of the land office shall post a noticsof sucn application, embracing z description of inc land by legal subdivisions, in bis office for A a. ried of sixty days and shall furnish tbe applIent copy Of the same for publication la a newspatf published nearest the location of the premiss. Tor Ike period Of time; aud aftsr the OK piraf,a of said sixty days, if no adverse claim shall bxe been nied, the person desiring to purchase shil furnish 10 the register Of the land office satskc tory evidence, first, that said notice of the ap H. cation prepared by the register as aforesaid ,a. duly published in a newspaper as herein r.ouiy,i secondly, that the land Is of the character en- teinplated in this act, unoccupied and without m. provemenis, other than those excepted. eitler mining or agricultural, and that it apparently contains no valuable deposits of gold, silver cn. neoar, copper or coal; and upon payment to ,,e proper oincer ot the purchase money of aid lano, together with the fees of the register and tho receiver, the applicant shall he permitted to enter said tract, and, on the transmission to te General Land Office of the papers ars testimony In the case, a patent shall is sue thereon; ProVided, That any person having valid claim to any portion of tue land may ob lect m writing, to the Issuance Of a patent to isnds so held by him, stating the nature of bI, elaiih thereto and evidence shall be taken and ihe merits Of the said objection shall Le deter. mined by the officers of tie land-ofice. s1bect io appeal. as in other land cases Effect sha1I t,e gwen to the foregoing provisions of thfs net by regulations to be prescribed by the ComrpIssIoner Of the General Land.Ofiee