Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-27

er fees, and file the certincate ana description
by the SurveyorGeneral, whereupon the register
shall certify the proceedings and judgment-roll
to the Commissioner ofthe Land Office, as in the
preceding case, and patents shall issue to the
several parties according TO their respective
rights. Proof Of citizenship under this act, or
the act of July Goth 1885, and July 9, 1870. in the
case Of an individual, may consist in his own
affidavit thereof and in case OF an association OF
persons unincorporated of the affidavit OF their
authorized agent, made on his own knowledge or
upon information and belief and in case of a
corporation organized under the laws of the
United States, or OF any State or Territory ofthe
United States, by the filing OF q 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 mining claim to any person what
ever.
SEC S. 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 unsur-
veyed lands, the Surveyor General in extending
the surveys, shall adjust the same to the boun-
DIARIES of such patented claims, 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.
SIC. 9. That sections one, two, three, four and
SIX of an act entitled An Act granting the right
OF way to ditch and canal owners oyerthe public
lands, and for other purposes approved July
twenty-sixth. eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not
affect existing rights. Applications for patents
for mining claims now pending may be prose
cuted to final decision in the General Land
Office but in such cases where adverse rights
are not affected thereby 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
hundred 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. TO- 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 to the proceedings to obtain
patent which shall be similar to the proceed
ings 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 sur
veyed lands. and conform to legal subdivisions,
no further survey or plat shall be required, and
all placer mining claims hereafter located shall
conform as near as practicable with the United
States system Of public land surveys and the
rectangular subdivisions of such surveys, and
no such location shall include more than twenty
acres for each individual claimant, but where
| placer-claims cannot be conformed to legal sub
division, survey and plat shall be made as on
unsurveyed lands: Provided, That proceedings
now pending may be prosecuted to their final
determination under existing laws; but the pro-
visions Of this act, when not in conflict with ex-
listing laws, shall apply to such cases; And pro-
yided also, That where by the aggregation OF
mineral land in any legal subdivision quantity
of agricultural land less than forty acres re-
mains, said fractional portion Of agricultural
land may be entered by any party qualified by
law, for homestead or presumption purposes.
SEC. H. That where the same person, associa-
ton or corporation in possession of placer
claim, and also vein or lode included within
the boundaries thereof, application shall be
made for patent for the placer-csim, with the
statement that it 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 pur-
poses approved July ninth, eighteen hundred
and seventy 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 embracing 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 a vein or
lode, such as described in the second section of
this act, is known to exist within the boundaries
Of placer-claim, an application for a patent for
such placer-claim, which does not include anap-
plication for the vein or lode claim, shall be
construed as a conclusive declaration that the
ella mant of the placer-claim has no right o pos
session Of the vein or lode claim; but where the
existence of ayen or lode in placer claim is not
known, apatent for the placer-claim shall convey
all valuable mineral and other deposits within
tn boundaries thereof.
SEC. IL That the Surveyor General of the
United States may appoint in each land district
containing mineral lands as many competent
surveyors as shall apply for appointment to sur
| vey mining claims. The expenses of the survey
| of vein or lode claims, and the survey and sub.
division Of placer claims INTO smaller quantities
| than one hundred and sixty acres, together with
the cost of publication of notices shall be paid by
the applicants, and they shall be atliberty to OBJ
tain the same at the most reasonable rates, and
they shall also be at liberty to employ any United
States Deputy Surveyor to make the survey.
| The Commissioner of the General Land Office
shall also have power to establish the maximum
| charges for surveys and publication of notices
under this act; and, in case of excessive charges
for publication, he may designate any newspaper
published in land district where mines are
situated, for the publication of mining notices
in such district, and fix the rates to be charged
| by such paper; and to the end that the Commits
| sioner may be fully informed on the subject,
each applicant shall file with the Register o
sworn statement Of all charges and fees paid by
said applicant for publication and surveys, to.
gether with all fees and money paid the Resister
and Receiver Of the land-ofice which statement
shall be transmitted, with the papers in the
| case. to the Commissioner of the General Land
| Office, The fees Of the Register and the Re
ceiver shall be five dollars each for filing and
acting upon each application for patent or ad
amount fixed by law for reducing testi
mony to writing, when done in Land Office, sucl
fees and allowances to be paid by the respectiv,
parties; and no other fees shall be charged by
them in such cases. Nothing in this act shall bt
construed to enlarge or affect the rights of ethel
party in regard to any property in controversy al
the time of the passage Of this act, or of the ac
entitled IAN act granting the right of way t.
ditch and canal owners over the public lands
and for other purposes" approved July 90, 1866
nor shall this act affect any right acquired unde
said act and nothing in this act shall be con
strued to repeal, impair, or in any way affect tn,
provisions Of the act entitled IAN act granting
to A. Sutro the right of way and other privileged
to aid in the construction of draining and ex
ploring tunnel to the Comstock Lode, in tn
State of Nevada" approved July 25th, 1865.
SEC. -. That all afiidavits required to b
, made under this act or the act to which il 4
amendatory may be verified before any office
i authorized to administer oaths within the Ian
district where the claims may be situated, an
all testimony and proofs may be taken befor
any such officer, and, when duly certified by tn
officer taking the same, shall have the same fore
and effect as if taken before the Register an
Receiver of the Land Office. In cases Of contes
as to the mineral or agricultural character
land, the testimony and proofs may be taken Q
herein provided, on personal notice of at Leaf
ten days to the opposing party; or If said part
cannot be found then by publication of at Leaf
once week for thirty days in newspaper, to
designated by the Register of the Land Office
| puDllsneQ nearest the LOCATION OF Buch land; an
the Register shall require proof that such motto
has been given.
SEC. IA. That where two or more veins inte
| sect or cross each other, priority of title sha
govern, and such prior location shall be entitle
9 to all ore or mineral contained within the spal
Q of intersection: Provided, however, That Ii
2 subsequent location shall have the right of wa
through said space Of intersection for the pu
! possesses of the convenient working of the sal
= mine: And provided also, That where two
: more veins unite, the oldest or prior locatio
shall take the vein below the point of union, Ii
GLIDING all the space of intersection.
r Sec. 15 That where non-mineral land n,
! contiguous to the vein or lode is used or occ,
} pied by the proprietor of such vein or lode +,
: mining or milling purposes, such non-adjacei
surface ground may be embraced and include
in an application for patent for such vein
lode, and the same may be patented therewitl
4 subject to the same preliminary Requirement
( as to survey and notice as are applicable und,
. this act to veins or lodes: Provided, That I
Q | location hereafter made Of such non-adjacel
q land shall exceed five acres, and payment (,
4 the same must be made at the same rate a. Axe
; by this act for the superfcies of the lode. TT
Q owner of quartz mill or reduction works, n
a owning q mine in connection Herewith, m,
3 also receive patent for his mill site, as prov
: ded in this section.
SEC. t. That all acts and parts Of acts inco
sistent herewith are hereby repealed: Provide
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