Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-29
The Desert Land Bill.

Hon. @. N. Harris. the United States
Land Receiver Of this district. having
received the subjoined circular. and dc.
string that its contents be made public,
has furnished this Office with Q copy OF
the same. with o request that we print
II. As Il conveys valuable information.
va willingly accsds to his suggestions I:
DEPARTMENT OF TIE ~ISTxnIoR,
GENERAL LAND 0rYIcE.
wAsHNoroS. d. O., Mar. ~, 1871
Register and Receiver. U. s. Land
0fice-Gsntlemen : The following IL
the text Of an Act Of Congress. approved
March 3. 1877. and entitled IAN Act
10 provide for the sale Of lands In GER
tain States and Territories"
Be II enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives OF the United
States Of America in Congress assem-
bled, That II shall be lawful for any
citizen Of the United States, or any per-
son Of requisite age "vho may DO en-
titled 10 become q Citizen. and who has
fled his declaration to become such.
and upon payment OF twenty-five cents
per acre, TO fle o declaration, under
oath, with the register and receiver OF
the land district In which any desert
land Ii situated, that h6 intends to re-
claim o tract Of desert land not exceed.
ing one section, by conducting water
upon the same. within the period OF
three years thereafter +; provided. how
ever. that the right to the use OF water
BY the person 30 conducting the same.
on or to any tract OF desert land OF six
hundred and forty acres shall depend
upon bona hde prior appropriation |; and
such right shall not exceed the amount
Of water actually appropriated, and ne
cessarily used for the purpose OF irriga-
ton and reclamation /; and all such sur.
plus water over and above such actual
appropriation and use, together with tho
water Of all the lakes, rivers and other
sources Of water supply upon the public
lands and not navigabls. shall remain
and DO held free for the appropriation
and use OF the public for irrigation. min
ing and manufacturing purposes subject
To existing rights. Said declaration
shall describe particularly said section Of
land II surveyed. aud. II unsurvsyed.
shall describe tho same as nearly as pos
sibly without q survey. AZ any time
within tho period OF three years after
filing said declaration, upon making sat.
isfactory proof to tho Register and Re-
cciver Of the reclamation Of said tract
oil land In the manner aforesaid ana
upon the payment to the Receiver Of The
additional sum OF one dollar per aero
fo q tract OF land not exceeding six
hundred and forty acres to any one per-
son. a patent for the same shall be is
sued to him. Provided. that. no per-
son shall 10 permitted to enter moro
than tract OF land and not 10 exceed
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