Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-18
RATIFICATION FOR PATENT.

The Law in Regard to Alien,-Etc.
 RATIFICATION FOR PATENT. Where papers have once been filed with the Register and Receiver, they become a part of the record, and can neither be Withdrawn nor returned. but must be transmitted to the General Land Office
 An application vill be rejected when the description of the premises is erro- neous or insufficient
 Application for patent will be rejected because:
 Eirst-'fhe notice was published with out the Knowledge of the Register.
 SecOnd-Ihe notice was not published in a newspaper designated as published nearest the claim
 Ihird-Recocd title was found defec- tive, and:
 Fourth g previous application had been made for the same premises, which was withdrawn pending a suit in court commenced by the adverse claimant
 An application for patent will be re- jected when the survey does not accu- rately define the boundaries of the claim.
 Where the claim was not located in accordance with law.
 Where seFey,s--77.rr-lt 7.r. ,s i1f5T6 and distinct portions of a claim, applica- ton for patent may be made by either for that portion ol the claim owned by him; but where several parties own un- divided interests in a mining claim, all should join in an application for a patent
 A person O. association may purchase as many placer locations as the local law admits, and embrace them all in one ap- pEcation for a patent.
 Two or more lOdes cannot be embraced in one application for a patent except for two or more lodes within their bOUn- diaries.
 Papers sworn to before any person purpoFting to act as a deputy for the Register and Receiver, cannot be re- corded as evidence.
 In all patents for mining claims sltU- ated within the interior boundaries of @ tOwnsite, a clause is inserted excepting and excluding all town property, rights upon the surface, and all houses, build ings structures, lots, blocks, streets, al- leys, or other municipal improvements not belonging tO the grantee herein, and all rights necessary or proper to the oc- cupatiOn, possession and enjoyment of the same
 Publication of notice must be made in only one newspaper Tor tho period of sixty days.
 Notice must be published ten ccnsec- utive weeks iu weekly newspapers, and in daily newspapers sixty days must elapse between the first and tine last ill., sertions.
 Where the Register designates the daily issue ol a paper for publication of notices of a mining application for pat ent. # is not g compliance with law Co change Co the weekly edition of the same paper without authority uf the Register.
 The existence of salt spring on tract of land Vlthdravs it from the op- eration Of the homestead and pre-emp- tiOn laws. \ nearing for the purpose of proving the agricultural character of such land k not allowed Land contain in- valuable deposits of slate may be en- tered under the mining Acts
 ADVERSE CLAIMS.
 Adverse claimants must file a separate and distinct claim against each appiica- tion which it k alleged conflicts with the premises owned by such adverse claim ant.
 The papers in an adverse c.8im once filed cannot hc wltl drawn. but become a part of the record
 When an adverse clam has been fled it cannot be amended SO as to embrace larger portion of the premises than that described in the original adverse clam.
 An adverse claim must be made out m proper form and filed in the proper local office during the period of publication of the application for the patent to be effective.
 It is tue duty of the adverse claimant to commence suit in proper form within the required time, and II he trusts the uncertain medium of the United States mall, he must abide the consequences, should the delay ensue through mis- fortune or accident. Should the failure to commence suit be the result of the corrupt or dishOnes. action of his at- torney, the Interior Department can not redress the wrOng-
 An adverse claimant should set forth in detail the facts upon which he bases his adverse clam. \ statement in gen eral terms. enlbodying conclusions of law. without stating the facts specially, will not be considered in evidence.
 An adverse claimant should show a compliance with the local laws in record ing his claim and in regard to expendi- lures, and shall file a copy of the Origi- nal notice of his location, and show the nature or extent cf the conflict alleged.
 An allegation of parties tO suit that they compose the company Is sufficient, and they are not required to prove that they are the original lOcatOrs or the identical parties who presented the ad- verse claim.
 AGRICULTURAL OR MINERAL LANDS.
 Where land is of little if any value for agricultural purposes, but is essential to the proper develop of mining claims, it should be disposed of under the min ing Act.
 Where lands containing valuable min eral deposits have been included in an agricultural entry, said entry will be cancelled at any time prior tO issuance of patent, upon satisfactory evidence Of the existence of such valuable deposits.
 Where valuable deposits of mineral are discovered upon a tract after the same has been entered as agricultural, but before pat ant has been issued, the parties claiming the mine may make ap- phcatiOn for patent for same, and the hElAltt4tAldl tuatE W -lA bF fuiAttltA kt that portion of the land embraced by said mining claim.
 Where mineral deposits are discov- cred on agricultural lands after the patent has been issued to an agricultural claimant, they pass with the patent
 Agricultural college scrip can not Ne received in payment for claims. Y
 ALIENS.
 \ foreigner may make a mining lOca- ton and dispose of it. provided he be- comes a citizen before dispOsing of the mine. Proof that the party was not a citizen before disposing of his claim must be afiiTmatively shown.
 LOcators and intermediate owners other than applicants will not be pre- sumed aliens in the absence of allegation or objection prior to issuance of patent
 The portion of a mining claim sold to an ahen cannot be patented while such owner is an alier; but on his declaration to become a citizen, Iis right dates back to his purchase, and be may theTeupon secure United States patent for his claim
 CROSS LEDGE-. Revised Statutes. Section 233G Where two or more lodges cross or in-