Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-15
ApprIc.r1oS FOB PATENT.

APPLICATION 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 Where papers have once been filed with the Register and Receiver, they become a part of the record, and can neither be withdrawn nor returned, but must be transmitted to the General Land Office.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 will be rejected when the description of the premises Is errO- neous or insufficient.
 Application for patent VIII be rejected because.
 First-TLe notice was published with out the knowledge of the Register. Sac0ul-Ibe notice was not published ia a newspaper designated as published nearest the claim.
 TmTd-Record tide ras found defec- tive, and:
 Fourth-A previous application had been made for the same premises, which was withdrawn pending a suit in court !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- 1 jected when the survey'i9es not accu- rat-ly define the bounda,b ,of tle claim. ...,..5.,.e ,,-;,b i'-. .57- Is /, ,i. i.s'-'- Where several parti, own separ1te 
 | ton for patent may be made by ether ! for that portion of the claim owned by him; but where several parties own un- | divided interests in mining claim, all shoGld JOin iu an application for patent
 \ person or association may purchase as many placer locations as the local law admits, and embrace them all iu one ap- plication for a patent.
 Two or more lOdes cannot be en- braceI in one application for patent except for two or more lOdes within theIr boundaries.
 Papers sworn to before any person purporting to act as a deputy for the Register and Receiver, cannot be re- corded as evidence.
 In ail patents for mining claims situ- atad within the interior boundaries of a 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- lays, or other municipal improvements not belonging to the grantee herein, and al. rights necessary or proper to the Oc- cupation, possession and enjoyment of the same"
 Publication of notice must be made in only one newspaper for the period of sixty days.
 Notice must be published ten consec utiya weeks in weekly newspapers, and in daily newspapers sixty days must elapse between the first and the last in- sertiOus
 Where the Register designates the daily issue of paper for publication of notices of mining application for pat eut, it is not a compliance with law to change tO the weekly edition of the same paper withoU. authority of the Register.
 The existence of salt spring on a tract of land withdraws it from the op- eration of the homestead and pre-emp- tiOn laws. \ hearing for the purpose of proving the agricultural character of such land is not allowed. Land contain iJg valuable deposits of slate may be en- tered under the mining Acts
 ADVERSE CLAIMS.
 Adverse clalmauts must file a separate and distinct claim against each applica- tiuu which it Is alleged conflicts with the premises owned by such adverse claim ant.
 The papers in an adverse claim once fled cannot be withdrawn, but become a part of the record.
 When an adverse claim has been filed it cannot be amended SO as to embrace a larger portion of the premises than that
 alT.had iu the original adverse claim. | BTglar farm and fIaI9st be made out m of the application for the r'. l'''i!O''iGl. I, effective.
 It is the duty of the adverse claimant i to commence suit in proper form within the required time, and if he trusts the uncertain medium of the United States mail, he must abide the consequences, should the delay onsue through misfOr- tune or accident. Should the failure to commence suit be the result of the cor rupt or dishonest action of his attorney, the Interior Department can not redress ! the wrong.
 ! An adverse claimant should set forth l in detail the facts upon winch he bases 1 his adverse claim. \ statement in gen eral terms, embodying conclusions of ! law. without stating the facts specially, ] will not be considered in evidence. ! An adverse claimant should show ! compliance with the local laws in record l ing his claim and in regard to expendi- ! turCs, and shall file a copy of the OrlgI- . nal notice of hs location, and show the nature and extent of the conflict alleged.
 An allegation oi parties to a 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. i Where land is of little if any valve for agricultural purposes, but Is essential to the proper development Cf mining claims, 1t should be disposed of under the mining Act.
 ! Where lands containing valuable nm eral deposits have been included m an agricultural entry sand entry will be can celsd at any time prior to issuance ot 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 patent has been issued, the
 parties claiming the mine nay make ap- pHcation for patent for same, and the . agricultural entry will bc cancelled tC , that portion of the land embraced by
 said mining claim.
 Where mineral deposits are discov. cred on agucultural lands after tho patent has been issued tO an agucutura claimant. they pass with the patent.
 Horticultural college scrip can not b' ! received in payment for claims.