Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

FAIAO RoItA5 A1f VIM 1S~-
Register ana Receiver they become q part OF
the record, and can neither be Withdrawn nor
returned, but must be to the Gen.
ersl Land Office.
scription of the premises Ia erroneous or In
sufficient.
application for patent will be rejected be-
cause:
First The notice was published without the
knowledge of the Register.
Second-The notice was not published In .
new paper designated IS published nearestthe
claim.
Third-Record title was found defective,
and
Fourth--A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which WAS with
drawn pending 3 suit in Court commenced by
| the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
| when the survey does not accurately define the
| boundaries OF the claim.
Where the claim was not located in accord
ance with law.
Where several parties own separate and dis
tinct portions Of q claim, application tor
patent may be made by either for tn portion
OF the claim owned by him, but where several
parties own undivided interests in 8 mining
claim all should join in an application for q
patent.
A person or association may purchase as
many placer locations as the local law admits,
and embrace them all in one application for q
patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced in
one application for a patent except for placer
claims embracing two or more lodes within
their boundaries.
Papers sworn TO before any person purport-
ing TO act as a deputy for the Register and Re
ceiver cannot be recorded as evidence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries OF q town site
9 clause is inserted excepting and excluding
ell town property, rights upon the surface,
and all houses, buildings, structures, lots,
blocks, streets, alleys or other municipal i'm
provements not belonging to the grantee here
in, aud all rights necessary or proper to the
occupation, possession and enjoyment OF the
same"
Publication of notice must be made q only
one newspaper for the period Of 90 days.
Notice must Re published 10 CONSECUTIVE,
weeks in weekly newspapers. and in daily
newspapers 60 days must elspse between tn,
frat and last insertions.
Where the Register esignstes the d issu,
Of a newspaper fer publication of notices of
mining application for patent 1t is not a com
plisnce with law to change to the weekly edi
ton of the same paper without authority Of
the Register.
The existence of g salt spring on a tract Of
land withdrsws 1T from the operation Of thu
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for the purpose of proving the agriculture
character Of such land is not allowed. Lane
containing valuable deposits Of slate may b,
entered under the mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must file q separate anC
distinct claim agsinst each application which
1t is alleged conflicts with the premises ownet
By such adverse claimant.
The papers in an adverse claim, once filed
cannot be withdrawn, but becomes q part Of tn
record.
When an adverse claim has been filed 1t can
not be amended 30 as to embrace a larger per
tion OF the premises than that described in the
original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out il
proper form and filed in the proper local OH ca
during the period of publication Of the sppli'
cation for the patent to be effective.
1t is the duty of the adverse claimant Ia
suit in proper form within the re
CURED time, and If he trusts ihe uncertain
medium of the United Ststes mail he must
abide the consequences. should the delay
ensue, through misfortune or accident. Should
the failure to suit be the resdlt OF
the cor rupt or dishonest action of his attorney,
the Interior Department cannot redress the
wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In de.
tail the facts upon which be bases his adverse
claim. A statement in general terms, embody.
ing conclusions of law, without stating the
facts specially, Will not be considered in evi.
dence.
An adverse claimant should show a compli.
ance with the local laws In recording hts claim
and in regard to expenditures, aud shall rle q
copy of the original notice Of his location, and
show the nature or extent Of the conflict
alleged.
An allegation of parties to a suit that they
compose the company is sufficient, and they
are not required to prove that they are tn.
original ~locAtors or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is of little, If any value, for agri.
| cultural purpogea. Int ia esaansfal N tha