Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-14
MISCELLANEOUS
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.


Where papers hevs once been filed with the
Register and Receiver they become Q part Of
the record, and can neither be Withdrawn nor
returned, but must be to the Gen.
eral Land Once.
An application will be rejected when the de-
scription OF the premises 10 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 a
newspaper designated as published nearest the
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 claim ant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately define the
boundaries or the claim.
Where the claim was not located In acoord-
ance with law.
Where several parties own separate and dis
tinct portions Of q claim, application for
patent may be made by either for that portion
Of the claim owned by him; but where several
parties own undivided interests in q mining
claim all should join in an application for a
patent.
A person or association may purchase az
many placer locations IS 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 Iodes within
their boundaries.
Papers sworn to before any person purport-
ing to act as a deputy for the Register and BE.
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
all town property, rights upon the surface,
and all hOnGnS hnfIAfnua afvnxa.na I~sa
| blocks, streets, alleys or other municipal inn
provements not belonging TO the grantee here
in, and all rights necessary or proper to the
occupation, possession and enjoyment of the
same"
Publication of notice must be made n only
one newspaper for the period of 60 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers, and in daily
newspapers 60 days must elapse between tile
first and last insertions.
Where the Register esignates the d all y Issue
| of q newspaper for publication of notices of O
mining application for patent it is not n COM
pliance with law to change to the weekly edi-
ton OF the same paper without authority of
the Register.
The existence OF q salt spring on a tract of
land withdrAws it from the operation Of the
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for the purpose OF proving the agricultural
character Of such land IL not allowed. Land
containing valuable deposits of slate may be
entered under the mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must file g separate and
distinct claim against each application which
1t 10 alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant.
The papers IN an adverse claim, once filed
cannot be Withdrawn, but becomes a part OF the
record.
When an adverse clsiin has been filed 1t can.
not be amended so as to embrace a larger per
ton of the premises than that described in the
original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out in
proper form and filed in the proper local ofice
during the period Of publication Of the appli-
cation for the patent to be effective.
1t is the duty OF the adverse claimant TO
commence suit in proper form within the re-
quired time, and IL he trusts she uncertain
medium of the United States mail he must
abide the consequences. should the delay
ensue, through misfortune or accident. Should
the failure to commence suit be the res 1t OF
the corrupt 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 he bases his adverse
claim. A statement in general terms, embody-
ing conclusions Of law, without stating the
facts specially, Will not be considered Ia evil
dence.
An adverse claimant should show q compli.
ance with the local laws in recording his claim
and in regard to expenditures. and shall nle 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 ~loestors or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL OR MINERAL LANDS.