Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-03-19

Primbylov group or the seal islands OF
Alaska shall be subject to sale under
this act; and the United States re-
serves, and there shall be reserved in
all patents issued under the pro-
visions OF the last two preceding Sec
tions, the right of the United States to
regulate the taking of salmon and to
do all things necessary to protect and
prevent the destruction Of salmon in
all the waters of the lands granted fire.
queuted by salmon.
Sec. Is. That until otherwise pro-
vided by law the body of lands known
as Annette islands, situated in Alex
ander Archipelago in Southeastern
Alaska, on the north side OF Dixon's
entrance, be, and the same is hereby,
set apart as a reservation for the use
of the Metlakahtla Indians, and those
people known as Metlakahtlans who
have recently emigrated from British
Columbia to Alaska, and such other
Alaskan natives as may join them, to
be held and used by them in common,
under such rules and regulations and
subject to such restrictions as may be
prescribed from time to time by the
secretary OF the interior.
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be made by incorporated towns and
cities on the mineral lands of the
United States, but no title shall be
acquired by any such towns or cities
to any vein of gold, silver, cinnabar,
copper or lead, or to any valid mining
claim or possession held under exist
ing law. When mineral veins are pos
sessed within the limits OF an incor-
porated town or city, and such pos
session Is recognized by local author
ity or by the laws of the United States,
the title 10 town lots shall be subject
to such recognized possession and the
necessary use thereof, and when entry
mas been made or patent lssued for
such townsItes to such incorporated
town or city, the possessor OF such
| mineral vein may enter and receive
patent for such mineral vein and the
surface ground appertaining thereto:
Provided, That no entry shall be made
by such mineral vein claimant for sur
lace ground where the owner or occu-
pier OF the surface ground shall have
had possession of the same before the
inception of the title of the mineral
vein applicant.
Sec. II. That rerervoir sites located
or selected and to be located and Sc
lected under the provisions of "An act
| making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses OF the government for
| the fiscal year ending June 80, 1889,
| and for other purposes" and amend
ments thereto, shall be restricted to
and shall contain only So much land
as is actually necessary for the con-
struction and maintenance OF reser-
voirs; excluding SO far as practicable
lands occupied by actual settlers at
the date OF the location of said re er
voirs, and that the provision of "An
act making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the government for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1891,
and for other purposes" which reads
as follows, namely: mo person who
shall, after the passage of this act, en-
ter upon any OF the public lands with
a view to occupation, entry or settle
ment under any of the land laws, shall
| be permitted to acquire title to more
than 32O acres in the aggregate under
all said laws, shall be construed to in
clude in the maximum amount of
lands the title to which is permitted
to be acquired by one person only ag-
ricultural lands, and not to include
lands entered or sought to bo entered
under mineral land laws.
| Sec. Is. That the right of way
| through the public lands and reserva-
| tions of the United States is hereby
granted to any canal or ditch COM
pany formed for the purpose OF irriga-
| ton and duly organized under the laws
of any state or territory, which shall
| have filed, or may hereafter file, with
the secretary OF the interior a copy OF
it's articles of incorporation, and due
proofs of its organization under the
same, to the extent OF the ground oc-
cupied by the water of the reservoir,
and OF the canal and it's laterals, and
so feet on each side OF the marginal
limits thereof; also the right to take
| from the public lands adjacent to the
line OF the canal or. ditch, material,
earth and stone necessary for the con-
struction OF such canal or ditch: Pro-
vided, That no such right OF way shall
be so located as to interfere with the
proper occupation by the government
of any such reservation; and all maps
of location shall be subject to the ap-
proval OF the department. of the gov
ernment having jurisdiction of such
reservation, and the privilege herein
granted shall not be construed to in
terfere with the control of water for
irrigating and other purposes under
authority OF the respective states or
territories.
Sec. 10. That any canal or ditch
company desiring to secure the benefit
OF this act shall, within twelve months
after the location OF 10 miles OF its
canal, if the same be upon surveyed
land, and if upon unsurveyed lands,
within twelve months after the survey
thereof by the United States, file with
the register OF the land office for the
district where such land is located a
map of its canal or ditch and reser.
voir; and upon the approval thereof
by the secretary of the Interior the
same shall be noted upon the plats in
said Office, and thereafter all such lands
; over which such rights of way shall
pass shall be disposed of subject to
( such right of way. Whenever any per.
; son or corporation, in the constrac
= ton of any canal, ditch, or reservoir
Injuries or damages the possession o.
: any settler on the public domain, the
party committing such injury or dam
2 age shall be liable to the party injured
: for such injury or damage.
: Sec. 20. That the provisions of this
e act shall apply to all canals, bitches
or reservoirs, heretofore or hereafter
CONSTRUCTED, whether constructed by
! corporations. individuals, or associa
q tions of individuals, on the fling o
f the certificates and maps herein pro
y vided for. II such ditch, canal, or res
: ervoir has been or shall hereafter b,
: CONSTRUCTED by an individualo or an as
4 sociation OF individuals, it shall b.
r sufficient tor such individual or asso
t citation of individuals to file with tn