Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-03-21


should inure, in whole or in part, to the benent
of any person, except himself herself; and
upon filing such affidavit with the register or re-
! csiver on payment of s. when the entry is not
more than 30 acres snd on payment Of $40 when
the entry is for more than 80 acres, he she
shall thereupOn be permitted to enter the amount
of land specified
I SEC. g. That section 23Ol of the Revised
| Statutes be amended so as TO read as follows:
| SEQ. 230l. Nothing in this chapter shall be
50 construed as TO prevent sny person who shall
| hereafter avail himself of the benefits of sec-
| ton 22s9 from pa ing the minimum price for the
quantity or land so entered at any time after the
| expiration of fourteen caleodar months from
the date OF SUcn entry, and obtaining pateat
| therefor, upon making proof of settlement and
OF residence and cult satiOn for such period of
! fourteen months" and the provision of this
| section shall apply to lands the ceded pOr-
4 tlol OF the Sioux reservation, by act approved
March 2, 1859, South Dakota, but shall not re-
| heve SAID settlers from any payment now To-
| quired by law.
| SEC. Z That whenever it shall appear to the
Commissioner of the General Land Office that
a ericsl error has been committed in the
entry or any OF the public lands, such entry
may be suspended upon proper notification to
the claimant, through the local land Office until
the error has been corrected; and all entries
made under the pre-emItiOn, homestead, desert
land, or umber-cnlture laws. in which final
PROOF and payment may have been made and
eertlncstes issued. and 20 watch there
ADVERSE claims originating prior to hnal entry,
and which have been sold Jr incumbered prior
TO the LIST day OF March, 1893 and after final
entFy, 70 bona hde purchasers OF Incumbrancers,
IOr a valuable consideration, shall, unless upOa
an Investigation by a Government agent fraud
on the part of the purchaser has been found. be
connr2ed ana pstented upon presentation OF
sach sale or IncumbEance: Provided, That after
the lapse of two years from the date Of the is
susnce OF the receivers receipt upon the fnas
entry of any tract of land under the homestead.
tirnbercuiture, desert-land, or pre- emp ion
laws. or under this act. ana when there shall be
no pending contest or protest against the valid
Of nj w mar hall 10 anti cd
o. patent conveying the land by him entered
ana the same shall be issued to him; but this
pFOvlsO shall not BE- constIu ID To require the
delay OF two years from the date of said entry
befOie the issuing Of patent therefor.
SEC. 3. Inat hereafter no public lands of the
United States, except abandoned military CT
other reservations, isolated and disconnected
fractional tracts authorized TO be sold by sec
ton 2i55 of the revised Statutes. and mineral
ton has been authorized by acts of Congress OF
a special nature having local application, shall
De sold at public sale.
SEQ. IA. That reservoir sites located or select
Ell ami 10 be located and selected under the pro-
visions of IAN act mzkiI appropriations for
sundry civil expenses of the gOvefnm for the
fiscal year ending une 80, 1889, and TOR other
purposes" ard amendments thereto, shall be
restricted to and shall contain only so much
land as Is actually necessary for the cOnstruc-
ton and maintenance of reservoirs; excluding
so ar as practicable lands occupied By actual
settlers at the Gate of the location of said
volrS and that the provisions of San act max
ing appropriations for sundry civil expenses Of
the government for the fiscal year EMIL z June
10, 1921, and for other purposes" which reads
follows, namely: NO person who shall, after
tue passage of this Get, enter upon any of the
public lands with view 10 occupation. entry,
% s>tt.ement under any Of the hand las, shall
be p rmltted to acquire title to more than go
acres n the aggregate under ali said laws, shall
De c,.>trued to include in the maximum amount
of lands the title TO which Is LermiIted to be
acquired BY one person only agricultural lands.
and not to include lands entered or sought to be
entered under mineral land laws
Sc. Is. That the right of way through the
puOllc lands and reservations of the United
States Is hereby granted to any canal or ditch
company formed IOr the purpose of irrigation
and duly ganizec und-r the laws of any Safe
or Territory, which shall have filed, or may kere-
after hle. with the Secretary of the Interior a
copy of its articles OF Incorporation, and due
proofs OF its organization under the same, to
the .'xtent OF the ground occupied by the water
OF the reservoir, and of the canal and It's later
as, and 80 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 construction of such canal or ditch: Pro-
vided, That no such right of way shall be so To-
Gated as to interfere with the proper oecups-
and all maps of location shall be subject 10 the
approval OF the department of the government
having jurisdiction of such reservation, and the
privilege herein granted shall not be consrIuc~
cd to IN; erfere with the control of water for IT.
rlgatiOn and other purposes under authority Of
the T spectlye States or Territories.
SEC. 19. That any canal or ditch company de-
string to secure the benefits of this act shall,
within twelve months after the location of 10
miles OF Its canal. II the same be upon surveyed
twelve months after the survey thereof by the
United States, tiIe with the register Of the land
Othce for the district where such land is located
map or It's canal or ditch and reservoir; and
upon the approval thereof by the Secretary of
the Interior the same shall be noted upon the
plass IN said office, snd thereafter all such lands
or krctn rrrr nFww aIxuNn
De disposed OF subiect to such right of way
W henever any person or corporation. in the
construction OF any canal, ditch or reservoir in
lure. or damages the Possession of any settler
On the public domain, the part committing
such injury or damage shall be liable TO the
party injured for such injury or damage.
SEQ. 70. That the provisions of this act shall
apply TO ali canals, dit. hes, or reservoirs, here
-Ofore or hereafter constructed. whether con-
.tructed by corpo atoms individuals, or assocIa-
hons OF individuals, on the Hing of the GER
lhcaes and maps herein provided for, If such
Itch, canal or reservoir has been or shall be
cons ructed by an individual or association of
1t shall be sufficient for sucn in
1lvldual or association of individuals to file
With he Secretary of the Interior and with the
register OF the land Office where said land is 10
,ated, map or the line OF such canal ditch or
reservoir, as In case of a corpOrrtiUn, with the
he name or the individual owner or owners
hereof: together with the articles Of associa-
ION, If any there be. Plats heretofore fled
hall have the benefits of this act from the date
u their Ming, as though fled under il: Pro-
1ded, That il airy section of said canal or dit n
hall not be completed within i've years after
he location of said sectiOO, the rights herein
granted shall be forfeited as to any uLcomplet-
d section OF said canal, ditch reservoir to the
KITE Mt that the same is not completed at the date
4 the forfeiture.
SEC. 81. That nothing in this act shall author
re such canal or ditch company to occupy such
ight OF way except for the purpose o. sand canal
u ditch, and then only so far as may be neces-
airy for the construction, maintenance, and care
f said canal or ditch.
SEC. "a. That the President of the United
ta'es may from time to time set apart and re-
erye, in any State or Territory having public
and bearing forests, In am part of the public
ands wholly or IN part covered with timber or
whether of commercial value or
lot, as public reservations; and the President
hall, by public proclamation, declare the es-
ablshment Of sucn reservations ard the limits
hereof.