The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-09-09

An act 10 authorize the entry Of lands chiefly
valuable for building stone under the
placer miniRg laws.
BE Il enacted by tie Senate and House Of RIP
TessHtdtigss Of liC Omitted States Of AsRerion in
/ ClOaqTeSs assembled, That any person author
/ lied 10 enter lands under the mining laws OF
/ the United States may enter lands that are
chiefly valuable for building stone under the
/ provisions of the law in relation to placer
| mineral claims; FrOUblsd, That lands reserved
! for the benefit Of the public schools or do
mated 10 any efELe shall not be subject 70 en-
try under this act.
! SIC. 2. That an act entitled HAn act for
the sale OF timber lands ia the State Of Cali
foFnia, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington
| Territory approved June third, eighteen
! hundred ard seVenLy-eight, be, aud the same
Is hereby, amended by striking out the words
Estates Of California, Oregon, heFada, and
Washington Territory where the same occur
10 the second and third lines Of said act, and
insert IN lieu thereof the words, pubiicland
states the purpose Of this act being 10 make
Il said act of june taird, eighteen hundred and
seventy-elght applicable TO all the public
land states.
i SEC. 3. That nothing In thiB act shall be
construed 70 repeal section tweHty-four OF
the act entitled tan act 70 repeal timber
culture laws, aud for other purposes" sp-
proved March third eighteen hundred and
niBety-ape.
Approved, august 4. 1852,
The act of jane 3, 1878, is 10 be
fonad 10 volume 20, page 30 Of The
United States staiutes AZ large, and
! was originally confined to the mining
states 81 California. Oregon, Washing
ton, aud Nevada. Now il aPpiies T.
Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida, Alabsma
and Mississippi. Ils intent WAS Il
enable persons 10 purchase for cash
/ At a price not less than $3.50 per acre
not exceeding 100 acres of snrgeyeC
saesnt public land, upon making proc
/ that it was unfit for cultivation snt
/ more valuable for the timber on i
than for any other purpose. An!
maTgied or unmarried woman, owe
the age Of RI years, may, IN LoulsIanl
! al last, make an entry nnder ihe law
( and even minors are not literally ez
elnded. The only qualification seem
7 10 be that the persons mnst De CITIZEN
Of the United States, or If foreigner
that they have declased their intention
3 10 become ciIlzens. Under this las
/ Hhieh does not Require acts Of Settls
meni oF cultivation, any one who ind
4 tract of pine land worth more 70
its timber ihan for cultivation 50
3 Worth alao $3.50 per aere, may obiai
) gitln ID IL, NOS exceeding 100 acre.
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