Tombstone epitaph., 1896-04-19
AN ACT
To Seggregatr the Coal Lands
 From the ReseryrtIln.

The following is the congressional act introduced ty Delegate Murphy for the ,eggrsgation of the San cs-. los coal Ii Ids. It follows the bill to rstify and confirm an agreement with the Indians of the San Carlos Reser- vstion. Arizona, for the ces.iou and relinquishment to the Uuiied States Of certain portion of the reservation ::
 Be it enacted by the senate and house Of representatives Of the United States n! America in congress sssem- blsd. Ths, said agreement be. and the same hereby is accepted, ratified and con nfirmed.
 "SEc. 2. That the secretary of the interior -hail cause the said boundary line (estimated length forty re mil-s) as described in article three of ,h. agreement quoted snd made part of this Act, to be surveyed, IT ksd, and established by permanent and durable monuments of stone, the same te be ss, &. each mile and half-mils point and at the angles formed OF said line, and set, marked and witnessed in con. formity with instructions to be furn- ished by said secretary of the interior | relating thereto; the compensation to he allowed for executing said survey not to exceed forty dollars par mile. including the monuments.
 SEC. 3. That there is hereby appro- priated. out of any money in the treas nry not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand eight hundred | dollars, or so much thereof AS may be necessary 10 carry into effect the pro sisisns of the proceeding section, said .moun, to be eiistely available: Provided, however. That from the proceeds of the sale of the lands csded l oy .aid agreement there shall first be deducted an amount GU fiic;ent to reim- burse the United States for the eIpen- diture authorized by this section. 
 "Skc. 1. Ths, every person above the age of twenty-one ysars who is . citizen of the United Sta'rs or who has declared his intention 10 become such, or any association of persona severally qualified a- above, shall, upon application to the register of the pro- per land office, have the right 10 enter any quantity of vscsa, coal lands upon the csj~d p rtinn of said re-er- vatiop, not exceeding enc hundred and sixty sc-es to such individual per- son, or there hund e.! and twenty acre- 70 -uch association, to b- taken as near 's practicable in square form. upon psyment to the receiver of five dollar per acre for ruch lands; Provided. however, That any person or assoei- .,ion qualified as above, who, in good faith, prior 10 the passage Of ihIs act, rad discovered and opened coal mine, shall have preference right o, purchase for ninety days from and after the othclsl filing in the local land office of the improved pla, of survey provided 10. by section two of this act.
 SEC. ,. Ths. any person or as.oci- , ation aprlying to purchase .uch coal lands shall file wilh such application . plat and field notes of the land sought to be entered, made by or under the direction Of the United States surveyor general showing accurately ths bonn- | dsries Of the land cl.imed, which shall be distinctly marked y monuments on the ground and connected by course and distance with permanent fixed monument within two miles, | which monument as the initial point of all surveys within such distance.
 SEC. 9. That mining claims upon said ceded lsn is, for deposits O: min erals other .thsn coal, whether load or vein or placer, may be located and purchased in accordance with the terms of the general mining laws of the United States. as found in ti,:s thir'y-two, chapter six. of the Revised Statutes Of the United States and amendment thereto.
 l SEC. [. That all locations of the character specified :n section six here toiors made upon said lands are hereby validated, but no application for the purchase of any coal or mineral lands shall be recsiveI at the local land office prior to the official filing of the pls, provided by section two Of this act.