Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-04-18
The San Carlos Coal Fields.

introduced by Delegate Murphy for tn,
segregation of the San Carlos Goa
fields. 1t follows the b'll 10 ratify ant
confirm an agreement with the Indian
of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona
for the ceesion and REIMBURSEMENT t.
the United States OF certain portion
| of the reservation.
Be 1t enacted by the senate and hous,
| of representatives CT the United States
| OF America in congress assembled, Tha
said agreement be, and the same hereby
Is, accepted, ratified, and confirmed.
SEC. 2. That the Secretary OK the In
terror shall cause the said boundary lins
ESTIMATED length, forty-five miles) al
described in article three of the agree
, ment quoted and made a part OF thu
Act, to be surveyed, marked, and es
| tablished by permanent and durable
monuments of stone, the same to be SCI
at each mile and half-mile point and Al
| the aegles formed on said line, and set
marked, and witnessed in conformity
with instructions to be furnished by
said Secretary of the Interior relating
thereto; the compensation to be allowed
for execut ting said survey not TO exceed
the sum OF forty dollars per mile, In
Guiding the monuments.
SEC. 3, That there is hereby appro
pri8ted, out of any money IN the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum
OF one thousand eight hundred dollars
or so much thereof hs may be necessary
to carry into effect the provisions OF the
preceding section, said amount to be i'm
mediately available: Provided, however
That from the proceeds of the sale oil
the lands coded by said agreement there
shall first be deducted an amount sufh-
cient to reimburse the United States fol
the expenditure authorized by this Sec
ton.
SEC. A. That every person above the
age OF twenty one years who is citizen
of the United States or who has de-
clsred his intention to become such, oil
any association OF persons severeily
qualified as above, shall, upon applica-
ton to the register OF the proper land
office, have the right to enter any
quantity of vacant coal lands upon the
coded portion of said reservation, not
exceeding one hundred and sixty acres
to such individual person, or three hun-
dred and twenty acres to such associa-
ton, to be taken as near as practicable
in square form. upon payment to the
receiver of five dollars per acre for such
lsnde: Provided, however, That any
person or association qualified as above,
who, in good faith, prior to the passage
of this act, bad discovered and opened
coal mine, shall have a preference
right of purchase for ninety days from
and after the official fling in the local
land Office az the improved plat CT sur
veg provided for by section two OF this
act.
SEQ 5. That any person or associa-
ton applying to purchase such coal
lands shall file with such application a
plat and field notes OF the land sought
to be entered, made by or under the di-
rection of the United States surveyor
general showing accurately the bound
diaries of the land claimed. which shall
be distinctly marked by monuments on
the ground and connected by course
and distance with a permanent fixed
monument within two miles, which
monument shall be established as the
initial point of all surveys within such
distance.
OEC. %. 1ubt mIHiDB ClditnS uPOh ediu
coded lauds, for deposits OF minerals
other than coal. whether lode or vein or
placer, may be located and purchased in
accc, dance with the terms OF the general
mining laws of the United States, as
found in title thirty-two. chapter six,
of the Revised Statutes OF the United
States and amendments thereto.
SEC. Z. That all locations of the
character specified in section six here
tofore made upon said lands are hereby
validated, but no application for the
purchase of any coal or mineral lands
sbsll be received at the local land office
prior to the official filing of the plat pro-
vided by section two of this act.