Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12

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l3. The pasturing oflite stock on tn
public lands in forest reservations vii
not be interferred with, so long as ii ap
pears that injury is not being done b
the forest growth, and the rights o
others are not thereby jeopardized. Tn,
pasturing of sheep is, however, proh.b
tied in all forest reservations, excep
those in the States Of Oregon and Wash
ington, for the reason that sheep grain,
has been found injurious to the fores
cover. and therefore Of serious consc
quence in regions where the rainfall i
limited. The exception in favor Of tn,
States Of Oregon and Washington il
made because the continuous moistur,
ard abundant rainfall of the Cascad,
and Pacific Coast ranges make rapid re
newal OF herbage and underground pos
sible. Owners Of sheep are required tt
make application to the Commissioner
oftbe General Land Office for permission
to pasture, stating the number of sheer
and the location on the reserves where
it is desired to Craze. Permission will
be refused or revoked whenever il shal
appear that sheep are pastured on parts
of the reserves specially liable TO injury
or upon and in the vicinity of the Bul
Run reserve, Crater Lake. Mount Hood
| Mount Rainier, or other well known
places Of public resort or reservoir sup.
| ply. Permission will also cease upon
proof Of neglect as to the care of fires
made by herders, or Of the violation by
them of any of the forest reserve reg,
ulations.
REIMBURSEMENT OF CLAIMS.
IA. The law provides that where a
! tract within forest reservation is
covered by an unprotected bona fide
claim, or by a patent, the settler or
owner may, il he so desires, reinquish
the tract to the United States and select
in lieu thereof a tract Of vacant public
land outside Of the reservation, open to
settlement, not exceeding in area the
tract relinquished. No charge is to be
made for placing the new entry of rec.
ord. This is in consideration of previ-
Gus fees and commissions paid. Where
the entry is in lieu of an unprotected
one, the necessary fees in the making of
final proof and issuance of certificate
will be required. Where the entry is
based on an unsurveyed claim, as pro.
vided for in paragraph II thereof, all
fees and commissions attending entry
must be paid, none having been paid
previously.
10. Where an application is made for
change Of entry under the above pro-
vision, it must be filed in the land office
for the district in which the lieu selec-
ton lies. The application must describe
the tract selected and the tract covered
by the unprotected entry, and must be
accompanied by formal relinquish-
ment to the United States Of all right,
title and interest in and to the tract en-
braced in said entry. There must also
be filed with the application an affidavit,
corroborsted by at least two witnesses
cognizant of the facts. showing the peri.
DDS and length OF claimants residence
on his relinquished claim, as credit for
the time spent thereon will be allowed
under the new entry in computing the
period of residence required by law.
Residence and improvements are re-
quisite on the new entry, the same as on
the old, subject only, in respect to resi-
dence, TO deduction of the period
covered by the relinquished entry.
16. Where final certificate of patent
has issued, it will be necessary for the
entryman or owner hereunder to exc
cute a quit claim deed to the United
States, have the same recorded on the
county records, and furnish an abstract
of title, duly authenticated, showing
chain Of title from the government back
again to the United States. The abstract
Of title should accompany the applica
ton for change of entry. which must be
filed as required by paragraph Is, with
out the affidavit therein called tor
II. In case a settler on an unsurveyed
tract within forest reservation desires
to make change of settlement to land
outside of the reservation and receive
c'edit for previous residence, he should
file his application as provided for in
paragraph 10, including the affidavit as
to residence therein required, anC de
scriDing his unsuryeyed claim with suiii.
cient accuracy to enable the local land
officers to approximately determine its
location.
Is. All applications for change of
entry or settlement must be forwarded
by the local officers to the Commissioner
of the General Land office for consider
alton, together with report as TO the
status Of tie tract applied for.
LOCATION AND ENTRY OF MINERAL LANDS.
10. The law provides that any min
eral lands in any forest reservation
which have been or which may be
shown to he such, and subject to entry
under the existing mining laws Of the
United States and the rules and regula-
tions applying thereto, shall continue to
be subject 10 such location and entry,"
notwithstanding the reservation. This
makes mineral lands in the forest re-
Ia, -
der the general mining laws in the
usual manner.
20. Owners Of valid mining locations
made and held in good faith under the
mining laws of the United States and
the regulations Hereunder, are author
lied and permitted to fell and remove
from such mining claims any timber
growing thereon, for actual mining pur-
poses in connection with the particular
claim from which the timber is felled or
removed For further use of timber by
miners, see below under heading Free
Use Of Timber and StoneD
FREE USE OF TIMBER AND STONE.
81. The law provides. that
The Secretary OF the Interior may permit, un-
der regulations to be prescribeA by him, the use
tons, free of charge, by bona fde settlers, min
ers, residents, and prospectors for minerals, for
hrewood, fencing, buildings, mining, prospect
Ing, and other domestic purposes, as may be
needed by such persons for such purposes; such
timber to be used within the State or Territory,
respectively, where such reservations may be
This provision is limited to persons
resident in forest reservations who have
not sufficient supply oftimber or stone
on their own claims or lands fnr the
purposes enumerated, or for necessary
use in developing the mineral or other
natural resources of the lands owned or
occupied by them. Such persons, there.
fore. are permitted to take timber and
stone from public lands in the forest
reservations under the terms Of the law
above quoted, strictly for their indi
vldnal use on their own claims or lands
owned or occnnie hu than hnt NOT ,fnr