Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-22

made. and the line of railroad, wagon road or tramway located thereby, or that actual construction was commence et on the line of any railroad, wagon road J,' tramway prior to January twen ty first, eighteen hundred and ninety
 eight the rights to inure hereunder shall ! if the terms of this act are complied with as to such railroad, wagon road or | tramway, relate back to the date when such survey or construction was com menced; and in all conflicts relative to the right of way or other privilege of this act the person, company or corpOr- ation having been first in time in actual survey or construction, as the case may be, shall be deemed first in right.
 SEC. 9. That the map and profile of definite location of such railroad, wagon road or tramway, to be filed as herein before provided, shall, when the line passes over surveyed lands, indicate the location of the road by reference to sec ton or other established survey cor ners s,and where such line passes over un- surveyed lands the locatian thereon shall be indicated by courses and dis tances and by reference to natural ob- jects and permanent monuments in such manner that the location of the road may be readily determined by reference to descriptions given in connection with said profile map.
 SEC. 10 That any citizen of the Unit cd States twenty-one years of age, or any association of such citizens, or any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any state or territory now authorized by law to hold lands in the territories, hereafter in the possession of and occupying pub lie lands in the District of Alaska in good faith for the purposes of trade, manufacture or productive industry may each purchase one claim only not exceeding eighty acres of such land for any one person, association or corpora tion, at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, upon submission of proof that said area embraces improviments of the claimant and is needed in the prosecu- tion of such trade, manufacture or other productive industry, such tract of land not to include mineral or coal lands, and iugreSs and egress shaii be reserved to the public on the waters of all streams, whether nayigable or other wise Provided, that no entry shall be allowed under this act on lands abutt- ing on navigabe water of more than eighty rods: Provided further, that there shall be reserved by the United States Il space of eighty rods in width between tracts sold or entered under the provisions of this act on lands abutting on any navigable stream, inlet, gulf, by of seashore, and that the sec retary of the interior may grant the use of such reserved lands abutting on the water front to any citizen or association of citizens. or to any corporation incor- porated under the laws of the United States or under the laws of any state or territory, for landings and wharyes, with the provision that the public shall have access to and proper use of such wharves and landings, at reasonable rates of toll to be prescribed by said secretary. and roadway sixty feet in width. parallel to the shore line as near as may be practical, shall be reserved for the use of the public as highway: Provided further, that in case more than one person, association or cOrpor- ation shall claim the same tract of land, the person, association or corporation having the prior claim, by reason of actual possession and continued occu- patton i'll good faith, shall be entitled to purchase the same. but where sever al persons are or may be so possessed of parts of the tract applied for the same shall be awarded to them according to their respective interests: Provided further. that all claims substantially square in form and lawfully initiated, prior to January twenty first, eighteen hundred and ninety eight, by survey or otherwise, und CT sections twelve and thirteen of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-six Statutes at Large, Chapter five hundred and sixty -one) may be per fected and patented upon compliance with the provisions of said act, but sub ject to the requirements and provisions of this act, except as to area, but in no case shall said entry extend along the water front for more than one hundred and sixty rods: And provided further, That the secretary of the interior shall reserve for the use of the natives of Alaska suitable tracts of land along the water front of any stream, inlet, bay or seashore for landing places for canoes and other craft used by such natives: Provided, That the Annette, Pribilof Isl ands, and the islands leased or occupied for the propagation of foxes be excepted from the operation of this act.
 l That all afiidavits, testimony, proofs and other papers provided for by this act and by said act of March third eighteen hundred and ninety one, or by any departmental or executive regula- tion hereunder, by dispositions or other wise, under commission from the regis ter and receiver of the land office, which may have been or may hereafter be talk