Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-02

oC0OiOHo diuOuS UHO Auulnu oIAOCo III said section, with the improvements thereon erected by or for such societies shall be continued in the occupancy of the several religious societies to which such missionary stations respectively belong until by action of Congress. But nothing contained fin this act shall be construed to put in force in said district the general land laws of the United States.
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled,
 No person who shall after the pas- sage of this act, enter upon the public lands with view to occupation, entry or settlement under any of the land laws shall he permitted to acquire title to more than three hundred and twenty acres in the aggregate, under all of said laws, but this limitation shall not operate to curtail the right of any per- son who has heretofore made entry or settlement on the public lands, or whose occupation. entry or settlement is validated by this act: Provided, That in all patents for lands hereinaf- ter taken up under any of the land laws of the United States, or on entries or claims validated by this act west of the one hundredth meridian. it shall be ex- pressed that there is reserved from the lands in said patent described right of way for ditches or canals construct ed by the authorities of the United States.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled,
 SEC. Is. That town-site entries may be made by in corporated towns and cities on the mineral lands of the Unit ed States, but no title shall be entitled shall be acquired by such towns or cit ies to any vein of gold, silver, cinnabar, copper or lead, or to any mir ing claim or possession held under existing law. When mineral claims are held within the limits of an incorporated town or city, and such possession is recognized by local authority or by the laws of the United States, the title to town lots shall be subject to such recognized pos session and the necessary use thereof and when entry has been made or pat ent issued for such town site or such incorporated town or icity, the posses for of such mineral vein may enter and receive patent for such mineral vein. and the surface appertaining thereto: Provided, That no entry shall be made by such mineral-vein claimant for sur face ground where the owner or occu- pier of the urf ace ground shall have had possession of the same before the inception of the title of the mineral vein applicant
 SEC. +. That reservoir sites located or selected or to b+e located and select ed under the provisions of "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June the thirtieth, eigh9een hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes" and amendments hereto, shall be restricted to and shall contain only as much land as is neces- sary for the construction and maintain ance of reservoirs; excluding as far as practicable lands occupied by actual settlers at the date of the location of said reservoirs and that the provisions of "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Govern ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine- ty-one, and for other purposes" which reads as follows, viz: mo person who shall after the passage of this act enter on any of the public lands with view to occupation. entry or settlement un- der any of the land laws shall be per- mittcd tn acdurc more than three hum drcd and twenty acres in the aggregate under all said laws," shall be construed to include in the maximum amount of lands the title U which is permitted to be acquired by on<, person only agric- nltural lands and not include lands en- tered, or sought to be entered, under mineral laws.