Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-12-19


right 20 receive and collect all sums OF
money, or stock which said persons, /
companies or corporations shall con-
tract to pay; and in default OF the |
payment OF the same, according to
the tenor and condition OF such con-
tract or contracts. the said \. Sutro,
and his associates. their successors
or assigns shall have the right and
are hereby authorized and empowered
to sue for and collect the same in any
court OF competent jurisdiction in this
State
On the 18th day OF July, 1866, an
other act OF the said Congress was
approved. having the following title:
AN Act granting to y. Sutro the
Right OF Way, and granting other
privileges to aid in the construction
OF a Drainage and Exploring Tunnel
to the Comstock Lode. in the State OF
Nevada"
Said last named Act is as follows:
BE IT ENACTED By THE
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REP
RESENTATIVES OF THE UNIT
ED STATES OF AMERICA I'M
CONGRESS ASSEMBLED. That.
for the purpose Of the construction OF
a deep draining and exploring tunnel
to and beyond the 'Comstock lode
! so called in the State OF Nevada the
right OF way is hereby granted to 4.
Sutro. his heirs and assigns. to run.
construct and excavate a mining drain
ing and exploring tunnel: also to sink
mining. working or air shafts along
the line or course OF said tunnel. and
connecting with the same at any point
which may hereafter be selected BIZ the
grantee herein. his heirs or assigns
The said tunnel shall be at least eight
feet high and eight feet wide. anl
shall commence at some point to be
selected by the grantee herein. hi.
heirs or assigns. at the hills near Car
son river. and within the boundaries o
Lyon county, and extending from 5ait
initial point in a westerly direction
. seven miles more or less. 10 and be
, yOnd said ComStock lode: and the sal,
right of way shall extend n0rthcrl,
! and southerly on the course OF saic
, lode, either within the same. or cas-
: and west OF the same; and also on o
along any other lode which may b
r discovered or developed by the SAT-
: tunnel
= Sec. ?. AND BE IT FURTHER
t ENACTED, That the right is hereb
V granted to the said \. Sutro. hi
: heirs and assigns. to purchase. at on
: dollar and twenty-five cents per acr,
r a sufficient amount OF public land nea
Y the mouth of said tunnel for the us
. OF the same, not exceeding two sec
V t1ons, and such land shall not be mir
j. eral land or in the bona fde Dossessio
il OF other persons who claim under an
Y law of Congress at the time OF tt
J. passage OF this Act. and all minera
of existing or which shall be discovere
c that upon filing a plat OF said land Il
Of Secretary Of the Interior shall wit
draw the same from sale. and upC
id payment for the same a patent shs
n issue. And the said "A. Sutro. h
err heirs, and assigns, are hereby grant,
Or the right to purchase, at five dolla
E. per acre, such mineral veins and lod
sh within two thousand feet on each 81
he OF said tunnel as shall be cut, disco
n cred, or developed by running al
te, constructing the same through its G
ed tire length, with all the dips, SPIT
Is, and angles Of such lodes, subject, no
he ever, to the provisions OF this Act, a
no to such legislation as Congress m
of hereafter provide: PROVIDED. tt
he the Comstock lode with its dips. SD,
in, and angles, is excepted from this or;
IN and all other 1odes, with their di
"a spurs and angles, located within
ms said two thousand feet, and which ;
as or may be, at the passage OF this :
his in the actual bona fde possession
md other persons, are hereby excep
es, from such grant. And the lodes he