Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-07

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COAL LAND ENTRIES.
According to figures reported b!
he committee on public lands OF con
ress there are several thousand fina
ertificate and original homestead en-
les in North Dakota that are or vii
q held up because of the coal lant
law. The congressional
pmmittee on public lands has report
/ the original bill on coal land en-
les amended to read as follows ant
,e amendment has been submitted
, the committee of the whole
ouse: -..
Section l.. That any person.
who has in good faith heretofore
located, selected, or entered un-
der the nonmineral-land laws OF
the United States any lands.
which subsequently are classified,
claimed, or reported as being val
liable for, coal, may, If he shall:
10 elect and upon making salts
factory proof of compliance with
the laws under which such lands
are claimed, receive a pateat
therefor. which shall contain
reservation to the United Stats
of all coal in said lands, and the
right to prospect for, mine, and
remove the same. The coal de-
posits in such lands shall be sub
iect to- disposal z by the United
States in accordance with the
provisions of the coal-land lava
n force ut the timeyof such dis.
posal, but no person shall enter
upon said lands to prospect for
or mine and remove coal there
from without previous consent of
the owner under such patent, e1-:l
cceppts upon such conditions as to
security for and payment Of all
damages to such owner caused
thereby as may be determined by
. court of competent Jurisdiction:
Provided, That the owner under.
such patent: shall have the right.
to mine coal for use on the land :.
for, domestic purposes prior to-
the: disposal by the United States
of the coal deposit: 4 Provided
further, That nothing herein con 4
tanned shall be held toSanect or .
abridge the right Of any locator, z,
selector or entryman to hearing
for the purpose of determining
the character Of the land. locat-.
ed, selected, or entered by him,
and to a patent without reserva- T.
ton ii the land shall be deter,
mined not to be chiefly valuable
for coal, or to abridge or deny
the right Ct any entryman who
has earned 4 title to the land &
covered by his entry to a patent !
without reservation. I. l.. i; Il
ACCOMPANYING the report OF thu
Ton public lands isss "a Sun
Iementary statement by Mr.. Grcnna
10 says: y .5s, 81: ,ssy ~ s' M
.ashould the interior department
as it has in the recent pas
sen doing, to challenge practicaA,
very Gentry made in regions contain
i coaI, without regard to the char
rter Sof the coal, as covering coa
md, and compel the entryman t
land tile expense Of a hearing o.
ne his land, and should congress re
he to come to. the aid Of such en-
lyman in regions where the coal +
& thin veins and Of inferior quality
len such legislation as that herei1
Epposed Is necessary. i fully resliz'
ut It does not take from the entry
nm anything that he now has, bu
Ives him an opportunity to escap'
u expense and trouble Of q hearing
1! HE Il willing to accept = paten
HI 8 reservation as the price o
III relief, and that It also gives th,
1tryman. who did demand q hearinl
4 which the government proved IL
1ntention, 81 postunlty to secEr,
lfitle to his land aud everything tina
! may contain except the coal, W.T.
right b use such COST Is he neeil
!. Lis land uptil the deposit u de
ased al by ne government
~ matters - st6ad he wouit
6 everything III cAse Of IN adverse
.cisie - y : ~ = 8 ri.lnemberet