The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-07-30
IMPORTANT RULE
FOR TOWNSHIP +.
CLAIMANTS

cru
. declaratory statements anent the
,,vnsites of Rhyolite and north Gold
ga which though some what vague
10 indicate that the department
!. u,ed that instead of applicants fl
- laboratory statements and then
,.v;ng six months to prove up they
II 6le such statements and applica-
-, 10 make proof at the same time.
Thu new ruling, however, will not
.rsc, those who have already filed on
Is IN the North Goldfeld or Colum-
hin townsite, applying only to those
uho have not yet taken action. Prob
.hIv over half of the holders of prop
srty in that TOWNSHIP have not as yet
slsd. No time, however, has yet been
sxed by the government for the sale
If the Columbia lots remaining un-
claimed.
The procedure followed in this con
neetion is much more complicated than
that followed by Gen. Donovan in the
Goldfeld TOWNSHIP and the cost to per-
feet titles in the townsite to the north
amounts to about $50.
The letter to the county clerk from
fhe land department is as follows:
Washington, July IL, 1910.
Register and Receiver,
Carson City, Nevada.
Sirs-By letter of June IL, 1910, the
register of your Office, replying to an
inquiry made in Office letter ON" of
June 4, 1910, reported that five declar-
atory statements had been fled for lots
in the townsite of Rhyolite. The regis
ter's said letter, after giving the de-
tailed record facts concerning the FL
ings 50 referred to, concludes as fol
lows:
Gin none of these cases has any ap-
p~lieation to submit proof been filed, but
simply the declaratory statement.
f'In this connection, we respectfully
request that you instruct this Office
definitely the status of such declaratory
statements and what action this Office
should take in regard to same. Do they
not expire if proof is not submitted
within six months from date of accept
aneef And in such case should they
then be transmitted to your oficef If
after six months has elapsed and d. S.
mas been transmitted to G.. l.. o., and
applicant desires to submit proof, shall
such proof be allowed to be submitted
in the absence of any evidence of ad-
verse claim9
please instruct d sinitely in these
matters at an early date, as in addition
to the above declarstory statements,
there are a number in The same condi-
ton affecting lots in North Goldfeld
Townsite."
The To Ensites abovs mentioned were
surveyed and set apart for disposal un-
DER sections 1882 to 2cS6 of the Revised
Statutes, and special Instructions cover
iug the procedure in, dent to the sale
Of lots to actual settlers il these towns
were issued to you in Office letter ''K'
Of March 80, 1909. Said instructions
rlnopS u7sb III ct,.a chat EsThA
arestior of fixing a date for public sale
Of lots in said tow sites, as contem-
plated in section 23sa R. s., is deferred
fo' future considerati IN"
No date for the public sale has yet
been fixed and the authority for such
entries as may be n ade in the mean
m by lot occupant s is found in tho
closing sentence of section 1882, which
IS as follows:
But any actual settler upon any
one bt, as above divided, and upon
any additional lot n which he NAV
lave substantial imI, rcvements shall be
entitled to prove us and purchase the
same as a preemptioe, at such minimum,
y any time before the day fixed for
The public SALE"
The reference SO made to the set
'efs purchase as . 'spreemption" is
700 snersl TO imply that a d%eclaratory
Na'eHent should form a necessary or
'og'eai incident of the right in ques-
""A' The terms w IS intended, in my
'uagF'ent, to meret carry the idea of
p''iefenee or priority of right. 1t is
's'ain that the ex rcise of such right
'Y a lot occupant did not affect his
1sn's under the / tie presumption law
v D., 400; 6 z D., 407; IL L. D.,
O''l' and the analogy, if any, between
The two claims ces $. a with the incidents
q settlement, prcos and cash payment.
fel these reasons the instructions is