Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-01-15

six months from the date of tho permit
and continue such operations with rea-
sonable diligence until water has been
discovered in the quantity hereinafter
described or until the date of expira-
ton Of the permit
Sec. 3. That upon establishing at
any time within two years from the
date OF the permit to the satisfaction
of the Secretary of the Interior that
underground waters in sufficient
quantity to produce at a profit agri-
cultural crops other than native
grasses upon not less than twenty
acres of land have been discovered
and developed within the limits of the
land embraced in any permit the said
permittee shall be entitled to patent
for one-fourth of the land embraced in
the permit, such area TO be selected
by the permittee in compact form ac-
cording to the legal subdivisions OF
the public land surveys il the land be
surveyed, or TO be surveyed at his eX-
pense under rules and regulations es-
tablished by the Secretary of the In
terror If located upon unsurveyed land
Sec. 4. That the remaining area
within the limits of the land embraced
in any such permit shall thereafter be
reserved from other disposition and
may, within the discretion of the Sec.
retary of the Interior, be sold at public
auction to citizens of the United
States under such rules and rcgula-
tions as he may prescribe and in such
farm units not less than forty acres
in area as he may prescribe to the
highest bidder for cash or for amounts
payable in annual installments not eX.
ceeding five.
Sec. 5. That the receipts obtained
from the sale of lands under the pro.
visions of section four hereof shall be
paid into, reserved, and appropriated
as part of the reclamation fund
created by the Act of Congress ap-
proved June seventeenth, nineteen
hundred and two, known as the recla-
nation Act, and after use thereof in
the construction of reclamation works
and upon moneys in the manner pro.
vided by the reclamation Act and Acts
amendatory thereof and supplemental
thereto fifty per centum Of the
amounts so utilized in and returned
to the reclamation fund shall be paid
by the Secretary of the Treasury after
the expiration of each fiscal year to
the State OF Nevada, said moneys 10
be used by said State for the support
of public schools or other educational
institutions or for the construction OF
public improvements, or both. as the
Legislature OF the State may direct.
Sec. G. That all entries made and
patents issued under the provisions OF
this Act shall be subject to and con.
tain q reservation to the United States
of all the coal and other valuable min.
erals In the lands so entered and
patented, together with the right to
prospect for, mine. and remove the
same The coal and other valuable
mineral deposits in such lands shall
be subject to disposal by the United
States in accordance with the pro
visions of the coal and mineral land
laws in force at the time of such dis
posal. Any person qualified to locate
and enter the coal or other mineral
deposits, or having the right to mine
and remove the same under the laws
of the United States, shall have the
right at all times to enter upon the
lands entered or patented, as provided
by this Act, for the purpose of pros
pecting for coal or other mineral
therein, provided he shall not injure
damage, or destroy the permanent i'm
proyements Of the entryman or paten
tee. and shall be liable 70 and shall
compensate the entryman or patented
for all damages TO the crops on sucf
lands by reason of such prospecting