The Coconino sun., 1916-02-04

acres, and who is unable to exercise the right of additional entry herein conferred because no lands subject to entry under this Act adjoin the tract so entered or acquired or lie within the twenty mile limit provided for in this Act, may, upon submitting proof that he resides upon and has not sold the land so entered or acquired and against which land there are no en- cumbrances, relinquish or reconvey to | the United States the land so occu- pied, entered, and in lieu thereof within the same land-office district, may enter and acquire title to six hundred and forty acres of the land subject to entry under this Act, but must show compliance with all the. provisions of existing homestead laws except as modified herein: Provided, That the lands so relinquished or re- conveyed as herein provided shall thereafter be subject to disposition only on such terms and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.
 Sec. '. That the communication pro- visions of the homestead laws shall not apply to any entries made under this Act.
 Sec. 8. That any homestead entry men or patentees who shall be entitled to additional entry under this Act shall have, for ninety days after the designation of lands subject to entry under the provisions of this Act and contiguous to those entered or owned and occupied by him, the preferential right to make additional entry as pro vided in this Act: Provided, That where such lands contiguous to the lands of two or more entrymen or patentees entitled to additional en- tries under this section are not suffi- cient in area to enable such entrymen to secure by additional entry the maximum amounts to which they are entitled, the Secretary of the Interior ! is authorized to make an equitable division of the lands among the seve- ral entrymen or patentees, applying to exercise prefential rights, such ] division to be in tracts of not less than forty acres, or other legal sub i division, and so made as to equalize as nearly as possible the area which such entrymen and patentees will ac- quire by adding the tracts embraced | in additional entries to the lands ori- ginally held or owned by them: Pro- vided further, That where but one such tract of vacant land may adJoln the lands of two or more entrymen or patentees entitled to exercise prefer ential right hereunder, the tract in question may be entered by the per son who first submits to the local land office his application to exercise said preferential right.
 Sec. 9. That any person who has heretofore acquired title to land of | the character designated in this Act under any of the homestead laws of the United States and who is the owner and occupant of the land so acquired may purchase from the Unit ed States not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres of stock-raising lands, as designated by this Act, or unappropriated and unreserved lands valuable only for grazing contiguous to his said homestead, upon paying to the United States the sum of $1.25 per acre for such lands, under such rules and regulations as may be pre- scribed by the Secretary of the lnte- rior, which said land, together with the area therefore acquired under the homestead laws, shall not exceed six hundred and forty acres.
 Sec. 10. That all entries made and patents issued under the provisions of this Act shall be subject to and con i tain a reservation to the United States of all the coal and other mine rals in the lands so entered and patented, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same. The coal and other mineral deposits in such lands shall be sub
  ject to disposal by the United States in accordance with the provisions of the coal and mineral land laws in force at the time of such disposal. Any person qualified to locate and enter the coal or other mineral depo- sits, 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 prospect l inc for coal or other mineral therein,