The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-05-05

the lands of two or more entrymen or
patentees entitled to exercise preferential
right hereunder, the tract i'm question
may entered by the person who first
submit to the local land office his appli-
cation to exercise said preferential right.
Section 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 occu-
pant of the land so acquired may purchase
from the United States not exceeding
three hundred and twenty acres of stock
raising land, as designated by this act or
unappropriated and reserved lands valu-
able only for grazing contiguous to his
said homestead entry, upon paying to the
for such lands. under such rules and reg
ulations as may be prescribed by the sec
retary of the interior which said land.
together with the area heretofore acuuir-
ed under the homestead laws, shall not
exceed six hundred and forty acres.
Section lO.-That all entries made and
patents issued under the provisions of this
act shall be subject to and contain Il res
ervatiOn to the United States of all the
ccal and other minerals 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 subject to disposal
by the United States in accordance with
the provisions of the coal and mineral lana
laws in force at the time of such disposal
Any person qualified to locate and enter
the coal or other mineral deposits, or hav-
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
prospecting for coal or other mineral
therein. provided he shall not injure, dam
age or destroy the permanent improve
menSt of the entryman or patentee. and
shall be liable to and shall compensate the
entryman or patentee for all damages to
the crops on such lands by reanson OF
such prospecting. Any person who has
acquired from the United States the
coal or other mineral deposits in any such
land, or the right to mine and remove the
same. may reenter and occupy so much of
the surface thereof as may be required
for all purposes reasonably incident to the
mining or removal of the coal or other
minerals first upon securing the written
consent or waiver of the homestead entry
man or patentee; second. upon payment of
the damages to the crops or other tangi-
BILE improvements to the owner thereof.
where agreement may be had as to the
amount thereof; or. third. in lieu of
either of the foregoing provisions. upon
the execution. of a good and sufficient
bond or undertaking to the United States
for the use and benefit of the entryman or
owner of the land to secure the payment
of such damages to the crops or tangible
Improvements of the entryman or owner.
as may he determined and fixed in an ac-
ton brought upon the bond or undertake
ing In court of competent jurisdiction
against the principal and sureties thereon,
such bond or undertaking to be in form
and accordance with the rules and regu-
latiOns prescribed by the secretary OF the
interior and to be filed with and approx
ed by the register and receiver of the local
land office of the district wherein the
land is situate. subject to appeal to the
commissioner of the general land office:
Provided. That all patents ISSUED for the
coal other mineral deposits herein re-
served shall contain appropriate notations
declaring them to he subject to the pro-
visions of this act with reference to the
disposition. occupancy. and use of the
land permitted to an entryman under
this act.
Section 11.--That lands containing water
holes or other bodies of water needed or
used by the public for watering purposes
shall not he designated under this act but
may be reserved under the provisions of
the act of June 25. 1910, and such lands
heretofore or hereafte' reserved shall be
kept and held open to the public use for
such purposes under such general rules
and regulations as the secretary of the
interior may in his discretion, designate
las stock driveways and withhold from
|entry under this act lands not over one
fourth mile in width needed for use in the
movement of stock to summer and winter
ranges or to shipping points.
Section 12.--That the secretary of the
interior is hereby authorized to make all
necessary rules and regulations in har-
mony with the provisions and purposes of
this act for the purpose of carrying the