The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-01-12
NEW HOMESTEAD LAW
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for nine, and remove the same
The coal and other mineral depot
in such lands shall be subject to dis
posal by the United States in accord
ance with the provisions of the Coz
and mineral land laws in force at til
time of such disposal Any perso'
qualified to locate and enter the Goa
or other mineral deposits, or havin
the right to mine and remove tn
same under the laws of the Unite
States, shall have the right at all tim
es to>enter upon the lands entered
patented, as provided by this act. fc
the purpose of prospecting for Goa
or other mineral therein, provided
he shall not injure, damage, or des
troy the permanent improvements
the entryman or patentee, and shall
be liable to and shall compensate tn,
entryman or patentee for all DANA
ges to the crops on such lands by rea
son of such prospecting. Any person
who has acquired from the United
States the coal or other mineral de
posits in any such land, or right t.
mine and remove the same, may re
enter and occupy so much of the sur
face thereof as may be required 70,
all purposes reasonably incident t.
the mining or removal of coal or 9th
er minerals, first upon securing writ
ten consent of waiver of the home
stead entryman or patentee; second
upon payment of the damages t.
crops or other tangible Improvement
to the owner thereof, where agree
ment may be had as to the amount
thereof; or, third, in lieu of either
OF the foregoing provisions upon the
execution of good and sufficient
bond or undertaking to the United
States for the use and benefit of the
entryman or owner of the land, tr
secure the payment of such damage
to the crops or tangible improve
ments of the entryman or owner, as
may be determined and fixed in ar
action brought upon the bond or un.
dertaking in court of competent
jurisdiction against the principal anG
sureties thereon, such bond or un.
dertaking to be in the form and in
accordance with rules and regula.
tons prescribed by the secretary OF
the interior and to be filed with and
approved by the register and receiv.
err of the local land office of the dis,
trict wherein the land is situate
subject to appeal to the commission.
er or the general land office. provid
ed, that all patents issued for Goa
or other mineral deposits herein re
served shall contain appropriate no
tations declaring them to be subject
to the provisions of this act with ref
erence to the disposition, occupancy
and use OF the land as permitted t.
an entryman under this act.
Sec. 10 The lands containing wat
er holes or other bodies of water
needed or used by the public fol-
watering purposes shall not be desig
mated under this act but may be re
served under the provisions of tn,
act Of June twenty-ffth, nineteen
hundred and ten, and such land.
heretofore or hereafter reserved shall
while so reserved, be kept and helt
open to the public for such purpos
es under such general rules and reg
ulations as the secretary of the in
terror may prescribe; provided, thai
the secretary may, in his discretion
also withdraw from entry lands nee
essary to insure access by the public
to watering places reserved hereunder
and needed for use in the movement,
OF stock to summr and winter ranges
or to shipping points. and may pre-
scribe such rules and regulations a.
may be necessary for the proper ad
ministration and use of such lands
provided further, that such drive
ways shall not be of greater number
or width than shall be clearly neces
sary for the purposes proposed ant
in no event shall be more than one
mile in width for driveway less
than twenty miles in length, not