The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-30

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have been obtained. The afidavit may
be made before any o6acer authorized
to administer an oath. II
FOR PATENT
!. ta) The permittee Is allowed two
years from the date of his permit In
which to complete the work Of explo-
ration. and whenever he shall within
that time satisfactorily establish that
sufficient water has been discovered.
developed and made permanently avail |
able to produce a profitable agricul- |
tural crop other than native grasses.
upon not less than twenty acres of |
the land described In the permit, he
will be entitled to patent for one
fourth Of the land embraced in the
permit No mere perfunctory or
questionable compliance with the law
will be accepted The best and only
conclusive evidence of a sufficient per-
manent water supply to produce a
profitable agricultural crop Is to pro-
duce 1t; hence no patent will be grant,
ed until the full twenty acres have
been cleared, levelled. ditched. plowed,
fenced and an agricultural crop actu-
ally planted and raised by irrigation,
all in accordance with good farming
practice. The wells. pumps or other
works and equipment for the Develop
ment and supplying of water must be
of a permanent and dependable char
acter. suitable for use year after year.
A detailed statement Of costs of irri-
cation and production of crops from
such water supply will be required; to
this end accurate accounts should be
kept of such costs. No patent can be
granted under the act IL the cost of
irrigation from the developed water
supply is practically prohibitive; the
act requires a successful development
and demonstration Of the use of sub
terranean water, as the principal con-
dition precedent to patent
CD The land selected for patent
shall be in compact form according to
legal subdivisions Of the public land
surveys. IL the land be surveyed. II
the land be unsurveyed the permittee
may. at any time during the life Of his
permit. apply to the United States sur
veyor general for the state of Nevada
for a survey of the land for which he
intends to make application for pat
ent. The surveyor general will there
upon make an estimate of the cost and
call on the permittee for a deposit OF
the amount Of the estimate. II the
deposit made should prove insufficient
an additional deposit will be called for
If the applicant has not taken steps t.
procure a survey before submitting
final proof, after final proof has beer
submitted and examined, II same Il
found satisfactory and acceptable. an,
In the meantime the public land sys
TEN of surveys has not been extende,
over the lands in question. call will b
: made on the permittee to make tn
, necessary deposit with the Unite
States surveyor general for Nevada t
cover the cost of survey, in which cas-
the issuance of patent will be sus
: pended until the survey is made an
a accepted. Wherever practicable sue
Il official survey will be an extension Q
= the regular system of township sur
: veys. in which case the selection 70
patent must be conformed to the lega
subdivisions of such survey.
u (c) The act provides that all entire
u made and patents issued under it's pre-
l. visions shall be subject to and contai
, reservation to the United States {
/ all the coal and other valuable mir
81 erals in the lands entered and pa,
- ented, together with the right to pro.
- pect for. mine and remove the same.
/ (d) On the issuance Of patent tt
, remaining area within the limits
l. the land embraced in the permit wi
lie thereafter be subject to entry and di
) posal only under the act of May 2
H. 1862 (Sec. 2,2S9, United States Revise
e Statutes). entitled IAN act to secu
homesteads to actual settlers on IL
III public domain" and amendmen
a. thereto, in areas not exceeding L
e acres.
FINAL PROOF
s. (a Final proof of the discover
he development and availability of su
X icient water TO justify patent may
ar made by the permittee, or in case
IT, his death, by his heirs. executors
he administrators or in case the perm
D. tee is an association of individuals,
n any member of such association at a
it time after such discovery and dew,
it opment as hereinbefore defined, b
is must be made within two years aft
by the date of the permit; but an ad,
1T tional period, not ITO exceed one ye
lp- may, upon proper showing. be allow
a within which to make the requir
mt proof Of actual irrigation and GUILTY.
ar ton.
ID (b) When a permittee has reclaim
he the land and is ready to make fiji
lot proof, he should apply to the regis
and receiver for a notice of intenti
to make such proof. This notice m,
contain a complete description of I
,,v land selected by him for patent. a
.a give the serial number of the peri
and name Of the claimant. 1t M
49,, also show when, where and bef'
IA whom the proof is to be made. Fl
49, witnesses may be named in this mott
an, two of whom must be used in maxi
80 proof. Care should be exercised TO
tha lect as witnesses persons who are
1, ~ miliar from personal Observable
,,oh with the land in question and W
49, what has been done by the claim
49, toward retaining and improving
- Care should also be taken to ascert
ae definitely the names and addresses
an the proposed witnesses. so that Il
ha may correctly appear in the notice.
r, (c) This notice must be publis
-, once a week for FIVE successive we
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