Year: 1870

copy Of the laws or customs of miners of the
district in force at the date Of the location OF
The claim, and of certificate, under seal OF
he County or Mining Recorder, giving
copy Of the original location Of the claim,
with the name or names Of the locators; and
# the applicant claims as a purchaser, an
right of possession from the original locators
to the applicant for patent. Where appii-
cants furnish satisfactory evidence that they
and their grantors have held and worked
their claims for period equal to the time
prescribed by the statute of limitations Of
mining claims of the State or Territory
where the same may be situated, such evil
dence being sufficient to establish right to
patent for claim so held and worked, up
on compliance with the other provisions Of
the law and instructions, the proofs enumer-
ated under this subdivision (l4) Of the in
| structions are not required.


Fntoenth--proof of citizenship is required.
Where the applicant is a corporation, copy
of their charter or certificate of incorporation
may be filed in leu OF evidence Of citizenship.
In case, however, the applicant is an indi-
vidual, or an association of persons unincor-
porated, atiidayits of citizenship, or Of hav-
ing filed declarations of intention to become
ciilzens, should be fled.


Sixteenth. Upon filing these papers the
Register and Receiver will give the same
careful examination, and if found to be regu
lar, the Register will order the publication
of the notice for ninety (9O) days III news
paper published nearest the location of the
claim; but before ordering such publication,
the Register will in future require the claim
ant to enter into an agreement with the pub
| fisher to the effect that no claim or demand
shall be made against the United States fol
the payment of such publication; and the
Register will decline to order the pubiica-
ton until such written agreement shall have
been filed in this office. The cost of the
publication of notice will therefore not be es-
tmated by the Surveyor General in future
| cases.


Seventeenth. The Register will also post
copies of the said notice and diagram in his
Office for ninety (90) days, and upon for
wardng the case to this office will certify
that they We're SO posted.


Eighteen,h-On the expiration of the
ninety days, the claimant, Or his duly au-
ihorized agent, must file with the Register
his own affidavit, supported by that of al
least one other person cognizant of the fact
that said "notice and diagram were pub


shed in a conspicuous place on the claim foi
the period of ninety consecutive days, giving
the date of the same The affidavit of the
publisher must also be filed to the effect that
the "notice, printed copy of which should
be attached, was published in his newspa-
per for ninety days, giving the dates on
which such publications commenced and
ended and that he had received payment in
fall for the same.


Nineteenth These ailidayit5 may be Ia
ken before the Register and Receiver, or any
officer authorized to administer oaths within
their district but if taken before Magis-
trate without an official seal his official char
acter must be authenticated under seal by
the County Clerk in the usual manner.


Twentieth-lf all the proof furnished is
satisfactory to the Register and Receiver,
and no adverse claim has been filed, those
officers will at the end Of ninety days, so
inform the applicant for patent and the Sur
veyor General, which last named officer will
make an estimate Of the expense Of survey
ing and plating the claims, except in the
case Of placer claims on su'reyed lands
where no further survey is required; and
when the claimant shall have deposited the
amount so estimated with any Assistant Uni
ted States Treasurer or designated deposi-
tary, in favor Of the United States Treasury
to be passed to the credit Of the fund created
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public lands, and shall have filed with the
Surveyor General one of the duplicate GER
tihcates of deposit, that officer will order the
claim to be surveyed and plated in accord
ance with regulations of this Office governing
mineral surveys, except in cases where claim
ant has had a preliminary survey made 10y
the United States Deputy Surveyor, for the
purpose Of perfecting the diagram and notice
posted on the claim, in which case such pre-
liminary survey may be plated and adopted
by the Surveyor General for the final sur
vey. Copies Of plat and field notes of sur
vey are to be sent to the Register and Re
ceyer and the General Land Office, the lat
ter accompanied by the certificate of deposit.


Twenty The Register and Receiv-
er will examine the returns of the survey
and if found satisfactory will allow the entry
to be completed at the rate of five dollars per
acre or fractional part of an acre, for lode
claims, or two dollars and fifty cents per acre
or fractional parts of an acre, for placer
claims, and transmit all the papers On their
files bearing upon the case, to the General
Land Office, together with their joint opin-
on thereon, so that patent may be issued
if all is found regular.


Twenty-second- regard to placer claims
on surveyed land, where the claimant ap-
plies to enter one hundred and sixty acres in
legal subdivisions, no survey and plat of the
claim are required; the entry in that case be-
ing allowed to be completed at the local land
office as soon as satisfactory proof has been
made after the expiration of ninety days
notice and publication, provided no adverse
claimant has appeared in the meantime.
Twenty -thrd--When the claimant of a