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 424 ’I`rrL1·: xxxu.—THE PUBLIC LANDS.——Ch. 5-6. · ‘ ‘ . be rescribed b the Secre proof of his right, under such rules as may p y tary of the Interior. Seicctionfor mi- Sec. 2314. The collector of customs for the distr1ct 1H which such land P5" “‘;€1‘”P’°°°‘1‘ is situated, is authorized, and it is made his duty, to select for such minor 9gf§;% - children as would he entitled. under the preceding section, as the heirs 424,,, 2, {,_ 172},; of any Indian. 381. 31l{ar.,I875, c. 188, 1*. 18, p. 516. 23 .lIay, 1876, c. 105, r. 19, p. 55. B0¤g-fid¢¤f¢¤l¢;l¤ Sec. 2315. All actual, permanent, bonaéfitde settlers op any lpf Sung 011 *1 °"° **5 S lands who settled rior to the first day 0 anuary, eig teen un re and seventy-two, shall be entitled to enter either under the homestead 10 ‘1““°¤ 18721 5* laws or to ay for at the niinimuui 01* double minimum price, as the ease 424 S ss v 17 esi P. . . . . 3’ M,,,' 1gP7;5’ of may be, not exceeding one hundred and slilxty acres of me former or 188, 11. 18, p. 516. eighty acres of the latter class of land on ma. mg proof of is settlement 23 May, 1876, v- and continued residence before the expiration of six months from the 1°5¤ "· 19· i"· 55* tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. b0C°'m"tg3';;1¤Im Sec. 2316. All selections of such lands by Indians heretofore made and diagzligaking BI; regularly reported and recognized as valid and proper by the Secretary lection. of the Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, shal be patented to 10 June, 1872, c. the respective Indians making the same; and all sales heretofore made 424,8-4,v-17,p-38L and reported, where the same are rsgular and not in conflict with such 5 M‘"·· 1875 °· selections or with an other valid velse 1*1 ht exoe t of the United 188v18p516, ’ y. g’ P. 2g May, 1,,76, A States, are confirmed, and patents shall issue thereon as in other cases 105, v. 19, p. 55. according to law. . _ Cultivation0f Sec. 2317. Every person having a homestead on the public domain, of his residence thereon, shall have had under cultivation, for two years, 277,,,_4,,}_’17,p_g06Q one acre of timber, the trees thereon not being more than twelve feet 13 Mm-. 1874, e. a art each wa, and in a ood, thrift condition, for each and ever six- , P Y g Y Y 55,1)- 18,11- 21 teen acres of such homestead, shall, u on due roof of the faet by two 3 M 1875 · · · · ip E ‘"`·· ¤°* credible witnesses receive his atent or such omestead. 151, v. 18, p. 481. ’ p 3 Mar., 1875, c. 188, v. 18, p. 516. 20 jhy, 1876, r·. 102, 11. 19, p. 54. C H A P T E R S I X. HINERAL LANDS AND MINING RESOURCES. Sec. Sec. 2318. Mineral lands reserved. 2336. Where veins intersect, &c. 2319. Mineral lands open to purchase by 2337. Patents for non-mineral lands, &c. citizens. 2338. What conditions of sale may be 2320. Length of mining-claims upon veins made by local legislature. or lodes._ 2339. Vestzed rights to use of water for 2321. moi of citizelnship. d mining, &c., right of way for ca- 2322. ators’ rig ts o possession an nals. enjoyment. 2340. Patents, pre-emptions, and home- 2323. Owners of tunnels, rights of. steads, subject to vested and ac- 2324. Regulations made by miners. crued water-rights. Tunnels, cost of, how treated. 2341. Mineral lands in which no valuable 2325. Patents for mineral lands, how ob- mines are discovered, open to 2326 Adtained. 1 _ ged g M homesteads. . verse c aim, proc ings on. 5 2342. ineral lands ho t a a t ri- 2327. Description of vein-claims on sur- I cultural landsw 58 p 5 Mug veyed and unsurveyed lands. 2343. Additional land districts and offi- 2328. Pendpitg applications; existing cers,_(power of the President to Tl . provide. 2329. Conizormitypf placer-claims to sur- 2344. Provisions of this chapter not to veys, limit o . affect certain rights. 2330. Subdivisiop cit teniacrptracts, max- 2345. Mineral lands in certain States ex- 1mum p p acer oca ions. cepted. 2331. Copéplgrmggiplttggogg-cilaimss to sur- 2348. Grpnts of latrgds  orep{·poHa- ’, caim. ionsno mcu emi ra an 1-. 2332. What evidence of possession, &c., to 2347. Entry of coal·Iands. ne establish a right to a patent. 2348. Pre-eruption of coal-lands. 2333. Propeedirggs for patent for placer- 2349. Pre-cmption claims of cr¤al—land to c aim, c. be presentedwithin sixty days, &c. 2334. Surveyor-general toappoint survey- 2350. Only one entry allowed. ors of mming~cla1ms, &c. 2351. Conflicting claims. 2335. Verification of affidavits, ézc. 2352. Rights reserved.
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