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 rirrrsnvnnru ooneasss. sms. 1. cu. 1369. 1902. 697 tilication of the forestry bureau that said lands are more valuable for agriculture than for forest uses, shall declare such lands so certified to he agricultural in character: _Pr0mIded, That the said government shall  umm have the right and is hereby em owered to issue licenses to cut, harvest, or col act timber or other Forest products on reserved or unreserved public lands in said islands in accordance with the forest laws and regulations hereinbefore mentioned and under the provisions of this Act, and the said government may lease land to any person or persons holding such licenses, sufficient for a n1ill site, not to exceed four hectares in extent, and may granthts of wa to enable such ` persion or persons to get access to thbjdands to which such licenses ap. gays. 19. That the beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and IQ? °"'°°°""M` the limit of all rights to water in said islands, and the government of said islands is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations for the use of water, and to make such reservations of public lands for the protection of the water supply, and for other public purposes not in conflict with the provisions of this Act, as it may deem best fol' the public good. MINERAL LANDS. Miners! lnnds. Sec. 20. That in all cases public lands in the Philippine Islands val- m”"°““l‘ uable for minerals shall be reserved from sale, except as otherwise expressly directed by law. mc. 21. That all valuable mineral deposits in public lands in the ,,,,{,‘}'°,,,,Q"°· °“’·· "’ Philipfpine Islands, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be ree and open to exploration, occupation, and purchase, and the land in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States, or of said Islan s: Provided, That when on any mis on naw, lands in said islands entered and occupied as agricultural lands under cured usriculwml the provisions of this Act, but not patented, mineral deposits have 1°°d°' been found, the working of such mineral deposits is herebv forbidden until the person, association, or corporation who or which has entered and is occu ying such lands shall have paid to the government of said islands such additional sum or sums as will make the total amount paid for the mineral claim or claims in which said deposits are located eqplal the amount charged by the government for the same as mine c uns. - Sec. 22. That mining claims upon land containing veins or lodes of crmung °h”l"°“° quartz or other rock in place bearing gold silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other valuab e deposits, ocated after the passage of this Act, whether located by one or more ersons qualifie to ocate the same under the precedin section, shall) be located in the followin manner and under the following conditions: Any person so qualified R°“'“l'°°"* desiring to locate a mineral claim shall, subject to the provisions of this Act with res act to land which may be used for mining, enter upon the same and) locate a plot of ground measuring, where possible, but not exceeding, one thousand feet in length by one thousand feet in breadth, in as nearly as possible a rectangular form; that is to say: All angles shall be right an les, except in cases where a boundary line of a previously surveyed claim is adopted as common to bot claims, but the lines need not necessarily be meridional. In defining the size of a mineral claim, it shall be measured horizontally, irrespective of inequalities of the surface of the ground. _ of Sec. 23. That a mineral claim shall be marked by two posts placed ,,]£§,{"'°“°‘°” as nearly as ssible on the line of the ledge or vein, and the posts shall be numbgred one and two, and the distance between posts numbered one and two shall not exceed one thousand feet, the line between posts numbered one and two to be known as the location line; and upon posts numbered one and two shall be written the name given to