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 FIFTY~EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 453. 1905. 695 cpmmplncp on the first day of January succeeding the date of location o suc c aim. “ Sap. 37. That a patent for any land claimed and located for valu- f***°1'{gu0m\ able mineral deposits may be obtained in the following manner: Any viii? 32, p. mi, person, association, or corporation authorized to locate a claim under °m°°°°°' this Act, having claimed and located a piece of land for such urposes, who has or have complied with the terms of this Act, ma Ble in the oiiiqe of the provincial secretary. or such other officer as by the goverment of said islands may be described as mining recorder of the PTOVIDCO wherein the land claimed is iocated, an application for a patent, under oath, showing such compliance, together with a plat and eld notes of the claim or claims in common, made by or under the direction of the chief of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands, showing accurately the boundaries of the claim, which shall be dis» tinctly marked by monuments on the ground, and shall post a copy of such plat, together with a notice of such application for a patent, in a Noticeconspicuous place on the land embraced in such plat previous to the Bling of the application for a patent, and shall li e an aflidavit of at least two persons that such notice has been duly posted, and shall Ble a copy of the "notice in such office, and shall thereupon be entitled to a patent for the landsfin the manner following: The provincial score- mP¤¤1l¤;¤(fi¤¤bY¤i¤- tary, or such other officer as by the Philippine government may be gm°° °r` described as mining recorder, upon the Bling of such application, plat, Beld notes, notices, and aiiidavits, shall publish a notice that such an application has been made, once a week for the period of sixty days, in a newspaper to be by him designated as nearest ` to such claim and in two newspapers published at Manila, one in the English  and one in the Spanish language, to be designated by the c 'ef of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands; and he shall also post such notice in his office for the same _ period. The claimant at the time of Bling this application, or at cfm °°'°°°‘°°· any time thereafter within the sixty days of publication, shall Ble with the provincial secretary, or such other officer as by the Philip· " pine government may be described as mining recorder, a certiBcate of the chief of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands that one thousand pesos? worth of labor has been expen ed or improvements made upon the claim by himself or glrantors; that the plat is correct, with such further description by suc reference to natural objects or permanent monuments as shall identify the claim, and furnish an accurate description to be incorporated in the patent. .At the expira- ,,},§Q‘;$,,g§,,*ff§§fmQf‘ tion of the sixty days of publication the claimant shall Ble his aflidavit, showing that the plat and notice have been posted in a conspicuous ’ place on the claim during such period of pub ication. If no adverse claim shall have been Bled with the provincial secretary, or such other officer as by the government of said islands may be described as mining recorder, at the expiration of the sixty days of publication, it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to a patent upon the payment to the provincial treasurer, or the collector of internal revenue, of twenty-five pesos per hectare, and that no adverse claim exists; and thereafter no objection from third parties to the_1ssuance of a tent shall be heard, except it be shown that the aplphcant has failedxlo comply with the terms of this Act: .Prmfided, hat where gxdmm the claimant for a patent is not a resident of or within the province wherein the land containing the vein, ledge, or- deposit soug t to patented is located, the application for patent and the aihdavits. required to be made in this section by .the claimant for such patent may be made by his, her, or its authorized agent where said agent IS conversant with the facts sought to be established bg said affidavits." "SEc. 39. That where an adverse claim is Bled uring the period $g{§°;l;0*f¤- of publication it shall be u n oath of the (person or persons making the same, and shall show the) nature, boun aries, and extent of suc