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 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 12. JA NUA RY 19, 1933 . 771 [CHA PTER 12 .] AN ACT To amend the United States mining laws applicable to the city of Prescott	Is. January 479 19 1938 . L	municipal watershed i n the Prescott National Forest within t he State of [Public, No. 312 .1 Arizona. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States o f America in Congress assemb d, That here after niaic or Ariz ma- mining locations made under the United States mining laws upon i~roaiscation or m1n- lands within the municipal watershed of the city of Prescott, within ce~rtaiin land s laws ~ibin, the Prescott National Forest in the State of Arizona, specifically a Dbe rled- n described as the west half southwest quarter section 13 ; south half section 14 ; southeast quarter, and east half southwest quarter section 15 ; east half, and south half southwest quarter section 22 ; all of section 23 ; west half section 24 ; all of sections 26 and 27 ; north half north half section 34 ; and north half north half section 35, town- ship 13 north, range 2 west, Gila and Salt River base and meridian an area of three thousand six hundred acres, more or less, shall confer on the locator the right to occupy and use so much of the surface of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting and mining, including the taking of mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining opera- tions, and no permit shall be required or charge made for such use or occupancy : Provided, however, That the cutting and removal of, etc ., of t1m- timber1 except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining bar. operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection with mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, and no us e of the surface o f the cla im or the resource s therefr om not reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations, nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface or use of surface resources under authority of national-forest regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development. Sac. 2. That hereafter all patents issued under the United States Patents to convey mining laws affecting lands within the municipal watershed of the title to minerals, etc. city of Prescott, within the Prescott National Forest, in the State of Ariz ona, s hall c onvey title to the minera l depo sits w ithin the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber there from a s may be nee ded in extrac ting a nd rem ov- ing the m ineral de posits, i f the tim ber is cu t under s ound prin ciples of forest management as defined by the national-forest rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve to the United States all served . rights title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefr m not reason- ably required for carrying on mining or prospecting sh'all be allowed except under the ru les an d regu lation s of th e Depa rtment of Ag ri- culture. SEC. 3. That valid mining claims within the municipal watershed oismss ' may beep~erg of the city of Prescott, within the Prescott National Forest in the fected . State-of Arizona, existing on the date of the enactment of this Act, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of Arizona, may be perfect ed und er thi s Act, or un der th e laws under which they w ere initiated, as the claimant may desire. Approved, January 19, 1933.