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 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 33. 1847. [47 to include such mine or mines discovered and occupied as aforesaid, by them, by paying to the United States the same price, and at the same time, as required of those who hold under permits aforesaid, and all rents accruing from such lessees or occupants shall be paid and delivered to such officers of the government as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct: Provided, That prior to any such purchase Pq¤<>F ¤l`dp¤¤· being made under the provisions of this section, proof of possession :$;;g:y_°° °°` and occupancy, as aforesaid, of the mine or mines claimed, shall be made to the register and receiver of the land district, together with the evidence of the payment of all rents due the United States, agreeably to such rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for that purpose, which register and receiver shall each be entitled to receive one dollar for his services therein: Provided, That an appeal from the decision of the register and receiver to the Secre- Appeal. tary of the Treasury may be had, under such regulations as the said Secretary may prescribe. And if two or more persons are in possession of the same section, the first occupant shall be entitled to a pre- mm occupanference, unless the same can be so divided by legal subdivisions as to °Y‘ give to each the discovery claimed by him. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said mineral lands shall Mineral lands be offered for sale in quarter-sections, and no bid shall be received at ff”°’°;lu_ff;, a less rate than five dollars per acre; and if such lands shall not be nom, sold at public sale at such price, they shall thereajter be entered at private sale at that price: Provided, That no legal division or subdi- _N¤ legal div}- vision of any of said lands upon which there may be an outstanding 2;;:; ;’,F,°,';_gg};" lease Or leases from the Secretary of War unexpired or undetermined, Jeagu to be golf and which is actually occupied for mining purposes, and the occupants of which have complied with all the requisites of such lease or leases, and continue to perform the same, shall be sold until after the determination of such lease or leases by elllux of time, voluntary surrender, or other legal extinguishment thereof, except in such cases as are provided for in the third section of this act, and the lessees respectively shall be entitled to the privileges secured by said section upon the voluntary surrender of the lease or leases held by them. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the management and con- Control and trol of the mineral lands shall be transferred {rom the War Depart- ment, and placed under the jurisdiction and control of the Treasury unarmed from Department ; and all books, maps, papers, instruments, and other }IE;a:v‘*’ 1)*: 3: property procured, to be used and employed in the management, sur· memury P vey, exploring, or conducting of said mineral lands, by the WVar Department, shall be delivered over and made subject to the disposition of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the President, by and with P*‘9¤i<l¢¤* _ '»¤ the advice and consent of the Senate, so soon as a sufficient number :§5°;;;e,;:§`°t°r of townships are surveyed, and returns thereof made to the General Land Olhce, to authorize the commencement of the sales in said district, shall appoint one register and one receiver for the land office in said district, who shall reside at the place designated by the President for the land office, receive such compensation, give security, and discharge all duties pertaining to such onice as are prescribed by law. Approved, March 1, 1847. Can. XXXIII.-.61; Jie: re amend the Ae: mwlad man xm to reduce the Ram Mm}, i, ism, of Postage, to limit the Use and correct the Abuse of the jivmkin Privilege, —·—————-——— and for the Prevention of Frauds an the Revenues of the Past- Qin Dopart~ 184*; °h· 43* ment," passed third af March, eighteen hundred andfcrtyjive. Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that in lieu of