the proper district a written statement in duplicate, one of which is to be transmitted to the General Land Office, designating by legal subdivisions the particular tract of land he desires to purchase, setting forth that the same is unfit for cultivation, and valuable chiefly for its timber or stone; that it is uninhabited; contains no mining or other improvements, except for ditch or canal purposes, where any such do exist, save such as were made by or belonged to the applicant, nor, as deponent verily believes, any valuable deposit of gold, silver, cinnabar, copper, or coal; that deponent has made no other application under this Act; that he does not apply to purchase the same on speculation, but in good faith to appropriate it to his own exclusive use and benefit, and that he has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreement or contract, in any way or manner, with any person or persons whatsoever, by which the title which he might acquire from the Government of the United States should inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of any person except himself; which statement must be verified by the oath of the applicant before the register or the receiver of the land office within False swearing in the district where the land is situated; and if any person taking such oath shall swear falsely in the premises, he shall be subject to all the pains and penalties of perjury, and shall forfeit the money which he may have paid for said lands, and all right and title to the same; and any grant or conveyance which he may have made, except in the hands of bona fide purchasers, shall be null and void. (U. S. C., title 43, sec. 312.) application. Publication of application. Facts to be proved. SEC. 3. That upon the filing of said statement, as provided in the second section of this Act, the register of the land office shall post a notice of such application, embracing a description of the land by legal subdivisions, in his office, for a period of sixty days, and shall furnish the applicant a copy of the same for publication, at the expense of such applicant, in a newspaper published nearest the location of the premises, for a like period of time; and after the expiration of said sixty days, if no adverse claim shall have been filed, the person desiring to purchase shall furnish to the register of the land office satisfactory evidence, first, that said notice of the application prepared by the register as aforesaid was duly published in a newspaper as herein required; secondly, that the land is of the character contemplated in this Act, unoccupied and without improvements, other than those excepted, either mining or agricultural, and that it apparently contains no valuable deposits of gold, silver, cinnabar, copper, or coal; and upon payment to the proper officer of the purchase money of said land, together with the fees of the register and the receiver, as provided for in case of mining claims in the twelfth section of the Act approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, For section 12 of the act of May 10, 1872 (17 Stat. 91, 95), sec. 2238, R. S.. see "Registers and Receivers," p. 603. the applicant may be permitted to enter said tract, and, Entry and patent. on the transmission to the General Land Office of the 17 Stat., 95. papers and testimony in the case, a patent shall issue R. S. 2288, p. 894. thereon: Provided, That any person having a valid claim to any portion of the land may object, in writing, Objection to to the issuance of a patent to lands so held by him, stating patent. the nature of his claim thereto; and evidence shall be taken and the merits of said objections shall be determined by the officers of the land office, subject to appeal, as in other land cases. Effect shall be given to the foregoing provisions of this Act by regulations to be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (U. S. C., title 43, sec. 313.) SEC. 6. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, June 3, 1878 (20 Stat. 89). An Act To authorize the entry of lands chiefly valuable for building stone under the placer mining laws ing stone under Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem- Entries for buildbled, That any person authorized to enter lands under placer claims. the mining laws of the United States may enter lands that are chiefly valuable for building stone under the provisions of the law in relation to placer mineral claims: Provided, That lands reserved for the benefit of the public schools or donated to any State shall not be subject to entry under this Act. Timber and stone SEC. 2. That an Act entitled "An Act for the sale of lands in all pubtimber lands in the State of California, Oregon, Nevada, lic-land States and Washington Territory," approved June third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words "States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory," where the same occur in the second and third lines of said Act, and insert in lieu thereof the words "publicland States," the purpose of this Act being to make said Act of June third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, applicable to all the public-land States. (U. S. C., title 43, sec. 311.) tions not affected. SEC. 3. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to Forest reservarepeal section twenty-four of the Act entitled "An Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Approved, August 4, 1892 (27 Stat. 348). 4 For sec. 1 of the act of June 3, 1878 (20 Stat. 89), see p. 707. TIMBER CULTURE The Act of June 14, 1878 (20 Stat. 113), entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to encourage the growth of timber on the western prairies,"" is usually designated "Timber culture laws. That Act was re pealed by the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095). 711 |