The Clerk read as follows: Bus. 2. Abife: That from and after the passageof this act the lands of the U.S. also, nthtaeinsainlege which silver and other valuable has not alreadybeen provided for by law shall be subicct to sale on the following terms and conditions.to wit: all such lands as are now known to contain or which may hereaf terbefoundto contain. such minerals, shall 0soldat publicauction. tothohighestbidder.aftersix months’ public noticc of the time and place of sale. at least oncea Weekfor SIXmont sin somenewspaperhaving the largest general0 reulation. Published in the vicinitypf the land to besold. but at not lessthan the minimum price peracre fixedon said lands as hereinafter Dfo' ld|!f oi.rl. Said public noticetocontain a full desrrition of the location of said lands. ceharacter an quality of the minerals.the nature of the deposits in which they are found the general topographical featuresof the country.fhomoonsof accessto the lands and such other matters as may bodeemodimportant.by the officershavingin charge the execution of this act. SEC. 3. Abife: That the public sales of said lands providedfor in the foregoingsection shall not remain open and no salesof an of the Ilaonngseretmhabnrateweodi nwesueckhs: pinugblic noticeshall 0 permitted at rivat centr 'dur the continuance of such pubin sale. 8 ould full. fair and free oompotitipn be preventedat any of such public salesby combinations.the titles tu all lands purchas byany personengagedin such coni hinations or eir assigns shall be utterly null and void. whctherthe patentsfor such lands shall have been issued or not. and w other the fact of such combinations shall have beendiscovcrodbeforeor after the titles shall have infuedfor said lands. No person shall be permittedto bid at any luchsales or to purchase any such lands except citisens of the U.S. 6r thosewho shall have declared their inton fion to beeome such and nnysuchbidorpurchaseshall “absolutely null and void. Nolandss iiillbe offerod It any such public sale exceptsuch as shall appear to the ComrGLO to be required by the wants of the community; and they hall be offered in separate lots. beginning at the lmowereisetanl uormdbeer.rgeidvi nlogtaanrdeapsroonceaebdleitnimgine rfeogrubliadrdninug on each lot. All lands thus offered and remaining unsold at the closeof any such public saloidiull be rubject to private entry at the minimum price fixed on such land. Site. 4. Abife: That it shall be the duty of the surveyor general for the distriotin which any such lands are situatedto prepare plots of subdivisions of any of said mineral lands. said subdivisions to be madoiri accordance with the provisions of the act of5th of April. 1832;that is to say. where it is found necessary to subdivide a quarter uarter sectionsuch subdinsmny shall be made by wing lines from a point equidiistant between the 2 corners of each boundaryof such quarter quarter section to ii.point in the opposite boundary corresponding thereto; and whereit is found necessary or expedient to subdivide any such quarter quarter section into smaller lots than tennormeach eachof such ten acre lots shall in like mannerbesubdivided into T., ur o unl parts, or still smaller.on the same principle werevei itisdeomed necessary, and fractional quarter soctions or fractional quprterquarter section shall in like manner hp subdividedinto lots oflu. table alsofor mining. Said lots shall benumbers: in the some manner that sections are numbered in townships. Sig. 5. Abife: That for eachland district there shall be appointed at least one gcol t. who shall also he 's. good mining engineer. whoneduty it shall hate make a thorough exploration of all the ands in such district containing or supposed to.contain gold silver, or other valuable ores. whether such lands ate bOlDI worked or not and to looks full report of the same.with the size of the subdivisions necessary d proper to enableeach purchaser to work and minethe land properly and giving full descriptionsof the kind on character of such lands and thp mineral fbund in them: and report to bein triplicate. one to be sentto the General nd Ofice. one to the surveyor general and the 3rd to the district land ofice in which the land described is located: and the same shall be open to the lDSh'L‘CllOn of all personsdesirousof examining f it fort 0 term of at least 3 months rior to the time 0 sale of an of the lands descri ed therein. Thofeofouists shit I be appointed in thesamcway as the district land oficors and receive per annum fbr their services dollars. 8:0. 6. Abife: That whenevera pornon is or shall hereafterbe in the occupancy of a mine or lepd, or deposit.of mineral. an shall be actually minin or working the same.such person shall he and is ereby authorisedto enterthe lands so actually worked and mined by legal BubdlVlSlODB at a rice to be computedby the costsof survey and the cos of the proper land offices. 0 purchase moneyfor all saidlands shall bepaid in goldor silver or in bouds of the U.S.as hereinafter mentioned. Proof of the actual mining or workin of such lands shall be made to the satisfactiono the register. receiver and geologistfor the district or any 2 of them.at least 30 daysbeforethe commencementof the public sale: I is proof of such mining or working shall bethe affidavit of the party so mining or workinir. sustained by the aflidnnts of We rospectnble disinterested witnesses and any person swearing falsely in any such caseshall suTTcrall the pains and penalties of perjury and forfeit all right. title, and claim he or she may have acquired to anysuchlands. Wherenny such lnndsnre worked or minedby acorn any that is incorporated the preemption right sha lbe proven.the entry made and the patent issued in the nameof such corporal n or its assiguecs;but where any such company sh l not be incorporated. the preemption rig it. entry and patentshall bein the names of all the shareholders: Provided. boirevrr. That any such shareholder in either case.who is not a resident of the district shall acquire.have and hold no right to any such preemption.entry or title: And prfivfile’flfilff'lf that where 2 or uiore personsor companies shall occupy and mine or work the parts of the same lot or subdivisions.such persons or companies shall enter such lot as tenunls in common: the riirhts of eachto covertho land inined or Worked by him or her and the portion of'each of the lot so occupied shall be in proportion to the extent and value of their improvomentsor mines and shall beso specified in the certificateand patent. SEC. 7. Abife: That the register and receiver of the land district. in conjunction with the geologist shall classifysaid landswith reference to their valuo res cefively. And the subdivisions that should be madeo themtoaccoinine dato thosewho are a nally working or mining them or those who may cafter desiretodoso and report to the survcyo General and the GLO. tying the minimum price that shouldbelixod on cac class of lands. the location and extent of eachdepositand of cechsettlementor mining operation.with full reasons for each conclusion. f the surveyor general has any reasonto doubt the correctnessof such report. he shall state his doubts and the reasonsfor themto the GLO and to the land officers and goolouist and the decision of the ComrGLO shall be final as to the minimum pricesof said lands and the exteutpf the subdivisions. No person. corporation or association shall be permittedtopurchasoat iublic or private sale ine ro than 40 acresofnny snc i minern lands. Nor shall any person.corporation or associationcuter u. 2nd tract till heor they have shown to the satisfaction of the land officers and geologist that he or they have worked the mineral out of said lands and that it will no longer pay the expenseof working. Said purchaser shall also.before being permittedto make asccond entry. sell at iublic auction to the highest bidder. for eash.tho and embracedin his 1st entry and which he proposes to abandon. 530. 8. Abife: That. for the purposcpf useddue and coining said gold and silver. the POTUS shall be and is hereby authorisedto lay olf said in ine rarlegions into suit ablo assaying and coming districts having regard to the mints now establishedby law and all gold or silver mined or procured from any of the lands sold under this act shall be assayed and coined at U.S. assaying officesandmints. Theoiviicrad paying cent.for assayingand coming gold and %. for assaying and coining silver: and any person wboshall removeor attempt to remove any gold or silver out of the coming district in which it was procured without 1st having the some assayedand coined shall forfeit said gold or silver. one half' of which shallgo to the informer and the other half to the U.S.: SEC. 9. Abife: That before any person shall be permitted to purchase any of said mineral lands ho‘shalltake the oath of loyalty to the U.S. prescribed by law; and any violation of said oath and any malfeasanceon the part of any oflthe officerswhoseappointmentsare authorized by the act shall be deemed a felony and upon being proven before any'court of competent Jurisdiction he offendershall)e punished by a line of not less than 1,000 dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for not less than ycars or both.at the discrction of the court; and in caseof the officers.they shall forever be disqualified from holding officcunder the Governmentof the U.S. Sun.10. Abife: That the notpae ceedsof said lands shall be and they are here y. dedicatedto the payment of the principal and interost of the bondsof the U.S.; and all bonds of the U.S.principal and interest redeem able in gold shall be received in ayinent for any of these lands. And all the provisions of this act relative to lands shall be carried out under such rulesand regulations as may be prescribedby the SecyInterior for that purpose and all relative to aways. mints. coinage. 850.under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the SecyTreasury for that purposc. SEC.ll. Abife: That upon thesur v eyof the lands aforesaid.the Secretary of thoI nte nor maydesignateand set apart such portionsof the said lands asare clearly agricultural lands. to which pree'inption or l omostead rights shall not have at tachodasprovwed. y law. See. 12. 4nd 0 another Maud. atiii extending the U.S.surve over temineral regions.t hcsurveyorgeneral 5 all be and theis hereby. authorized. whenever he shall find mining settle mbyents.made in accordance with surveys executed such settlers.to establish such surveys by lines. courses. corners and so forth. Connecting such lines and corners With the boundaries and comers of the sectionsof the rectangular surveys and designate thoselotsbysuitablenumberson the platsof survey. lVlllB the reasons and factsin full for such anoma ous surveys: Provided, however.That no such min iiii: lot shall contain more than 40 acres nor shall more land be included in any such survey than the area being actually worked or mined by t io settler: And Jgromgled also. That the surveyorgeneral.under the direction of the ComrGLO may cause adjacent lands to these mineral lots to besubdividedin the same manner with those lots. when the interestof the Government or the conygenience of settlers shall in his opinion. requirei.0320. 13. Abife: That. When in his.tihued mentitshall be necessary for the public interest. resident shall have the DOWOI a.nd is hereby authorized to increase the number of land districts in any Stateor Territory. fix th eboundaries of the same appoint a register and receiverfor eachdistrict so created and to a point such additional number of geologistsin any and district asmay be deemed necessary fully to carry out the purposes and intent of thisno the compensation of said officers to be paid out ii any moncy in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. no. 14. Abife: That all laws or, parfs of laws inconsistent with the provisionsof this not be and the some are hereby, repealed.