Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 48 Part 1.djvu/835

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73d CONGRESS . SESS. II. CHS. 356, 357. MAY 26, 1934 .

809 shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regula- tions, nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of th e surfac e or use of surf ace reso urces un der auth ority of nationa l- forest regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development . SEC . 2 . That hereafter all patents issued under the United States mining laws affecting the above-mentioned lands within the munic- ipal watershed of the city of Salt Lake City, within the Wasatch Nation al Fo rest, in the State of Utah, shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest management as defined by the national-forest rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regula- tions of the Department of Agriculture . SEC . 3. That t he pu blic lands withi n the sever al to wnshi ps and subdivisions thereof hereinafter enumerated, situate in Big Cotton- wood Canyon in the county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, are hereby reserved from all forms of location, entry, or appropriation, whether under the mineral or nonmineral land laws of the United States, and set aside as a municipal water supply reservoir site for the use and benefit of the city of Salt Lake City, a municipal corporation of the State of Utah, as follows, to wit : Lands in sections 13 and 14, towns hip 2 south, range 2 east; and sec tions 7, 17, and 18, tow n- ship 2 south, range 3 east, Salt Lake meridian, Utah, as shown on reservoir map approved on January 25, 1924, under section 4 of the Act of February 1, 1905 (33 Stat . 628) . SEc. 4. That valid mining claims within the municipal watershed of the city of Salt Lake City, within the Wasatch National Forest in the State of Utah, existing on the date of the enactment of this Act, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initi ated and the laws of the State of Utah, may be perfected under this Act, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire . Appro ved, May 26, 1934 . Pat ents; rights con - veyed by. Surface title reserved . Big Cottonwood Can- yon . Certain lands in, set aside for reservoir pur- poses . Existing valid min- ing claims may be per- fected. [CHAPTER 357 .] AN ACT May 26, 1934. To amend section 10 of the Act entitled "An Act extending the homestead laws [H .R. 7306.1 and providing for right-of-way for railroads in the District of Alaska, and for [Public, No. 260.1 other purposes", approved May 14, 1898, as amended . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of A merica in Congress assemble d, That the first Alaska . paragraph of section 10 of the Act entitled "An Act extending the an11 1 ndeaStead la ws homestead laws and providing for right-of-way for railroads in 44Vol '13ss . p . 413; Vol the District of Alaska, and for other purposes", approved May 14, v p 9,p .1597;Supp . 1898 , as amende d (U.S.C., title 48, sets . 461, 462, 463, 464, and 465; U.S .C ., Supp : VI, title 48, sec . 461), is amended by inserting after the fir st provi so in su ch parag raph as amended, the fol lowing "Provi ded f urthe r, That any citizen of the United States, after Homesteader's right occupying land of the character described as a homestead or head- to purchase tract . quarters, in a habitable house, not less than five months each year