438 Trrmu xxxu.»—THE PUBLIC LAND5.——Ch. 8-9. Nvtitlqncquired Sec. 2392. No title shall be acquired, under the foregoing provisions
- °'€°l‘l?"?‘“°‘· ‘°?°·· of this cha ter to any mine of gold., silver, cmnabar, or copper; or to an
ortormnin -cla1m . . .p ’ . · . . . y &c_ g ’ valid mining-claim or possession held under existing laws. _?Mar., 1867, c. 177, v. 14, p. 541. 8Juue, 1868, e. 53, v. 15, p. 67. 23 Luce, 1874, r. 469, s. 3, r. 18, p. 254. Military or other Sr·:c. 2393. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to military or ""‘€""“t‘"“‘» &"· other reservations heretofore made by the United States, nor to reserva- 2 Mar., 1867, c. tions for light-houses,custom·houses. mints, or such otherpublic purposes 177. \’-_N»P· 5;*1- as the interests of the United States may require., whetherhe d under 742*; ty 12;; "‘ reservations through the Land·Omce by title derived from the Crown of ’’p' "Spain, or otherwise. _ Inhabitants of Sec. 2394. The inhabitants of any town located on the public lands towns fm Public may avail themselves, if the town authorities choose to do so, of the prol“';d“· “gh°’ °f* l° visions of sections twenty-three hundred and eighty-seven, twenty-t tree 2$r;—-----#—- hundred and eighty-eight, and twenty-three hundred and eighty-nine; 8 gl““°· 18g5b *'· and in addition to the minimum price of the lands embracing any town-
;,E;,’PiS{4’ ,,_ site so entered, there shall be paid by the dparties avaihng themselves of
469, n. 3, r. 18, p. Such provnnons all costs of surveying an Hlatting any such tO\V11·Slb(“, 254. and expenses incident thereto incurred by the_ United btates, before any patent issues therefor; but nothing contained in the sections herein cited shall prevent the issuance of patents to persons who have made or may hereafter make entries and elect to roceed under other laws relative to to "th'ht tftlp WH-SIWS m IS c ap er se or 1. CHAPTER NINE. SURVEY OF THE PUBLIC LANDS. 2395. Rules of survey. _ i 2404. Augmented rates for surveys of 2396. Boundaries and contegiés of public I langs covered with forests, &c., l nds, ho ascertain . l in regon. 2397. Lirlles of dihisicn of half quarter- ‘ 2405. Ibid. for California and Washington. sections, how run. • 2406. Geological surveys, extension of 2398. Contracts for surveys of public public surveys. expenses of sublands, when binding. g dividing. _ _ _ 2399. What instructions to be deemed part 2407. Surveys on rivers ru certain cases. of contract. 2408. Lines of surveys in Nevada. 2400. Prices —of surveys, how established. 2409. Geodetic method of survey in Ore- 2401. When survey may be had by settlers gon and California in township. 2410. Rectangglalr mod? of survey, when 2402. De 't for ex uses of surveys may epartet rom. ` deemed an apdibpriatioq, &c. bi 2411. Coinpenssgion for sérngeying by the 2403. Deposits made by settlers or pu ic e ay in regon an a i ornia. surveys to go rn part payment of 2412. Penalty for interrupting surveys. lands. 2413. Protection of surveyor by marshal of district. R016B0f8H7V0L Sec. 2395. The public lands shall be divided by north and south lines i§L;a,., 1796, ,._ run according to the true meridian, and by others crossing them at right 29, s. 2, v. 1, p. 465. angles, so as to form townships of six miles square, unless where the hue 10 MMV 1800. <‘- of an Indian reservation, or of tracts of land heretofore surveyed or pat- 5Eés5g';" %8*;‘.,73L_ ented. or the course of navigable rivers, mav render this impraeticable; 105,,_1g:p_34g_and in that case this rule must be departed from no further than such particular circumstances require. _ _ _ Second. l`he corners of the townships must be marked with progressive numbers from the beuinnin ; each distance of a mile between such cor- . ·z g . . ners must be also dtstinctly marked with marks diiferent from those of the corners. Third. The township shall be subdivided into sections, containing, as nearly as may be, six hundred and forty acres each, by running through the same, each way. parallel lines at the end of every two miles; and y making a corner on each of such lines, at the end of every mile. The
