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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Crrs. 77, 78. 1919. 295 disposal only under "An Act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain/’ a proved Ma 20, 1862, and amendments thereto, known as the one§1undred—and7-sixty-acre homestead Act. Sec. 7. That the receipts obtained from the sale of lands under ti£,°f’.§’],’Z;tj’°°'°°l°"’“' the provisions of section 6 hereof shall be paid into, reserved, and V°'·3’·P·"·“’~ appropriated as a dpart of the reclamation fnmd created by the act of Congress agplrove June 17, 1902, known as the Reclamation Act. Sec. 8. at all entries made and patents issued under the provi- ssglxnl °°°°°"‘ '°` sions of this Act shall be subject to and contain a reservation to the United States of all the coal and other valuable minerals in the lands so entered and patented, together with the right to prospect for ms 1 I mine, and remove the same. The coal and other valuable mineral °°°° °' deposits in such lands shall be subject to disposal b the United States in accordance with the provisions of the coal andy mineral land laws in force at the time of such disposal. Any person qualified to ,,5 'l“1‘“· locate and enter the coal or other mineral deposits, or having the right to mine and remove the same under the laws of the United States, shall have the right at all times to enter upon the lands entered or patented, as provided by this Act, for the purpose of prospecting for coal or other mineral therein, provided he shall not injure, damage, or destroy the pprmanent improvements of the entryman or patentee, and shall be lia le to and shall compensate the entryman or patentee for all damages to the crops on such lands by reason of such prospect- 0 H ing. Any person who has acquired from the United States the coal ;,c.°‘T.,,’°d,°$‘e§{,m”$§ or other mineral deposits in any such land, or the right to mine or re- “`°"”- move the same, may reenter and occupy so muc of the surface thereof as may be re uired for all purposes reasonably incident to the mining or removal oil the coal or other minerals, first, upon securing °°'°““°“"· the written consent or waiver of the homestead entryman or patentee ; second, upon payment of the damagles to crops or other tangible improvements to the owner thereof, w ere agreement may be had as to the amount thereof; or, third, in lieu of either of the foregoing provisions, upon the execution of a good and sufficient bond or undertaking to the United States for the use and benefit of the entryman or owner of the land, to secure the payment of such damages to the crops or tangible improvements of the entrymen or owner, as may be determined and fixed in an action brought upon the bond or undertaking in a court of competent jurisdiction against the principal and sureties thereon, such bond or undertakingeto be in form an in accordance with rules and regulations prescri d by the Secretary of the . Interior and to be filed wit and approved by the register and receiver of the local land office of the district wherein the land is situate, subject to a peal to the Commissioner of the General Land Oiliee: Pro- {',§’,'f:,°; ,,,,.,,,, to vided, Tgat all patents issued for the coal or other mineral deposits ¥:¤f•ai_g,*fP¤*°'¤‘ herein reserved shall contain appropriate notations declarinalthem to be subject to the provisions o this Act with reference to e disposition, occupancy, and use of the surface of land. _ m Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to pre- R°""‘°°'"' ° scribe the necessary and proper rules and regulations and to do any and all things necessary to carry out and accomplish the pu.rposes of this Act. Approved, October 22, 1919. GE, f f mf I { pm . .-AnAetFertbe a e¤toc` creme nivste ro o¤_____;_;___.. accountlbfrrtlie less ei Ereai-ms null Yaxmunitiou taken by the lllmted Sltlstes troops [Public, No. si.] during the labor strikes in the State of Colorado m 1914. Bc it enacted b the Senate and House 0 Representatives of the United mmdumr 1,,, States of in Congress asscmlvlag That the sum of $7,800, or