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§ 464. The Tract must be Compact in Form.
§ 465. On Unsurveyed Lands,
§ 466.
§ 467.
§ 468.
469.
§ 470.
Preliminary to Filing it must be Shown by Witnesses that the Land is
Desert Land.
Where the Land is Situated on the Borders of Streams or Lakes.
Desert Lands how Purchased-Declaration-Right to Use Water--
Water on Public Lands to be Free-Contents of Declaration-Per-
fection of Title-Limitation upon Quantity.
Definition of Desert Lands.
Localities to Which the Law Applies.
CHAPTER XXIV.
REPAYMENTS.
§ 472. Applications, where Patent has been Issued-Mode of Proceeding.
§ 473. Applications for Repayment where Patent has not been Issued.
§ 474. Who are Assignees in Good Faith.
§ 476. Purchase Money Refunded where Sale can not be Confirmed.
§ 477. Refunding in Certain Cases, how Done.
§ 478. Repayments on Soldiers' Void Additional Homestead Locations.
§ 479. Purchase Money, Fees, and Commissions on Erroneous Entries, or
where Sales can not be Confirmed.
§ 480. Regulations for Repayments-Warrants on Treasury for Same.
CHAPTER XXV.
RESERVATIONS.
§ 481. Reservations in Florida, how Sold.
§ 482. Sale of Military Sites under General Laws Prohibited; Proviso as to
Florida.
§ 483. Minimum Price, how Fixed when Reservations are Sold.
§ 484. Reservations, how Surveyed.
§ 485. Sale of Buildings Belonging to United States.
§ 486. Sales of Lands with Buildings.
CHAPTER XXVI.
EASEMENTS.
§ 487. Navigable Rivers Public Highways--Streams not Navigable, Banks of.
§ 488. Right of Way for Highways over Public Lands.
§ 489. If Lands Granted for Right of Way are not Used, etc., to Revert to
§ 490.
the Government.
Mineral Locators' Rights of Possession and Enjoyment.
§ 491. Right of Way in Intersecting Veins in Mines.
§ 492. What Conditions of Sales may be Made by Local Legislature.
§ 493. Vested Rights to Use of Water for Mining, etc.; Right of Way for
Canals.
§ 494. Patents, Pre-emptions, and Homesteads Subject to Vested and Ac-
crued Water Rights.
§ 495.
§ 496.
497.
$498.
Right of Way, Materials, Station Grounds, etc., Granted to Railroads.
Rights of Several Railroads through Canyon, Pass, or Defile-Crossing
at Grade-Wagon Roads, Rights of.
Private Lands and Possessory Claims, how Condemned.
Profile of Road Claiming Benefits, when to be Filed-Disposal of
Lands Subject to Right of Way-Forfeiture of Right.
Application of this Act.
§ 499.
$ 500.
Right to Alter, Amend, etc.
§ 508.
Timber Lands to be Patented Subject to Accrued Right of Way and
Water Rights.
CHAPTER XXVII.
SALINE LANDS.
§ 509. Their Acquisition under the Act of Congress of January 12, 1877.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS.
MEXICAN GRANTS.
§ 510. Four Classes of Grants; from the Crown of Spain.
§ 511.
512.
§ 513.
In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; in the Gadsden Treaty; Grants
in Arizona and New Mexico.
Grants to Pueblos.
Grants under Colonization Laws of Mexico.
§ 514. Perfect Grants; Inchoate Grants.
§ 515. Surveys of Mexican Grants.
§ 516 c.
Certificates of Location or Scrip to Issue in Satisfaction of Confirmed
Private Land Claims which can not be Located.
516 d. Issuance and Location of Judicial Scrip in Lieu of Confirmed Pri-
vate Land Claims.
$521. Grant to Northern Pacific, Atlantic and Pacific, and Southern Pacific
§ 534. Settlers' Rights on These Grants.
$535. Grants in præsenti; Certification to Railroad Corporations; Effects of
Mortgage.
CHAPTER XXXI.
RULES OF PRACTICE.
§§ 536-7. One hundred and fourteen Rules of Practice prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, December 20, 1880.
Certificate of Location.
§ 546. Annual Labor.
$ 547.
The Expenditure may be Made on Tunnel.
§ 548. Importance of These Rules.
§ 549. Tunnel Rights.
§ 550. Rights of Tunnel Locators.
§ 551. Construction of Term "Face."
§ 552. Written Notice to be Posted, and Boundary Lines Marked.
§ 553. Notice and Affidavit.
§ 554. To be Recorded.
§ 555. Forfeitures.
§ 556. Manner of Proceeding to Obtain Title.
§ 556 a. Surveys, how Made.
§ 557.
Surveys and Notice to be Posted on Claim.
§ 558.
Copy of Notice, Affidavit, and Field-notes to be Filed with Register
and Receiver.
All Mineral Lands Open to Exploration and Purchase.
Definition of the Words "Mining Claim."
§ 600.
§ 601.
§ 602.
Definition of the Term "Vein or Lode."
CHAPTER XXXIV.
MINING CLAIMS BEFORE COURTS.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
§ 608. Notice of Application for Patent; Filing Adverse Claim; What It must
Contain; Suit on Adverse Claim.
§ 609.
610.
§ 611.
§ 612.
Analysis of the Statute.
Notice and Diagram; Publication of Notice.
The Eureka Case.
When Party out of Possession to Commence Suit.
§ 613. Who can File Adverse Claim.
§ 614. Where End Lines not Parallel, Location Void.
§ 615. Patent, when Void.
§ 616. Statute of Limitations.
§ 617.
Surveys.
§ 618. Mill Sites.
§ 619. Act of March 3, 1881.
§ 620. Survey of Mining Levels.
CHAPTER XXXV.
PLACER CLAIMS.
§ 621. Location, Notice, Labor.
§ 622. Proof as to Character of Land.
§ 623. School Lands.
§ 625. Petroleum.
§ 626. Patents.
§ 627. Applications for Patent.
§ 628. Void Patents.
§ 630. When Rights Attach under Patent.
§ 631. Taxation of Mines and Minerals.
§ 632. Partnership Rights and Obligations; Power of Superintendent to Bind
Partnership; Prospecting Contracts; When Partnership Inferred;
Liabilities.
§ 633.
Receivers.
§ 634.
§ 635.
§ 636.
§ 637.
§ 638.
§ 639.
Estoppel by Record; Estoppel in Pais.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
MINERAL LANDS.
Mineral Lands Reserved.
Mineral Lands Open to Purchase by Citizens.
Length of Mining Claims upon Veins or Lodes.
Proof of Citizenship.
Locators' Rights of Possession and Enjoyment.
§ 640. Owners of Tunnels, Rights of.