Chapter CLXVI. concerning certain Lands granted to the State of Nevada
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CHAP. CLXVI.— An Act concerning certain Lands granted to the State of Nevada.July 4, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the appropriation by theAppropriation by Nevada of land for educational purposes confirmed. constitution of the State of Nevada to educational purposes of the five hundred thousand acres of land granted to said State by the law of September fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-one, for purposes of internal improvement, is hereby approved and confirmed.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That land equal in amount to seventy-two entire sections, for the establishment and maintenance of a universityLands granted for a university; in said State, is hereby granted to the State of Nevada. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the grant made by law of the secondfor an agricultural college.1862, ch. 130.Vol. xii. p. 508.Theory and practice of mining may be taught. day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to each State, of land equal to thirty thousand acres for each of its senators and representatives in Congress, is extended to the State of Nevada; and the diversion of the proceeds of these lands in Nevada from the teaching of agriculture and mechanic arts to that of the theory and practice of mining is allowed and authorized without causing a forfeiture of said grant.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be, and he86THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 166, 167. 1866. is hereby, authorized to appoint a surveyor-general for Nevada, who shallSurveyor-general for Nevada.Location of office.Pay.Duties, &c.Allowances. locate his office at such place as the Secretary of the Interior shall from time to time direct, whose compensation shall be three thousand dollars per annum, and whose duties, powers, obligations, responsibilities, and allowances for clerk hire, office rent, fuel and incidental expenses shall be the same as those of the surveyor-general of Oregon, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and such instructions as he may from time to time deem it advisable to give him.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That in extending the surveys of the public lands in the State of Nevada, the Secretary of the InteriorLines of subdivisions may be changed from rectangular.Mineral lands reserved. may, in his discretion, vary the lines of the subdivisions from a rectangular form, to suit the circumstances of the country; but in all cases lands valuable for mines of gold, silver, quicksilver, or copper shall be reserved from sale. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That until the State of NevadaPublic lands in the State not to be subject to entry, until the State has her full quota. shall have received her full quota of lands named in the first, second, and third sections of this act, the public lands in that State shall not be subject to entry, sale, or location under any law of the United States, or any scrip or warrants issued in pursuance of any such law except the homestead act of May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and acts1862, ch. 75.Vol. xii. p. 392. amendatory thereto, and the acts granting and regulating pre-emptions, but shall be reserved exclusively for entry by the said State for the period of two years after such survey shall have been made: *Provided,* That said State shall select said lands in her own name and right, in tractsMode of selecting and disposal of lands by State. of not less than forty acres, and dispose of the same in tracts not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres, only to actual settlers and bona fide occupants: *And provided further,* That city and town property shall notCity and town property. be subject to selection under this act: *And provided further,* That this section shall not be construed to interfere with or impair rights heretoforeVested rights not affected. acquired under any law of Congress.
Approved, July 4, 1866.