Chapter 9. to amend sections twenty-three hundred and twenty-four and twenty-three hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning mineral lands
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CHAP. 9.— An Act to amend sections twenty-three hundred and twenty-four and twenty-three hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning mineral lands.Jan. 22, 1880. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mineral lands. R, S. 2325,Amended.*Proviso,* That section twenty-three hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by adding thereto the following words:
“ *Provided,* That where the claimant for a patent is not a resident of or within the land district wherein the vein, lode, ledge, or deposit sought to be patented is located, the application for patent and the affidavits required to be made in thisApplication for patent and affidavits.Agent.*Proviso.* section by the claimant for such patent may be made by his, her, or its authorized agent, where said agent is conversant with the facts sought to be established by said affidavits: *And provided,* That this section shall apply to all applications now pending for patents to mineral lands.
” Sec. 2. That section twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the RevisedR. S. 2324,Amended.*Proviso,* Statutes of the United States be amended by adding the following words: *“ Provided,* That the period within which the work required to be done annually on all unpatented mineral claims shall commence on the first day of January succeeding the date of location of such claim, and this section shall apply to all claims located since the tenth day of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
” Approved, January 22, 1880.