Chapter 375.
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CHAP. 375.— An act to authorize the entry of lands chiefly valuable for building stone under the placer mining laws.August 4, 1892. 348 *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands Entries for building-stone under placer claims. That any person authorized to . enter lands under the mining laws of the United States may enter lands that are chiefly valuable for building stone under the provisions of the *Proviso*.
School lands.law in relation to placer mineral claims: *Provided*, That lands reserved for the benefit of the public schools or donated to any State shall not be subject to entry under this act. Sec. 2. That an act entitled “An act for the sale of timber lands inTimber and stone lands in all public-land States may be sold. Vol. 20, p. 89. the State of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory,” approved June third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words” States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory'’ where the same occur in the second and third lines of said act, and insert in lieu thereof the words, “public-land States,” the purpose of this act being to make said act of June third, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, applicable to all the public-land States.
Sec. 3. That nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal sectionForest reservations not affected. Vol. 26, p. 1103. twenty-four of the act entitled “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, Approved, August 4, 1892.