Public Law 260.
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(/us/pl/72/259)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Salt Lake City, Utah, water supply.Surface use of lands by settlers on mining locations within watershed permitted. That hereafter mining locations made under the United States mining laws upon lands within the municipal watershed of the city of Salt Lake City, within the Wasatch National Forest in the State of Utah, specifically described as follows— Lands situate in Wasatch National Forest; description.South half section 22; all of section 23; and sections 25 to 36, inclusive; township 1 south, range 2 east, Salt Lake meridian.
South half of section 30; and sections 31 to 33, inclusive; township 1 south, range 3 east, Salt Lake meridian. Southeast quarter northeast quarter and east half southeast quarter section 11 south half and south half north half section 12; north half, southeast quarter, east half southwest quarter and northwest quarter southwest quarter section 13; east half northeast quarter and northeast quarter southeast quarter section 14; east half northwest quarter; and east half section 24; southeast quarter section 25, township 2 south, range 1 east, Salt Lake meridian.
All of township 2 south, range 2 east, Salt Lake meridian. West half section 3; sections 4 to 9; west half and southeast quarter section 10, south half section 14; sections 15 to 23; west half section 24; west half section 25; sections 26 to 35; and west half section 36; township 2 south, range 3 east, Salt Lake meridian. East half section 1, township 3 south, range 1 east, Salt Lake meridian. Sections 1 to 18, inclusive; and sections 20 to 24, inclusive; township 3 south, range 2 east, Salt Lake meridian.
Sections 1 to 9, inclusive; north half section 10; and section 18, township 3 south, range 3 east, Salt Lake meridian. shall confer on the locator the right to occupy and use so much of Mineral and timber rights granted.the surface of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting and mining, including the taking of mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining operations, and no permit shall be required or charge made for such use *Proviso*.Timber removal.or occupancy: *Provided*, *however*, That the cutting and removal of timber, except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection with mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, Restriction.and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting 809shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations, nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface or use of surface resources under authority of national-forest regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development.
Sec. 2. That hereafter all patents issued under the United StatesPatents; rights conveyed by. mining laws affecting the above-mentioned lands within the municipal watershed of the city of Salt Lake City, within the Wasatch National Forest, in the State of Utah, shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest management as defined by the national-forest rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve toSurface title reserved. the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture.
Sec. 3. That the public lands within the several townships andBig Cottonwood Canyon.Certain lands in, set aside for reservoir purposes. subdivisions thereof hereinafter enumerated, situate in Big Cottonwood Canyon in the county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, are hereby reserved from all forms of location, entry, or appropriation, whether under the mineral or nonmineral land laws of the United States, and set aside as a municipal water supply reservoir site for the use and benefit of the city of Salt Lake City, a municipal corporation of the State of Utah, as follows, to wit:
Lands in sections 13 and 14, township 2 south, range 2 east; and sections 7, 17, and 18, township 2 south, range 3 east, Salt Lake meridian, Utah, as shown on reservoir map approved on January 25, 1924, under section 4 of the Act of February 1, 1905 (33 Stat. 628). Sec. 4. That valid mining claims within the municipal watershedExisting valid mining claims may be perfected. of the city of Salt Lake City, within the Wasatch National Forest in the State of Utah, existing on the date of the enactment of this Act, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of Utah, may be perfected under this Act, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire.
Approved, May 26, 1934. To amend section 10 of the Act entitled “An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for right-of-way for railroads in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved May 14, 1898, as amended. 1934-05-26 357 Chapter 48 Stat. 809 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 2 public [CHAPTER 357.] AN ACT To amend section 10 of the Act entitled “An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for right-of-way for railroads in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved May 14, 1898, as amended.May 26, 1934.[[H.
R. 7306](/us/bill/72/hr/7306)][[Public, No. 260](/us/pl/72/260)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the firstAlaska.Homestead laws amended.Vol. 30, p. 413; Vol. 44, p. 1365.[U. S. C., p. 1597; Supp. VII, p. 987](/us/usc/p1597/p987). paragraph of section 10 of the Act entitled “An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for right-of-way for railroads in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved May 14, 1898, as amended (U.S.C., title 48, secs. 461, 462, 463, 464, and 465;
U.S.C., Supp. VI, title 48, sec. 461), is amended by inserting after the first proviso in such paragraph as amended, the following: " “Provided further, That any citizen of the United States, after occupying land of the character described as a homestead or headquartersHomesteader’s right to purchase tract., in a habitable house, not less than five months each year 810Limit of acreage.for three years, may purchase such tract, not exceeding five acres, in a reasonable compact form, without any showing as to his employment Price.or business, upon payment of $2.50 per acre, under rules Surveys.and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and in such cases surveys may be made without expense to the applicants Vol. 40, p. 633;
Vol. 44, p. 243.in like manner as the survey of settlement claims under the Act of June 28, 1918 (40 Stat. 632), as amended by section 1 of the Act Minimum payment.of April 13, 1926 (44 Stat. 243) : And provided further, That the minimum payment for any such tract shall be $10, and no person Purchase restriction.shall be permitted to purchase more than one tract except upon a showing of good faith and necessity satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior.” " Approved, May 26, 1934.
Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Pierce, a legal subdivision of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across Puget Sound, State of Washington, at or near a point commonly known as “The Narrows”. 1934-05-28 363 Chapter 48 Stat. 810 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 2 public [CHAPTER 363.] AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Pierce, a legal subdivision of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across Puget Sound, State of Washington, at or near a point commonly known as “The Narrows”.May 28, 1934.[[H.
R. 9530](/us/bill/72/hr/9530)][
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