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side of the central lino of their road, and the right to take from the 

 public lands adjacent, to the line of .-aid r ad the timber and other 

 materials neces.-ary for construction, and a tract not to exceed 

 twenty acres in a place, once in. ten miles, for a .-tation. 



Privileges granted to // ' i of Colorado, Xevada, am/ th- T> n-l- 



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By ''An Act authorizing the citi/.ens of Colorado, Nevada, 

 and the Tcrritorie.-, to remove Timber on the I'ublic Domain for Min- 

 ing and Domestic Purposes," approved June 3, 1*7*, the Imnn fide 

 residents of the above states, and the territories of New Mexico, 

 Arizona, I'tah, Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho and Montana, and all other 

 mineral districts of the United State-. \\IT-- permitted to take any 

 timber or other trees growing on tin- public lands, said lands being 

 mineral, and not subject to entry, as they might need for building, 

 agricutural, mining, or domestic purposes, subject to such regula- 

 tions as the Secretary of the Interior might prescribe. 



Sale (>f TinJxi- Lund* in California, On-<jti, nm! \<mda, and in 



.V>1. By an act of June 3, 1878, providing for the survey of pulv- 

 lic lands in the above states and territories which are chiefly valu- 

 able -for timber but unfit for cultivation, and which had not been 

 oH;-rcd for sale, it is provided that such lands may be sold in quan- 

 tities not exceeding 160 acres to one person, at a minimum price of 

 S2..")() per acre. During the year ending June 30, 1881, there were 

 entered the following amounts : 



In California, 17!) -ntri. s -=19,829.66 acres. 



In Washington Ter., 134 eotries=16,436 acres. 



In Oregon, 49 entries 5,044.55 acres. 



In Nevada, 1 entry 160 acres. 



3")2. An applicant must make affidavit that he is a citizen, or has 

 filed a declaration of intention to become such ; that the land is un- 

 fit for cultivation, and chiefly valuable for timber (or stone) ; that 

 it \A uninhabited ; that it has not gold, silver, cinnabar, copper, or 

 coal; that he has made no previous application; does not buy on 

 speculation ; and has not made any agreement by which the benefit 

 shall accrue to any other person. This allegation must be sup- 

 ported by that of two other persons who have no interest in the 



