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CONGRESS. (THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.) 



show no other proof of title than possession, shall 

 not apply to more than Iti hectares in any one 

 tract. 



" SKC. 17. That timber, trees, forests, and for- 

 est products on lands leased or demised by the 

 government of the Philippine Islands under the 

 provisions of this act shall not be cut, destroyed, 

 removed, or appropriated except by special per- 

 mission of said government and under such regu- 

 lations as it may prescribe. 



" All moneys obtained from lease or sale of 

 iinv portion of the public domain or from licenses 

 to cut timber by the government of the Philip- 

 pine Islands shall be covered into the insular 

 treasury and be subject only to appropriation for 

 insular purposes according to law. 



" SEC. 18. That the forest laws and regulations 

 now in force in the Philippine Islands, with such 

 modifications and amendments as may be made 

 by the government of said islands, are hereby 

 continued in force, and no timber lands forming 

 part of the public domain shall be sold, leased, or 

 entered until the government of said islands, 

 upon the certification of the forestry bureau that 

 said lands are more valuable for agriculture than 

 for forest uses, shall declare such lands so certified 

 to be agricultural in character: Provided, That 

 the said government shall have the right and is 

 hereby empowered to issue licenses to cut, harvest, 

 or collect timber or other forest products on re- 

 served or unreserved public lands in said islands 

 in accordance with the forest laws and regulations 

 hereinbefore mentioned and under the provisions 

 of this act, and the said government may lease 

 land to any person or persons holding such li- 

 censes, sufficient for a mill-site, not to exceed 4 

 hectares in extent, and may grant rights of way 

 to enable such person or persons to get access to 

 the lands to which such licenses apply. 



" SEC. 19. That the beneficial use shall be the 

 basis, the measure, and the limit of all rights to 

 water in said islands, and the government of said 

 islands is hereby authorized to make such rules 

 and regulations for the use of water, and to make 

 such reservations of public lands for the protection 

 of the water-supply, and for other public purposes 

 not in conflict with the provisions of this act, as 

 it may deem best for the public good. 



" MINERAL LANDS. 



" SEC. 20. That in all cases public lands in the 

 Philippine Islands valuable for minerals shall be 

 reserved from sale, except as otherwise expressly 

 directed by law. 



" SEC. 21. That all valuable mineral deposits in 

 public lands in the Philippine Islands, both sur- 

 veyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be 

 free and open to exploration, occupation, and pur- 

 chase, and the land in which they are found to 

 occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United 

 States, or of said islands: Provided, That when 

 on any lands in said islands entered and occupied 

 as agricultural lands under the provisions of this 

 act, but not patented, mineral deposits have been 

 found, the working of such mineral deposits is 

 hereby forbidden until the person, association, or 

 corporation who or which has entered and is oc- 

 cupying such lands shall have paid to the govern- 

 ment of said islands Mich additional sum or sums 

 as will make the total amount paid for the min- 

 eral claim or claims in which said deposits are 

 located equal to the amount charged by the gov- 

 ernment for the same as mineral claims. 



" SF.C. 22. That mining claims upon land con- 

 taining veins or lodes of quartz or other rock 

 in place bearing L r l<l. silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, 

 copper, or other valuable deposits, located after 



the passage of this act, whether located by one or 

 more persons qualified to locate the same under 

 the preceding section, shall be located in the fol- 

 lowing manner and under the following condi- 

 tions: Any pereon so qualified desiring to locate 

 a mineral claim shall, subject to the provisions of 

 this act with respect to land which may be used 

 for mining, enter upon the same and locate a plot 

 of ground measuring, where possible, but not ex- 

 ceeding, 1,000 feet in length by 1,000 feet in 

 breadth, in as nearly as possible a rectangular 

 form; that is to say: All angles shall be right 

 angles, except in cases where a boundary-line of 

 a previously surveyed claim is adopted as com- 

 mon to both claims, but the lines need not neces- 

 sarily be meridional. In defining the size of a 

 mineral claim, it shall be measured horizontally, 

 irrespective of inequalities of the surface of the 

 ground. 



" SEC. 23. That a mineral claim shall be 

 marked by two posts placed as nearly as possible 

 on the line of the ledge or vein, and the posts 

 shall be numbered one and two, and the distance 

 between posts numbered one and two shall not 

 exceed 1,000 feet, the line between posts numbered 

 one and two to be known as the location line; 

 and upon posts numbered one and two shall be 

 written the name given to the mineral claim, the 

 name of the locator, and the date of the location. 

 Upon post numbered one there shall be written, 

 in addition to the foregoing, ' Initial post,' the ap- 

 proximate compass bearing of post numbered two, 

 and a statement of the number of feet lying to the 

 right and to the left of the line from post num- 

 bered one to post numbered two, thus: 'Initial 

 post. Direction of post numbered two. - feet 



of this claim lie on the right and - feet on 



the left of the line from number one to number 

 two post.' All the particulars required to be put 

 on number one and number two posts shall be 

 furnished by the locator to the provincial secre- 

 tary, or such other officer as by the Philippine 

 government may be described as mining recorder, 

 in writing, at the time the claim is recorded, and 

 shall form a part of the record of such claim. 



" SEC. 24. That when a claim has been located 

 the holder shall immediately mark the line be- 

 tween posts numbered one and two so that it 

 can be distinctly seen. The locator shall also 

 place a post at the point where he has found 

 minerals in place, on which shall be written ' Dis- 

 covery post': Provided, That when the claim is 

 surveyed the surveyor shall be guided by the 

 records of the claim, the sketch plan on the back 

 of the declaration made by the owner when the 

 claim was recorded, posts numbered one and two, 

 and the notice on number one, the initial post. 



No. 1 post. 



No. 1 pout. 



No. 1 pot. 



"SEC. 25. That it shall not^be lawful to move 

 number one post, but number two post may be 

 moved by the deputy mineral surveyor when the 

 distance between posts numbered one and two 

 exceeds 1.000 feet, in order to place number two 

 post 1,000 feet from number one post on the line 

 of location. When the distance between posts 



