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

 public lands adjacent to the line of said road the timber and other 

 materials necessary for construction, and a tract not to exceed 

 twenty acres in a place, once in ten miles, for a station. 



Privileges granted to the Citizens of Colorado, Nevada, and the Terri- 

 tories. 



350. By "An Act authorizing the citizens of Colorado, Nevada, 

 and the Territories, to remove Timber on the Public Domain for Min- 

 ing and Domestic Purposes," approved June 3, 1878, the bona fide 

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

 Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho and Montana, and all other 

 mineral districts of the United States, were permitted to take any 

 timber or other trees growing on the 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 of Timber Lands in California, Oregon, and Nevada, and in Wash- 

 ington Territory. 



351. By an act of June 3, 1878, providing for the survey of pub- 

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

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

 offered 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 

 $2.50 per acre. During the year ending June 30, 1881, there were 

 entered the following amounts : 



In California, 179 entries=19,829.66 acres. 



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

 In Oregon, 49 entries= 5,044.55 acres. 



In Nevada, 1 entry = 160 acres. 



352. 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 is 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 



