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AN ACT to exclude the States of Missouri and Kansas from the provisions of the act of Congress 

 entitled "An act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States," 

 approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled, That within the States of Missouri and 

 Kansas deposits of coal, iron, lead, or other mineral be, and they are hereby, 

 excluded from the operation of the act entitled "An act to promote the develop- 

 ment of the mining resources of the United States," approved May tenth, eight- 

 een hundred and seventy-two, and all lands in said States shall be subject to 

 disposal as agricultural lands. 



Approved May 5, 1876 (19 Stat., 52). 



AN ACT authorizing the citizens of Colorado, Nevada, and the Territories to fell and remove tim- 

 ber on the public domain for mining and domestic purposes. 



Be it enacted bv the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled. That all citizens of the United States and 

 other persons, bona fide residents of the State of Colorado or Nevada, or either 

 of the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho, 

 or Montana, and all other mineral districts of the United States, shall be and 

 are hereby, authorized and permitted to fell and remove, for building, agricul- 

 tural, mining, or other domestic purposes, any timber or other trees growing or 

 being on the public lands, said lands being mineral, and not subject to entry 

 under existing laws of the United States, except for mineral entry, in either of 

 said States, Territories, or districts of which such citizens or persons may be at 

 the time bona fide residents, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior may prescribe for the protection of the timber and of the 

 undergrowth growing upon such lands, and for other purposes : Provided, The 

 provisions of this act shall not extend to railroad corporations. 



Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the register and the receiver of any local 

 land-office in whose district any mineral land may be situated to ascertain from 

 time to time whether any timber is being cut or used upon any such lands, 

 except for the purposes authorized by this act, within their respective land dis- 

 tricts; and, if so, they shall immediately notify the Commissioner of the General 

 Land Office of that fact; and all necessary expenses incurred in making such 

 proper examinations shall be paid and allowed such register and receiver in 

 making up their next quarterly accounts. 



Sec. 3. Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this act, or 

 any rules and regulations in pursuance thereof made by the Secretary of the 



