...passed in other western states, and in 1866 the Congress enacted the Act Granting the Right to Way Ditch and Canal Owners over the Public Lands and for Other Purposes. Despite its title it has been characterized as "the first lode location law". Its Section 9 provides...

...exist at the time of the passage of this act. SEC. 10. That the act entitled "An act to amend an act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes," approved July ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy, shall be and remain in full force, except as to...

...the time of the jot «ir«ci«d by passage of this act, or of the act entitled " An act grouting thu right of way * "'" to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes," approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, nor shall this act affect any right acquired...

...passed in other western states, and in 1866 the Congress enacted the Act Granting the Right to Way Ditch and Canal Owners over the Public Lands and for Other Purposes. Despite its title it has been characterized as "the first lode location law". Its Section 9 provides...

...Mining, which had sponsored the right-of-way bill, was reported out favorably, and was passed. The "Act granting the Right of Way to Ditch and Canal Owners over the Public Lands, and for other Purposes" declared the mineral lands of the public domain, both surveyed and unsurveyed, were free and open to...

...less than four days, and on July 26, 1866, the first general federal mining law, captioned "An Act granting the Right of Way to Ditch and Canal Owners over the Public Lands, and for Other Purposes," became law. Thus outwitted, Julian was enraged, and the bitterness had not subsided nearly two decades...

...of the Act of July 26, 1866, ch. 262, 14 Stat. 251, 253, entitled "An Act granting the Right-of-Way to Ditch and Canal Owners over the Public Lands, and for other Purposes." It was enacted as substantive law, as part of the first edition of the Revised Statutes, by the Act...

...subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the same. CHAP, coxxxv. A2f ACT to Amend "An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the pnblio lands, and for other purposes." ( Approved July 9, 1870. US Stats., v. 16, p. 217.) Be it enacted...

...had judgment in accordance with the prayer of complaint, under the acts of Congress entitled "An Act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands and for other purposes," approved July 26, 1866, and an act amendatory thereof, approved July 9, 1870. Such construction should...

...exploration by all citizens of the United States. LODE ACT Act of July 26, 1866. (14 Stat. 251) An Act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands and for other purposes. This Act declared that all mineral lands of the public domain are open to exploration and occupation....