relating to mineral lands," approved March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. 487), may be entered under the homestead laws of the United States subject to the provisions, terms, conditions, and limitations prescribed in the act entitled "An act to provide for agricultural entries on coal lands," approved June 22, 1910 (36 Stat. 583).

37 STAT. 105, APRIL 30, 1912.

COAL LANDS-SALE-COAL RESERVED.

AN ACT To supplement the Act of June 22, 1910 (36 Stat. 583), entitled "An act to provide for agricultural entries on coal lands."

Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the passage of this act unreserved public lands of the United States, exclusive of Alaska, which have been withdrawn or classified as coal lands or are valuable for coal shall, in addition to the classes of entries or filings described in the act of Congress approved June 22, 1910 (36 Stat. 583), entitled "An act to provide for agricultural entries on coal lands," be subject to selection by the several States within whose limits the lands are situate, under grants made by Congress, and to disposition, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, under the laws providing for the sale of isolated or disconnected tracts of public lands, but there shall be a reservation to the United States of the coal in all such lands so selected or sold and of the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same in accordance with the provisions of said act of June 22, 1910, and such lands shall be subject to all the conditions and limitations of said act.

A. COAL LANDS—AGRICULTURAL ENTRIES.

1. SELECTIONS ON LANDS WITHDRAWN-RESERVATIONS OF COAL. 2. NONCOAL PURCHASER OF SURFACE-RESERVATIONS IN PATENT. 3. SELECTIONS BY STATES-VESTED RIGHTS.

4. APPLICATION FOR PURCHASE-FORM AND SUFFICIENCY.

1. SELECTIONS ON LANDS WITHDRAWN RESERVATIONS OF COAL. This act extended the operation of the act of June 22, 1910 (36 Stat. 583), and the selections provided for may be made upon lands which have been withdrawn or classified as coal lands or are valuable for coal, but the patents issued therefor must contain a reservation of the coal and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same. Wyoming, In re, 41 L. D. 19, p. 20.

Selections offered and pending at the date of the passage of this act may, in the absence of intervening adverse rights, be allowed and accepted as of the date of the act. Wyoming, In re, 41 L. D. 19, p. 21.

2. NONCOAL PURCHASER OF SURFACE- -RESERVATIONS IN PATENT. The noncoal purchaser's consent to the reservation of the coal in the land to the United States is not required, but the cash certificate must state that the "patent to contain provisions, reservations, additions, and limitations of act of June 22, 1910 (36 Stat. 583)" and the patent itself must recite: "Excepting and reserving, however, to the United States all the coal in the lands so patented, and to it, or persons authorized by it, the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the coal from the same upon com

pliance with the conditions and subject to the provisions and limitations of the act of June 22, 1910 (36 Stat. 583).”

Isolated Tracts Coal Lands, In re, 41 L. D. 448, p. 449.
Isolated Tracts Coal Lands, In re, 41 L. D. 501, p. 502.

3. SELECTIONS BY STATES- -VESTED RIGHTS.

The tender or filing of a school land indemnity selection by a State in lieu of lands lost by it constitutes a mere offer of exchange, but confers no vested right upon the selector and does not prevent the taking or withholding of the land by the United States for public uses or purposes and the right of the State does not vest until acceptance and approval of offer of exchange by the Secretary of the Interior. Wyoming, In re, 41 L. D. 19, p. 20.

4. APPLICATION FOR PURCHASE-FORM AND SUFFICIENCY.

An application to have coal land offered at public sale must bear on its face the notation: "Application made in accordance with and subject to the provisions and reservations of the act of June 22, 1910 (36 Stat. 583)."

Isolated Tracts Coal Lands, In re, 41 L. D. 448.
Isolated Tracts Coal Lands, In re, 41 L. D. 501.

36 STAT. 1349, CHAP. 254, MARCH 4, 1911.

COAL RESERVED-PRIVATE PATENT.

AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent to David Eddington covering homestead entry.

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause patent to issue to David Eddington for the northwest quarter of section 20 in township 5 north, range 5 east, Salt Lake meridian, in the Salt Lake land district, Utah, upon proof of compliance with the homestead laws in the matter of residence and cultivation: Provided, That the patent which shall issue to the said David Eddington shall reserve the coal to the Government under the act of March 3, 1909.

V. TRANSPORTATION-EXPORTS-TESTING.

37 STAT. 328, P. 338, AUGUST 23, 1912.

COAL-TRANSPORTATION AND DEPOTS-NAVAL SERVICE.

AN ACT Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913.

Be it enacted, etc., That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Government for the year ending June 30, 1913, etc.

COAL AND TRANSPORTATION: Coal and other fuel for steamers' and ships' use, and other equipment purposes, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling the same, and for the general maintenance of naval coaling depots and coaling plants, water for all purposes on board naval vessels, including the expenses of transportation and storage of the same, $4,000,000.

DEPOTS FOR COAL: To enable the Secretary of the Navy to execute the provisions of section 1552 of the Revised Statutes, authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to establish, at such places as he may deem necessary, suitable depots for coal and other fuel for the supply of steamships of war, $500,000. That $75,000 of said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the survey and investigation by experimental test of coal in Alaska for use on board ships of the United States Navy and for report upon coal and coal fields available for the production of coal for the use of the ships of the United States Navy or any vessel of the United States, and $345,000 of said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for the coaling station and fuel station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

37 STAT. 630, MARCH 14, 1912.

COAL EXPORTS.

JOINT RESOLUTION To amend the joint resolution to prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war from any seaport of the United States.

Resolved, etc., That the joint resolution to prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war from any seaport of the United States, approved April 22, 1898 (30 Stat. 739), be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows:

That whenever the President shall find that in any American country conditions of domestic violence exist which are promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States, and shall make proclamation thereof, it shall be unlawful to export except under such limitations and exceptions as the President shall prescribe any arms or munitions of war from any place in the United States to such country until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress.

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SEC. 2. That any shipment of material hereby declared unlawful after such a proclamation shall be punishable by fine not exceeding $10,000, or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both.

COAL TESTING ACTS-APPROPRIATIONS FROM 1904 TO 1910.

33 STAT. 15, p. 33, FEBRUARY 18, 1904.

AN ACT Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted, etc.

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For analyzing and testing at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition the coals and lignites of the United States in order to determine their fuel values and the most economic method for their utilization for different purposes, under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, $30,000, to be available until expended: Provided, That all testing machinery and all coal and lignites to be tested shall be contributed without charge to the Gov

ernment.

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33 STAT. 394, p. 412, APRIL 27, 1904.

For additional amount for analyzing and testing at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition the coals and lignites of the United States in order to determine their fuel values and the most economic method for their utilization for different purposes, under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, $40,000, to be available until expended.

33 STAT. 602, p. 603, JANUARY 5, 1905.

For the continuation of the analyzing and testing of the coals and lignites of the United States, in order to determine their fuel values and most economic method for their utilization for different purposes, and for the purchase or rental of such additional equipment as is necessary for the proper conduct of the work, under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, $25,000, to be available until expended.

33 STAT. 1156, p. 1187, MARCH 3, 1905.

For the continuation and completion on or before July 1, 1906, of the analyzing and testing of the coals, lignites, and other fuel substances of the United States, in order to determine their fuel values, etc., under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, to be immediately available, $202,000.

34 STAT. 697, p. 728, JUNE 30, 1906.

For the continuation of the analyzing and testing of the coals, lignites, and other mineral fuel substances belonging to the United States, in order to determine their fuel value, etc., under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, to be immediately available, $250,000: Provided, That in examinations, hereby authorized, of fuel materials for the use of the Government

of the United States, or for the purpose of increasing the general efficiency or available supply of the fuel resources in the United States, the Director of the Geological Survey may have the necessary materials collected from any part of the United States where they represent extensive deposits; and it shall be the duty of the Director of the Geological Survey to have examined, without charge, the fuels required for use by the Government of the United States, and to give these examinations preference over other work: Provided further, That in publishing the results of these investigations, the materials examined shall not be credited to any private party or corporation, but shall be collected and described as representing such extensive deposits.

34 STAT. 1295, p. 1335, MARCH 4, 1907.

For the continuation of the analyzing and testing of the coals, lignites, and other mineral fuel substances belonging to the United States, in order to determine their fuel value, etc., under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, $250,000.

35 STAT. 317, p. 349, MAY 27, 1908.

For the continuation of the analyzing and testing of the coals, lignites, and other mineral fuel substances belonging to the United States, in order to determine their fuel value, etc., under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, $250,000: Provided, That in examinations, hereby authorized, of fuel materials for the use of the Government of the United States, or for the purpose of increasing the general efficiency or available supply of the fuel resources in the United States, the Director of the Geological Survey may have the necessary materials collected from any part of the United States where they represent extensive deposits; and it shall be the duty of the Director of the Geological Survey to have examined, without charge, the fuels required for use by the Government of the United States, and to give these examinations preference over other work: Provided further, That in publishing the results of these investigations, the materials examined shall not be credited to any private party or corporation, but shall be collected and described as representing such extensive deposits: And provided further, That all investigations hereunder commenced or undertaken shall be completed and fully reported on prior to the first day of July, 1909, and all investigations and work now in progress under appropriations heretofore made for the purposes mentioned in this paragraph shall also be completed and finally reported on before the close of the fiscal year 1909.

35 STAT. 945, p. 989, MARCH 4, 1909.

For the continuation of the analyzing and testing of coals, lignites, and the other mineral fuel substances belonging to or for the use of the United States, in order to determine their fuel value, etc., under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, $100,000.

For appropriations since 1910, see Bureau of Mines, p. 921.