The weekly Placer herald., 1853-10-15
Miners Meeting.

Cartwright & Pettygroves Saloon on the G5,h
September. 1853, notice having heeu previons
| iy given, u number Of miners appear ell s,A
appointed Mr. Ferguson. President, and Mr
Ewing, Secretary.
The president having stated the object Of
the meeting the following miners, Richasd.
son, Stevens and Smith were appointed ..
draft resolutions expressive Of the sense Of
the meeting.
ing adjourned to meet at the Golden Gate at
O'clock.
ADJOURNED MTETlTa.
| Meeting con nyencd agrees bic to adjourn.
ment The chairman not being present, Mr..
Richardson called the meeting to order and
moved that MIR. lloxie be elected President.
which was carried
On motion Of Mr.. Preston, the committee
reported the following resolutions:
| In order that the mining community in'the
| vicinity Of Yankee Jim's may proceed with
more certainty in their mining operations,
and with less fear of embarrassment fron
ditch companies and water monopolies. the
following resolutions are hereby adopted,
to it:
l. Resolved, That ditch companies are no.
thing more than water carriers, and that
their right to take Nater from any canon ex.
tends only 20 the surplus water, if their 10
any, over and above the wants of tho com.
munity that are or may be located within
that canon.
Resoived. That the water in each canon
belongs to the mineral and other lands loca.
ted within said canon
3. Resoired, That all lands located 10.
tween the center Of the current flowing thro'
any canon and the summit OF the dividing
ridge between it and any other canon. are
considered by these resolutions located within
said canon.
Resolved, That whenever an American
citizen locates himself within any canon, on
any Of the lands as above described, between
the center of the water channel and the sum.
NIT of the dividing ridge, for mining, pros
pecting, or other purposes, he has an un-
doubted right and shall be sustained by this
community, in taking from tho current OF
water flowing through the canon in which he
3 located, MI the water required by his le
gitmate business in preference to any man,
or set OF men, ditch company or otherwise.
who has had, has now. or may have a ditch
connected with the current Of water flowing
through said canon, running il over divide,
through an artificial! channel. into and of
through any other canon-thus diverting the
current of water entirely from the ditch or
channel which nature has dug or fixed for it,
mus rOuBlNH tne !anuS OF u DeQcuI HnlCO th8
laws of nature secures to them and the set.
tiers thereon Of "a benefit which the God OF ns-
ture deslg-,e3 them TO enjoy.
s. Res0i%sd That all persons in one canon.
who want water from another canon. must
content themse veg with the snrp!usage leav.
ing the lands and settlers iO each canon 20
enjoy their own rights, privileges and bene-
fits OF water unmoested
We, the committee. respectfully report tbs
above resolutions.
1oHy 1tH4Ex SrHrnH!. T!eHsEDS0S c.c.
J. y. SMITH,
The above resolutions werr slop,-d hv a
unanimous yote y motion n.ade all!
carried that the said resolu tions be posted uy.
agreeable 10 the stipulations o! the law ia
order shat they might be adopted AN y rule of
action and added to the Laws reviousiy
adopted by the miners Of this vcinity
The MEETING adjourned to meet again at
the Golden Cat Oh the evening Of the I'd Of
October, 1853. ABNEk lUXIS, Pres.
JOSHUA EWING, Sec.
ADJOURNED MEETING.
The meeting met pursuant 10 adjouramebs
due public notice having been gwen.
The President called the meeting to order
The proceedings Of the former meeting 1eIs
read ny the >ecret'ry. The resolutions re-
ported b, the committee appointed for thaS
purpose and adopted by the preliminary
meeting, having been distinctly rend and laid
before the neeting were then passed into
law by the following resolutions, to-wit:
RFsoiue4, That the above resolutions be
unanimously adopted as a rule OF action; and
that they be added to the laws previously
adopted by the miners Of this vcnity-thus
becoming part of the code by which we sret TO
be governed.
RESOLVED, That all laws or customs pre-
viously adopted or practices conflicting with
these resolutions are hereby annulled
Resolved, That this law 20 into effect ON
| the Sd day of October, . d. 1858.
Be 1t further Resoiped, That we as q part
of the mining and laboring community feel in
duty bound to use every lawful and fair
means that in US lie to protect our own legal
| rights, to suppress monopoly, and to promote
the mining mercantile and every other lawful
| pursuit of industry, hoping ever to be led by
the unerring hand Of n kind Providence.
| kesolued, That we tender to Mr.. Whit
comb the proprietor of the Golden Gate, our
most hearty and sincere thanks for the use Of
his house for this and other previous meetings.
On motion of Mr.. Richardson, the chair ap-
pointed Messrs. smith, Richardson and Gre.
nard rs a Committee of Vigilance to call
meetings. hold correspondence, cto ..
On motion Of Mr.. Ferril the meeting ad--
| journed ABNER HoxIE, Pres.
JOSHUA EWING, Sec