The Nevada journal., 1854-09-22
Miners Meeting.


CREEK, held on Monday Sept 18th, 1854, the
following Laws we're adopted
| Art l. This district shall be known by the
name Of Mosquito Greek Mining District"
and is bounded as follows Commencing at
the mouth of Mosquito creek, thence running
up the creek to the head-including all the
ground from hill to hill on each side of the creek
Art. 2. Each miner in this district may
hold one sluice claim by location. and as many
more as he has, or may hereafter purchase,
provided he has bona fde bill of sale.
Art 8 All Claims shall be sixty feet up
and down the creek, extending from hill to hill.
Art 4. No person or persons, title shall
hold good on mining claims in this district
unless the following rules are complied with ::
| First, if the said claim or claims held by any
person Or persons can be worked to advantage
| the owner shall do one full days work in every
| ten days upon the same. Secondly, if the
| claims of any person Or persons cannot be
| worked to advantage. On account of draining
or any other cause, the person or persons own
ing the said claims may take a stay upon them
IN the following manner, viz He shall fur
nlsh tse Recorder of the district with de-
| scription of the said mining lot, and where the
same is located, and the reason of Wishing to
take O stay upon them; the Recorder shall
record the same in book to be kept by him
for that purpose, and give to the owner or
owners Of the said lot Is certificate Of the same,
with the length Of time for which the stay has
been taken which said stay shall in no case be
granted for more than three months at one
time the same may be renewed at the cxpira-
ton of the time for which the stay was taken,
that is if the impracticablity Of working the
oboll r3; Isl he
taking the stay for mining lots shall pay to the
Recorder the sum Of 81 for each lot of claims
by him recorded and a certificate of stay.
Art. 5. Work done upon cne lot Of claims
where lots adjoining each other or upon drain
bitches or other necessary labor for the puy-
pose of working claims shall be the same as
working on oil the claims held BY any person
or persons,
Art. s. There shall be q Recorder elected
by the miners of said district whose term Of
o1ice shall be one year from date Of his cleo
tlon. His duty shall be to record Claims and
give a certificate Of the same that are presented
to him foC the purpose of taking o stay upon
them
Art. 7. All water running in lts natural
channel belongs to the miners on said channel
each miner having right to use the same on
his own ground but shall not be allowed to
dam the same on his ground so as to overflow
the ground Of another, who may have claims
above him.
Art. s. That all companies shall have right
to drain through claims below them by paying
damages if any are sustained.
Art. 9. All disputes and difficulties between
miners for ownership of mining ground, or for
damage done, in all or every case where suit
at law might arise respecting mining interests
shall be settled by arbitration, each party TO
choose two men and the four to choose the
fifth arbitrator
Art. 10. No fees shall be paid to arbitra-
tors OF witnesses for services as per Art. 9.
Art. II. If either party are dissatisfied at
the decision of any arbitration they may take
an appeal before the Recorder of this district,
he shall make out list of twelve miners Of the
district giving each party privilege of eras-
ing three names, the remaining shall constitute
jury for the trial of the case whose decision
shall be final.
Art. IL. II the number of the persons for
the jury cannot be had in the district any
other persons may fll the vacancies that the
parties may agree on.
Art. 49, 1t shall be the duty Of the Recor-
der when an appeal comes before him to swear
the jury and the witnesses for the said trial.
Art. IA. 1t shall be the duty of witnesses and
jurors to appear before the Recorder on beiug
verbally notified by either party in the suit
Art, Is. Each party to any suit before the
Recorder shall pay their own witnesses in the