Grass Valley telegraph., 1857-12-26
MINING LAwS
Passed by the Miners Of Grass rana. IL =.

raised by the Miners of Grass Valley. Jp1v 81 ,ssy
ARTICLE l. The Jurisdiction of the follow;,,
shall extend over all quartz mines and onarf, 49,;
s property within the Township Of Grass VALLEY in
the county OF Nevada and State of California -
ART. 2 Each proprietor or locator of *
claim, shall hereafter be entitled to claim t,v6 80
dred teet square, embracing all quartz ledqes snnra
pay dlrt or gravel that may be contained therein
anu Inc olscoverer or first locator or lead of
quartz pay olrt or gravel, shall be entitled to hold
an additional claim of the same size and with fhs
same privileges.
ART g. Mo man shall, by virtue Of the pre-emp.
Ilon privilege herein granted, hold luartz claim.
nearer TO each other than one half mile
ART. 4. All quartz claims hereafter taken pr ar
ocated shall be surveyed by the County Surveyor Of
Nevada Gounty said survey to be made from neri
oln or oase line to be established by the County Sur.
e, iI loI 'hat purpose and plat map of tbe
same, with Claimants names filed and recorded in
oook kept for that purpose IN the Office of the nnt
recorder Of Nevada County -
ART 5. The regularly elected County Fscordar IF
Nevada County shall serve as Recorder of Mir;n.
@ olalms TOR the District Township of Grass VALLEY
authenucatlng his acts by the County Seal and his
ices 1or recording shall be the same as the statute
1or recording per folio.
Al Art Q. Any person shall hereafter be entitled to
o!u one CLAIM by location provided in articles I'd
ana 4th OF these Laws and as many more as he n,sv
purchase in good faith for valuable considers tion
Io winch certificates of proprietorship shs be issued
by the County Recorder.
-. = AHe locator OF quartz claim shall define
llS oouhaarleS by stakes notices the claim and
ne VIII be allowed thirty days from that time to have
MS clams surveyed and recorded as provided for in
Article 18th OF these Laws
ART s. Wurk to the extent of One Hundred nol.
Iars IN value or Twenty Days faithful labor shall ba
performed by any person company holding claim
or claims adjoining each other, not to exceed Ten
III number within thirty days from the dale of re-
cordng the same, provided for in Article 4th and
the owner of a claim, or the duly authorized repre-
sentative OF company making oath that such mon
ey mas been expended, that such labor has been
performed shall be entitled to certificate from the
county Recorder granting possession and pre- emp
tlon title to said claim claims for the space of
year from The date of recording the same and for
hike sum OF money, or amount of labor expended or
performed within sixty DAYS of each succeeding year
duly acknowledged herein named, shall enttle the
claimant or company to like certificate of owner
ship from year to year. under these laws provided
that nothing in these articles shall be at any time
consietent with the laws of the United States.
Ii any person or company own more than the mum.
Der of claims specified above the proportionats
amount of labor must be performed for each addit-
lonal claim, or said claims are hereby abandoned.
ART. y. ANY person or company holding claims
under the existing laws regulations, may relocate
and record their claims under the above written
laws, provided, however, that they file their original
records as evidence of ownership in the office OF the
County Recorder of Nevada County subject 10 future
reference u there should be any dispute hereaf
ter IN regard to boundaries titles of said claims
ART 10. No title to quartz claim hereafter taken
up or pureha. ed in the District of Grass valley Town
slip will be valid unless surveyed and recorded as
stated in article 4th of those Laws and all bills OF
SALE transfer, or assignments of interests IN any
quartz claim shall be recorded in the books of the
County Recorder of Nevada County, within thirty
days after the same has been made.
ART IL. These laws shall be in full force ana enect
and after the 1st day of August next, A. d. 1857.
ART II. The County Quartz Laws heretofore ex.
void, for they apply to the Township of-Gras
Valley s