Grass Valley telegraph., 1858-06-05
MINING LAWS

Fassea by the Miners Of Grass Valley July s., 1881
ARTICLE l. The Jurisdiction Of the following Low
shall extend over all quartz mines and quartz min
ing property within the Township Of Grass Valley tn
the County of Nevada and State Of California.
ART 2 Each proprietor or locator OF quarts
claim, shall hereafter be entitled IL claim hun
cred feet square, embracing all quartz hedges spurR
pay dirt or gravel that may be contained therein
and the discoyerer FIRST loeater or lead OF
quartz, pay dirt gravel shall be entitled to htId
an additional claim of the size and with the
same privileges.
ART g. Mo man shall by virtue of the pre-emp.
tfon privilege herein granted, hold luArts claims
nearer to each other than one half mile.
ART. i All quartz claims hereafter taken up Oh
located shall be surveyed by the County Surveyor Of
Nevada County said survey to be made from meri-
dian or base line to be established by the County Sur
veyor for that purpose, and Plat map OF tie
same with claimants names filed and recorded In
book kept for that purpose the office Of the County
Recorder of Nevada County.
ART. 5. The regularly elected County Recorder eT
Nevada County shall serve Recorder Of Mining
Claims for the district Or Township of Grass Valley
authenticatng his acts by the County Seal and his
fees for recording shall be the tie fees
for recording per folio.
ART. 6. Any person shall hereafter be entitled 70
hold one claim by ocatons provided in articles ID
and 4th of these Laws, and many more as he may
purchase in good faith for valuable consideration
fol which certificates of proprietorshp shs DC issued
by the County Recorder.
ART. I. The locator of a quartz claim shall define
his boundaries by stakes OF notices Oh the claim and
his claims surveyed and recorded provided foI In
| Article 4th Of these Laws.
ART. s. Work to the extent Of One Hundred Dol
lars in value, Twenty Days faithful labor shall be
performed by any person or company holding claim
or claims adjoining each other, not TO exceed Ten
In number, within thirty days from the date of re-
cording the same provided for in Article 4th and
the owner of claim, the duly authorized repre-
| sentative of company, making oath that such mon
| ey has been expended that such labor has been
performed shall be entitedto a certificate from the
County Recorder granting possession, and pre-emp-
ton title to said claim or claims for the space of
year from the date of recording the same and for
like of money, or amount OF labor expended or
performed within sixty days of each succeeding year.
duly acknowledged as herein Named snail entlte the
claimant, 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 In
Consistent with the laws of the United States.
If any person Or company more than the NUM-
Der of claims specified above the same prOportonste
amount of labor must be performed for each addit-
ional claim, or said claims are hereby abandoned
ART. 9. Any person or company holding Claims
under the existing laws regulao may re-iocete
and re cord their claims under the above "Eltten
laws provided however that they file tner oT1ginaI
records as evidence of ownership in the once OF the
County Recorder of Nevada County, su0eet 10 future
reference iu case there should be any neres1
ter in regard to boundaries or titles OF sao claams
Apr 10 No title to q quartz claim hereafter taken
m m nrrcba cod in the District of Grass Valley Town
sbin will be valid unless surveyed and recorded,
stated in article 4th of those Laws and all bills OF
sale, transfer, assignments OF interests In any
| Tnuntv Recorder of Nevada County, within thirty
| davs after the same has been made.
IRT II These laws shall besn full force and effect
on and after the 1st day OF August next, A. d. 1857
ART. IL. The County Quartz Laws heretofore en-.
listing and in force, hereby repealed and declared
void so far they apply TO the Township Of Grass
Valley.