Grass Valley telegraph., 1858-05-22
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Passed by the Miners Of Grass Valley July G7 1867
ARTICLE !. The Jurisdiction Of the following law
shall extend over all quartz mines and Quartz min
ing property within the Township Of Grass Yailer In
the county of Nevada and State Of California.
ART. 2. Each proprietor or locator Of q cnert,
claln shall hereafter be entitled to a claim two hun
dred feet square, embracing all quartz ledges spurs
pay dirt OF gravel that may be contained therein
and the diScoterer first l0cagsr on vein or lead Of
quartz pay dirt gravel shall be entitled to hold
an addltonal claim OF tie same and with the
same privileges.
ART. g. Mo man shall, By virtue of the ere emp
ton privilege herein granted hold ,uartz claims
uearer to each other than one half mile
AIT All quartz claims hereafter taken up oF
located shall be surveyed by the County Surveyor os
dian or base line to be established by the County Sur
veyors for that purpoFe, and plat OF map Of the
same; with claimants names fled and recorded In
beck kept for that purpose the Office Of the County
Recorder Of Nevada County.
ART. s. The regularly elected County Recorder Of
Nevada County shall serve as Recorder Of Mining
Claims for the district or Township of Grass Valley
authentcating his acts by the County Seal and his
fees for recording shall be the The statute fees
for recording per folio.
ART 9. Any person shall hereafter be entitled to
hold one claim By location provided in articles I'd
and 4th Of these Laws, and many more as he may
purchase in good faith, for valuable consideration
fol- which certificates of propretorshp shsl be issued
by the County Recorder.
ART 7. The locator Of quartz claim shall define
his boundaries by stakes notices on the claim and
he Will be allowed thirty days from that time to have
his claims surveyed and recorded provided for in
Article 4th Of these Laws.
| ART. g. WuIk to the extent of One Hundred Hol-
lars in value Twenty Days faithful labor shall be
! performed by any person company holding claim.
or claims adjoining each other. not to exceed Ten
| IN number, within thirty days from the date of
cording the same provided for in Article 9TH and
| the owner of claim, the duly authorized repre-
| sentative Of company making oath that such mon
ey bas been expended, that such labor has been
performed shall be entitled to certificate from the
County Recorder granting possession and pre-emp-
ton title to said claim claims for the space of one
year from the date of recording the same, and for
| like sum of money amount of labor expended or
performed within sixty days of each succeeding year.
duly acknowledged herein named shall entite 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 in
| consietent with the laws of the United States.
Ii any person or company more than the num-
per OF CLAIMS specified above, the same proporfonate
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 or 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 future
reference III there should be any dispute herea
ter in regard to boundaries titles of said claims
ART TO- No title to O. quartz claim hereafter taken
ship 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 H. These laws shall ben full force and effect,
on and after the 1st day of August next, A D. 1857
| ART II. The County Quartz Laws heretofore ex-
void, SO far as they apply to the Township of Grass
| Valley