Grass Valley telegraph., 1858-06-19
MINING LAWS

ed by the Miners OF Grass valley July 81 Ikk7
ARTICLE l. The Jurisdiction Of the fsilowine Law
snail extend oyeI all quartz mines and quarts min
the County OF Nevada and State of California
&RT. 2. Each proprietor or locator of a quartz
claim, shaHhereafter be entitled to a claim two hun
Sred feet square, embracing all quartz ledges spurs
pay dirt or gravel that may be contained therein
and the discoverer first locator or lead Of
quartz pay dirt or gravel shall be entitled to hold
an additional claim of the same siEs and with tie
same privileges.
ART. 8. Mo man shall, by virtue Of the pre- emp
ton privilege herein granted, hold quarts claiuas
rearer to each other than one half mile.
ART 4. All quartz claims hereafter taken CD, ar
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 a plat or map Of the
same, with claimants names filed and recorded In q
book kept for that purpose, the Office OF the County
Recorder of Nevada County.
ART. 5. The regularly elected County Resor6es Il
Nevada County shall serve as Recorder Of Minin0
Claims for the district or Township of Grass VALLEY
authenticating his acts by the County Seal and his
fees for recording shall be the the statute fees
for recording per folio.
ART. 6. Any person shall hereafter be entitled 10
hold one claim by location provided in articles I'd
and 4th OF these Laws, and many mere as he may
purchase in good faith, for valuable consideration
fol which certificates of proprietorship shsl be issued
by the County Recorder.
ART. T. The locator of a quarts claim shall define
his boundaries by stakes notices the claim and
he will be allowed thirty days from that time to have
his claims surveyed and recorded as provided for "a
Article 4th Of these Laws.
ART. 8. WvIk to the extent Of One Hundred Doll
lars in value Twenty Days faithful labor shall b.
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 ana
the owner of claim, the duly authorized repre-
sentative of company, making oath that such mon
ey has been expended, or 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
year from 'he date of recording the same, and for
like sum OF money or amount of labor expended or
performed within sixty DAYS Of each succeeding year,
duly acknowledged herein named shall entitle the
ship from year to year, under these laws prov dea
that nothing in these articles shall be at any time In
Consistent with the laws of the United States.
| If any person or company own more than the mum.
Der of claims specified above the same proportiOnatO
amount OF labor must be performed Tor each aodtt-
ional claim, or said claims are hereby abandoned.
ART. 9. 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 evidence of ownership in the Office of the
County Recorder of Nevada County subject 10 utura
reference i'll there should be any dispute hereaR
ter in regard to boundaries titles of said claims
ART To- No title to quartz claim hereafter taken
up or purchased in the District of Grass Valley Town.
shin will be valid unless surveyed and recorded a
stated in article 4th of those Laws and all bills Of
sale, transfer, assignments of interests in any
quartz claim shall be recorded in the books of the
| County Recorder of Nevada County, within thtrtv
1 days after the same has been made.
ART. IL. These laws shall ben full force and effect
on and after the LIST day of August next, A. D. 1857
| ART. IL. The County Quartz Laws heretofore ex
listing and in force are hereby repealed and declare
void so far they spply to the Township Of Grsss
Valley.