Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-12-28

! See .. Every person shall have the
privilege of the water to work his or
their claim on any tributary or creek.
Sec. : ANY person taking the water
from it, natural channel shall, when
reouire.i. h.. compelled 70 leave At least
one sluice head ui the water running
therein
Sec. .. Thirty square ilci,es Of run
ming water shall constitute a sluice-
head.
sec. 10. Oae hundred feet front and
running back In a straight line To the
sn,au.it Of any hill -hall constitute a
tunnel or hill claim.
Sec. IL. ANY person or company
u!.o NAV discover hill digging>. shall
H. euti;le-l t. one additional hill claim.
So IL ANY citizen NAV hold. ors
er,,t. Or, IsH AID or, rorss, eirisa.
Scc. l.. Whca two or more claims
Join together and are worked by COM
I.anis->. such COMPANIES can work sav
portion oi such claims - they NAV
dcem cxredient. and not forfeit tie
rest.
-. II. ANY person disabled by
sickneS, shall not forfeit hi- claim.
Sec. L.. Claims shall be distinctly
marked 10y notices at each end 81 the
bounds thereof, in the name of the
claimant. aud no more ground shall lie
deemed claimed than j. included in
such notices.
Sec. Ii. ANY person who wantrmly
shall haul down or destroy any motto"
on any mining claim or the laws of this
district. shall be fined in ANY SUM that
the miners court of inquiry may di-
rect.
Sec. II. No person who may hold n
mining claim shall forfeit said claim 10y
reason of being compelled TO leave
said district for provisions for himself
or company. provided he does not alb
sent himself for longer period than
twenty-five days.
Sec. Is. Any person or persons who
may have grievances to settle shall do
SO by arbitration, each party choosing
a person to settle the matter, and in
case they cannot agree, for the two ar
b:tors to choose third arbitor, ma
jority Of whom shall settle the differ
encc, and in case they do not settle the
matter, then call of q miners meeting,
who shall assemble and settle such mat
tiers as they may deem fit.
Sec. 10. There shall be recorder
of the mining district chosen, who shall
be paid two dollars and fifty cents for
recording each mining claim. The
recorder shall have custody of the
books and laws of this district. and
shall hold his office at the will of the
majority of the district.
Sec. 20. Every person holding min
ing claim shall have it recorded within
thirty days from the date of the pas
sage of these laws and from that time
all claims shall be recorded when taken
up.
Sec. 81. Every PERSONS name hold
ing mining claim shall appear on the
record.
Sec. 90. Any person having a claim
shall have it represented according to
law.
Sec. %. No transfer or sale of claim
shall be considered valid unless it APP
pears on the record, and the recorder
shall receive ttco dollars and .tfiy cents
for the transfer.
Sec. "a. These laws to be amended
hereafter at the option of the miners
and to take effect from and after their
passage.
Nj. MOORE. Ch'mn.
JOHN w. PARK, Scc'y.
At at meeting of the Miners held on
the 14th day Of April, 1861, to revise
the laws Of Orc Elmo District, the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted.
Sec. 25. That Rhodes creek be con-
sidcred within the bounds Of Orc Elmo
District.
Sec. 26. That Rhodes Creek be cnti-
tied to no more nor less privileges than
Orc Elmo Creek, in regard to mining
claims.
Sec. q. That the creek commonly
known as South Fork, he hereafter
considered the main Orc Elmo Creek.
Sec. %. That persons who are now.
or have been in this district, be entitled
TO hold mining claims for co-partncrs
who actually now by proof are on the
road to this mining district.
Sec. 90. That M resolution M passed at a
former meeting in n-gard to the complete ex-
clusion At the Chinese and Asissic races and
fhe South l'acific Ocean Islanders from thcsr
mines. b. conf nnsA
SEA. 20. That the preamble and resolutions
h-T-;ss's- passed in regard To the Pr,hibiiiuu
s.f the sale # whisky to the Indians. b~ con-
6rnsd.