Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1863-12-19
BANNoCK MINING DISTRICT.

At a meeting of the claim holders of Bannock
Bar and Elk creek pursuant to call III the lmme~
diate vicinity Of B4nnock city on the 18th of Dec.
A. D. 1863, at 2 P. VI. On motion, Geo. l. Gilbert
was called to the chair al C.. D. Vain elected
Secretary The following code OF laws were ia
ken up by sections and passed.
ARTICLE lst This district shall be known as
Bannock District and shall extend from point on
Elk creek opposite the mouth of Bear Run, one
half a mile more or less down said creek to the
east by Moores creek District, No. A. north by
Elk creek District, and south and west by Buena
Vista District.
ART. Chinese shall not be permitted to work
in the mines Of this district.
ART. All American citizens may hold by IOca-
ton four m;niug claims, viz: One creek claim one
guloh cllim, one hill cIlm and one bar claim.
Greek claims shall extend Two hundred feet up
and down the creek and from bank to bank to the
base line OF the bar or hill opposite. Gulch claims
shall be two hundred feet up and down the gulch
and extend one hundred feet each side from the
apparent center. Bar claims shall be two hun
dred feet front running back to the hill. Hill
claims shall be Que hundred feet front, and extend
0ack to the summit.
Claims shall be located by distinctly mark
ing the front or upper and lower bounda-
ries thereof by stakes.
There shall be u recorder Of the district who
shall hold bis Office one year and until his success
or snail be elected whose duty it shall be to record
all locations and transfers of claims for which he
shall be entitled to one dollar for each claim.
Z All claims hereafter located OF transferred
shall be recorded within ten days from the day of
location or sale.
No claim hereafter recorded or heretofore re-
corded IN the records OF the Sd district shall he
considered forfeited for want of representation or
work thereon between the first day of December
and the hrsI day OF April Of each year, that be
tween the first day Of April aud the first dav of
December Of each year, all claims shall be worked
at least one day III seven, otherwise they sha be
considered abandoned, and subject to be relOca-
ton; provided, however the previous owner
or occupant shall resume WORK in said claim or
claims Wltmn seven days from the date of said re-
location ms right and title to the claim shall res
main perfect as before, and such relocation shall
I've OF no erect; and no record of a claim relocated
as aforesaid shall be made within eight days from
the date of location.
NO person disabled by sickness shall forfeit
ms CIa inns IoI want of representatiOn.
IO When two or more claims Join together work
done upon any portion Of them shall be deemed
good representation of all the claims for the pur-
pose of holding the same.
IL All miners meetings shall be called at the
request of one half of the claim owners in the
district, and by giving five days notice thereof.
II Every person shall have the privilege of a
draln-race through any claim or claims.
IL All claims previously located and laid over
shall be recorded in the records of this district
within twenty days from the first day of Decem-
Der of each year
IL All other laws in conflict herewith are here
ny repeated so far as they relate to tile mining in
terests Of this district.
~, On MOTION z. D. Vain was unanimously elect
ed recorder for this district.
4 AZ. h9CoFoer was requested to have these laws
published in the Boise News, laws
On M 9lomon Q. D. Vajen was requested to keep
Inc old records of che Sd district IN his possesI
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
G.l. GILBERT, Chairman.
C. D. VAJEN, Secretary.