The Placer herald., 1865-12-09
MINING LAWS.

| ed in the aggregate tor each claim of 200 feet
the sum of One Hundred Dollars..whrn such per
son or Company shall be deemed to have vcs-
ted ioht to such claim or claims. and the same
! shall not he deemed jumpablc. Propided. ho,c-
cre, if wit hin any one OF the above specified Pc
rods. such person or Company shall expend, in
addition to the above required sum TO hold good
such claim or claims. TO the further sum of one
/ or more ten dollars Tor each claim, then such
! rch claim or claims shall be held good there
after for period corresponding at said rate of
/ three months for each ten dollars expended for
each claim.
ART s. The Recorder shall keep two we'll
! bound bound books. each of which shall he pro-
vided with an ample index. In one of said hooks
the Recorder shall Immediately, upon the filing
of any and every notice OF location OF Il minnr
claim tor Gold. Silver. Copper other metal.
rec ord the same. and shall at time OF said fling
indcx such location by the name or designation
of such Company or claim. lie shall also in
dorsc on the back of each of said notices the
date and hour OF the day when the same shall lie
filed for reco,d and subscribe the same. He
shall also when recording said notices append to
each record to he subscribed by him certificate
| of the said date and hour Of filing and the name
OF he person presenting the same Tor record. and
| shall at the same time carry out in said index
the page or pages ot said book when said record
is made. In the other Of said books the Recor-
der shall in like manner index and record, and
certify the record OF every affidavit OF labor and
taking specal care to index he same by The same
name hv which the same is indcXcd and recorded
in the said first described book. And he shall in
| the manner first above described. as to Eo'iccs.
file each OF a1ilnvits. On the filing of said no.
tices and at1idavls the Recorder shall carefully
file the same away alphabetically. and the sun"
shall thereafter he thus carefully preserved in
his Office for reference. and shall BE- by him de
iverpd over to his successor in office for the like
purpose He shall also on demand AMI on the
payment of his fees therefor make and certify
| to any person a certificate of any notice atfi
d,vit on file in his Office. or OF these laws or
those hereby repealed. The Recorder shall in
no case be required 10 file for record any of said
notices of claims or tifidavits OF labor as herein
provided except upon the payment in coin of the
fees in full for such fling. recording and ccrtif-
cate pr, scrihcd hy these laws Provjded. that
the rights intended by the laws 10 he acquired or
secured by such record of such notice or afi IT.
vii shall lie deemed 10 relate TO the date OF sud
filing thereof. PrOrdcd. FURTHER. it shall I've
the imperative duty O! said Recorder to imme
diatcly file and record said notices and afr
davits presentation to him Tor those purDo
ses. whether he shall or sl, not have received
his fees ,herrtor. unless at the time OF stil pre-
seutation he shall have demanded said ices in adj
vance. The fees oi the Recorder for the srrv-
ces required ol him ly these laws. shall he fifty
cents for the recording oil each folio or less for
the body OF every instrument to he recorded: ten
cents for each name signed thereto; ten cents for
each indeXing: ten cents for each filing; and
ten cents for each certificate of record. He shall
also he ent led to receive for each certified COPY
OF any recorded or filed instrument. fifty cents
for each folio or less and ten cents for his certf
cate thereto.
ART 9. There shall be elected for said Dis.
tri~t Recorder annually on the first Saturday
of January. except that the first Recorder elect
ed under these laws shall hold his Office until the
first Saturday OF January. 1856, and he and his
! sh. kppn and of-
fee in the town OF Auburn. Ii shall be his luly
| annually to give at least one weeks notice be.
fore the first OF January. hy publication in the
| newspapers published in The town of Auburn of
ard election (-tating the time and place. to he
held to elect his successor. And on said elec.
lion the Recorder shall deliver TO his successor
all hooks and papers pr rtainine to his Office In
the case OF he Recorders DEATH or his removal
from the District. any % quartz miners of the
District. who havr signed these laws. may call a
meeting ut Auburn hy giving one weeks notice
! by publication or the purpose oil electing Re-
cOrd"r TO fill the unrXprrd term. Pr0Utded.
that from any canse the Recorder shall not have
given the s,i,l required notice. and said election
has noi been advertised TO be held. us last herein
provided. it shall be the duty OF the Recorder to
Immediately give the required noc. OF such
election for the uncypircd term being held over.
ART. 10. When at any time - or more b0na
fur qu;uiz miners. within this District. and who
OWN each not less than one Gold. Silver or Cop
per mining cldlm lHtrcn. SilitIl Sl9n ana present
TO the Recorder a written quest for the convo'
cation OF a meeting OF the Qu,rtz Miners of slil
District for the purpose Of changing any of these
laws or adding thereto. or both. it shall be the
duty OF the Recorder ton payment Of the n"crs-
s,ry cost OF ruhcaiion) to cause to he publish.
ed in the newspapers in th" town Of Auburn. for
the period ofiwo weeks notice signed by him.
setting !urih in substance said written request
(alM The time. whch shall not he les than tUo
days after the last pubIicion.) and the place OLA
general meeting OF the miners having claims
within said District. for the purpose of amen |.
ing or adding TO the laws regulating said mining
within the District: and except as the sIme may
be amended or added to as in this Article pro.
, vided these laws shall he and remain in full
force Prorided. that in case of The reluS, or
iailule OF the Recorder to cause such publication
of notice of such meeting within Il reasonable
time after the said request and pigment Of cost.
ETC. said miners signing the same may said
publication OF notice to be male. signel by
themselves. and said meeting may be held and
exercise the powers aiores lid.
ART. IL All former Laws regulating Gold
> Silver or Copper mining within this District, are
: hereby repealed. Pr0pidrd. however. that no
rights hercoiol acquired under The shall
be- in anyw,e affected hy said repeal but such
, , rights shall be detumnahle hy The terms Of the
laws undrr which they we're acqpircd; Prouilpd.
however. that in all case where rights o Il cl Tim
or claims less than vested right thereto. only.
have been acquired according TO the terms Of
said former laws. thrn the owner or owners
T. thereof snail cause atlidavis 10 he filed and re-
corded. as required hy these laAs. of the perlor
nance OF the remaining Labor etc. necessary (ac
coldng tc said former aws) to be done to perIi'ct
a vested right; and the period CT periods with
in which such atlidavits shall be filed and rrcor
dpd shall be the same within which (lccortling to
said former laws said labor. etc, are required to
be performed.
ART IL. All elections for Recorder shall be
!, by b,llot
ART l3. No person shall be entitled to take
part in the deliberations OF any Quartz Miners
Convention or meeting. called hy virtue Of these
laws. unless he b" IN owner of a claim or an in
trlrsl therein, and has signed the laws of the
, District.
f RECOMMENDATIONS is hereby earnestly
recommended by the Convention of Miners adopt