The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-01-14

assigns PROVIDED thhC WttulH SIX mohtAS
from and after the date of recording, he or
they shall perform, or cause to be performed
thereon, work amounting in value to. one
hundred dollars for each claim of two hund-
red feet
3 Z. Any person or persous holding quartz
claims in pursuance of the provisions of this
Act, shall renew the notice required in sec
tions three and four of this Act, at least
once in twelve MONTHS and perform fifty dol
lars worth of work annually, for such claim
so located and held.
8. Any person or persons desiring to
preserve and perpetuate testimony as to the
suf6ciency of the amount of work done on
any claim or claims, to entitle him or them TO
hold them as real estate, according to the
provisions of section six of this Act, may
take two disinterested persons to view such
work who shall carefully examine the same
Immediately after which they shall go before
the County Recorder, or some magistrate in
the county, and take (and) subscribe an afi-
davit containing: First. description of the
location of the claim or claims on which the
work is performed, the character and value
of such work, and the date when they re-
viewed the same, which affidavit shall be filed
by the County Recorder, and carefully pre-
served Such affidavlts or certified copies OF
the same, under the certificate and seal Of the
County Recorder, who has the custody of the
original affidavit or affidavits, shall, in any
court in this Territory, be prima taca evi-
dence of the character and the amount of
labor performed on the claim or claims which
are described in such afidavitor affidavits.
g. Conveyances of quartz claims shall
require the same formalitieS, and shall be
| = - oeo
the transfer and conveyance of real estate.
; 10. All claims heretofore taken up or
located jointly, in a manner similar to that
now permitted by section four Of this Act
shall be considered, and the same are hereby
mace valid and sufficient in law.
H. All tunnels which may be run into
any hill or mountain, for the purpose of dis
covering and working mineral bearing quartz
lodes, commonly termed "blind lodes, shall
be entitled 10 hold five hundredfeet each way
| from the line of tunnel on said lode or lodes
so discovered. They shall also be entitled to
one thousand feet square at the entrance, or
entrances, of said tunnel, or tunnels for
building dumping, or other purposes deemed
necessary The manner of locating such
tunnel rights shall be the same as prescribed
for the location of quartz claims, in this Act,
ana shall be held in accordance with the pre- :
visions Of section six Of this Act, except that
the amount of work to be performed sha be
FIVE hundred dollars and in case Of failure
to comply with such provisions, the right or
claim shall be considered vacated, and shall
not be relocated by the same parties. Moth
ing in this section shall be so construed as to
give any tunnel company the right to work
any lode discovered and located by other
parties prior to their discovering the same,
unless such claims are forfeited from non
compliance with the law.
l2. That the Act entitled An Act re-
lating to the discovery of gold and silver
quartz leads, and of the manner of their To-
cation, approved February.4th, 1864, be and
the same is hereby repealed.
l3 This Act to take effect on and after
its approval by the Governor
Passed the House of Representatives No
vember 29th, 1864. ALEX. BLAKELY,
i Speaker House Representatives.
i Passed the Council Dec 9th, 1854.
i JOHN CUMMINs,
/ President of the Council.
i Approved Dec. 18th, A. D. 1864:
CALEB LYON OF LYONSDALE,
The Governor of Idaho