The Placer herald., 1866-03-03
MINING Laws.

held to elect his successor. And on said elcc.
tion the Recorder shall deliver to his successor
all books and papers pertaining to his office. In
the case Of the Recorders DEATH Or his removal
from the District, any rs quartz miners of the
District, who have signed these laws, may cali !,
meeting at Auburn by giving one weeks notice
by publication, for the purpose of electing Re-
corder to fill the unexpired term. PROVIDED.
that from any cause the Recorder shall not have
given the said required notice. and said elcct;on
has not been advertised to be held rs last herein
provided, it shall be the duty Of the Recorder to
Immediately give the required notice of snch
election for the unexprcd term being held over.
ART. 10. When at any time 25 or more hmm
fde quartz miners, within this District. and Who
own each not less than one Gold, Silver. or ron.
per mining claim therein, shall sign and nresept
to the Recorder a written request for the convo.
cation of meeting Of the Quartz Miners Of so;a
District for the purpose of chan ging any of thcse
laws, or adding thereto or both, it shall be the
duty Of the Recorder (on payment of the nccc,.
sary cost Of publication to cause to be publish
ed in the newspapers in the town of Auburn for
the period oftwo weeks a notice signed by him
setting Forth in substance said written reouest
(and the time, which shall not be less than ty,o
days after the last pubcation,) and the place of n
general meeting Of the miners having claims
within said District, for the purpose Of amend
ing or adding to the laws regulating said mining
within the District; and except as the same NAV
be amended or added to, as in this Article pro-
vided, these laws shall be and remain in fuls
force; Pr0oided, that in case of the refusal or
failure OF the Recorder to cause such publication
of notice of such meeting within a reasonable
time after the said request and payment of cost.
etc.. said miners signing the same may cause said
publication OF notice TO be made, signed by
themselves, and said meeting may be held and
exercise the powers aforesaid.
ART. IL. All former laws regulating Gold.
Silver or Copper mining within this District, arc
lInI Io<y
rights heretofore acquired under the same shall
be in anywse affected by said repeal but such
rights shall be detcrminabe by the terms of the
laws under which they were acquired; Provided,
however. that in all cases where rights to claim
or claims less than vested ri ght thereto, only,
have been acquired according to the terms Of
said former laws, then the owner or owners
thereof shall cause afidavits TO be filed and re-
corded, required by these laws, of the perfor-
nance of the remaining labor. etc, necessary (ac-
cording tC said former laws) to be done to perfect
a vested right; and the period or periods With
in which such affidavits shall be filed and Yecor-
ded shall be the same within which (accOrdng to
said former laws) said labor, etc, required to
be performed.
ART. IL. All elections for Recorder shall be
by ballot.
ART. 49, No person shall be entitled to take
part in the deliberations of any Quartz Miners
Convention or meeting called by virtue Of these
laws, unless he be an owner of a claim or an in
terest therein and has signed the laws Of the
District
RECOMMENDATIONS is hereby earnestly
recommended by the Convention OF Miners adopt
ing the foregoing laws, in view OF the loss Of u
part of the old record Of claims. and the imper-
iections of many others, and to the end that the
mining public may be enlightened to the nature
and extent Of existing claims, and for the avoid
ance of disputes and litigation that in all cases
whatever old claims should be, by the owners
thereof caused to be re recorded in conformity
with these laws. And in case of claim by them
Of having acquired vested rights, by full compli-
ance with the requirements of pre-existing laws,
for that purpose. then that affidavits shonM be
filed and recorded as provided in the foregoing
laws, setting forth the facts constituting such
complete compliance And with view to the
successful development of mining claims in this
District, it is further recommended that all COM
panies of two or more persons locating claims
therein, should organized the same in conformity
with the provisions of an Act of the Legislature
Of this State, "Approved April 4th, 1864" entl-
tied 'An Act concerning Partnerships for Mn-
ing Purposes