The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
MINING LAWS.

held to elect his successor. And on so;d o,..
tion the Recorder shall deliver to his sncceas~-
all books and papers pertaining to bis ONCE n
the case of the Recorders death, or bis removal
from the District, any rs quartz miners of tha
District, who have signed these laws, NAV c.iI =
meeting at Auburn by giving one weeks notice
by publication, for the purpose of electinr re-.
corder to fill the unexpired term. Proy,dsJ
that from any cause the Recorder shall not hovn
given the said required notice, and said elcction
has not been advertised to be held as Inst herein
provided, it shall be the duty Of the Recorle. ~
Immediately give the required notice of sncH
election for the unexpired term being held oyer
ART. 10. When ut any time rs or mora, ho.,.
fde quartz miners, within this District md ~.
own each not less than one Gold, Silver. Or f:nn'
per mining claim therein, shall sign and nresop.
to the Recorder written request for the convo.
cation Of meeting Of the Quartz Miners ~ ..;s
District for the purpose of chang gng any Of tho.o
laws or adding thereto, or both, it shall be The
duty OF the Recorder (On payment of tho no.a.
sary cost Of publicatiOn) to cause to he nnhtS.h
ed in the newspapers in the town of Auburn nv
the period oftwo weeks n notice signed bv rim
setting forth in substance said written REQUEST
(and the time. which shall not be less than t1,"
days after the last publication and the nlace NJ.
general meeting OF the miners having claim.
within said District, for the purpose of omnnJ.
ing or adding to the laws regulating said min;no
within the District; and except as the same ,no1
be amended or added to, us in this Article nrc.
vided, these laws shall be and remain in ifnly
force; Pror'ded, that in case of the refusal or
failure OF the Recorder to cause such pubIication
Of notice of such meeting within q 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 bv
themselves, and said meeting may be beh and
exercise the powers aforesaid.
ART. IL. All former laws regulating Gold
Ct)vor Or nininu u,;t al:
hereby repealed. Pr0oided. however, that no
rights heretofore acquired under the same shall
be in anywise affected by said repeal, but such
rights shall be determinable by the terms Of the
laws under which they were acquired; Pyov1ded.
however that in all eases where rights TO eEtin3
or claims less than vested right thereto, only :,
have been acquired according to the terms Of
said former laws, then the owner or owners
thereof shall cause afidavits to be fled and re-
corded, as required by these laws, of the perfor.
nance OF the remaining labor etc., necessary fac.
cording to said former laws) to be done to perfect
vested right; and the period or periods with.
in which such affdavits shall be filed and recor
ded shall be the same within which (accordinp to
said former laws said labor, ETC., are required 10
be performed
ART IL. All elections for Recorder shall be
by ballot.
ART. l3. No person shall be entitled to take
part in the deliberations of any Quartz Miners
Cou'eHtloH Ut meeting, CaIe0 Dy virtue OF these
! laws, unless be be an owner Of claim or an in
terest therein, and has signed the Iaws Of the
District.
ECOMMENDATION:-It is hereby earnestly
recommended by the Convention OF Miners adopi-
ing the foregoing laws, in view Of the loss of
part OF the old record of claims. anA The inner
iections of many others, and to the end that the
mining public may he 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 prc.exsting laws.
for that purpose. then that afiiavits should 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 II 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, 1854" enti-
tied ,An Act concerning Partnerships Ior Min
ing PurDOses'