The Placer herald., 1866-03-24
MINING LAWS.

held to elect his successor. And on so;, o,..
tion the Recorder shall deliver TO his snc.ea. S.ec'
oil books and papers pertaining to'his office II
the case Of the Recorders DEATH or his remov.11 n
District, who have signed these laws, NAV c., Ihe
meeting at Auburn by giving one weeks n~.! Ii
by publication, for the purpose Of eleetjnv - once
coraer TO hll the unexpired term. pre..i, re
tnat from any cause the Recorder shall ~. V;ae0'
gwen the said required notice, and said nave
mas not 6cen advertised to be held, as last tc'cn
PrOvadtu sna,a oe the duty Of the Recorder y,
election for the unexpired term holm 80, " such
ART. 10. When at any time 25 nr @ nela over.
fde quartz miners, within this D;s.r. vi more BONA
own each not less than one Gold S;,"a ana who
per mining claim therein, shall sipn onG y. u Oop.
to the Recorder written request for u ,h present
Ga.,on oi meetlng OF the Quartz Miners ot ao;a
District for the purpose of changing on', " sa'd
laws or adding thereto, or both. + sh. y ., these
duty Of the Recorder ION payment Of Tho "e n .ne
sary cost OF publication) to canse ~ ho o utces-
ed in the newspapers in the town of An,".r ~'sn- s
the period OF two weeks q notice signed nn io F
settng :orth IN substance said written rco"na, "mi
Sana lGe .ihc' wnlch shall not he less than ty,o
days after the last publication and the niao ."o
general meeting Of the miners hovinpr pAce ".; ora
within said District, for the purpose of amsna s,,s
ing or adding to the laws regulating said ,;;
within the District; and except as he son "'n.ng
be amended or added to- as in this Article nrc. "S
vlded, these laws shall be and remain in TN I'm
Ioice; FroTtded, that in case of the refusa, or
failure oil the Recorder 10 cause such ouhl;cot;on
OF notice OF such meeting within n reosomaha
time atter the said request and payment of cost
etc, SAID miners signing the same NAV couso so;a
publication of notice to be made. sioned 'Iu Inv
themselves, and said meeting may be held and
exercise the powers aforesaid. ""N
ART. II; All former laws regulating Gold.
Conner mi nj x,:tl II.
hereby repealed. PrOvided. however. thai no
rights heretofore acquired under the same shall
DC IN anywlse affected by said repeal. bnt snch
rights shall be determinable by the terms of tho
laws under which they were acquired; Provided.
however, that in all cases where rights TO n claim
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 affidavits to be fled and re.
corded as required by these laws, of the per(Or.
nance OF the remaining labor, ETC., necessary (ac
cording to said former laws) to be done to perfect
vested right and the period or periods with.
in which such affilavits shall be filed and recn,
ded shall be the same within which (accordinp to
said former laws) said labor, etc., are REQUIRED IN
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
laws, unless be be an owner of claim or an in.
terest therein, and has signed the laws of the
District.
RECOMMENDATIONS It is hereby earnestly
recommended by the Convention OF Miners adopt.
ing the foregoing laws, in view OF the loss of a
part OF the Old record Of claims, and the mper.
iections OF many others, and to the end that the
mining public may be enlightened to the nature
and extent ofexisting 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-existing laws,
Tor that purpose. then that aflidavits should be
filed and recorded as provided in the foregoing
laws, setting forth the Iacts constituting such
complete compliance. And with view to the
successful development OF mining claims in this
District, it is further recommended tht 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" enti-
tied AN Act concerning Partnerships Tor Min
ing Purposes"