The Placer herald., 1866-09-29
Miniag laws OF Township No. :Plaeer
COumtv.

County.
Article l. This District shall be known and
Designated as Township No. Quartz Mining Dis
trict, and the boundaries shall be those Ol the
township.
Art 3. The jurisdiction of the following laws
shall extend to and define the rights and privi'
leges OF those who may locate claims upon veins
or lodes OF quartz or other rock containing gold,
| silver, cinnabar or copper, within this district.
Art. 5. Any citizen or qualifcd person shall be
entitled to locate. or own hy the location OF 9TH
er9. but two hundred feet along the line. OF upon
the same vein or lode. Every claim OF two hun
Hyed feet or less shall include all dips spurs angles
and variations OF the main lode together with the
crossing parallel veins or lodes, within twenty
leet OF the samo upon both sid"s; provided. that
the dip OF any par,llel vein or loie, so iGeluleL,
follows the dip Of ths min vein OF lode, Any
person locating vein or lode. within this district,
may claim at riaht angles from the Min lode,
Nnd wholly upon the one or partly upon both side
two hundred feet Of surface ground Ior rconvenent-
| " wOrking the mine; but such claim ol surface
| graund shall not include oth>r rs than the vein or
lode provided L in this article. nor prevent ott-
er parties from working such vein or lode. -.
Art. 4. The discovercr OF Il vein or lode slli'll
be entitled to locate two hundred leet III addition
to the rights aud privileges accorded to others by
these laws.
Art. s. Any person claiming more than two
hundred feet in he same lode. except as proTded
for in Article 4, and except by actual, bona tde
purchase shall be considered abandoning all
feet in excess OF the fist two hundret feet loca,
ted in hia maine, and such excess my be claimed
and recorded Ivy any other party not owner py To-
cation ON The same vein or lode.
Art. q. Upon the location OF claim or claims
notice Shall BE- posted upon the lOdes which
shall cleally have Wriltea the name or names OF
the locators, the general direction OF The VEN or
lode, the surface ground. if located upon one Or
| 10Th sides oil the main vein or lode.
Art. ! A copy OF the notice provided for in
Article shall be recorded in the Book OF Records
in this district within ten day after being posted
on the vein or lode. The record sh.l also slate
the boundaries OF the clap. its locality in the
District and that thc claim is first, second eel ,
| northerly or southerly. e.,sterly westerly from
The hrst location on the same vein or lode; nut
no record shat be made Of u claim containing
more than three thousand feet OF the lode.
Art. =. WWk TO the value 0l ten dollars shall
be expended upon each claim OF two hundred feet
or Il pro rata amount upon set OF cl Tins, with II
ninety days alter recording; and Il like sum shall
be expenAed up0n The Claim or set Of claims in
each succeeding year from the record Failing
| to perform work OF the vaue and .s above provi
dtd Tor. shall he regarded us an abandonment OF
the claim or claims. aud the claim MY be loc.-
ted by Others, not interested by location in the
same yein or lode.
Art. 9. No title to claim or claims hereafter
|
recQrdsd in thc Book OF Records OF this District
within the time provided for in Article OF these
Laws. Nor shall the title to amy claim or claims
heretofore located in this District. though else
where re orde, bc valid, except hv bcn. record
ed in the Book OF Records OF mis- District within
sixty days alter the date Ut the Il .oplon OF these
laws
Art. 10. Compliance with the provisions of these
laws snail Constitute y complete Till. to the min.
ing claims, or veins or lode, u this District and
failure shall subject such claims TO relocation
aud record.
Art. l. The first Recorder of this District shah
be elected by m j"rity OF those present at the
adoption OF these laws. He shall bold Office until
the s.cOn' Monday in Septemb4r 1867. and after
wards until his SUCCESSOR is tiected and iticl.
lie may in case oil absence or inIbility appoint Il
deputy. he shall qualify by oath b'ioea II JUS
tice Of the Peace or Notary Public. within this
district, to faithfully and truly record in the book
OF Records OF this District every cftim or sci OF
claims brought 10 him ior that purpose, in the
order presented. and perform every other duty
incuptept upon him by these laws. In case OF
yesi snation or the perm lent absence OF the Re
c0rer, the Justice oi the Peace nclre.t to Micn.
igan Bluff shall bccom. ex oftito Recorder until
his successor shall be elcci ed aud qualified.
Art. IL. The Recorder snail receive the sum of
fifty cents tor recording in the book of Rec
Ords OF this District each Claim of two hundred
feet, and the same sum for recording claim
containing any. the least fractional put Of two
hundred ieet He se1ll lie paid one dollar for !,
certified Transcript Of every copy of AN origin,
notice. The book Of Records of this b strict
shalt be open to the exlmin .lon OF All Interested
in the records. and at all such suitable hours OF
The day and the book OF Records OF this District
shall pass into the h ,nd' OF the duty elected Re-
corier oi this District as soon a> q,,lfed.
Art. H. There shall bc an annu meeting oil
quartz miners in this district, at IL place wilhin
ku.I lisrt IN n ala ttu,lI I,,f
pnnpal meeting, on the second Monday Of Sep.
tember, in 1867. and annually thereafter ut such
meeting. Recorder snail Dc elected by Il m,,jpri.
~ OF those present, aud other necessary busuuss
| be transacted.
Art. r. These laws my be amended at any
annual meeting OF those Interest rdn quartz mia.
ing in this District, Or at any called IN mlin. o
the quartz miners Of this District, provided, that
whenever any amchtmenrs are contempt ted, the
character OF snch amendments shall be expressly
stated in 3 notices, slghed by twenty live qu ,riz
miners OF this District and posted in three pnblIc
places in the District, Tor twenty days previous
TO sai'i annual or 10 such called meeting.
The foregoing laws wtr E, on motion OF D. B.
Burt adopted by the ctlzeus of Township No. g.
Placer county. at MicbI gen Dlulf, Saturday. Sep.
tember l5:h, 1866.
}. II. Baker lSas unanimously elected Recorder
for one ysar.
FRANCIS CLARK, Chairman.
The Montreal Gazette thus specnl4tas upon
the prol'aI IL result ot tlv contli,t now going
on in this country:
Itis probabl, that Mr. Johnson course II
receive che approval "fa very large port"n
| of the inhabitants Of the Northern Slat,s. /
is further not improbable raj the new parry
may suppant the sectional Republican, onr.
t"r The reason Of having run It's course and
made constitutional government very diff
cult.
The success Ct the new party woul imply
inrrras- Of lberali y in HE trading relations
of the United States " tn other countries.
Outsiders can som' mes form n more cor
rect Judgment Of political cout-st than
those actually ergag-d in it.