The Placer herald., 1866-10-06
Mining Laws of Township No. 10, Placer
County. California,

ARTICLE l. The jurisdiction of the following g
laws shall extend over all mineral veins within
Township No. 10. Placer county.
ART. 2. Any person citizen Of the Unsed
States, or any person having taken the necess 'ry
steps to become a citizen of the United States
shall be entitled to locate one quartz claim on a
quartz ledge or vein oil mineral; each claim
shall be two hundred feet in length. and shall in
clude all The dips, spurs. angles and variations Of
The ledge. and twenty feet Of all cross lodges on
each side OF the ledge claimed and said claimant
shall be entitled TO one hundred feet OF ground
on each side OF the ledge. for the purpose OF
working the ledge; prOrided. however, that the
granting of the above toned one hundred
feet Oh each side OF the ledge shall not be con-
srued to include any parallel lodges or inter
fere or prevent the working of such parallel ledg
es. or cross ledges. except within twenty feet on
eaah side OF the ledge claimed.
ART. 3. On the location OF claim or claims
by any person or persons. notices shall be inme.
diately posted on said claim or claims, describing g
the same by metes aad bounds, and within ten
days from the time OF such location a cory Of
such notice must be recorded in the Office OF the
County Recorder; such notice to be SO recorded
as 10 contain full description Of such clatm or
claims together with The name names oil the
person or persons locating the same.
ART. 4. Work tothe extent OF twenty dollars
in value shall be performed by each person or
company boiling any claim or claims within
sixty days from the date of recording the same.
as provided for in Article of these Laws. for
every two hundred feet OF ledge or vein claimed
by such person or company; and the dul y au hor-
lied agent or any member OF q company making
oath that labor to the value of twenty dollars for
each claim Of said company has been actually
performed shall be entitled to certificate from
the County Recorder. or his Deputy. guarantee
ing uu,listurbed possession OF said claim or
caims for one year from the date of recording
said cl lin or claims, and Il like sum Of money
A. l,l -
within thirty DAYS Of each succeeding year duly
acknowledged rs herein named, shall enttle the
claimants or company from year to year to
further certificates Of undisputed propretorshp.
ART. s. Whenever the requisite amount Of
money or labor. rs provided for in Article 4 has
not been expended within sixty days from the
date of recording any claim or claims, then such
claim or claims neglected shaal be considered
abandoned, and shall be subject to be relocated
by any other party or p;uties prorided. that
when any person or company have locatd any
claim or cllms under these laws and have failed
to perform the necessary amount OF labor as pro-
vided Tor in Article 4 they shall not he entitled
to relecate the same claims until after the expi-
ration of ten days from the time said claims be-
came abandoned
ART. &. All claims heretofore located under
the District laws not complying with the provis
ions of these laws. shall he considered abandoned
after, he expiration OF sixty days from the date
of the atleptian OF these laws Ivy the DistfcN
in which such claims are lOcated and shall bt
subject to be relocated by any other party or par
ties
ART. 7. The regularly elected County Recor
der shall serve as Recorder OF Mining Claims
for Township No TO- au hentcating his acts witt
bis ofici, seal. and he shall pass his records &c
his successor in Office.
ART. s. No title to a claim hereafter located
or taken up shall be valid. unless recorded iI
the books of the County Recorder within ter
days from the date OF such location.
ART. 8. The County Recorder shall receive
the sum Of fifty cents for each and every claim
recorded in Township No. 10.
The fore going laws were enacted by the citi
sens Of Township No. 10. Placer county, at Val
ley View, Tuesday, August 2ls, 1866.
W. II. SMYTH, Chairman.
A BICKNELL, Secretary.