The Placer herald., 1866-03-31
MINING LAWS.

held to elect his successor. And on said e,o,-
tion the Recorder shall deliver TO his successor
all books and papers pertaining to his Office. In
the case Of the Recorders death, or bis removal
rom the District, any rs quartz miners of tho
District, who have signed these laws, nav cali q
meeting at Auburn by giving one weeks pse;cs
by publication, for the purpose of electinp n r.
corder to fill the unexpired term. Pror,dcd
that from any cause the Recorder shall NOT hov.,
given the said required notice, and said elcct;oc re
has not been advertised to he held, "a lat hs.O
provided, it shall be the duty of the Recorler -
Immediately give the required notice nr -
election for the unexpired term being held ovor
ART. 10. When at any time rs or more So,.
fde quartz miners. within this District and who who
per mining claim therein shall sign md =, nro.. up
to the Recorder a'written request for the conva.
cation of meeting Of the Quartz Miners ~ V.s Ivy
District for the purpose Of changing anv Of ,hasa
laws. or adding thereto, or both, it shall be the
duty Of the Recorder (on payment of the nccas'
sary cost OF pubilcat'on) to cause to be publish
ed in the newspapers in the town of Auburn for
the period Of two weeks notice signed bv. him
setting forth in substance said written recras.
(and the time, which shall notybe less than ts,"
days after the last publication and the place oro
general meeting Of the miners having claim.
within said District, for the purpose Of amend.
ing or adding to the lays regulating said mining
within the District; and except as the same mag
be amended or added to, as in this Article nrc.
vided, these laws shall be and remain in FIJI
force; Provided, that in case of the refusa, or
failure Of the Recorder TO cause such publication
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 by
themselves, and said meeting may be held and
exercise the powers aforesaid
ART. II. All former laws regulating Gold.
Silver or Copper mining within this District, are
Ial L.
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; Provided,
however, that in oil cases where rights to 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 afidavits to be fled and re-
corded, as required by these laws, of the perfOr-
nance OF the remaining labor, ETC., necessary (ac-
cording to said former aws) to be done to perfect
vested right; and the period or periods with
in which such afidavits shall be fled and recor-
ded shall be the same within which (aceoftling to
said former laws) said labor, etc., are required to
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
Convention or meeting, called by virtue of these
laws, unless he be an owner of claim or an in
terest therein, and has signed the laws Of the
District.
RECOMMENDATION:-It is hereby earnestly
recommended by the Convention OF Miners adopt
ing the foregoing laws, in view OF the loss of n
part of the old record Of chims. and the imper.
fectiOns of many others, and to the end that the
mining pnblic 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 pre-existing laws,
for that purpose. then that affidavits should be
filed and recorded as provided in the foregoing
laws, setting forth the 1acts 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" enti-
tied .'An Act concerning Partnerships Tor Min
ing Purposes"