The Placer herald., 1866-02-03
MINING LAWS.

period, and like expenditure shall be made
within each succeeding three months for the like
purpose until such Company shall have eXpend-
ed in the aggregate for each claim of 200 feet
the sum of One Hundred Dollars when such per-
son or Company shall be deemed to have a ves-
ted right to such claim or claims, and the same
shall not be deemed jumpable, Provided, houp-
epe, il within any one OF the above specified Pc
riods, such person or Company shall expend, in
addition to the above required sum TO hold good
such claim or claims to the further sum of one
or more ten dollars for each claim, then such
such claim or claims shall be held good there
after for period corresponding at said rate of
three months for each ten dollars expended for
each claim.
ART 8. The Recorder shall keep two we'll
bound bound books, each of which shall be pro-
vded with an ample index. In one of said books
the Recorder shall Immediately, upon the filing
of any and every notice of location of u mining
claim for Gold, Silver, Copper or other metal,
record the same, and shall at time Of said filing
index such location by the name or designation
of such Company or claim. He shall also in
dorse on the back Of each of said notices the
date and hour of the day when the same shall he
filed for record and subscribe the same. He
shall also when recording said notices append to
each record, to be subscribed by him certificate
of the said date and hour of filing. and the name
of the person presenting the same for record and
shall at the same time carry out in said index
the page or pages of said book when said record
is made. In the other Of said books the Recor-
der shall in like manner index and record and
certify the record of every affidavit of labor and
expenditure made by any Company or person,
taking special care to index the same by the same
name by which the same is indexed and recorded
in the said first described book. And he shall in
the manner first above described, as to notices,
file each OF afhdavits. On the filing of said no.
tices and ahidavits the Recorder shall carefully
file the same away alphabetically and the same
shall thereafter be thus carefully preserved in
his Office for reference. and shall be by him de-
lvered over to his successor in office for the like
purpose. He shall also on demand, and on the
payment of his fees therefor, make and certify
to any person a certificate of any notice or afi-
davit on file in his office. or of these laws or
those hereby repealed. The Recorder shall in
no case be required to file for record any of said
notices Of claims or atfidavits of labor as herein
provided except upon the payment in coin Of the
fees in full for such filing, recording and certif-
cate prescribed by these laws, Provided that
the rights intended by the laws to be acquired or
secured by such record of such notice or affda-
Wit shall be deemed to relate TO the date of said
filing thereof Provided. further, it shall he
the imperative duty OF said Recorder to imme-
diately file and record said notices and ali-
davits on presentation to him Tor those purpo-
ses, whether he shall or shall not have received
his fees therefor. unless at the time of said pre-
sentation he shall have demanded said fees in ad-
vance. The fees OF the Recorder, for the servi-
ces required OF bin by these laws, shall be fifty
cents for the recording OF each folio or less for
the body of every instrument to be recorded; ten
cents for each name signed thereto ten cents for
each indexing; ten cents for each filing; and
ten cents for each certificate of record. He shall
also be entitled to receive for each certified CODY
of any recorded or filed instrument, fifty cents
for each folio or less and ten cents for his certf-
cate thereto.
ART. 9. There shall be elected for said Dis
trict Recorder annually on the first Saturday
of January. except that the first Recorder elect
ed under these laws shall hold his Office until the
first Saturday of January, 1867 ; and he and his
shall keep the books, papers and Of
flee in the town of Auburn. 1t shall be his duty
to give at least one weeks notice be-
fore the first of January, by publication in the
published in the town of Auburn of
and election (stating the time and place. to be
held to elect his successor And on said eec-
ton the Recorder shall deliver to his successor
all books and papers pertaining to his office. In
the case OF the Recorders death, or his removal
from the District, any rs quartz miners of the
District, who have signed these laws, may call
meeting at Auburn by giving one weeks notice
by publication, for the purpose of eectng Re-
corder to fill the unexpned term. ProUtded
that from any cause the Recorder shall not have
given the said required notice, and said election
has not been advertised to he held, as last herein
provided, it shall be the duty OF the Recorder to
Immediately give the required notice of such
election for the unexpired term being held over.
ART. 10. When at any time rs or more bona
fde quartz miners, within this District. and who
own each not less than one Gold, Silver, or Cop
per mining claim therein, shall sign and present
to the Recorder written request for the convo.
cation of meeting Of the Quartz Miners of said
District for the purpose of changing any of these
laws. or adding thereto. or both, it shall be the
duty OF the Recorder Con payment of the nrces-
sary cost OF pubcaton) to cause to be publish
ed in the newspapers in the town of Auburn, for
the period two weeks q notice signed by him.
setting forth in substance said written request
(and the time. which shall not be less than two
days after the last publication and the place of
general meeting Of the miners having claims
within said District for the purpose of amend
ing or adding to the laws regulating said mining
within the District and except as the same may
be amended or added to, as in this Article pro-
vided, these laws shall be and remain in full
force; PrOoided, that in case of the refusal or
failure OF the Recorder to cause such publication
of notice of such meeting within a reasonable
time after the said request and payment of cost
ETC., said miners signing the same may cause said
publication oil notice to be made, signed by
themselves, and said meeting may be held and
exercise the powers aforesaid.
ART. IL. All former laws regulating Gold.
Silver or Copper mining within this District, are
hereby repealed. Pr0uided, 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; Prouided,
however, that in all 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 filed and re-
corded, as required by these laws, of the perfor.
nance of the remaining labor etc., necessary (ac.
cording tc said former laws) to be done to perfect
a vested right; and the period or periods with
in which such aflidavts shall be filed and recor-
ded shall be the same within which according to
said former laws) said labor, etc. are required to
be performed.
ART. IL. All elections for Recorder shall be
by ballot.
ART Is. 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.