The Placer herald., 1871-05-27

name or designation OF such Company or
claim. He shall also indorse on the back of
each of said notices the date and hour of the
day when the same shall be 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 tn" same for
record, and shall at the same time carry out
in said index the pigs or p,gcs Of sud book
when said record is made. In the other of
said books the Recorder sh I'll, in like man
ner index and record, and certify the record
of every affidavit of labor and cxpcnditur,
made by any Company or person, taking
special care to index the same by the same
name by which the same is ndexed and re-
corded in the said first described book
And he shall in the manner first above des-
cribel as to notices, file each of atlidavits
On the filing of said notices and ailiIlvits the
Recorder shall carefully file the same way
alphabetically, and the same shall thereafter
be thus carefully preserved in his office for
reference, and shall be by him delivered over
to his successor in office for the like purpose
He shall also on demand, and on the pay
to any person a certificate of any notice or
affidavit 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or those hereby repealed.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 aiiidavits of
labor as herein provided except upon the
payment in coin of the fees in fall for such
filing, recording and certificate, prescribed by
these laws, Prorided that the rights intend
ed by the laws to be acquired or secured by
such record of such notice or affidavit shall
be deemed to relate to the date of said filing
thereof. Prorided, .f,u1'er, it shall be the
imperative duty of said Recorder to imme-
diately file and record said notices and atli
davits on presentation to him for those pur-
poses, whether he shall or shall not have re-
ceivcd his fees therefor, uufcss at the time
of said presentation he shall have d-mrnded
said fees in advance. The fees Of the Re-
cordcr, for the services required Of him by
these laws, shall be fifty cents for the re-
corling of each folio or less for the bod of
every Instrument to be recorded; ten cents
for each name signed thereto; ten cents for
each indcXng; ten ccrts for each filing; and
ten cents for each certificate of record. lie
.hall also be entitled to receive for o'rh GER
titled copy of any recorded or filed ins.ru
meni, fifty cents for each folio or less and
ten cents for his certificate thereto
ART. .. There shall be elecled for said
District Recorder annually on the first
Saturday of January, except that the first
Recorder elected under these laws shall hold
his ctlice until the first Saturday Of January,
1867; aud he aud his successors shall keep
the bo 'ks, papers and office in the town Of
Auburn 1t shall be his duty annually, to
give at least one weeks notice before the
first Of Jlnuarv, by public ,tou in the news
papers published in the town of Auburn of
An eleci II (stating the time and place. to be
held to elect his successor. And on said
election the Recorder shall deliver to his ic-
cesscr all books and papers pertaining to lis
Office In the case of the Recorders death,
or is removal from the District, any 25
quartz miners of the District, who have
signed these laws, may call meeting at
Auburn by giving one week notice by pub
lication, for the purpose of electing a Recorl-
er to ill the unexpned term. Prorided.
that from any cause the Recorder shall not
have given the said required notice, and said
election has not been advertised to be held,
AS last herein provided, it shall be the duty
of the Recorder to Immediately give the re-
1urcd notice of such election for the unex-
pred term being held over.
ART TO- When at any time % or more
bona dde quartz miners, within this Dis rict,
and who own each not less than one Gold,
Silver, or Copper mining claim therein, shall
sign and present to the Recorder written
request for the convocation of a 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 ION payment of the necessary
cost of publcaton) to cause to be published
in the newspapers in the town of Auburn,
for the period of two weeks notice signed
by him, setting forth in substance said writ
ten request (and the time, which shall not
be less than two days after the last pubca
ton, and the place of general meeting of
the miners having claims within said District
for the purpose of amending or adding to the
laws regulating said mining within the Dis
trict; and except as the same may be amend
ed or added to, as in this Article provided,
these laws shall be and remain in full force;
Prorided, that in case of the refusal or fail
ure of the Recorder to cause such publica-
ton or notice of fsuch meeting within reas-
enable time after the said request and pay
ment 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 pow
ers aforesaid.
ART. II. Allformer laws regulating Gold,
| Gill;, -, Co,oor vritbin this Dist RIFT
are hereby repealed; prorided however, that
no rights heretofore acquiren under the same
shall be in anywise affected by said repeal,
but such rights shall be determinablc. by the
terms of the laws under which they were
acquired; prortded, 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 form
er laws, then the owner or owners thereof
! shall canse afiidavits to he filed and recorded,