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 til" same for
record, and shall at the same time carry out
in said index the plgs or p,ges 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 tue 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 re-
corded in the said first described book
And he shall in the manner first above des-
cribel, as to notices, file each of atlidavit.
On the filing of said notices and ailidlvits 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
ment of his fees therefor, make and certify
to any person 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or those hereby repealed.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 full for such
filing, recording and certificate, prescribed by
these laws, Py'orided, 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 P,'oridcd, further, it shall be the
imperative duty of said Recorder to imme
diatelv file and record said notices and atli-
davits on presentation to him for those pur
poses, whether he shall or shall not have re-
ceived his fees therefor, uitfcss 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 body of
every Instrument to be recorded; ten cents
for each name signed thereto; ten cents for
each indcxing; ten cents for each ii!ing; and
ten cents for each certificate of record lie
hall also be entitled to receive for = 'rh GER
titled copy of any recorded or fled ins.ru,
nent. fifty cents for each folio or less and
ten cents for his certificate thereto,
ART. .. There shall be clecled for said
District Recorder annually on the first
Saturday of January, except that the first
Recorder elected under these laws shall hold
his office 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 ut least one weeks notice before the
first of January, by public 'tion in the news
papers published in the town of Auburn of
An elect (statng the time and place. to be
held to eject his successor. And on said
election the Recorder shall deliver to his sue
cesscr all books and papers pertaining to his
Office. In the case Of the Recorders death,
or is removal from the District, any 20
quartz miners of the District, who have
signed these laws, may call a meeting at
Auburn by giving one week y notice by pub
licaton, for the purpose of electing Recorl-
er to fill the unexpired term. Prortded,
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-
quircd notice of such election for the unex-
pred term being held over.
ART 10. When at any time 20 or more
bona ride 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 far the convocation 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 ION payment of the necessary
cost of publication 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 land the time, which shall not
be less than two days after the last publica-
ton, J and the place of a 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;
Prorjded, that in case of the refusal or fail
ure of the Recorder to cause such publici-
ton or notice of such 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. H. All former laws regulating Gold,
| c;I,,or or Connor mining within this District
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; prorided, however, that in all
crses where rights to claim or claims less
than a 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,