Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-03-17
Ios Aageles 4lerala,
WEDNESDAY,......MARCH II, 1875.
Interesting Decision.

WASHINGTON, March 13th.-Kopp's
Land Oa0aer for March contains de-
cision of the Secretary of the Interior
establishing the following general
principles of importance to parties in
terested in mines: Where the given
name of the party executing the deed
| differs from his name as found ON tie
location notice, the identity of the
| person must be shown. Full and
complete copies of the respective con.
veyances are unnecessary. Under the
rules a complete abstract is required.
An affidavit of the continuous posting
of the plat and notice on the claim
must be made by one of the parties
owning the mine. AT the date of en-
try at the local office, the plat posted
on the claim as required by the stat
utes must be a copy of the plat filed
with the application for a patent.
Only citizens, or those who have de-
clared their intention, are authorized
to claim and locate mines. A for
eigner may take mining location
and dispose of it, provided he becomes
a citizen before disposing of the mine.
Proof that the party was not citizen
before disposing Of the claim must be
affirmatively shown by the adverse
claimant.
The Increased Internal Revenue Tax.
WASHINGTON, March 18th. = Com
missioner Douglass has addressed a
circular letter to Supervisors and Col
lectors of Internal Revenue. He says
the recent advance in the rate of taxa
tiou on distilled spirits will be an adj
ditional incentive to fraud and must
be met by an adequate increase of
vigilance OH the part of officers en-
trusted with collecting the revenue.
The Government officers are called
upon not to disappoint the Commits
sioner's hopes and the expectations of
the country, that the increase of reve-
nue. will correspond with the increased
tax. On march lst there were 406 dis
tilleries, with daily capacity of 1885,
817 gallons, showing an increase over
February of 80 distilleries, with daily
capacity of S5,03S gallons.
California Mall Contracts.
WASHINGTON, March 18th. - The
following awards have been made for
contracts for mail service in Califor-
mia, from July 1st next to June 30th,
1878: Ukiah to Mendocino, tri-weekly,
JOS. r. Jamison AT ST ,460 per annum;
San Bernardino to Holcomb valley,
weekly, Calvin White, 1890; Healds-
burg to Pine Flat, weekly, NV. Bost-
wick, $50 considered a straw-bid); San
Francisco to San Quentin, daily, A. D.
Moore, $l,100. No contracts are to be
awarded for routes from Sacramento
to Michigan Bar, via Cosumnes, and
from San Buenaventura to Lyons
Station, as they are otherwise covered
by existing arrangements. All bids
on all other routes, for which pro-
posals Were invited, are rejected as too
high.
Formation of an Express Company.
SAN DIEGO, March 13th.-An ex-
press company was organized here
yesterday for carrying on an express
business between San Diego and Tue
son, ultimately to extend to all points
in Arizona and New Mexico. Henry
Wells, of Wells, Fargo & Co., H. p.
Stevens, Delegate to Congress from
Arizona, J. G.. Truman, of Binghamp-
ton, n. Y, VIM. Bickendorf, of Tue
son, and some of San Diego's citizens
are the projectors. The capital stock,
100000, is all subscribed.
Enforcing the Civil Rights Law.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 13th.-
The negroes swore out new warrant
for Col. Wagner, proprietor of the
minstrel troupe, and his ticket agent.
The former was discharged, and the
latter gave bond to appear at the
next term of Court. The case has
caused several theatrical companies to
cancel their engagements for this city.