Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-02-26
THE MEETING LAST MONDAY.
The Business 1ransacted-The New
Bylaws Of the District-Etc.

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lected the precedingweek, not being
present, Henry Arnold was elected
Chairman pro tenn.
On assuming the chair, Mr.. Ar.
mold stated that the first business in
order was the report Of the Com
mittee appointed last week to re-
wise and amend the local regulations
of the district to make them con.
form with the United States laws.
Mr.. Blackburn, thereupon submit
ted the report OF the committee,
which was received and read by the
Secretary.
On motion the bylaws submitted
by the committee were read and
voted on section by section. Fol-
lowing are the laws unanimously
adopted:
LOCAL REGULATIONS OF THE DEv.
IT'S GATE AND CHINATOWN
MINING DISTRICT.
ARTICLE /. This District shall be
known as the DEVILS Gate and
Chinatown Mining District, and
shall be bounded as follows, to wit:
Commencing at the DEVILS Gate and
running III a westerly direction TO
the foot of American Flat, thence
on straight line to the eastern
boundary of Eagle Valley and
Washoe Districts; thence following
said line in southerly direction to
Roses Dam, on the Carson river;
down said river to Chinatown thence
up the divide and along the western
line of Virginia District TO the head
of Negro Ravine; thence in a straight
line to the place Of beginning.
ARTICLE III. All claims located
shall be designated by name, and
its locality described by notice
posted on the same, and shall also
have monuments or posts not less
than four by four inches square and
three feet high at each corner OF
mine.
ARTICLE III.All locations Of mines
shall be properly recorded within
twenty days after location.
ARTICLE Nv. Not less than one
hundred dollars worth of labor
shall be performed, or improve
ments made each year, upon each
and every location in this district;
and any party or parties doing such
work shall, within ten days, file
with the District Mining Recorder
a sworn statement that such labor
has been performed, and the same
shall be recorded, for which the Re.
corder shall receive fee of one dol
lar.
ARTICLE v. There shall be a Re.
cordsr elected to hold his office for
one year or until his successor is
elected and qualified, who shall be
entitled to and receive, for recording
each notice Of location, two dollars
and fifty ents. -
ARTICLE vi. The recorder shall
keep in his own possession we'll
bound book, with all the laws of the
district written therein, which shall
at all times be open to the inspec.
ton Of the public. The Recorder
shall not allow the book to be taken
out Of the Office unless by comps-
tent authority.
ARTICLE VII. All surface or
placer claims located may be In sx-
tent, but shall not exceed the maxi.
mum amount allowed by Act Of
Congress entitled IAN Act to pro-
mote the development of the mining
resources OF the United States" ap.
proved May 10, 1872.
ARTICLE VIII. All placer and
gulch claims shall be worked within
ten days after water can be had to
work them.
ARTICLE TX. All sections of the
Devils Gate and Chinatown Mining
District laws in conflict with the pro-
visions OF the Act of Congress
above cited in Article VII are here
by repealed.
ARTICLE X. All laws heretofore
passed by the miners of this district
are hereby repealed.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The = Laws as adopted were
ordered published in the LYoN
COUNTY TINES, and the Secretary was
instructed to transmit a copy Of the
same to the County Recorder, with
the request that he place them on the
county records.
r. A. Young called attention to
the fact that a bill compelling the
removal of all mining records to the
county seat when the same was 10.
Gated within the district, had passed
the Senate, and he wanted to know
the opinion Of the meeting in regard
to the bill. If the bill became q
law he presumed that all the records
of our district would have to be re-
moved to Dayton. This called forth
quite q number of speakers, the ma.
jority Of whom took the ground that
tho passage Of the bill would work q
hardship on the miners of this dis