Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-15
WEDNESDAY. (: DECEMBER Is, iSS!
MINING PATENTS.

win, \
Of the United States Land oihss LOOK
upon himself to fix the price which
.hould be charged by newspapers Tor
publishins notices Of application for
~r,,eu,s to mining claims. He fixed the
CONDENSATION at a ridiculously low uni
form rate. and without any regard to the
length OF the advertisement; whether IL
was two squares or q column. He also
was apparently Oblivious Of the idea that
newspaper proprietors had the privilege
Of refusing both advertisement and COM
pepsatiou. also that notice Of sueh sppii-
cation for psten. was compelled oy law
to DO published in a newspaper nearest
to such claim. Suppose. for instance. .
locator wishes to patent his claim. He
GOES to the United States Land Office
Register in his district; the proper
papers are prepared at the usual expense
and the Register sends the application
for patent. made u in due form, with
all the dips, spurs and angles, points Of
the compass, courses. distances and
other asgravating particulars and details
iIed up in true Typographical and legal
STYLE to that nearest newspaper to
publish. And with 1t he sends . tote
stipula,ing that the United States Gov
eminent will not pay for the advertising
thereof. and must not in any way be
held responsible for the same. In thss
ignoring the financial responsibility Tor
the advertising. it is difficult to under
stand what the Commissioners or any
United States Official has to do with that
portion Of the business. In fact. 1t
looks like gratui,ous. unjustiiabls and
uucalled for interference on the part OF
the Commissioner with other peoples
business. beyond the strict line Of his
official duty.
Newspaper propristors have their reg
ular rates aud scales Of prices for legal
and mining advertising. some being
higher than others. according to locality
and cost Of producing . paper, and IL the
applicant will not pay a fair. regulated
price for his notice. he will have to get
along withou, IL be can. and must neees-
sarily fail to obtain his patent. oil
through the arrogant interference OF the
Commissioner. In fact the shrewd news
paper proprietor will not only tell him
his regular rates for advertising. but will
insist on 'pay in advance" in that case.
IL 10 evident, however. that the Commits
sionsr is no newspaper man. n will
respectfully DO confined to his share or
department OF the business in question.
1t seems, however. that no has been
awakened to the untensbility OF his po-
siiion in the matter, and now in another
Official circular he p~rOnulgates a very
decided change from his former position.
The rate Of charge for publication which
he now 6Ies is about the same as has
been established and strictly adhered to
for years by the NEws and other papers
of this section. II those published In
outside and interior districts have higher
rates Of charges. 1t 10 simply their own
business. aud they are not liable to allow
n unauthorized or illegal interference.
Following is the recently issued new cir.
cuiar OF the Commissioner:
Ii has been represented to me by the
publishers aud numerous other persons
interested, that the rate Of compensation
prescribed by me and promulgated in
official circular Of April 10, 1880. for the
publication OF notices OF intention 10
apply for patent TO mining claims, 10
negotiable and in many instances inad-
squste.
Since the PRONUNCIATION Of the former
circular, additional facts have been brought
to ny attention. and l am led to believe
tina, q more just and satisfactory rule
would be to make the price to DO charged
for the publication OF such notices depend
upon the space which they occupy in the
columns OF the newspapers designated by
the Registers.
For the reason stated / have concluded
TO modify the former circular In this
respect and direct that hereafter the maxi
mum charges for such notices shall not
exceed IS for each ten lines OF space occu-
pied where q weekly newspaper 10 desig.
mated as the medium Of publication. and
81 where a daily newspaper 10 d signated,
said sums TO be in full payment Tor publ
cation in each issue Of the newspaper
designated for tho entire period required
by law.
II should be borne in mind that these
notices must not be so Abbreviated IS to
curtAil the description essential to q per.
feet notice, and the said rates are estab-
lished upon the understanding that they
are to be In The usual body-type known as
nonparsil. j. ". WILLIAMSON
Commissioner