The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-09-01
Mining Laws of Alseya District.

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Mining Laws of Alseya District.
On last Wednesday. Aug. 22nd, the
beach miners of the vicinity of AlseYa Bay,
organized mining district, and adopted the
following
LOCAL LAWS.
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United
States has made it Incumbent on the miners
of the various mining districts of the coun-
try to provide such laws for the protection
and regulation of mining claims as to them
may seem right, just and equitable for the
greatest number; therefore, the miners OF
Alseya district, do ordain and establish the
following rules and regulations:
Article l. This mining district shall en-
brace all the ocean beach. between the
mouth of the Alseya Bay and point fifteen
miles south OF Cape Perpetua.
Article 2. A claim for mining purposes
in this district shall be one-quarter of mile
in length on the ocean beach, and shall cover
all the beach within such limit, and also the
bluff or bank for distance of Eve chains
back of the beach.
Article g. The boundaries of claims shall
be established and defined by putting up
good and substantial stakes ON the bluff or
bank.
Article 4. All claims shall be properly
recorded and described in the registry book
of o4 4 %bo
same is taken up.
Article 5. No person within this district
shall take up more than one claim, but any
person may acquire title to any claim or
claims by purchase.
Article 6. Any person holding a claim
in this district who does not work, or cause
same to be worked, at least three days in
every six months, shall forfeit his right to
the same; provided, that where person
holds more than one clam, the work herein
required shall be considered only to apply
to one claim.
Article 7. Any person disabled by sick
ness for any length of time shall not lose his
right in consequence of not working his
claim during such illness.
Article s. All streams or water courses
empting upon the beach within the limits
of any claim shall belong to the owner of
| such claim for mining purposes.
Article 9. A Recorder of this mining
district shall be chosen whose duty it 'sh all
be to keep in proper form, all records of
the district, and he shall have custody of
all books, laws and proceedings of the dis
trict; he shall be paid the sum of 25 cents
for recording the title of each claim, bill of
sale, agreement, or any document to be
recorded.
Article 10. Disputes concerning claims
or water privileges shall be settled by re-
ferring The same to a committee of five, OF
by arbitration, or by jury chosen from
among the miners of the district.
Article IL. The foreman of any jury OF
committee of arbitrations shall be sworn to
do his duty faithfully and impartially, by
some justice OF the peace, notary public, OF
other officer qualified to do the same; and
said foreman shall thereafter administer a
like oath to each of his associates in each
and every case tried, and to every witness
who shall offer to give evidence in such
case.
Article IL. The decision in all such
cases shall be conclusive and binding upon
the parties thereto, and be deemed and
considered final in all such cases. And
either party may compel the other to come
to trial, by giving written notice to the
other of the time and place of trial thres
| days previous to the same The finding o.
each case shall be duly recorded by the
| recorder.
| Article l3. If any costs are taxed il
such cases they shall be paid in the same
| manner in all respects as in magistrate
courts.
Article IA. No person not an American
citizen shall be competent to act upon any
jury or committee of arbitration in this dis
trict.
Article Is. No transfer or sale of a min,
ing claim shall be considered valid unless
such transfer is recorded in the distrie
record.
Article 16. The right and title to, anc
boundaries of, all claims existing at the dat,
of the adoption of these laws, are hereby
recognized and confirmed. e
Adopted Aug. %, 1882. u
A. II. FRUIT, President
| w. p. KEADY, Secretary.
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