Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-06-09
STEWART,S BILL,
To Amend Chapter Six of Title 32 of the he'lsed Statutes Relating to Mineral Lands and Mining Resources.

or representatives of the United State or Amerlca Tn Congress assembled, Ths section tEenty-three hundred and nine
 teen or the Revised Statutes be amend ed oy adding thereto the following;
 but no person shall acquise, by lOcA ton or possession, more than oae min ing claim on the same Vein, nor shal any person relocate a claim which h, has previously located
 SEC. 7, That section twenty-shra, hundred and twenty-four of the R wis ed Statutes be amended to as to read
 oEc. 232i. That miners of escl mining district may m6se regulations not m conflict with the laws of the Unl ted States, or with the laws of tn, State or Territory In which the distric IS situated, governing the location manner ot recording amount of wOrl necessary to hold possession of a min. ing claim. sGEieot to the iollowlDg re qulrements: The location must be dis tinctly marked on the ground so that it's boundaries can Do readily traced. Al records or ID ming claims hersafter mad. shEll contain tho Eame or names of the locators, the date of the loostIon, and such description Oi the clam or claims located as will identify she c;aIm, On each claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy. two, and until a certificate of entry has been issued therefor, not lees than for | one hundred dollars worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year. On all claims located prior to the tenth day ot May, eighteen hCndred and seventy-tEO, leu dollars worth Of labor shall be perform ed or improvements made during each year for each one hundred feet ID length along the vein unsl a certificate of en- sry has been issued therefor; and for each twenty acres of placer claims, and for eBoh subdivision thereof, less than twenty acres, Atty dollars worth of la Dor shall be performed or impruv- msnts made during each vear until certificate of entry shall 6e issued theret1r. The period within which the annual work rs- qlIred 10 be done by th section shall commence Gt twelve o'clock rns sidian on the tirst day Of August ot eace year; provided. That upon the claims alresdy located previous tO .hs first Gay os March n any year the arnu.l york shaji be performed oa s1cl claim [ tha. year Driar ;O twelve o'clock meri- disD on the first day of August next succeeding. Aud the time Tor perform ing annual work Ol claims heTet0iOI lo- catgd IS hereby extended tO tue fi.st day Ot AugIs', 1889, at:1slve o'clock ueIi- iiaD. When yhs iabor Ieqlifei by th.s section shall have been performed or the improvtm sEts made, an affidavit .ha!i be filed with the officer authorized to record deeds ID ths county 70 which the niDe Is situated, particularly des cribing the lsb, performed and im- proyene1tg made, aud the value thereof ghich off .vit sh,ll bs prIma !gcIa evi- lence Of the fEc,s ther,iI stRts1, Aud upon failure tO comply vi;h these con il;ioEs. the clsm or mlne upon which such failure occurred shall be open tO re- location ID the sane mal1er as If no To- 'Gtl,n cf the same had ever been m de: Provided, TAst She origIDal lOcstors tteir helTs, assicn-, ur legal rrDresentH- tiveS, do not resume vOrk upon tht claim after such failure and before sucb location, and continue the game witt reasonable diiixeuce uatil the required am,un. of labor shall have been per formed or inprov,mrnis mad. Upou the failure of any Ons of several co own ers to contribute hIs proportion of tue expenditures required hereby, the Co., OSaers who have performed the labor IT nude the improvement. Dsy, st the expiration Of the year, giv5 such d.liu. quent co-owneT p-rsorai notice in writ ing or not.ce by publication ia the news paper published nearest the c.aIm, for at least once a week for ninety dsy s, aud II ..F sha. of nava sfF such notice ID wriiiDg or by publication, such delinquent shall fail or refuse to contribute his proportion of tbe ex- penditure required by this section, his interest in the claim shall become the property of his cO-owners who have made the required expenditures, and such c0-Ogler may relocate s1oh indI- v.dual interest ID his own Dame, When a person or company na- Os may run 8 tunnel for the pCroose ot dege!OpIng lode, owned 0y said person or company, the money s0 extended 10 said tunnel shali be taken ant considered as eIpend- ei on sGii lode, and elca person or company snail not be required tO per form labor or make improve lnents on the surface Of said lode iu order to hold tue same"
 SEC. 8. That section twe1ty-t1ree hundred and twenty five Of ths Revised Statutes be amended by adding thereto the following:
 But no more thsn three thousand feet iu length along the vein of claims located prior to the tenth day ol May, eighteen hundred aud seventy-tvo, and aoi more than one claim lcBted after said date shall be included ID the same application for patent, snd not more than one hundred and sixty acres of placer ground shall be included in the same application for pntens"
 SEC. 1. That section twenty-thTee hundred snd thiFty-hve of the Revised Statutes be amended so ss to red:
 "SEC. 2335. All Rfiid6viis gdired tO be msde under ibIs chapter msy Oe yer iisd before any officer authorized to ad minister oaths m any State or Territory of toe United States or n the District of CllumbIs and all testimony and proofs may be taken before Gny such oisice-, and, when duly certified by the officer taking the same, shall have the same force aud eff e as if taken before lhs register and receiver of the land office, In cases c! contest ss to the min eFsl or agricultural character Ot land, the testimony and proofs mGy be taken, under sucb regulations ss the C1mmis- sioner of the General Land Office may prescribe"
 SEC, 3, Amend section twenty-tbree hurdred and ;hirsy-eight of The Reyis ed Statutes 50 as to read:
 ''SEc. 233S. As c11ditiou Of sale, each pateat shall reserve the right Of wsy through or over any mining claim for pdds. ditches' cansls. cnts, and iuG- nels. for ;hs pGrpnss O; working other mins: Provided. That say damsges ocoaIoned thereby shall be nsSessed sEd p-idiu the msnner provided by the lsss of the State nr Territory ID vhi5S sucn min. is siiu.tei for assessments aud payments for lsud taken for pubic u-e undr toe right of eminent oowa'n. Andthe rights and easemaOis reserved unda tbe provisions of this section ID pateits beretofore issued shall he reRu- late end made available as herein pre-