The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-30

ZUth Inst.
Ia accordance with notices posted in
three conspicuous places in the District, a
meeting II the miners Of State Line Dis.
trigt was held January 20, A. d. 1896 and
the following business transacted.
State Line District, Jan. 20 1896
ATT T.. NJ. meeting was called TO order
aui II. Rice elected Chairman and FL.
Prudential, Secretary. The Chairman
stated the object Of the meeting 10 be to
take lat, consideration the propriety Of en-
acting Let Of laws and such other business
a. nlsht properly be brought before it. On
motion the Chairman appointed the follow
/ ing five gentlemen as a committee TO draft
d set OF By-Laws, to wit: ia. Prudential,
Il. J.. Clark, T. y. Nlillett, Jos. Coumor.
in aud NJ. }. Sullivan, who retired and ON
d,liber,tion reported the following which
/ were aIopted in open meeting,
Art. /. This District shall be known as
the State Line District. situated in Iron
/ County, State OF Utah and bounded as fol.
lows. Commencing at point one mile
north of L. $. 5. Line Post No 300, 49,
l.. vs.. 81, l.. IS, thence east five miles es-
tablshing the northeast corner OF said
/ district; south ten miles establishing the
| southeast corner Of the district, thence
west Eve miles establishing the southwest
corner Of the district, thence north ten
miles to place of beginning Courses through
magnetic variation lGl degrees, containing
one hundred square miles.
Art ,. The extent of quartz lode or
mineral vein shall be fifteen hundred foot
horizontal measurement to the claim along
the lode with a width Of three hundred feet
on each side of the lode, including all its
dips, spurs, depths and widths, off shoots
and out-croppings and all the minerals and
other yaluables connected within the same
lode, the discoverer and locator Of the
claim being entitled to one claim extra for
discovery
Art. 3. No person shall be permitted to
hold more than one claim on any one vein.
By purchase any number of claims can be
held
Art. 4. 1t shall be optional with parties
loca-'ng claims, whether they locate their
claims segregated or in company.
Art. ), All examinations of records
must be in the presence of the Recorder or
his deputy
Art. 6. Every claim, whether by an in.
dvidual or in company, located, shall be
recorded within thirty days after date of To-
cation, otherwise subject to relocation.
Art. 7. On application to record a claim
it shall be the duty of the Recorder, to visit
the same before recording in order to ascer
tam whether said location conflicts with
ANY prior location, aud if so he shall refuse
to record the same
AIT, s. An election shall take place on
the Goth OF January OF each year for the
purpose Of electing Recorder and the Re.
oordor shall call all special meetings by ap.
plication of no less than ten persons owning
mining interest in The district, who shall
present to the Recorder their wishes on
writing and the object of the meeting shall
he duly specified in said application and it
shall be the duty Of the Recorder in all
cases to post notices containing the speei-
fled object of the meeting in three conspie-
uous places in the district, at least twenty
days previous to the time of such meeting
whether special or annual
Art .. No person shall be permitted to
vote in this district under these laws unless
he has been claim holder for ten days pre-.
vious to the election
Art 10. The fees of the Recorder shall
be as follows: For recording each claim he
shall receive the sum of one dollar, and for
each certificate of record the sum Of one
dollar, and for each certificate of work
fifty cents.
Art. II. In locating claim or claims a
notice or notices shall be posted in one or
more conspicuous places stating the number
of claims taken up together with the names
OF name of claimants and the direction Of
the lode as near as possible, and extent Of
such claims from notice and tho date of 10.
cation of the same.
Art. -, 1t is requisite for each owner
Of the claim to perform five feet on the
same within ninety days from the location
thereof in order to hold the same for the
term Of one year from the date of location.
Parties holding segregated interests in any
lode may join together and perform the
said work on part Of their lode. If the
above conditions are not complied with said
claim or claims are considered abandoned
and subject to relocation.
Art. Ii, 1t shall be the duty of the Re.
corder to keep in a suitable book or books
full and truthful record of all public
meetings; to place on record the notices of
all claims brought TO him for that purpose.
recording the same in order Of their dates
to keep on file all the original dates till
called for; it shall also be the duty of the
Recorder to keep his books at office open at
all business hours for inspection to the
public. re shall also have the power to
appoint deputy to act in his stead, for
whose official acts he shall be accountable
Art IL. The laws of this District NAV
DO changed or new ones be inserted after
due notice of two.thirds vote of those
holding claims in the District
Art 10. 1t shall be the duty of the Re.
eorder if called upon to go on the ground
and examine work to hold claims as pre-
scented in Article No. IL, and issue certifi.
Gates of the same.
Art l6. Whenever any owner or own
ers of mining property in this District shall