The record-union., 1897-04-11
WHAT THE NEW LAWS ARE
INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH.
NUMBER SIX.


contractors and others who engage IN
work upon the public roads. The Act
is intended to have the work performed
) satisfactorily explained, and is as fol-
lows:
ROAD WORK.
No claim for labor performed in any
road district shall be allowed by the
Board of Supervisors unless the same
be accompanied by a report showing
where the labor was performed, the ma
: ture of the same, and the number OF an
imals and the kind of implements used
But if said labor shall be performed
under the direction of foreman or time
keeper, said foremans or timekeeper S
report shall cover all work performed
under his direction, and shall be suffi-
cient to warrant the payment of all
claims for labor so performed. The
Board of Supervisors shall have power
and it is hereby made its duty, to pre-
scribe rules and blank forms, not incon-
sistent with the laws of this State, for
the making of the reports herein re-
quired
Section 2 This Act shall take effect
from and after the LIST day of July, 1897
HOW TO LOCATE MINES.
The old law for the location of min
ing claims and the provisions for assess
ment work has been done away, and a
new law spread upon the statute books
for the guidance of the mines and pros
pector. Important changes have been
made, and those interested will do well
to carefully study the language of the
Act which is given in full, as follows:
Section l. The location of mining
claims upon the public domain of the
United States shall be made and per
fected as provided in this Act.
Section >. The discoverer of any vein
or lode shall Immediately, upon making
discovery, erect at the point of dis
covery a substantial monument OF
mound of rocks, and post thereon a pre-
liminary notice which shall contain:
First-The name of the lode or claim
Second-The name of the locator OF
locators;
Third-The date of the discovery:
Fourth-The number of linear feet
claimed in length along the course of
the vein each way from the point of dis
covery;
Fifth-The width claimed on each side
of the center of the vein.
Sixth-The general course of the vein
or lode, as near as may be.
Seventh-That such notice is first or
preliminary notice.
Such notice shall be recorded in the
office of the County Recorder of the
county in which the same is posted
within twenty days after the posting
thereof. Upon the erection of said
monument and posting such notice, the
discoverer shall be allowed the period
of time specified in Section 3 of this Act
to enable him to perfect his location as
hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Within sixty days from the
date of the discovery of a vein or lode,
the discoverer must perform $50 worth
of labor in developing his discovery, and
distinctly mark his location on the
ground SO that its boundaries can be
readily traced, and must file in the office
of the County Recorder of the county
in which the claim is situated a certifi-
cate of location, which said certificate
shall state:
l. The name of the lode or claim;
=. The name of the locator or locators
). The date of discovery and posting
of the notice, provided for in Section of
this Act, which shall be considered as
the date of the location;
t. A description of the claim, defin-
ing the exterior boundaries as they are
marked upon the ground, and such ad-
ditional description by reference to some
natural objects. or permanent monu-
will he clo
). A statement that such certificate is
the final or completed notice of location
and that he has performed the afore-
said 500 worth of labor in development
work thereon within the aforesaid sixty
day period, stating generally the nature
thereof. Said certificate shall be dated
and signed by or on behalf of the locator
or locators, and verified by them or by
some one in their behalf, and when
filed for record shall be deemed and con-
sidered as prima facie evidence of the
facts therein recited. A copy of such
certificate of location, certified by the
County Recorder, shall be- admitted
in evidence in all actions OF
proceedings with the same eff
feet as the original. The performance OF
such labor shall be deemed a necessary
act in completing such location and a
part thereof. and no part thereof shall
inure to the benefit of any subsequent
location.
Section 4. The discoverer of placers
or other forms of deposit subject to To-
cation and appropriation, under mining
laws applicable to placers. shall locate
his claim in the following manner:
First-He must Immediately post in
a conspicuous place at the point of dis
covery thereon a notice or certificate OF
location thereof containing:
(a) The name of the claim;
Oh The name of the locator or loca-
tors;
(c) The date of the discovery and post
ing of the notice, hereinbefore provided
for, which shall be considered as the
date of the location;
I'D A description of the claim by re-
ference to legal subdivisions of sections
If the location is made in conformity
with the public surveys; otherwise, a
description with reference to some nat
ural object or permanent monument as
will identify the claim, and where such
claim is located by legal subdivisions OF
the public surveys, such location shah
notwithstanding that fact, be marked
by the locator upon the ground, the same
as other locations.
Second-Within thirty days from the
date of such discovery he must record
such notice or certificate of location in
the office of the County Recorder of the
county in which such discovery is made
and SO distinctly mark his location on
the ground that it's boundaries can be
readily traced