The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-15

the fee for recording the ~ ssns when
oath is taken before any other 6sdcer
authorized to administer oaths shall be
50 cents.
Such affidavit, or certified copy thereof
in case the original il losk shall be prima
t.eie evidence ef TIE perfcrnance of such
labor. The failure to hlesnch affidavit
shall be considered pfiua facie evidence
that such labor has not heen done.
SEC. Z. The location Of abandoned
claims shall be done in the same manner
a if the location were Of : new claim ]
bat the locator may, inatssd Of sinking :
new discovery SHAFT, sink the original
discovery shaft ten fest deeper than it was
at the time of bis location, Or he may drive
the open cut or tunnel ten feet further
along the course of the lead, lode or vein.
aad must erect new posts or monuments.
SIC. 8. No location notice shall claim
more than one location, whether the loca-
ton is made by one or several locators,
and if it purport to claim more than one
location it il absolutely void.
SEC, .. That section 3I03 of the re.
vised statutes of Idaho is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 3lO3. For the convenience of
prospectors and locators, the county re
csrdsss Of the several counties must ap
point deputy at any place where he may
deem it necessary, and At all places more
than 20 miles distant from an existing
office whenever ten or more mining loca-
tors Interested, petition for the appoint
ment of deputy. Upon failure Of any
recorder to appoint = deputy for ten days
after the petitioa in writing has been
presented TO him, the resident miners in
such district may appoint temporarily,
one of their number to act a. the recorder
for the district, whose record shall be ~
valid y if made by the deputy, and must
be entered BY the recorder as hereinafter
required: Prov,ded, That whenever II
any time Afterwards, the recorder has ap
pointed deputy for such district Or
place, the authority Of the person elected
ny the resident miners ceases.
SEC. 10. When the right to mine il in
any case separate from the ownership OF
right OF occupancy OF the surface ground,
the owners or rightful occupants Ut the
surface ground may demand satisfactor,
security from the miners, aud it II be re-
fused or not given, may enjoin such miners
from working such ground until such
is given. The court granting the
writ Of injunction shall Tx tie amount
and nature Of the security.
SEC. II. Placer claims, as mentioned
IN section 1929 Of the revised statutes OF
the United States, may he located for the
purpose OF mining deposits and precious
stones after the discovery Of such dc.
posits.
SEC. IL. The locator of any placer
mining claim, located for the pun pose
of mining placer deposits or precious
Dtoaes, must 1t the time of making the
locataon comply With eli the req uirements
of soctions = and Of this Act. Every
placer claim must be recorded within 81
days from the time of the location thereof,
in the district in which the same is Sit
uated, or in the Office Of the county re-
corder of the county wherein the Claim il
situated. Tue location notice thereof
must contain the date of the location, the
name OF the locator, the name and dimeu-
lions OF the Claim AID must also give ouch
description Of the locality thereof by
reference to natural landmarks or 6xeu
objects and contiguous claims, if any, AZ
70 render the situation of the same reas-
'nabiy certain from the letter of the no.
ice itself.
SIC. ID. That section 31O4 of the re-
'ised statutes Of Idaho be- amended to
'ead - follows:
Section 8l04. At or before the time OF
presenting . location notice for record,
whether it be for quartz or placer claim,
me Of the locators named in the sxme
must make and subscribe 40 affidavit, in
writing on Or attached to the notice, sub
'tantiaily in the following form, to-wit
State Of Idaho, county ot,...,,..ss.
!, ......, do soiemnly swear that am
J citizen Of the United States OF America
or have declared my intentions to Le.
;ome suchl and that am acquainted
With the mining ground described in this
louce Of location, and herewith called the
........ ledge, lode or claim; that the
round and claim therein described or
ny part thereof has not to the best Of
ny knowledge and belief been located
ccording to the laws Of the United States
nd OF this state, or it 20 located, that the
anne has been abandoned OF forfeited Nv
esson OF the failure Of such former To-
ators to comply IN respect thereto with
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