Stikeen River journal., 1899-08-19


 Nothing herein contained shall be con- strued to prevent the alienation of title conveyed by patent for mining claim to any person whatever.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States of America in Congress ass- embled That if, in any action brought persuant to section twenty-three hun- dred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes, title to the gaound in contro- versy shall not be established by eith- CT party, the jury shall so find, and judgment shall he entered according to the verdict. In such case costs shall not be allowed to either party, and the claimant shall not proceed in the land office or be entitled to patent for the ground in controversy until he shall have perfected his title.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States of America in Congress ass embled, The adverse claim required by twenty-three hundred and twenty six of the Revised Statutes may be yer flied by the oath of any duly authoriz ed agent or attorney in fact of the ad verse claimant cognizant of the facts stated; and the adverse claimant if re- siding, or at the time being beyond the limits of the district wherein the claim is situated, may make oath to the ad- verse claim before the clerk of any court of record of the United States or the State or Territory where the ad- verse claimant may then be, sor before any notary public of such State or Ter ritory.
 80, An adverse mining claim must be filed with the register and receiver of the land office where the application for patent was filed, or with the regis ter and receiver of the district in which the land is situated at the time of filing the adverse claim. It must be on the oath of the adverse claimant, or it may be verified by the oath of any duly authorized agent or attorney in fact of the adverse claimant cognizant of the facts stated.
 81. Where an agent or an attorney n fact verifes the adverse claim, he must distinctly swear that he is such agent or attorney, and accompany his atficavit with proof thereof.
 82. .The agent or attorney in fact must make the affidavit in verifcation of the adverse claim within the land district where the claim is situated.
 83. The adverse claim must fully set forth the nature and extent of the in- terference or conflict; whether the ad- verse party claims as purchaser for valuable consideration or as a locator if the former, copy of the original To- cation, the original conveyance, 8 duly of title from the office of the proper recorder should be furnished, or if the transaction was a merely verbal one he will relate the circumstance ssattend- ing the transaction, and date thereof, and the amount paid, which facts should be supported by the affidavit of one or more witnesses, if any were present at the time, and if he claims as locator, he must file a duly certif- ed copy of the location from the office of the proper recorder.
 84. In order that the boundaries and extent of the claim may be shown, it will be incumbent upon the adverse claimant to file plat showing his en- tire claim, it's relative situation or po- sition with the one against which he claims, and the extent of the conflict. This plat must be made from an actual survey by a United States deputy sur veyor, who will officially certify there- on as to it's correctness: and it addition there must be attached to such plat of survey certificate or sworn statement by the surveyor as to the approximate value of the labor performed or imprO- vements by the adverse party or his predecessors in interests and the plat must indicate the position of any shaft, tunnel, or other improvements, if any such exist upon the claim of the party opposing the application, and by which party said improvements were made: Provided, However, That if the appli-