Stikeen River journal., 1899-07-08
DEP ABATEMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
 GENERAL. LAND OFFICE
MINERAL LANDS OPEN TO ENPLORA- TION. OCCUPATION. AND PURCHASE.
 IContinucd from last Week

IContinued from last Week.
 b. In order to hold the posscssory right to location made since May 10. 1872 not less than one hundred dollar's worth of labor must be performed or improvements made thereon annually until entry shall have been made. Un- der the provisions of the act of Con- gress approved January p, 1880, the first annual expenditure becomes due and must be performed during the cal ender year succeeding that in which the location was made. Expenditure made or labor performed prior to the first day of January succeeding the date of location will not be considered ils part of or applied on the first an nual expenditure required by law.
 Is. Failure to make the expenditure or perform the labor required upon a location made before or since May To. lS1o, will subject d claim to relocation unless the original locator, his heirs. assigns, or legal representatives have resumed work after such failure and before relocation.
 F. Annual expenditure is not rcquir- ed subsequent to entry. the date of is suing the patent certificate being the date contemplated by statute.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States of America in Congress as sembled, That the provisions of section numbered twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes Of the United States. which require that on each claim located after the tenth day of May. eighteen hundred and sev- tntl twn. ana until patent i.aS been is- sued therefore. not less than one .hIin- drcd dollars worth of lapor shal! he performed or Improvements made dur ing each year. be suspended for the year eighcen hundred and ninttN four, so that no mining claim which has been regularly located and recorded as re- quired by the local laws and mining regulations shall be subjected to for felture for nonperformance of the an nual performance of the assessment ful the year eighteen hundred and ninety four: Provided, That the claimant or claimants of any mining location. in OF der to secure the benefits of thi, Act. shall cause to be recorded in the ol1ic, where the location notice or certificate is filed. on or before December thirty first, eighteen hundred and ninetN-folr notice that he or they in good faith intend to hold and work said claim Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to South Da- kota.
 Sec. , That this Act shall take effect on and after it's passage.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembl ed, That section two thousand three hunered and twenty four of the Revis ed Statutes, be, and the same is hereby amended so that where a person or company has or may run |; tunnel fnl the purpose of developing d lode ol lOdes. owned bp said person or company the money so expended in said tunnel shall be taken and considered as eXpen- ded on said lode or lodes whether To- cated prior to or since the passage of said act: and such person or company shall not be required to perform work on the surface of said Aodc or lodes in order to hold the same as required by said Act.
 IS. Upon the failure of any one of several co-owners of vein lode or led