Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-17
MONDAY. MARCH r.. 1915.
NEW MbNENG LAW.


 letter received frnm senator R"- den. of lditarud. and d new min ing bill he will intrndllr" and hopes lu see it passed. It Is or cons siderable importance [" the miners of the territory and the prospectur is glad to publish hoth the letter and the bill. The letter follows:
 Editor Valdez Daily pr">prri"r:
 Dear Sir: , Enclosed please find copy of a mining bill l pro- pose to introduce in Inc Senate within a day or two. Personally l have devoted much lime and care 10 it's preparation and a number of miners and attorneys in the Fairbanks country have rendered valuable assistance in it's prepa-. ration. l do not claim it as be- ing wholly my product and neith- CT do l claim that it is perfect. Realizing that you are desirnuS of lending your assistance to any cause that is beneficial to the public, l would request you kind Iy to publish the proposed bill in your esteemed paper and invite criticism thereof by. all who take any interest in the proposition. After you have received them kindly forward copies thereof to me and shall he very glad to present them to the committee that will take charge of tn" bill. My only desire is. being the falh- CT of the bill tu secure tn" best there is iu be had and hope that many will lend their aid in mak- ing suggest ions. 1 would like to get the opinions of attorneys on the legal phases of he measure. The bill follows:
 AN ACT to supplement the mining laws of the United States in their application to the Terri tory of Alaska; providing for the location and possession of min ing claims in Alaska: repeating the Act of Congress entitled, "tn Act to modify and amend the min ing laws in their application to The Territory of Alaska and for other purposes" l37 Stat. l.. 2l2. 2i3 approved August |. 1912: and repeating Inc Act of Congress entitled, "An Act tu amend the laws governing labor OF improve inents upon mining claims in Alaska 35 Stat. l.. i2i3 ap- proved March ,, 1907.
 Be it enacted by the Legislature
 of the Territory of Alaska:
 Section 1. That no person shall hereafter locate any mining claim in the Territory of Alaska as at tOrney for another unless he is duly authorized thereto by a DOW CT of attorney in writing. which shall be witnessed by two wit- neSSeS but need not be acknOWl- edged. and recorded in the office of the recorder in whose precinct such location is made, previous 10 the date of the making init ia tiOn of such location.
 See. ,. \ locator or owner may, at any time, relocate his own claim for any purpose, except to avoid the performance of annual labor thereon. and by such relo- cation may change the boundaries thereof, or the point of discov- cry. OF both. but such relocation must comply. in all respects. with the requirements of this act as to an original location.
 Sec. ,. That the value of work or labor done under the prOviS- ions of this act shall be computed on the basis of the current wage for similar work prevalent in the precinct wherein the claim is sit uate.
 Sec. i. That during each year and until patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hun- dred dollars worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made on, or for the benefit of each and every twenty acres or fractional part thereof contained in any claim heretofore located and after the 3lst day of Decem- Der, 1912. one hundred dollars worth of labor shall be perform ed or improvements made on OF for the benefit of each and every twenty acres, or fractional part thereof contained in such claim heretofore located. The owner If such claim or some other person having knowledge of the facts, shall make and file with the re- cOrder of the precinct wherein such claim is situate, an affidavit showing the performance of la bOr or making of improvements < lo the amount of one hundred dollars for each and every twrn-
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