The Nome daily nugget., 1913-08-12
FULL TEXT DE NEW MIMIC LAW
CHAPTER 74. fS IS. No. l1.)

CHAPTER 7i.
 fS. B. Nh. l1.)
 .N ACT to supplement the ,. "' .,'a,
 ,. of the United States 'n then
 ucation to the Territory of Alas
 z providing for the location anf
 ...,on of mining claims in Alas
 and repeating all acts mud parts :. acts in conflict herewith to the
 ..,sut = of such conflicts.
 enacted by the Legislature of D, n. rerr,tory of Alaska
 ..., Provisions Concerning Lode .,d Placer Mining Claims.
 section l. That no person shall
 .,.r locate any mining claim in r.rr,tory of Alaska as attorney .ar .a another unless he is duly author
 thereto by power of attornev
 .~r,,ins, which shall be witnessed
 .o witnesses but need not be ov,edged. and recorded in the off, of the recorder in whose precinct
 Location is made. previous to the a,,. of the initiation of such ioca- ton.
 .,.sor done under the provisions Of .,,. art shall he computed on the basis
 ... vaee for similar work current in The precinct wherein the claim Is slt- uate.
 e.. a That during each year and ,,,,, patent has been issued therefor. .,, less than one hundred dollars -..,.h of work shall be performed or ,mprovements made on, or for the ..nsat of each and every lode mining .,.,m and one hundred dollars worth ., labor shall pc performed or i'm ,-ovements made on or for the bene- st of each md every twenty acres or fractional part thereof contained in any placcr claim hereafter located ana .fter the thirty first day of December ,o,a me hundred dollars worth of ,,hor shall be performed ar improve oentn made on or for the heneht of zach and every twenty acres, or frac- ttopal part thereof contained in any claim heretofore located, and such ,,ork shall be known as "anaial as sessment work" The owner of such c,.,m or some other person having tnow,edge of tho facts shall make anf nle with the recorder of the precinct vberein such claim Is situate. an af adayit showing the performance of labor or making nf improvements to ,he amount of one hundred dollars for each and every twenty heres ar frac- tional part thereof contained In such claim. as aforesaid and specifying tho character of such labor or improve ments.
 Said affidavit shall set forth the fol. lowing:
 (a) The name ar number of the claim and where situated.
 (b) The number of days work done and tho character and value of the improvements made thereon.
 (c) Date of the performance of such labor and making of improve ments.
 (d) The place where such work was done and improvements made with reference to tho boundaries of such claim.
 (e) At whose instance the work was done md Improvements made.
 O The actual amount paid for such work and Improvements and ny whom paid when such work was not done or Improvements made by the owner.
 Such affidavit shall he filed with the precinct recorder not later than ninety days after the close of the calendar year in which the work was done or Improvements made. For the filing. recording and indc.ing of such afn- davit the recorder shall collect the sum of one dollar and fifty cents. Upon failure to comply with all the provisions of this section such claim shall become forfeited md open to To. cation by others as if no location had been made.