The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-02-03

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Editor Alaska Citizen:
Dear Sir-As / have been invited
10 express my views on some points
Of the mining laws as passed by con
gress last year for the Territory of
Alaska | wish to state that the pres
en- laws are entirely inadequate for
he needs OF this country. | will here
state my reasons for SO saving: They
invite too many law suits
Now Mr.. prospector. suppose that
YOU and your partner, holding each
others power OF attorney, as pro
.iied in the present law, went out
q do some stalking. and one of YOU
Vent up the Tauana river. the other
into the Innoko country Now. say
.ou staked in the month of March
NO claims for yourself and two for
,our partner: also your partner in
he lnHOko country staked in the
month of March TWO claims for
himself and Two for YOU Now the
law says that you shall stake. or
rocure to he staked. by power of
attorney. two claims in each calendar
month Now may 20 as third
person and locate either OF the
claims that you or Your partner has
located then. OF course YOU will
pr!ng suit Ia hold Your claims. es
pee tally il they are rich. But the
law says that they are veid Now
wish 70 call our representatives
attention to this law. and would sug-
-.est. as | haze i'll former years when
the miners association vas in eX-
"Stt+I' I ~ tha't d Id" tildt " lit
ne simple and plain; say for instance
on these lines
THAT hereafter no power OF at
torney or agency shall be used il
the stalking OF ground in the terri
.Ory OF Alaska.
THAT every citizen of the
United States shall have the right 10
stake one placer miEire claim on
avh creek.
Which shall be staked in :
rectangular form. 660 feet up and
Town the stream by 132u across the
aliey.
That no claim shall be more
han GOO feet up and down the
stream. but can be as much less as
he locator may be pleased TO stake.
=. Where more than 20 acres are
.ocated, fraction shall be taken
from the right limit end OF said
claim.
ON every claim so located there
shall be done no less than 5000
@orth of labor or Improvements be-
ore said claim or fraction of said
claim shall be recorded.
Which recording must be made
within 80 daays from date OF said To-
cation
S.-And any locator failing to so
improve said claim and record same
shall forfeit all right. title and in
terest in and to said claim
9.-After the passing of this act
there shall be no less than $l00 worth
If labor or Improvements done on
each 20 acres or fraction thereof as
he annual representation or assess
ment work.
1o.-All improvements required un-
der this act shall he stated in detail
as to what was done and where the
same was done This statement
shall be part of the location no.
tice 10 be FLEA for record. which shall
Re sworn to before any notary or
the recorder of the district.
1l.-All claims shall be staked
with four corner posts or monuments
and the lines clearly cut and mark
ed so that any person can readily
follow the boundaries OF the claim
lo;,
located after the passage of this act.
13.-All claims located In violation
of this act shall be void and open
for location by any bona fide loca-
tor. r. f. LEBER.
Formerly member of the Executive
Committee of the Miners Associa
ton of Tanana and President of
the Engineer branch.
January 80 1918
Permit me through the columns
OF The Citizen to respectfully call
the attention of those members of
the coming Alaska Legislature that
are at present in Fairbanks to the
necessity of amending or else re
pealing the obnoxious road tax law
AS at present construed Tor mis-
construed, more rightly speaking
it authorizes the road overseer to
hold up every man subject to the
tax for eight dollars and convert
such portion of the same as he
chnncnc To h