The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-08-08
RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE HOUSEFOR
 CLAIM OWNERS
Hon. Carl Hayden Replies to Num- erous Inquiries Regarding Exempt ion of Claim Owners on Annual As sessment Work for 1919.

Every indication points to the pas sage of a joint resolution by the 66th congress before adjournment, exempt ing mining claim owners and oil claim owners from doing the annual assess ment work of one hundred dollars on each claim for the year 1919. The exemption resolution provides, however. that no such suspension shall be granted to any one claimant for more than five claims ,The joint resolution No. 150 instro- duced by MT. Hawley, was passed through the House on August 2nd and is now pending in the Senate, where it is predicted it will be pass ed without opposition.
 Under date of August End, Hon. Carl Hayden, Arizona's representative in Congress who has been a vigorous supporter of the Resolution writes as follows: .N
 My dear Sir:
 am glad to advise yau that the House has passed a Joint Resolution to suspend the requirement. of assess ment work on mining claims during the year 1919,, which is the same as the exemption granted by Congress in 1917 and 1918 except that this new act provides that no such suspension shall be granted to any one claimant for more than five claims. The Joint Resolution also applies to oil placer locations which was not the case heretofore
 With best wishes, I am,
 Yours very sincerely,
 CARL HAYDEN
 The Resolution as it passed the House on August 2nd reads as fol lows:
 JOINT RESOLUTION
 To suspend the requirements of an- nual assessment work on mining claims during the year 1919.
 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem- bled, That the provision of section 3224 of the Revised Statutes of the United States which requires on each mining claim located, and hntA a. patent has been issued therefor, not less than $100 worth of labor to be performed or improvements aggre- gating such amount to be made dur ing each year, be, and the same here by, suspended during the calendar year 1919: Provided That no such suspension shall be granted to any one claimant for more than five claims: Provided, That every claim ant of any such mining claim in order to obtain the benefits of this resolu- tion> shal file or cause to be filed in the office where the location notice or certified copy is recorded on or before December S1, 1919, notice of his de sire to hold said mining claim under this resolution.
 Sec. 2. That this resolution shall not be construed to alter modify, amend or repeal the public resolution entitled Joint resolution to relieve the owners of mining claims who have been mustered into the military or naval service of the United States as officers or enlisted men from perform ing assessment work during the term of such service, approved July IT. 1917.
 The committee on Mines and Mining held hearings on four separate days on this resolution and number of rep resentatives from the western min ing States appeared in favor of the resolution, and many letters from mining men and others not engaged in mining were put in testimony fol the resolution.
 Only two appeared against the reso lution and a few letters and tele grams against it were received in com parison with the number for passage
 There was a resolution (S. J. Res 156) which passed>in the Senate June -27, 1918, and which provided suspen sions until December 31 of the yea following that in which war was con cluded and now that war ceased il 1918 the provisions of this resolution are the same in effect. S J. Res 156 was introduced into the House July 8, 1918 but was not acted upon
 A similar resolution GIL J. Res. 57 to the one now under consideration was before the Committee on the Pub lie Lands, and on inquiry from tn CQdlTIndn UT Ildl ColuliilItCC lO LII Secretary of the Interior a reply wa received of which the following is verbatim copy:
 Department of the Interior
 Washington, June II, 191
 My Dear MT. Sinnott: I am in r ceipt of your request for report upo H. J. Resolution 57, proposing ito su onI1i1.nnn nF the annu.