Year: 1866




bounded as follows Commencing at point on
the North Fork OF the American River, where
the dividing line between Congressional Town
ships IL and l3 North, and East OF Mt. Diablo
Base and Meridian, strikes sa river, thence due
West along said line to the North West corner of
Section s, in Congressional Township II. (the
West line Of said Section being the dividing line
between Townships 2 and 3 Of Placer county,)
thence South on said section line to the Amer
can river below Rattlesnake Bar, thence up said
river, and the North Fork Of the same, to the
place Of beginning.


ART. 2. All quartz claims in this District for
Gold, Silver, Copper. or other metals, shall be
200 feet in length, measured horizontally in
direct line upon the general course of the ledge,
and shall include all the dips, angles and spurs
of the ledge, and the width OF $50 feet Of ground
on each side OF the ledge shall be allowed for the
convenience and facility of working the claim.
Provided, that the said right to the use of said
$50 feet on each side of the ledge shall not be
construed as to confer right to any cross ledge
rs against the rights of any subsequent location
thereof, except to the extent OF ten feet, horizon
tai measurement. OF such cross ledge on each
side of said first located ledge.


Provided, also. that such subsequent loca-
Gators shall be entitled to the right Of way and
drainage through first ledge, when the same can
be done without material interference with the
enjoyment of the rights Of the said first To-
Gators. Pyovided further that the said right Of
way and drainage last aforesaid. shall not be so
construed us to impair the light OF said first To-
Gators to the full and free Of the surface
ground to the extent of $50 on each side OF the
first located ledge.


ART. 3. Every location shall be made by post
ing on some prominent natural object, or on a
post firmly set in the earth, at some point on or
near the ledge or ledges intended to be located,
notice, legibly written or printed in the Eng
lish language, containing the true date Of the
posting of the notice, the name of the location or
Company. the name or names of each locator, the
number of claims located, the general course and
direction OF the ledge or lodges located the
length or lengths, and distance or distances
claimed on each ledge or ledges measuring from
said notice posted as aforesaid. Also an intel)i
gible description of the locality of the ledge or
lodges and the particular part or parts thereof
located so that the same may be found and trac-
ed from the contents of such notice. There shall
also be placed upon each end of the location of Il
claim or claims stake upon which shall be the
name OF the Company or locator, and the direc-
tion of said stakes from the written or printed
notice above provided for


ART. 4. Every location may be for one or more
claims Of the dimensions stated in Article End,
and each location shall be made on one ledge, or
on cross lodges, and when cross lodges the
location shall embrace the junction of the cross
lodges; or a location may be made two or
more ledges not crossing or intcrsecting each
other, but when so made the lodges so located
shall not be more than 800 feet apart in their
general course and direction. Every location of
one , NOR. claims shall be designated in the
notice by some particular name, except that
when locations are made Of one claim only or
less the name or designation may be only the
name of the locator.


ART, 5. No person shall hold more than one
claim by location on the same ledge or lodges
when embraced in the same location.


ART. 6. No claim shall be recognized as valid
unless true copy Of the principal notice, as re-
uuired in Article 3rd, is filed for record with
the Recorder within five days after the date OF
the location.


ART. I. Work TO the value of ten dollars on
or for each claim OF two hundred feet shall be
done within thirty days next after posting mott
ces of locations, Provided, that any Company
may do an equivalent amount Of work, at any one
or more points on their ledge, which shall hold
their claims good for three months next after
posting said notices; at the expiration of which
time and within the next three months, the per-
son or Company shall expend a like sum to hold
said claim or claims good for said last named
period, and a like expenditure shall be made
within each succeeding three months for the like
purpose until such Company shall have expend
| ed in the aggregate for each claim of 200 feet
| the sum of One Hundred Dollars, when such per-
| son or Company shall be deemed to have q YES
ted right to such claim or claims and the same
shall not be deemed jumpablc, Prorided. ho,c-
epe, ii within any Of the above specified pc
RODS such person or Company shall expend in
| addition to the above required sum TO hold good
| such claim or claims, TO the further sum of one
| or more ten dollars for each claim, then such
| such claim or claims shall be held good there
| after for period corresponding at said rate of
| three months for each ten dollars expended for
each claim.


ART. 8. The Recorder shall keep two we'll
bound bound books. each OF which shall be pro-
! vided with an ample index. In one Of said books
the Recorder shall Immediately, upon the filing
| of any and every notice OF location Of a mining
| claim for Gold, Silver, Copper or other metal.
record the same, and shall at time of said filing
index such location by the name or designation
of such Company or claim. He shall also in
| dorse on the back of each of said notices the
date and hour of the day when the same shall lie
| filed for record, and subscribe the same. He
shall also when recording said notices append to
each record, to be subscribed by him a certificate
| of the said date and hour of filing. and the name
| of the person presenting the same for record. and
| shall at the same time carry out in said index
| the page or pages of said book when said record
| is made. In the other Of said books the Recor-
| der shall in like manner index and record, and
certify the record Of every affidavit Of labor and
expenditure made by any Company or person,
| taking special care to index the same by the same
| name by which the same is indexed and recorded


in the said first described book. And he shall in
| the manner first above described. as to notices
file each OF affidavits. On the filing Of said no.
tices and affdavits the Recorder shall carefully
file the same away alphabetically, and the samn
shall thereafter be thus carefully preserved in
his Office for reference and shall be by him de-
livered over to his successor in office for the like
purpose. He shall also on demand, and on the
payment of his fees therefor, make and certify
to any person certificate of any notice or aAi-
davit on file in his Office. or of these laws or
those hereby repealed. The Recorder shall in
no case be required to file for record any of said
notices of claims or afidavits of labor as herein
provided except upon the payment in coin Of the
fees in full for such fling, recording and certid-
cate prescribed by these laws, Provided, that
the rights intended by the laws to be acquired or
secured by such record of such notice or afida-
Wit shall be deemed to relate 10 the date of said
filing thereof. PrOuided, further it shall lie
the imperative duty oil said Recorder to imme-
datcly file and record said notices and afi-
davits on presentation to him for those purpo-
ses, whether he shall or shall not have received