Year: 1866

ted states, or any person. HaViuS tahe" tue
necessary steps to become citizen Of the
United States, shall be entitled to locate n
quartz claim on quartz ledge or vein; each
claim shall be two hundred feet in length
and sha Il include all the dips, spurs, angles
and variations Of the ledge and ten feet of
all cross lodges on each side of the ledge
claimed, and said claimant shall be entitled
to one hundred feet Of ground on each side
Of the ledge for the purpose Of working the
ledge. Provided, however, that the granting
of the above mentioned one hundred feet on
each side of the ledge, shall not be construed
to include any parallel lodges or interfere or
prevent the working of such parallel Lodges
or cross lodges except within ten feet on each
side Of tho ledge claimed.


Art. 8. On the location Of claim or
claims by any person or persons. notices
shall be Immediately posted on said claim
or claims, describing the same by metes and
bounds, and within ten days from the time
Of such location copy Of such notice must
be recorded in the flee Of the County Re-
corder. Such notice to be SO recorded as TO
contain full description Of such claim or
claims, together with the name or names
Of the person or persons locating the same.


Art. 4. Work to the extent Of twenty
dollars in value shall be performed by each
person or company holding any claim or
claims. within sixty days from the date Of
recording the same as provided for in arti'
Gle Of these laws, for every two hundred
feet of ledge or vein claimed by such per-
son or company, and the duly authorized
agent or any member of company making
oath that labor to the value Of twenty dol
lars for each claim of said company has
been actually performed, shall be entitled
to a certificate from the County Recorder
or bis deputy, guaranteeing undisturbed
possession of said claim or claims for one
year from the date of recording said claim
or claims, and like sum of money or the
value thereof expended or performed with
in thirty days of each succeeding year, duly
ackuow ledged as herein named, shall entit!e
the claimants or company from year 10
year to further certificates of undisputed
proprietorship. And when any claimant
or company having located quartz ledge
under these laws, shall have expended in
developing such ledge, or in the erection Of
mill on such ledge, in money or labor,
to the amount of two hundred dollars for
each and every two hundred feet of ledge
claimed by such company, or some member
thereof, making oath that such money or
or labor has actually been expended or per-
formed, then the County Recorder shall give
10 said claimants or company title deed to
said claims. Provided, that nothing in this
article shall at any time be inconsistent with
the laws Of the United States.


Art. 5. Whenever the requisite amount
of money or labor, as provided for in article
fourth, has not been expended within sixty
days from the date of recording any claim
or claims, then such claim or claims so
neglected shall be considered abandoned,
and shall be subject TO be relocated by any
other party or parties. Provided, that when
any person or company have located any
claim or claims under these laws, and have
failed to perform the necessary amount Ct
labor as provided for in article fourth, they
shall not be entitled to relocate the same
claims until after the expiration Of ten days
from the time such claims became aban.
doned.


Art. 8. ANY person or company, having
located any quartz claim or claims under
and in accordance with the laws Of the
district ia which such claim or claims are
situated, shall have the same recorded in
the Office Of the County Recorder within
sixty days from the date Of the adoption of
these laws by the district in which such
claim or claims are located, and any person
or company so recording such claim or
claims and making oath within sixty days
from the date Of such record that money or
labor has been expended on such claim or
claims to the amount Of twenty dollars for
such claim located, shall entite each person
or company to receive from the county
Recorder certificate guaranteeing undspu.
ted possession Of such claim or claims for
one year from the date of the record of
the same, and like sum Of money or the
value thereof in labor expended or performed
within thirty days Of each succeeding year,
duly ackno wedged as herein named, shall
enlille such person or company from year
10 year 10 further certificates of undisputed
proprietorsbip. And any person or com
pany having located any claim or claims
under aud in accordance with the laws of the
district in which The same are situated, and
having bad the same recorded as provided
for in this article, and making oath that such
person or company have expended 10 money
or labor on such claim or claims, in devel-
oping the same, or in the erection Of mill
on such claim or claims, the amount Of two
hundred dollars for each claim located then
the County Recorder shall give to said per-
son or company title deed to said claim or
claims. provided, that nothing iu this ar
ticle shall at any time be inconsistent with
the laws Of the IJn,ted Statesl


Art. Z. All claims heretofore located un-
der the district laws, not complying with
the provisions of these laws, shall be con.
sidered abandoned after the expiration of
sixty days from the date Of the adoption of
these laws by the district in which such
claims are located, and shall be subject to
be relocated, by any other party or parties.


Art. 8. The regularly elected County Re-
corder Of Placer county shall serve as Re-