Show HOUSE BILL NO 7 house bill no 7 introduced by mcshane and passed bythe by the utah legislature has been vetoed by governor spry this bill provided that the locator of a mining claim should perform a certain amount of location or development work within ninety days after location was made consisting in the rea removal loval of not less than cubic feet of earth the bill was generally opposed by mining men for the reason that much of the work when performed was inadequate and not noi calculated to result in benefit to the claim but the great trouble with such a law is or would be its lack of enforcement otherwise it would ibe be a move in the right direction for if there ever was an absurd law and regulation regarding ithe location of a mining claim it is the one giving the locator a year and fraction of a year in which to perform in work on the claim which sometimes enables the locator to wait al aa most two years before being obliged to expend a cent in claim development for instance if a location were made on january 2 1915 the locator need not do a lick of work in its development according to the federal law until near the close of 1916 even Event then lien if there are no adverse locations the locator may hold title and possession for years without the expenditure ot of a penny for the failure to perform annual assessment ses work does not forfeit title in the locator the only danger lies in ability of ithe claim being jumped because of failure in the performance of labor as required the bill introduced by senator rideout favoring a constitutional amendment changing the method of mine taxation was passed by both houses and signed by the governor this amendment will be voted on by the people of the state at the next election it will be seen then if public sentiment is in favor of unjust legislation against the mining interests of the state |