Show bylaws by laws of the meadow bleadow valley If mining fining district at a meeting of tile mille fineis s of the meadow ale adow valley mining alining district held at the will hiim sprine at the head of the aforesaid valley utah on the d daiy diy ty of march larch A D 1864 win 11 timblin was called to the cli chair and Shei wood appointed p 19 tary the chairman anjou announced ue the object of the meeting to he be for the alie purpose of organizing i N macd C a cuing mining bisti jet J to adopt the following laws lawa to govoni gohei n and control the m mining operations orations crat ions of the district which were alls pasted sn AI this shall include that portion ol of teri teni tory situated in the terl Teni tory of utah as fol follows lovis commencing at the warm spring g at tile the head of meadow vallel valley washington in acton county U T and lunning duo 0 south thirty miles thence due north flirt thirty miles mile thence due east thirty miles thence due west cst thil thirty ty miles fi aiom om the aforesaid warm spring ARTICLE 21 an the extent of a claim on any quartz lode or mineral vein shall be two hun died feet to the claim along the lode with a edth of five hundred feet on each side of the lode including all its dips angl angles es spurs depth width off shoots hoots outcrops out crops var variations I 1 actions and the minerals and other valuables therein contained the discoverer and locator of a lead shall be entitled to one claim extra for disco discovery cry ARTICLE so no person will be permitted to hold more than one claim by location on any one vein vein b by purchase any number of ally heid claims can be held ain all claims shall be measured on a horizontal line and numbered 1 2 and 3 if h orn the discovery claim either cither way nay ARTICLE each COMI company any must do one faithful days work on their claim in each month after the same shall have been located one year on a failure to do so the claim or claims will be subject to relocation location re by by any other provided however t that ha t if the company aie prevented from boiling by local insurrection or ic ie bellion a failure to do so will not forfeit their claims all examinations of records must bo be made in the presence of the Ecco Reco ider orlis or lia deputy ARTICLE done in any tunnel ou cut t shaft di drift ift water N ater ditch or water privilege in good faith fath shall be considered as being done on the claim owned by such berbon or poisons pei sons or company ARTICLE E eveia vely claim whether by an individual or r company located shall be ie 10 coi bcd within ten daa das s after date of location ARTICLE all claims clainie for gold surface diggings in this district shall he be two hundred feet in length and two bundled feet in ill width ARTICLE ART I 1 CLI lorn locators locator Loca tois s on veins of coal or iron shall be entitled to to five fic bundled feet for each location and five hundred feet additional for the discoverer and shall in all 1 1 11 other oth C r le ie aspects be subject to and enjoy all the privileges and immunities tf of these laws ARTICLE all 11 locations mado 0 ii a ater for mining ditch mill or for arri irrigation 9 a purposes pui poses shall be respected and the same 6 am e be in the book or books of the D district is Keco der ider and shall in all other respects bo 0 subject to and enjoy all the privileges and immunities of 0 these laws laasi ARTICLE whenever three hundred collais shall have been expended upon the claims of any company in this district the ground bound so claimed by said company shall be deemed coined as belonging in fee to tile the or company thereof and their assigns and the same shall not be subject to location or I 1 choca tion by other parties ever after except by on an acknowledged abandonment by the company of the ground which shall be constructed to mean illean au an entire abandonment after I 1 lying idle for one 3 far ear except in cases wacie claims are in litigation no person shall bo be permitted ermit ted to note occo in this district under these laws F am 8 unless lie he is a claim holder to t 0 mining and a resident of the district ten da days s pro pre ious to the election ARTICLE an special election can only b be called by written notices posted up lip in at least three public places in the district and signed by at least one half of the voters of the district said notices shall be posted up tip by tile the recorder twenty days prior to the election ARTICLE it shall be the duty of tile the recorder if required by the iho locator to give a certificate of the metes and bounds of each claim or number recorded and receive a compensation pensa tion of fifty cents each cadi ARTICLE larn there shall be a district recorder elected from anio among 1 l the miners of tho the distinct whose duty it shall if be to record all numbers of claims presented tor lor the purpose ing the name of each cach number a and ll 11 owner and receive a sum suin not exceeding one dollar from each number or owner provided however that it shall not be lawful for the recorder d c r to record any an claim ll 11 aim that conflicts with a prior locution location the h e recorder shall hold his office for one year or until ilis his suc successor cesso is chosen chieh successor can only bo be elected by ft a majority of the PI of the bisti district jet ARTICLE on motion of thomas box stephen sherwood was alei aca roe recorder order for one year 1 0 this date march A D 1864 on motion fotion the meeting adjourned sine di du e |