Show by bylaws laws aws of the meadow valley mining district at a meeting of tile the miners of the meadow valley alinio mining distinct held at the warm spring at the alie bead of the aforesaid alley utah on oil the day of march A D 1861 1864 win hamblin was called to tile the chair and stephen shei wooda wood appointed anted secretary the chadman announce announced the object of the meeting to be for tile the purpose of organizing a mining bisti act J N Vand vanderman ermai k mo macd ed to adopt the fol following loNin laws lans to bovein and control the mining operations of the district which nieze passed ARTICLE this district shall include that portion fortion lor tion of tei I 1 atory situated in the tot of utah as follows commencing fit at the warm at the head of meadow valley washington county U T and liening limning due aue south th tanty itty miles thence due east cast thirty miles thence due north thirty miles thence due west thatty miles flom the wai in spring ARTICLE ad 20 the extent of a claim on oil any quartz lode or mineral vein shall be two hun bull died feet to the claim along the lode with a width of five hundred feet on each side of the lode including all its dips angles spurs depth width outcrops out crops variations and tile the mincia ls and other valuables therein contained the discoverer and locator of a lead shall be entitled to one claim extra for discovery ARTICLE 31 so no person will bo be permitted to hold more than one claim by location on any one vein by purchase any number of claims can be held ARTICLE am all claims shall be measured on a hoi horizontal line and numbered 1 2 and 3 it ft on the discovery claim either way ARTICLE I 1 E each ach company must do one faithful days 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 bo be subject to re relocation location by bv any other person provided however that tha t if the company are pie prevented vented from evoi boiking king by local insurrection or le ie bellion a failde to do 0 so will not foi feit their claims A AILI ILI GM all examinations of records must be made in tile the presence of the Reco ider or lis deputy ARTICLE am work done in any tunnel cut shaft di anft ift water ditch or water pi privilege ivi lege in good faith shall be considered as being done on the claim owned by such or belsons pel sons or company ARTICLE ei cry claim whether by an individual or company located shall be recorded within ten jaa da 6 after date of location ARTICLE cin all claims for gold surface diggings in tins this district shall be two bundled icat fact in in length and tn two o hundich feet in width ARTICLE loni locators locator Loca tois s on v vins veins ins of coal or hon lion shall be entitled to five bundled feet for each location and five hundred feet additional tor the and shall in all otherie other ic aspects be subject to and enjoy aalthe all the privileges and d immunities of these lain laws s ARTICLE 1 all 11 locations made on gatei for mining ditch mill prin privileges illges oi 01 for it cirila riga tion purposes shall bo be inspected and the same be recorded in in the book or books of the district recorder and shall in ill all other kotlier respects be be subject to and enjoy all the i and im immunities in till aties of these I 1 laws ann s ARTICLE lan whenever three hundred collais shall have been expended upon the claims of any company in this district the ground so claimed by said company shill shall be deemed as belonging in fee to ti the e locators loca 0 1 I tois or company pany thereof and their assigns and the same shall not be subject to location 0 or r iclona tion by other pal pai ties ever after except by an acknowledged lAgod abandonment by tile the company compan y of the gi aund winch shall be constructed to mean an antho abandonment after I 1 alg idle for sas one year except in ia cases alc hole c alms are a in litigation no person be permitted to vote in this district under these laws unless lie he 13 is a claim holder pei to mining and a resident of the bisti act ten days pren ious to the election ARTICLE UTH an special election can only be called by ni alten ritten notices ot ices posted pa up P in at 1 least tin till ee cc public places in the district and signed by at least one half of the voted 6 of tile the al district said notices shall be posted up by the te Reco ider twenty days prior to the election ARTICLE it shall be the duty of the recorder if I 1 enquired by the locator to gh give e a certificate of the metes and bounds of each ach claim or number recorded and i receive a corn com on of fifty cents each ART ARTICLE CLE there shall be a district 0 recorder elected from amo among th the e miners miners odthe oft district whose duty it shall be to record all numbers of claims presented tor for the pm pill pose dose giving the name of each number and andow awnet nei 1 and receive a sum not exceeding one dollar fiora each number or owner provided pd how now ever that it shall not be lawful lanful for the recorder re cot to reeni d ana any claim that conflicts with a prior location the file recorder shall hold his ha office for one year or until his hh successor successors s chosen shieh successor can only be elected by bv a majority of lie amcis district on motion of thomas box s atephen shei wood ii us its foi one car from this into date mai maich ell A D 1864 on motion the meeting adjourned sine die |