Show laws odthe of the west Mou mountain mining district at a meeting of the miners minera of the west mountain mining district held pursuant to call published ill in the UNION VL DErrE george georag W chamberlin was called to the chair and add JM J M merrill was elected as secretary on motion of M may the meeting was w as adjourned to meet at the provost marshals office at 4 PM at an adjourned meeting I 1 of the miners millers of the wet mining alining district held at the provost Nars marshals haFs office on tuesday auk aug ad 1864 mr thomas aneo was called to the ch chair air and J M merrill was appointed secretary the chairman stated that the object of the meeting was for the purpose of amending and revising the laws of the said paid district A committee consisting of george W chain berlin james AV yoacham IL II M may geo 11 campbell and R F dusky were appointed to revise and amend the said laws article 1 this district shall include that portion of territory situated in the territory of utah and bounded as follows commencing atthe condu confluence ence of the river jordan with greats salt lake and running thence in a sol southerly atherly direction along tile tho east bank oft ortho h e said aid river to its point ot of exit from lake utah thence along the west margin t of said lake to the de derele degree rele north lat latitude imade gree greenwich naich thence along said degree bernee of north latitude to the eastern boundary of tooele thoele county thence along said bound boundary ary to the great salt sal t lake and from thence easterly to the place of beg beginning laning article 2 the extent of a claim on any mineral vein shall bo be two hundred feet mom along 0 the lode with a width of one hundred fet feet on each side of the lode including all its dips deall depths widths off shoots out olit droppings variations and all the mineral and other valuables therein contained and P priority of location shall determine the ownership of all cross or other leads traversing traversing 0 ground claimed under these lav laws s the discoverer ant and I 1 cocat locator or of a lead shall be entitled to one claim additional for foi discovery article 3 no person more than one C will claim by 19 lopati catlan QU on any one vein by purchase any number of claims may be hold held article 4 rt it shall bu be tho the duty or of the recorder whenever application is made to record a claim to go upon the ground mea mca asur kure accurately said cla claim iiii and erect or cause tow erected erect cd a abound moun id of rocks rieks at the point of discovery of said claim claici three feet in diameter and two fret feet high with a stake in the cen ter of sufficient ili hight lit above the mound for the notice to be post posted ed thereon of said claim said notice shall state particularly the distances and direction of said claim for which recording and ho he shall receive the um sum of one dollar and fifty cents S sl 1 50 cents in n the currency of the united states also fifty cents each for all extra certificates furnished article 4 the recorder shall keep two herleg of books in mofid one of which to re record 1 cord all locations and in the other all transfers of claims in this district to be styled book A B and C 0 f claims and book A B and C of transfers in the latter of which he shall place on record all deeds of shares presented for that purpose for which lie he will be entitled to receive a sum slim not exceeding one dollar 1 I 1 in in each case and all such records with the necessary revenue stamps affixed shall be deemed legal evidence of sale or ownership as the case may be article 6 each company shall do one faithful days work on oil their claim each month on oil a failure to do so such claim or claims shall be subject act to relocation location re provided however that should the company be prevented from working by local insurrection or rebellion their claims shall not bo be forfeited and provided fair ther that no claim belon belonging ing to a soldier shall ahall be subject to location relocation re eloc rion until six months I 1 shall have elapsed after his dis from the service of the united states unless he shall sign an agreement or articles of incorporation n to the contrary article 7 when fifty cents per foot shall have been expanded on the claims of apy any company person or persons ona riyono one location tion claimed by any any person or company said claim shall be co considered as real estate and not subject to forfeiture except by actual abandonment article 8 all claims shall be recorded within ten days after a notice of location shall have been posted thereon therean but a notice filed forr for record in the recorders office shall be considered in all cases equivalent to a record article 9 locators on veins of coal or iron be ye antrim te t five hundred blind red feet for exe aeh h lo location nd five are hundred Fet ad 1 d nal for clayal CT ry AyAl 1 ot lu 14 r T 0 4 aspects shall he be subject to lo and enjoy all the privileges and immunities of these laws agliolo 10 all voters at meetings to regulate mining interests shall be chum OIN oivier llero i m ll 11 this district af lt f rf article 11 all i meetings for the ho of cleb election tion or changing chargin these laws fiust m bat ed by posting written aritte a notices noticed in at least bilyi thre e pa public b lie places in the district or by ishi ng the same in somo newspaper printed birbe n ib c territory said publication to tb be made wy the recorder in either cither case durin during at least twenty 20 days previous to such niec meeting ting stating the object thereof article 12 all examinations of records shi shall be made in tho presence of the Re recorder cordee 0 or his deputy when relieved the ite recorder corder sha shall I 1 turn over to his successor all books and papers pertaining to his office he shall have a seal and attest 1 all ack acknowledgments nd and certificates made by him provided that be bd may use his bis private seal until the proper sal ref office shall be procured p On motion the chairman declared the meeting buos I 1 pi Preat bali J M MERRILL seely secy el tl |