Show bylaws by laws of the meadow van valley ey mining ipg district ata at a meeting of the miners of tile meadow valley mining miling district nold at the willin aim spring at the lead head of tile the aforesaid valley utah U tali brei hitoi y on the day of march A D 1864 win lIam hamblin blin was called to the chair and stephen shei m appointed appoint cd secretary tile the oil Ohai nit man announced ced tile object of the meeting meeting to bo be for the purpose burpoe pur poe of organizing orgain coneg zin a mining district 3 N moed to adopt the fol following loiNing lains to govern and control the mining operations of the distinct dishi ct which were passed ARTICLE ARTIC LEIST this district shall include that portion of territory situated iff the tel of utah lis aa follows commencing tit at the warm spring at the head of meadow valle valley washington le jagt county U T and due south thirty miles thence due cast finity miles thence due north thirty miles thence due west thirty miles flom the aforesaid warm spring ARTICLE SD 21 the extent of a claim on any quartz I 1 lode or mineral vein shall be two hun bun quartz died zed feet to the claim along the lode with a width of five hundred feet on each side of the lode including all its iti dips angles spurs depth width off shoots outcrops out crops variations I 1 and the minerals and other valuables therein contained the discoverer and locator of a lead shall be entitle d to one claim effra for discovery ARTICLE SD 31 no person will bo be permitted to hold bold more than ono one claim by location on any one vein by purchase any number of claim scan be held ARTICLE ath all claims shall be measured on I 1 a horizontal line and numbered 1 2 and 3 if fi aiom om the discovery claim either cither way ARTICLE atiz EJ each ach cm C company m must do one faithful days davs work on ohp their ir claim in ia each month after tile the same shall have been located one year on a failure to do so the claim or claims will be subject to re relocation location by any other provided pron ded however that if f the Pom company are prevented ted from woi boiking king by local insurrection or rebellion a failure to do 0 so o will not forfeit their claims clainie ARTILL all examinations of records must be made in the presence of the Re regolder Reco colder ider or lis deputy ARTICLE ain work done in any tunnel cut shaft drift water ditch or water privilege vilee in good faith shall be considered as being done on the claim 0 owned N ned by such or persons or company ARTICLE E acry cry claim whether by an individual or company located shall be recorded within tell tea days after date of location ARTICLE all claims for gold surface di diggings in t this I 1 lis i district 1 I shall be two bundled feet in in length and two bundled feet in width ARTICLE locatos Loca tois s on oil veins of coal ur or iron shall be entitled to the fine hundred feet for each location and five hundred feet additional for tile the discoverer and shall in ill all other 10 aspects be bd subject to and enjoy all the prin cleges and i immunities m unities of these laws ARTICLE AR all 11 locations made on water for mining ditch mill eriv 1 dieges lieges or for irrigation loll 1011 pur purposes oses shall be rt respected and the same be recorded Sed in the book or books of the district recorder aud and shall in all other rca rei peets be subject to and enjoy all the privileges and imm immunities immunity uniti Cs of these laws ARTICLE whenever three 11 hundred undred dollath shall have been expended expend eZi 7 upon tile the claims of any company in this ibis district the ground so claimed by y said comparin com company shall be deemed as belon belonging ing in in fee to the locators or company thereof and their zis assign sign and the same shall not be subject t to location or relocation by other parties ever after except by an acknowledged abandonment by the company of the ground which shall be constructed to mean an entire abandonment after lying idle for for one year 0 except capt in eases cases reclaims are in in litigation no person shall be permitted to vote in this district under these laws unless lie he is ft a claim holder pel pei pertain tain ing to mining and a resident of thedis the district triet previous to tile the election ARTICLE ai an n special election can only be called t by written notices posted up in at least three public places in the district and signed by at least out one half of tile voters of the district said notices shall be posted up by bv the recorder twenty days prior to the election ARTICLE it shall be the duty of the recorder Record cr if required by the locator to give a certificate of the metes metea and bounds claim or number U ber recorded and receive a C compensation M pensa tion of fifty cents each ARTICLE there shall be a district recorder elected from am among 0 n th the e MID miners I 1 ers of the distl district it whose duty it 7 it shall bal 1 b be c to record all numbers of claims presented tor for the Jur purpose pose giving tile the name of each number and owner and receive ft A sum not eXe exceeding Ceding one dollar from each number or owner provided provid provi did col however that it shall not be lawful lanful for the recorder to record a any c claim I 1 that convicts with a prior or location the hc recorder shall hold his 51 CC for one year or until liis jils successor is chosen which successor can only be elect elected c ol 01 by it a majo majority lity odthe of the miners present of the district ARTICLE on motion of thomas thoma box stephen sherwood w as elected recorder as for orone one year from thi this adato date march I 1 ath A D 1 1 On motion the infecting adjourned si ante ai sie e |