Show bylaws by laws 0 of the meadow valley vahey mining district at a meeting of tile alic miners of tai alic c meadow valley IN mining lining district held beld fit at tile the warm spring nt at the alic head of the aforesaid valley talley utah pei on oil the day of 31 march arell A D 1864 win will hamblin was called to the chair and stephen stiern 00 d appointed hinted secre tat tai v the chairman Chirr man announce announced apt th the eo object hect J of clr to be lor for the purpose of organizing a maning dian district act J N k ino A to adopt the folloNi following ing laws to govern anti and control the iliin mining operations pe rations of the district which wele p passed 1 ARTICLE 1 T T this ais district shall include that portion ot of territory sitti situated att d in the ter Teni aitor tory ey of f utah as 18 follows commencing at tile the kanii r spring at tile the lend head of meadow valley valle washington county U T and running aue sue south thirty miles thence due cast thirty miles in les thence die dae north thirty miles thence due west ivest thit thirty ty miles u the aforesaid warm spi spring ing ARTICLE 20 tile the extent of a claim on an any y quartz lode or mineral vein shall be two him bun died feet to the claim along the lode with a width of five hundred feet on oil each side of the lode including all its dips angles spurs depth width shoots off outcrops out crops variations and tse minerals rals and other valuables therein contained the disco icier and locator of a lead shall be entitled to one claim extra for dis discovery coNery ARTICLE SD 01 no person will be permitted to hold more than ope one claim by location on oil any one tein vein b by purchase acl ase any number of claim scan can be lie held d ARTICLE ani all claims shall be measured on w horizontal line and numbered 1 2 and 3 if fi om the discovery claim either cither way each company 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 any other provided however that if the company Pompa ity are prevented from froin working by local or rebellion a failure to do so will not foi forfeit feit their claims all examinations of accords must be made in the presence of the recorder or uis lis deputy ARTICLE tin work done in any tunnel cut shaft di drift ift water ditch or water privilege in good faith shall be considered as being done on the claim owned by such or persons or company ARTICLE every claim whether by an individual or company located shall be recorded within ten daa das s after date of location ARTICLE all claims for gold surface dig diggings aings in this ai district strict shall be two hundred faccin feet in length and two bundled feet in width ARTICLE locators on oil ains of coal or iron shall be entitled to five fire hundred fiet for each location and five hundred feet additional for the discover disco vei er and shall in all otherie I 1 e pacts be subject to and enjoy all the privileges and immunities of these laws laus ARTICLE UTH ml all locations dwade on water for mining mill illges or for briga tion purpose purposed sei shall be inspected and the same be recorded in the book or books of the district recorder and shall in all other respect ib lie be subject to and enjoy all the III privileges in illges and immunities of thebe laws ARTICLE whenever three hundred collais shall have been expended expend cd upon the claims of any nv company in this district the gound ground so claimed by said company shall be deemed as belonging in fee to the locators or company thereof and their achins assigns and the same shall not be subject to location or relocation by other parties ever after except by an all acknowledged abandonment by the company of the ground which shall be constructed to mean an antiro abandonment after r I 1 ing idle for for one year except in cases where ang claims I 1 alms are in in litigation no person shall be permitted to vote in ill this district under these laws unless lie he is is a claim holder pertaining to mining and a resident of the bisti district act ten days day 8 pre precious ious to tile the election ARTICLE an special election can only be called by written notices notices posted up in at least three public places in in the district and si signed ned by at least one half of the voters of the ih district triet said notices shall be posted up by y the recorder days prior to the election ARTICLE it shall be tue tile duty of tile the recorder if required by the locator to give a certificate of the metes and bounds 0 of each claim or number recorded and receive a compensation pensa tion of fifty cents each ARTICLE there ahall bo be a district recorder elected ft fi om among the millet fineis s odthe of the district whose duty it shall be to decord fill all numbers cumbe r s of claims presented tor for the purpose gi ing the name of each number and owner and alid receive a sum not exceeding one dollar from each number or owner provided however that it shall not be lawful bior for the recorder to record any adv claim that conflicts is with ith a prior location the recorder shall hold his hia oli alice fw one year or until his successor is ie chosen osen which successor can only be elected by a majority of the miners present ortho district j ARTICLE on motion of thomas box S stephen shern is as elected recorder for one year y car from this date march A D 1664 tho adjourned suit d dw |