Show bylaws by laws of the district feadow valley allix Ml lix at a meeting of the miners of tile the mo valley mining alining district hold licad at tile the IV 17 sprint spring at the lead head of th alic 0 aforesaid arra v TJ tali tei hitoi y on the lay day of mareli valley y D 1864 wm will lIam blin wat called A to clifair and stephen 00 d R appointed secre sp tl tary ary the C bith nian anno announced L the object the to bo be tor for the of 0 f meeting pill purpose pose of a mining district J N ino li to adopt tile the following laws to goern n 1 control the mining mining operations of the district distri t which were 1 passed ARTICLE this district shall include that tant coition oi of territory situated in the territory utah as follows Coni commencing Z at tile the barill wan of spi skiing ing at the head of sa meadow s1 adow vail valley wash 1 ington county U T and lunn lunning ue so thirty miles thence due cast thirty mil niiles thence due not coith tit thirty miles thence due duewel west I 1 thil thirty tv miles to 10 tile aforesaid wa baim I 1 in nc ARTICLE ALICLE SD the extent of a claim on oil it any quartz lode or mineral vein shall be two tivo b hun U dred feet to the claim along tile the lode with wi th width of five hundred feet on oil each side of oatha t be lode including all its dips angles spurs spur depth width off shoots outcrops out crops variations variation and the minerals and other valuables therein contained the discoverer and locator of a lead shall be entitled to one claim extra for discovery ARTICLE SD so no person will be permitted to hold moi moie e than one claim by location on or any one vein vein by purchase any number of claims can be held ARTICLE all claims shall be measured Inea on a horizontal line and numbered 1 12 and 3 if front from the discovery claim either way ARTICLE each company must do one faithful das work on claim iu ill 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 bt tiny any other person provided collever ho how ever llever that if the company are prevented from 1 w oi 01 ling king by local insurrection or le ie bellion a failure to do so 80 will not forfeit their claims all examinations of decord must be made in the pie presence sence cc of tile the revoida or lis deputy ARTICLE am work done in any tunnel cut shaft di drift ift water ditch or u ater pi i elege in good faith shall be considene d as aa being done on the claim owned by such peidon peisou or pei sons or company ARTICLE every claim whether by an individual or company located shall bens bele corded within ten das 8 after date of location ARTICLE all claims for gold diggings in this district shall be two bundled feet in length and two bundled feet in width locatos Loca tois s on oil cin of coal or iron shall be entitled to the bundled fiet for each location and five hundred felt feet additional forthe for the discoverer and shall in all opherre other respects be subject to and enjoy all the arn ilenea and immunities of often se law laws s am ARTICLE 11 all AH locations made on water for mining ditch mill privileges or lor for filiga binga tion purposes shall bo be it impeded find and the same be recorded in the book or books of the district Ite recorder corder and ahall in ill all other respects be c subject to and enjoy all the privileges and immunities of these laws ARTICLE whenever three hundred dollars shall have been expended upon the claims of any company in this tile the glouid so claimed by said company shull be deemed as belonging in fee to the loc locators loca tois atols or company and their assi assigns Uns and the same shall not be subject to location 01 leloia tion by other ever after except by au an acknowledged abandonment by the company of the ground which shall be conati noted to mean an all entire abandonment after lying idle for one year except in eases cases where claims ara am in litigation no person shall be permitted to vote in this district under these laws unless he be isa is a claim holder pertaining ining to milling find and a resident of the district ten days previous to the election ARTICLE an special c lection election can only be called by written notices posted up in at t least thice public places in the district onu signed by it at least one half of tile the I 1 of till the ditri district ct said notices shall be poach up by the tha becot der twenty days prior to the election ARTICLE it shall be tile duty of tile the recorder if required by the locator to give gia a certificate of tile metes and bounds ol of each baca claim or number i recorded ecord ed and reech e a compensation pensa tion of fifty cents each ARTICLE him there shall be j a district recorder elected from among the odthe district whose duty it shall be to recoil till all num numbers belis of claims presented tor the purpose giving the name of each number and alid gwiner and receive a sum not exceeding one dolls dollar from each number or owner provided however that it shall not be lawful for tile the recorder to record art any claim that conflicts with it prior location the rl be recorder hold his office for one year or until his bis successor is chosen which successor can oi only ily be elected by a majority ty of the 0 of f the district ARTICLE LE on motion of thomas 1304 box stephen sherwood was elected recorder for forono one year from this date march 18 hh A D wa 1864 on motion tad tbd meeting adjourned swe stilt w |