Show bylaws by laws onrush of bush valley mining district at a meeting of the miners of rush valley mining district held hela at the government reserve rush valley june alth 1864 mr AL G lewis was called to the chair and henry R miller appointed secretary the chairman stated that the objects of the mechin meeting were to cheato A new mining district within the limits of tile the west mountain mining district elect a recorder and establish bylaws for the government of said district A committee consisting of S E jocelyn E C 0 chase A heitz and jas W gibson appointed to dt di alt aft by bylaws laws the following laws having 1 been presented by the committee were acted upon seriatim and adopted by the meeting this district shall include that portion of tot situated in the tei ceiri ri toy tory of utah as follows beginning at it a point on the northern boundary line ot west mountain mining district where it intersects the eastern line of tooele thoele county to follow this line to tho the point of its intersection with the southern boundary line of west mountain mining district thence along said line to its point of intersection with the oi one 1 e hundred and fourteenth degree of lo 10 longitude west from greenwich thence along s said aid I 1 II 11 I 1 ith degree gree of longitude to the forty fust para lell fell ot of latitude north thence cast to place of beginning the same to bo be known as the rush riall valley mining alining district antii 2nd and the extent of a claim on any mineral vein shall be two hundred feet along the lode with a width of one lindred hundred feet on each side of the lode including ing all its dips spurs angles depths widths 1 s off shoots out droppings vu vat lations Lit ions and all the t minerals and other valuables therein contained and priority of location shill determine the the ownership of all cross or other leada traversing ground claimed under these laws tho the discoverer and locator of a lead shall be entitled to one claim additional fordi for discovery covery ARTICLE and no person shall hold more than one claim by location on any i one vein ibi by pur cLaBo any number of claims my may lie b 0 wa A ARTICLE alun lun dm all claims 8 shall al I 1 bo be on a horizontal line and 11 numbered inhered 1 9 2 etc if flom the discovery cla claim in either aly 5 each company shall do faithful days work on their claim each month on a fallai 0 to do so suell such claim 01 claim will bo be subject to ic location PO how ever that should tile the company be prevented giom riom working by local indu lection or rebel lion their claims shall not be fOl felted and provided further that no claim belonging toa to i soldier shall bo be subject to ie ic locati locating until six months shall have elapsed after hh dis di charge from the set vice of the anut d states state unless he shall sign an agreement or artic ar itt of f to the contrary ARTICLE done or caused to 4 b done by the any tunnel cut shaft water ditch or privilege in good faith for the benefit of any claim shall be considered as done on the claim owned by said poison or company ARTICLE alt all claims shall be recorded within ten days after a notice of or location hall shall have been posted thereon but a notice r faleu 1 I for record in the recorders deis ollice shall by b considered in all cases equivalent to a ichord anil ARTICLE claims on gold surface di diggings shall be each two hundred feet square ARTICLE locators on veins of coal or iron shall be entitled to five fhe hundred feet for each location and five hundred feet additional for discovery and dinall in all r respects shall be subject to and enjoy all tho the privileges privilege i and immunities ot of these laws anti ARTICLE arx whenever toniee hundred collais shall have been expended upon the the he claims of any company in this district the ground so claimed by said aid company shall bp be deemed as belonging in tee fee to the owners and their assigns and the same sh ill not bo be subject to re tion by other parties ever after except by an acknowledged abandonment ot of the ground by the com company piny ii which bich shall be so construed after said ground shall have lain idle for one year and except in cases where claims are in litigation ARTICLE UTU all voters at inee meetings tings to regulate mining interests shall be claim own ers in this district ARTICLE all meetings for the purpose of election or changing 11 cheso lass MIA nii Ml be called chilled by posting written notices in at least three public places placed iu in the district Dishi ct or by publishing tw the same sam 0 in in s some ome nes newspaper paper printed in the territory sald paid publication to be e made by the recorder in either cither case cae during at least twenty 20 dis daa pro previous lous to fuch meeting stating the object thereof ARTICLE shall lv be a recorder chosen from among among the minors miners odthe of the district who shall hold his bis office dut during ing a term of ocono one y year ear unless d successor sorbe be duly elected which can only be done by a majority of the le legal I 1 11 voters present at a meeting for that pur purpose pole ARTICLE lie he shall record nil all claims presented for that pir purpose poRe and ho be entitled to receive defor a sum not exceeding one dollar for each cach sp I 1 claim or company plo pio eded vided that it sh shall t ill not he be lawful lor for him to to record any claim in conflict with a prior location he rhill on in nil neiti noti pes blaed on file in his is office the exact time of presentation for record it shall be we his duty if ic by bv ane locator to famili each share holder u with ith a c certificate of his claim att attested isted hy br the seal of his bis office for clell of if which ilich lie he shall be entitled to receive the sum of fifty 50 cents before recording ding any claim lie shall satisfy hini himself solf that no rights are infringed ARTICLE tile the records record S of all claims located in this district Dishi ct and lecotta cd under tinder the laws of wt st mountain distl district act shill be transcribed info the bools books of this dis liitt hut but from froin tile tho date of the adoption of these davs lans such claims 6 shall I 1 1 a I 1 be in a I 1 I 1 esp acts except as to dimensions subject thereto to the alie Reco ider shall lee keep two of bools books in one of which to lecora all locations loca lions and in the other nil fill trans transfers feis of claims in this district to be styled look boo A 13 and 0 C of and 1 book bok A B and 0 of transfers Trans feis in the latter of which lie he hall place on mccoid all deeds of shades presented ted tor foi that piu purpose pose for which lie he shall bo be entitled to recci receive e a sum not exceeding exe eding one ka M dollar in each case and all such ids with the level lilo stamps affixed behall be deemed legal evidence of sale bale or ass as the ease case may be AmICLE WM all examinations of records shall be made in the presence of the Reco ider or his deputy when leli relieved eved the recorder shall o over cr to his bis successor nil all bools and pertaining to his office a seal and attest nil acknowledgments bents find and certificates ninde made by him provided Provid edl that lie use his private pi avato seal until the pi oper seal of office shall bo be procured A ICLE all decoi ds and copies there of prop cily certified shall bo be legal evidence oft of their 1 ic contents in all gruits i in u thi this is T 0 on oil nio motion tion the distinct de ciale d catl established and tlc alc B laitsas law LaiN afis sas abo e wei e c adopted on motion andiew campbell was unanimously elected Reco ider on oil motion the chairman dec declai cd tho the meeting adjourned abl M G LEWIS ia NRY R MILLER MILLEE president SeEr secretary clary |