| Show bylaws by laws onrush of rush valley mining district at a meeting of the miners of rush rugh valley mining D di ailet T held ill at the government ke ize serve rush valley june alth 1864 mr M N G lewis wis was called to tho the chair and henry it miller appointed secretary the chairman stated that the objects of the meeting were to cheate it a new mining di triet within the limits of the west mount tin nn mining district elect a recorder Ue corder and establish bylas for the government of said Dist district det A committee consisting of S E jocelyn C chase A bleitz and J jas as IV gibson appointed to draft dealt bylaws by laws the follain following ing laws having been presented by tile the committee acted acte d upon ser seriatim aud and adopted by tho the meeting ARTICLE this district shall include that coition pol tion of tei i atory situated in the ceiri tel ri tory or of utah as follows beginning at a point on the northern boundary line ot of west Moun mountain talt mining Dishi district ct where it the eastern line of tooele thoele county to follow this line to the point of its intersection with the southern boundary boun daiy line of west mountain mining alining district thence along said line to its point of intersection with the one hundred bundred and fourteenth de deree degree ree of longitude west from gi einwich th thence m e along sa said id degree of longitude 1 to the doity fust para loll lell ot of latitude not coith th thence cast to place of ef beginning the same saine to be known as the I rush valley mining Dishi ct 11 ARTICLE 2nd and TO the 0 extent ofa of a claim on any mineral vein shall be two bundled hundred feet along the lode with a eidth of one han lied feet on each side of the lode including all its dips spurs spars angles depths widths off shoots out droppings vat lations an and d till all th the u minerals and other valuables therein contained and priority of location shill shall determine the ownership of all cross or other leads ti aversing ground claimed under these laws the discoverer and locator of a lead shall br be entitled to one claim additional for discovery ARTICLE and no person shall hold more than one claim by location on any one vein by hel turah any number of claims may to bo ARTICLE all claims shall hall be bembi ineasy on a horizontal litle line and 1 9 2 rel etc it from tile the discovery claim loither either ady wv 3 ar stir each company shall do in 0 faithful days w n 01 aik oik k on their claim each month anon on oil a failano to do fa ao 0 9 such 1 C 1 1 clain or clai ialyn 1 will be subject t to a i ie c j 0 cj tl 0 1 1 PrO lidd be ever that should the company be prevent d floell boiking g by local insurrection lor or albel lion their claims shall not im be ani a provided further that no claim belonging belon cine to soldier shall bo be subject to relocation location re until six months shall ba have bac c elapsed after his di charge chare fi biorn om tho the seri sen lee ice ot 0 the unitta state stated unless lie he shall si siri sign ri an agreement or artic articles its ol of incorporation to the co contrary j ARTICLE work done or caused to lo be r t done by the owners in any tunnel cut shaft i mater ater ditch or pi privilege ivi lege in good faith for tho the benefit of any claim shall be considered ns as done antho on tho claim on owned ned by said person or company ARTICLE stir all claims shall be recorded recorders derl with within in ten days after a notice of location shall j have been posted thereon but EI a notice filed for record in the recorders office shall be J i considered in all cases equivalent to a Aril CLr claims on gold surface di ings shall hall be each two hundred ic fut et square AuTi crr locators on veini vein of coal or iron shall be entitled to five hundred po feet for each location ind and five eve bundled feet additional for discovery and in all other respects shall be subject to and enjoy all tho the pr privileges lilleg and it immunities lim unities 0 of f these laws ARTICLE loril whenever enrco hundred collais shall have been expended expend eI upon the claims of any company in this Di district friet jhb gionni so claimed by said gaid company shall khall be deemed as belonging in fee to the ohara and their assigns and the sanie same sh A ill not lp be subject to relocation location re hy by other pat panties ties cur cier after except by in an acknowledged abandonment of the ground by the company which shall be so construed after said ground shall have lain idle for one year and la except capt ja a cases where claims are in litigation ARTICLE all voters at meetings to regulate mining interests shall be claimon claim on mm ers erg in ill this district ARTICLE 12 in all mec meetings tings for the purpose of or election or oi cht changing nging aiese these must be called by posting iN written ritten notices in at least public places in ill ti the to district or by publishing r the same in some orne newspaper printed i in n the Teni tory said publication to bo be made by the recorder in either case during at least tw enty 20 days pre lous ious to such meeting meetie 1 stating 1 the object thereof there shall bo be a Reco ider chosen from amon among the miners odthe of the district who shall hold his office duang lilt a term terin of one year successor be duly elected abidi bic can only be done by a majenty of the le acal al voters present at a meeting for that purple pur ARTIC lie ile shall mccoul all cl uini presented for that and bo be enfiled to i beccie cei the re for a sum stint 11 not ot ez e z aeed i n g one dollar for pach each sop sep nate claim or company provided that it shall not be 10 lawful for him bin to record iny any chim in conflict mill 1 1 pt bior loca till tinn he shill A on nn nil palepa on file in his office the each time of p 1 l tion for record it shall bo be his duty if ae quiren by bv locator it to enrin h each shine holder bolder with a ci c i ite of its his ch claim lill attested by the seal of his bis office for each of hichi le it ila w shall be entitled to the suni sum of fifty 50 cents reco recording iding 1111 anny y cli cailini lini hall satisfy himself that no lights are in in fi hinged ARTICLE the records c of if all claims cocat located d in this dish district act and c record ed cd under tile the las of mountain di trica shall I 1 be transcribed into the bools books of this di tr brict IC t but front from tile date of the adoption of these lans such claims claim ashill abiu be in ill nil all inspects except ns as to dimensions subject theotto tto igan tile the Reco ider shill IMP heep two set acs ics of books bocks in one of which to 1 all and in the other nil all trin f 0 or claims in this district to be sh soled led 1300 book k A B and 0 of mims and 11 book bolz A 13 and C of transfers Trans feis in tile alic latter of which he alb place on all deeds of presented for that purpose for which ile he shall be tied to i receive a suni not one 0 i 1 I 1 dollar in ill each case and all such decol ds tit bit bli allbe 1 I be the necess necessity essaiy aty ie ventie stumps af lied deemed legal evidence of sale ealo or a s tile the case may be ARTICLE all examinations of records shall bo made in the pi esulto of tile the der or 01 bi ins deputy delt when relie relieved the shall tarn over onar to his successor rill all bools book find and P capeis to liis office Iles he shall ball hsia it a eal and attest till all acknowledgments fill and eer made by him Pro provided tided that lie he i of Y seal 01 neelus be his pi avato seal tile the pi oper office shall bo be pi ed ARTICLE all reen records ads and copies thero of properly eel shall be csc legal evidence of t her covents in a all I 1 coni conits ts in ill this T e ri toly edI on oil motion the biti district act waft declared c catau stal ca and alic bylaw by law sas naoi 0 were adopt on motion andich campbell Cani was elec elected tei Reco idor i on motion the Chai iman declared the meet ing adjourned 31 G LEWIS llull HENRY Y R MILLER president i secretory 1 I 1 |
