| Show bylaws by laws of montana mining district ata at a meeting of the mi acis of montana mm min ing district held ou on the of march 18 ishii mr leander J laker cr wis called to the chair anil and IV walker ap appointed see sec rotary tile tho Chi churman irman stated that tile tho objects of uio meeting ane to licate a new mining milling district within the dinits of idabo territory Teni Terii tory elect Reco ider and mike make such stich bylaws by laws as ag might bo deemed necessary lor for the government of all tho bisti D let leander J whitaker cr henry W waller an and d jos jog whitaker jr N wn vi e appointed a corn com matteo to d draft raft by bylaws laws which committee hav bar ing reported the following were nvere unanimously adopted this district shall incando that portion of territory lying and bounded as ag f llos follows 0 it shall commence at the clessit ci 1 g of raft river on bulletts Bub Sub letts road running thence north 25 miles thence cast 40 miles then south gouth 40 miles thence ne west net t 40 miles thence north rth to the place of beginning tile the sam samy to be known as the montana milling alining district ARTICLE axi the extent of ft a claim on any mineral vein shall bo be two hundred feet along the lode with nith a depth of four hundred feet on each side the lode including all its angles spurs offshoots off shoots variations etc the and locatti shall be entitled to one extra by virtue of discovery ARTICLE sun no person shall hold bold mora than one claim by location on any one vein by purchase pui chase any number of claims claim may be beheld be ArTI ARTICLE CLr each company shall do one faithful days woi k on their claim each month to do 10 so such stich claim or claim lainis will be abject to location relocation re rc provided provid cd hoid ever that should the company I 1 he e pie prevented vented aiom working by local insurrection irce ion or rebellion their claims shall not be forfeited anti anil provided further that no claim belonging 11 to a soldier shall be subject to relocation location re until six months shall dball have elapsed after peace shall be declared in relation to the present ic bellion ARTICLE work lone done or caused to he bo lone done by tile the owners in in tiny any tunnel cut shaft water ditch or privilege 1 in good faith for the ho benefit of any claim shall be considered as done on the claim owned by said person or ampy company ar ARTICLE TIC leghir LEG TIr all el claims must be i le corded within twenty after location have been posted thereon but a notice filed for record in the recorders office be considered equivalent to a record ARTICLE whenever three hundred dollath shall ball have been expended upon the claims of tiny any company in in this district the ground so claimed by said shall be deemed as belonging in fee fco to the owners and their assigns and the same sh til ill not bo be subject to relocation location re by other parties ever after except by an acknowledged ed abandonment of the ground by the c company which shall be so go construed after said ground shall have lain idle for foi one year and except in cases where claims are in litigation ARTICLE stu all voters in this district must be owners of claims clairl in the district ARTICLE there shall be a recorder chosen from among the miners or of the district who shall hold bold his office during a term of one year unless ci successor by aul duly elected which can only be done by a majority of the legal voters present at a meeting for that purpose ARTICLE lotair all meetings for the pur pose of election or changing 1 these laws bo be called by posting written notices lit in at least ee public pl places acea in the dish let or by publishing the same lit in some Dews newspaper paper punted in the territory said publication to be e made by the recorder in either case dur ing at least tv twenty enty 20 lays days pre previous ious to such meeting stating the fhe object thereof ARTICLE the recorder shall record all claims claing presented ted for that purpose qc and bo entitled to one dollar for ench each pio vided aided that it shill shall not be lawful for him bun to i ecord any claim in conflict with N ith a prior loci tion tta shrill ahall on nn nil notie alicd on file in his office the caca time of pi tion for it shall be ills his duty if re quiren by br the loen locator tor to furnish ench each abalo holder with a c of ills his claim a attested I 1 tested by the seal of his office for each of chich ho bo shall be entitled to receive the sum of one 1 sl I dollar beffie remolding colding re reco iding anny cloia ho shall satisfy himself that no lights firo arc in ill fi fringed in ged all AH examinations of recoil of shall ball be ninde made in tho the pre presence of the decoi or ills bis deputy when leli relieved eved the recorder Reco ec ider older shrill shall win over to his successor nil fill bool books sand and papers pertaining to his office iio shall anao ft a seal and attest all ac acknowledgments k and bairle hy him that he may use ills his plicato sea seal until the p loper of otrice office shall bo be procured ARTICLE AH ds and copies thereof prop cily ly certified shall be cal ei jencO of their contents in all conits chui coui ts in teis this territory tei antory ori on motion motion honry henry W wilker walker wis was elected recorder for one year hom fi om date on motion tion the meeting was adjourned sine he die L J J chairman H W WAI secretary |
