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Show ANTELOPE ISLAND MIM.XG DISTRICT. DIS-TRICT. OrgaiWxntiou Mvcti iigs and By. Law. At a meeting of all the miners on Antelope Island, holden on the 25th of March, 1873, for tho purpose of organizing or-ganizing a mining district, llov. Ballard Bal-lard S. Dunn was called to the ohair, and capt. Thomas Dorria appointed 1 secretary. Alter stating fully the objects of the meeting, the chair appointed M. A. liandel, Isaao A. Dwight and captain Thomas Dorria a committeo, with instructions in-structions to draft a set of by-laws suit- able for the government of the pro" posed mining district, to bo submitted to the miners lor their approval, at an adjourned meeting to bo held at seven o'olook p. m., on tho 2Gth day of March, 1873. Alter boqio remarks by Mr. Samuel Gillette, on tho subjoot of mining districts, as related to each other and to the goneral mining laws of the United States, tho meeting adjourned ad-journed to meet at the time specified. Thomas Doaais, jnBea Springs, Antelope Island, Salt Lake county, Utah Territory, March 25, 1873. March 26th, 7 p.m. The meeting was called to order by the chairman, and after reading the minutes of the primary meeting, the following by-laws were submitted by the committee on by-laws and unanimously unan-imously adopted; after which Ballard S. Dunn was elected recorder, to remain re-main in office until the first Monday in April, 1874. IJy-Lawi f Autctope lalaudSIInlus District. Article 1. This mining district shall be known as the Antelope Island mining min-ing district, and shall cover the whole of Antelope Island. Article 2. All claims must be recorded within thirty (30) days after the date of discovery notice, otherwise they will bo subjeot to relocation. Upon eaoh location lo-cation of fifteen hundred (1,500) feet or Icbs, there muBt be done within ninety (90) days after recording at least twenty-five ($25) dollars worth of work; and before the expiration of six months from the date of record, tweoty-fiee ($25) dollars worth of additional ad-ditional work must be done; and before the expiration of one year from tho date of record at least fifty ($50) dollars worth of work must be done, in addition to previous assessments, assess-ments, making in all one hundred ($100) dollars worth of work, tho requisite re-quisite amount necessary to hold a mining claim of fifteen hundred (1500) feet, or less, for one year from the date of record. Article 3. The mining laws of the United States, regulating the locatipn of ledges and tunnel sites, shall bo the law in this mining district; that is to say, each looation shall bo entitled to three hundred (300) feet on eaoh Bide of tho ledgo, throughout tho entire length of the location; and each tunnel tun-nel site shall have seven hundred (700) feet in width, by threo thousand (3U00) feet in length. Article 4. No ono shall bo cligiblo to vote at any election for recorder, nor upon any subject that may come before a miners' meeting, who is not tho owner of at least ono hundred (100) feet of mining ground in Antelope Island MiniDg district, and actually working and improving tho same. Article 5. Thero shall bo a recorder of Antelope Island Mining district, elected annually, on tho first Monday in April, who shall remain in office until his successor is elected. The recorder, so elected, shall have power to appoint, and romovo, a deputy, whose duty it shall be to take charge of tho books and act, in all respeots, for the recorder in his absonoe. Article 6. It shall be tbo duty of the recorder to keep a set of books iu which he shall make a record of all lawful olaims presented, whether of ledges, tunnel sites or of locations of springs for mining DUTDOses. The books of Antolope Island mining district shall be kept within the district, and Bhall be open to inspection only in the presence pre-sence of the recorder, or his deputy, duriog business hours on all days except Sundays, It Bhall be tho duty of the recorder, or his deputy, to visit and examine each claim and thereby satisfy himself that tho claim is Owia fide before placing it upon tho record?. It shall further be the duty of tho recorder to examine all assessment works and decide whether article 2 of these by-laws has been complied wiih, and when he finds that the work has been faithfully performed per-formed be shall i.ue, to the applicant, a eeriitk'a'e accordingly. Article 7. For each record, whether ot led tunnvl i-iiL- or sr'riiig for ruining ruin-ing purpose-", ib.' reci-rd-jr atiU receive a let' of l.ur I) d"liars, uud for each ccruik'iuo he rj-j j.'npt'cd to receive re-ceive two duljorn. Mark A Kaniiall. 1. A. Dwyht and Thomas D.'ina, uotnumieo un bylaws. by-laws. Kal lard S- IVnu, president minors' me-'iitig. Thomas DorrU, secretary miner' meeting. llan-lail's Springs, Antelope Island, Salt Lako county, Utah Territory, March 2u, ISTit. |