Show assessment WORK relocating answering 6 a number of inquiries on oil the sub subject i act froni from various mining 6 districts and individuals the mining review revie offers the following explanation and a copy of the law itself athe resolution passed by congress b and signed by president wilson on december 1920 extended the time for doing 1920 annual assessment work to and including za july 1st ast 1921 so that ground subject to forfeiture as a result of not doing I 1 the work by midnight b july lat could not be legally relocated located re or jumped before july 2nd and copies of that law received here from washington carry the word including as quoted above evidently the intent was to grant the claim owner an additional six months in which to do his 1920 work but the wording of the law as promulgated and signed reading as quoted above tacked on an additional day it is the unqualified opinion of good lawyers here in ill salt lake that relocations locations re made on oil july 1st ast if contested would be declared unlawful and of no effect and they are advising clients who may have relocated located re or jumped ground on the first of july to make themselves safe by doing 6 the work over a again 6 ain and ni making akino b new filings b with the district or county coun recorder as the case may be following is a copy of the resolution as passed by con coi gress and approved on the last day of the year 1920 be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives PS period lod of the united states of america in congress assembled that the for within which work improvements anade na may be performed or 2321 the year 1920 upon mining claims as required under section eride ed d to of the revised statutes of the united states is hereby ext alln imand or 0 including the first day of july 1921 so that work done r states prove ments made upon any mining claim in the united ft as if alaska on or before july 1 1921 shan shall have the same effect ee same had been performed within the calendar year 0 01 f 1920 re tiie g vided aided that this act shall not in any way change or modify improvements quire ments of existing law as to work to be done or made upon mining claims for the year 1921 approved december 31 1920 |