| Show bylaws by laws of montana mining milling at a ine meeting eting of the miners of montana mining district held on the be of march 1864 mr fr leander J whitaker ker wag waa called to th the e chair abair and henry W walker applin appointed ted secretary 1 i I 1 S the chairman stated that the objects of tide the tnt meeting ting were tp create it new mining district within the limits of idaho dho territory elect a recorder and make such bylaws by laws as might be deemed necessary lo 10 for r the government of the district lea leander rider J taker henry W walker and jos J os whitaker jr were tip appointed pointed a com corn i cittee to draft bylaws by bv laws which committee hav 1 ing reported th following were adopted ARTICLE ST this district dilall include tawit portion of territory lying ani bounded as i follows it shall cortie commence ence at the crossing or of raft river on sueletta subletts Sub letta letts road running thence north 25 miles thence east 40 miles thenie south 40 miles thence west 40 miles thence north to the place of be beginning g i nning the same to be known as the mon montana ta n alining district ARTI ARTICLE and 2nd the extent of a claim 0 on ay min mineral e ral vein shall be two hundred feet along the lode with a depth of four hun dred feet op each side the lode kinchlo ing all its dips angles spurs off shoots variations etc the discoverer and locator shall be entitled to one share extra toy by virtue of et discovery ARTICLE SRI no person shall hold bold more than one claim by bostio lo stio on any one vein by purchase any number of ff clai claims nast may be beheld hold ani each company shall do one faithful days work on their claim each month j on a failure to do so ezo such claim or claims will be subject to relocation location re provided d however that should the company be prevented from working by local insurrection or rebellion their claims cains shall not he be forfeited and provided further ther that no claim belonging to a soldier 1 shall shail be subject to relocation location re until 8 six ix months shall hake have elapsed after peace shaft be declared to ia relation to the rebellion ant work wok done or caused t vie done dom by the owners in any tunnel cut shaft water ditch or privilege in giorl good faith for the benefit of any claim wali shall be considered us as done on the claim owned by said person or company ARTICLE an all claims claim must be recorded wilbia ewt laty alve days after io location cation shall have hae been posted these cheww but a notice ganotice filed for record in the recorder s office shall be b considered equivalent to a record s ARTICLE whenever three hundred 00 dollars shall have been expended upon the he claims of any company in in this district so claimed b by y said company phail be deemed as aa belonging in fee cee to the owners ana an d their assigns r and khe shidie sh tit ill not b bo subject to relocation location re by other pat patties parties ties ever after except by an acknowledged abandonment of the ground by the company which shall be so go construed after tid said ground shall h have ave lain idle for one year and except in cases where claims are in litigation ARTICLE atti all voters in this district be owners of claims in the district there shall be a recorder CW osen ff ofaf wm nax the miners or of the district who shall hold his office during dhring a term bjone avar unless a successor sorbe be duly elected which COT ay only be done by a majority of the legal voters present at a t meeting for that purpose ARTICLE lorn all meetings roe eting for the purpose of election or changing these laws must mist be called by posting written notices s in at wast three public places paces in the district orb or by yr I 1 publishing the same in some soine newspaper I 1 printed in the territory said publication to be made by the Re recorder corAr in either case during at least tatty to uno meeting eting stating the object thereof ARTICLE UTH the recorder shall record al all I 1 claims presented for that purpose and be entitled to one dollar for each share provided that it shall ahall not he lawful for bitic banto binto to record any claim in conflict kiib a prior location tion taft shall cahall ond m faa on all 11 ll noti noties no tips AA glappa on file in his bis office the exact time of presentation for record it shall be hie duty if r re d by bv the locator to t ench share holder with a c i of his bis claim hy h y the of his big r of office flee for each of which lie he be entill entitled ed to receive receive the sum of 0 one lie t 1 I 1 dollar before recording any claim lie shall satisfy himself that no rii rights to ar ara in cringed frinke 4 t k ARTICLE all examinations examination 8 of reci ad shall bell be roade made in the greenoe pre preat enoe noe of the re or his bis deputy when relieved the RW or ahn shall tarn over to his successor all books ach papers per pertaining tf to his hia office He aballA a seal and all acknowledgments wd ar 01 timateo maa ma by him provided ded that big hlll use nse his private sen benl until the pr proper M 0 office shall be procured ARTICLE all records an and d dept sia e of properly shall be 1090 k of their contents in all courts in thi rr T I 1 ill atoff on motion henry W walker sitf as f ej q eted for one year from date on oa MOO motion the meeting was adjourned abis dia tim LJ i K i H W secretary |
