Show bylaws by laws of tile the fa forfa rt bridger mining districts district FORT bit dolim UT U T aug auff ath 64 the miners of green river coh county rity IT 11 11 are arc reque requested to meet at the butlers store at port li ort bridger Brid gor on saturday Satu iday the dinst 43 ata oclo elk I 1 for the purpose an action afta regulation of the mining interest ill odthe of the county it is to be hoped that every eadry one who feels an it i interest ti terest in tile the prosperity of the county b and the development of its great mineral resources I 1 will bo be present 11 A CARTER in accordance with the above call a meeting of the miners of green river county U T was held at fort brider brid 0 er on the day of august 1864 1861 on motion W A carter was elected president of theA meeting and 0 jewett secretary 1 1 the meeting having been cal leato order proceeded to business f I 1 john sharp then offered the following 0 resolution which was una unanimously adopted be it resolved by the miners of green river county U T that a milli mining ill 0 cr dis district brict be ll 11 ormed formed to be known in future as the fort brid bridger 0 er mining ling district bounded as follows commencing in at soda springs in on bear river I 1 T and running thence up tip be bear ar river alon along the eastern bank of the same to its source thence due south to a point intersecting the degree of north labit latitude ude thence et et it along 0 the said degree of latitude to the intersection of we tilio degree of longi longitude tudO west from froin washington thence north alon along I 1 ZD said parallel of ion longitude 0 rl i to the intersection of tile the iad de degree rec of north latitude thence west along said degree oa 01 of latitude to a point due korthof nor soda springs thence due south to soda sprint springs D rs the point of beginning it was then re resolved soled tila that t tile the President Preside nf 1 appoint a committee I 1 itco of three to draft jy laws for the government of the district to be reported at the next meeting A A C williams william NV E melville and L B scott were selected te as a committee to draft laws and ordered to report at tile the next dext meeting 1 on m motion the meeting adjourned to meet on saturday the august 1 agust 1864 at 2 p i m n signed 0 JEWETT secy see ay on saturday the day of august 0 1884 1894 in pursuance of cof adjournment the miners assembled at port fort bridger and the meeting having been called to order the following bylaws by laws were alir read id arid and it unanimously unanimous nani i ly adopted be it resolved by the miners of the fort bridger mining district I 1 first I 1 that this meeting elect a 11 recorder ec order for foe this tin s district whose term of office shall be three years year unless 0 sooner removed b by y a majority of the miners in the district 3 and that said recorder shall keep a f I 1 book or books in which lie he shall nake make a full and fai faithful tubful record of all public meetings held helstin in ty 44 n aud aad enter anter alf all C claims I 1 I 1 th J f j af r taj brought allt ti to him for 17 the pirty party 0 or r parties pitt i bics tics binl anak ing application T alicz fol for 1 r cl vil arhia i baini wit iric tile right ri of any sprier prior locator if liall hall bo bi tile the duty ditty tf of said reorder W to t o enter zall all claims in ill tile the or orde derin tili which alich they al aro 0 presented A and to 0 o kc keep hig business busi hours and andru 61 inspection action of the public ire ife shall have power to appoint a deputy to act in his place for fo r w 11 so official acts lip lie shall ie be held aei spon p on sible and upon lipon removal or oe tile the appointment allt of a successor success arr sli ill L be require required I to to turn ov everge overate erge successor all books papers p ind records rc cords pertaining to his hig nice it shall be the duty of the recorder Ue Ite corder to enter on record re cordall all leeds and transfers fl of claims claine S or 0 r parts of claims in in this destt district 1 ct andall such stich doods and transfers tr S having 0 the tl requisite revenue 1 stamps affixed shall be held as legal evidence of such transfers transfer all examination of records must be made mad 01 in i 11 presence of the recal der or ornis hi nis S deputy all claims on 1 rile file in the recorders office omec shall be equivalent to a record of tho iho same thel the fees of the recorder shall be I 1 as ll 11 S follows for the re cord of each claim for aai individual or a company flke dolli dollis a s rr for tile the record of each alced deai d pi p transfer five dollars for fo r the diw examination ex amill of any claim or instrument ment on an record one dollar second each clafin claimant allf alf shall it be cati entitled dad to hold by b y location loc IV qwin j ri this district talo twp hundred feet on any lead lode tr or ledge of gold silver copper or other mineral min dral with all its lips dips spurs spill q angles fijn 0 le S 4 4 depths wid flis kofl s hoots outcrops and variations and M mineral ali brein contained together with two hundred indred la fda fb f b f ground 9 round on each side of said lead lode or ledge for the purpose of the same the discovered disco disc verca overe r or locator being entitled hundred fee fec with the aidi same rab quantity of ground for wo working r kinig purposes nur poses third each 2 adli legal claimant of a vein of coal be entitled to tb hold alora along the vein five cuilo re i d feet with a sufficient land on oh each side of the claim to work the same fourth all locations location be bc ma ladeby deby a written notice posted 1 upon the clain claim with boundaries defined and the names of all claimants posted on tile the not notice I 1 ce fifth every clain claim I 1 located by individual or company i ny shall be recorded in in the onica of the recorder within wit inn one month after date of location locacio n i ar r sixth chedi alie discoverer or oi locate act r of a stream or 01 0 f PC trolius m or coal oil ly by a 1 notice nati ce at the spring c qi or stream describing the claim J and by sur beying and filing a plot of 4 tho survey s t i I 1 C Y in ill tile oco otilee af f tha leoj 4 der of this district in ill the mii nur prescribed in section 4 1 ormy oral cral lodes 0 or r ledges le dg e s s shall I 1 ia I 1 I 1 lie bc C entitled 1 1 to hold bold tho the same game with a sufficient quantity of land adjoining to prevent eilt othar parties front appin t ping or drawing off th for af pf suitable suii able concluded on fourth ah aa f f all ings gs and for working the saine same provided that within 12 mo months litile from date of location the claimants shall expend tile the sum of five bullaro dol hus in m working the flie liine or in ill tile the purchase of machinery clil chinery nery or erection of buildings upon the ilie ground seventh it shall till not be lawful for aidy any other party to tor bore e or tap n ny portion of alie ground in the vicinity of any claim so as to in interfere with the brigit of a prior c claimant idol aim alit 1 I eighth every discoverer locator company or claimant shall be required to sink a hole five hect deep ii upon his or their clain claim vi i within three months from date 0 of location oca Jion except during duping tle the bilte winter ill months or when the weather is to inclement or the water too high to ad admit mi t of working in which caso case tile ho time ill in which tile the in inclement fe m e n t st season PrCY prevails MIS shall not dot in the time required by failure to comply with tilis this section the claim is havle liable to entry by another party JN nijib in ih work done in good faith by any individual or company on oil illy any cut tunnel shaft tn or ji ift having for its object the ill intersection ter ler section or drainage of his or owr I 1 claim shall be considered equivalent rit to the work refu required ired in section ath yinth 1 1 Yc nth whenever fifty cents it per C r foot 60 es shall liall leave been expended claim of any hi individual or company in any one location cj aimed by him or them said r claim shall be considered a as real estates esta tej and not subject to aorl forfeit ei imo except upon actual ab aban all dament ment eleventh any enli stedman m an in tile the lit itry of the LT L united T i 1 cited ift holding holdin claims in this mining district shall no not t be required to do antwork any work upon them until ninety days aya after ter the expiration 1 boerm of llis his the same to be reckoned from the time of ins di discharge S charge from ene army fu twelfth these rulee or mining aws may be alfered or amended by a majority klaity of those present at of miners in tile the district brict ja at any time after twe twenty D alty bays ays notice meeting cr shall have been signed by seventy five claim holders in tile the district and in the nearest ii newspaper daverin m this territory aad post alre bmw blaces ees in th the e district stating particularly the file time place pla ce and a nd bojc object ct of such cetnik 1 provided that such al te rations A or amendments may M ly not inter interfere r C 1 P with tho right of any awell e established and regularly recorded claim pr br the rights and PW 61 ty of any organized company w arlic then proceeded to tile the election of recorder Ke corder mill john sharp was elected recorder few bot the term of three years from the y aut 9 1 1 I 1 1861 11 J 1 haying finished fini shod its busine adjourned sine die W A CARTER n 0 ewett sec seca Y 1 |