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Show " is It legal? Our best authorities say it is. Tills LHH1 MINING DISTRICT I ' Is organic .nl with S. W. Ross as Recorder. I Iiiourlaet issue wo published n letter I ftom 11. 11. (julmi ivgnnlliiK tlio legality y of organizing tt district here. Wo have taken tho tntiblo to got tliu opinions of tho best attorneys in both Salt I.nko nml I I'lovcion thin mnlter, which' In sub-F sub-F stance h as follows: Sec. LWGuf tho revised Statutes of '88 plainly stain that tho rules oj any mill- J ing district, iti.onlet tobc tccclvcd ns evidence In tho courts, musl bo recorded in tho "respective counties". Now ns tho Houthem portion of tho Vet Mountain Moun-tain Dietrict la In Utnlt Co. but as our rcconls do not eliowtl-nt such u district exist?, that portion In Utah Co. U not valid, i ,, Tho moro important question is tho fact that foi ten years past no location 'inado in thin portion of the West Mountain Moun-tain Distilcl hns been recorded In said district provioiu to the calling of the .meeting for organizing here. Locations hao been made but were nlunvfi recorded recor-ded In tho County for it appear) no ono , operating horo ever knew of thla portion f being in any or'anlrcd district. Tlio lly J.avvB in regard to the Utah Co. portion " Jinve fallen into disuse. ThlH nlone, our nttorneja say, is enough ground for organizing n new dlitrkt. In legunN to tho "Peep S-'tono Milling 1)1 Ur let", the records do not show u hero tho Ci-ttrlrt is or that it even hni tiny b'tundnrh't whatever. H o, of course, it is 'not n legal district. Our information was obtained from . the best authority In Utah, and in oui opinion any one who locales in tho Lelu Mining Dlssrlct, livr- up to its lnvvn, have their claims recorded and certified to by the Hicorder will lie "all right". Pursuant to a call published in the lj , , IUnneii boiuc tiino rgo tho miners of Tiekvillo and tho ndj.iccnl country met rand elected Jos. Thotnnti Ohalrninli and iJ I). J. Thurmnn Secy. Aftcrsomo preliml" jw - -nnryiiruui'Ctnng97tiroVoii6untfmh;,,-g woroadoptcd. By Laws of tho Lehi Mining- District. Art. I Tills District shall bo known and styled ns tho J-chl Mining District, and is bounded as follows to wit: Commencing Com-mencing at the confluence of Spring Creek with Utah I.al.o thence running westerly west-erly to tho head of Jordon Iliver, thence sDUtberly.'alons Utah Lnko to Jasper's .Ranch, theuco northwesterly to tho mouth of Polo Canyon to tho Tooelo Co, line, thence northerly along said lino to J tho lino dividing Utah nml Salt Iiko m " - Countlo', thenco easterly along mid lino I to tho point of the mountain, thenco JB southeasterly nlong tho Stato Itond to H the eastern boundary of I.elil Corporate 1 Limits, thence southerly along said line 1 to point of beginning. All of which I District Is lu Utali Co., Utah. n Art. II. A Recorder shall be elected 8 on tho second Tuesday of January in each year, who shall reside and keep his ofllro in J.eh: City, Ho shall keep his ollko H open at all reasonable hours of tho day I (or tho trnnsacilon of busim-si, and fur fi 'the inspcclionsof tho District Uecords by . tho miners of tald Distilct. Ho shall keep a scries of books in which toicrorcl all locations, transfers of claims etc. lit this district, tho same to be styled Hook A B. C. etc., for recording Bald claims 'transfers etc. ho thall bo entitled to receive tlio follow Iii fees: Forrccoiding each notlco of locatonono dollar; fur re coidlngcach transfers oni dollar j for recording afeessment work fifty cents, and ono dollar for each extra ccrtillcale olllcially furnished. Tlio Itccorder may appoint n deputy who shall be empower-' empower-' ed to tiuneact one business pertnlnlng to tho olllce, and tho Itccorder sl.nll to held t'cspontfblo for any and all of his nlficlal ncls, Tho examination of (he District Uscoids shall be made only In tlio presencoof thelterorderor tils deputy. depu-ty. At tha aspiration of the Itscorder's term of ofllro ho shall turn over to Im succewor all books, paperannd properlty appertaining or belonging to said olllco ntnny time within a period of five dnjs fiom tlio date of tho successors election. Art. III. Ko pcipon or peisons but eltlicns of tho United States or thoe having declared Iholr intentions to he- coniosuch.of lawful age, and owners of ' valuud mlnlui! propeilly in tho District, duly recorded before tho day of i lection, fij shnll bo entitled to oto nl mi) election either forthopuipnsoofset'llng disputes or electing olllcurn of said district. II Ait. IV.--All rccnidsof niliiingclalnis si or tunnel sites hereafter made bIiiiII ' . conlnln tlieimmoornamcsof Ihelocnlciis, the dalo of locations, an I such n disc-rip- lion of tlic claim or tunnel location by fl reference to some natural object or pei-B pei-B inancnt monuuent as wlllrlcarly Identl-H Identl-H fy said claim or tunnel. All loeitlmis H whether of elalniH or tunnels, shall In' H recorded within thlitydayj After location H unless. Ihc locator orlooalnrB shall hold H the same by contdfliit labor thereon, H othorwlfo tho ramo shall be tionshh red H -abondued . Tho ltecotde; shU In no iiiiBk "x J cato iccord a notice unless tho same accurately ac-curately dcecrlles the said mlno and its locality, and no location shall be recorded re-corded unless four fet of work shall have been done on said claim. Art. V All meetings for tho purpose of elections or changing these By Laws may be called upon the application of ten or moro eligible mlno owners of this district to the District Hecorder, and must be called by posting written notices In at least ten publec places In tho District or by publishing in somo newspaper In Utah nearest thla mining district, said notice to lo given by the District ltecord. er at least twenty days previous to such meetings. After the adoption of the By Laws as above, S. W. Boss was unaminously elected Hecordor fortho district and the meeting mljourned. |