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Show MIXERS EXEMPT FROM. ASSESSMENT WORK Dear Sir: As many o your readers will doubtless be affected by. the re- cent resolutions of Congress re- lating to" exemption from assess- ment work on unpatented min- ing claims, I am sending you herewith a copy of Senate Joint Resolution No. 33, approved July 17, and Senate Joint Reso- lution No. 78, approved October 5, 1917. You will note that Resolution No. 33 exempts all claim owners in the military or naval service from assessment work during - the period of their service and six months thereafter. Resolu- tion No. 7 8 makes the same ex- emption on all mining claims, except oil placer locations, for the years 1917 and 1918. ' In the case of Resolution No. 78 the claimant is required to file or cause to be filed In the of- fice where his claim is recorded on or before December 31st of each year a notice of his desire to hold his claim under this res- olution. In the case of a sol- dier or sailor similar notice must be filed on or before De- cember 31st of the year in which the man entered the mil- itary service. Our information is that the Government will not issue a special form of notice for claim- ing exemptions under these res- olutions. It is believed, how- ever, that it will be sufficient for the claimant to file an affi- - davit in lieu of his affidavit of assessment work performed, set- ting out the name and location of the claim and the owner's de- sire to hold his claim under the resolution. Yours very truly, , A. G. Mackenzie, Sec, Utah Chapter of the American Mining Congress." |