Bounds and Laws of —— District.

By virtue of a notice duly signed and posted, on —— 1877, a meeting of miners was held at place of posting notice on the —— inst., at which place and time the —— Mining District was formed. Mr. —— —— acted as Chairman, and —— —— acted as Secretary.

Following are the laws passed to govern the district:

1. The mining district shall be called the —— Mining District.

2. The district shall embrace the following described and bounded territory: commencing at the easterly end of the —— —— Mine, and running west of north along the eastern boundary of the —— Mining District to the western end of the —— Mine, in the —— Mining District, —— —— Mountains.

3. The County Recorder of —— County, by virtue of his office, shall be, ex-officio, recorder of this district.

4. Chapter six, of title thirty-two, revised statutes of the United States, is adopted as this article.

5. In the location of mines in this district, copies of the notices of location must be placed on the mines before any legal record of the same can be made by the recorder. Any location not so made shall be null and void.

6. All location notices must be filed in the office of the recorder within thirty days after the actual date of location.

7. The County Recorder shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars for each and every notice recorded by him.

8. The records of —— County are hereby adopted as the bona fide records of this district.

9. The annual meeting of the voters of this district shall take place and be holden on the first Monday in May in each year.

10. Ten days prior to the date of holding the annual meeting, the Recorder shall place, or cause to be placed or posted, in three of the most conspicuous places in said district, a notice stating the time when, and the place where, said meeting shall be holden, and shall designate in such notice that the meeting shall be holden for the purpose of transacting all and every kind of business which may be properly brought before it.

11. At each annual meeting, the voters of the district shall elect their chairman and secretary, who shall hold office for one year, or until their successors are appointed.

12. The chairman and secretary of this meeting shall hold office from the —— day of —— for one year, or until their successors are elected.

13. The secretary of each meeting shall keep full and complete records of the minutes and proceedings of their respective meetings, and cause the same to be placed on record in the office of the County Recorder.

14. These rules, regulations and by-laws shall not be altered, or in any way changed, except at a regular annual meeting of the miners of said district, and then only by a legal vote of two-thirds of all the voters present and voting.

15. Any and all persons who are citizens of the United States of America, or who have declared their intention to become such, and own shares of stock or interests in any mine in the district, or who has worked in any mine in the district for the twenty days preceding such meeting, shall be considered a legal voter, and entitled to vote at a miners’ meeting.

16. Five dollars per day shall be allowed for each and every eight hours’ work performed upon a mine for the purpose of holding title, or performing the necessary amount of work for a patent, and no other expenses shall be considered as expended for the purpose of holding or perfecting title.

17. All mines hereafter located in this district shall be marked by end and corner monuments or stakes, at least eighteen inches in height above ground, with sufficient marks placed in or upon them to show which end or corner of the claim they designate; if stakes are used, they must be sunk at least six inches in the ground, and have a blaze and figures upon one side.

18. All locations made and recorded previous to the adoption of these rules, regulations and by-laws are hereby legalized, so far as they may not conflict with the same.

19. These rules, regulations and by-laws shall be filed and recorded in the office of the County Recorder of —— County, and shall be in full force and effect from and after this —— day of —— 1877.

20. The above proceedings, and the proceedings of any subsequent meeting, shall be signed by the chairman and secretary, and transmitted by them to the County Recorder without delay.

—— —— Miner.
—— —— Miner.
—— —— Miner.
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I certify that the foregoing is a correct statement of the proceedings had, and of the laws adopted for the —— Mining District, this —— day of —— 1877.

—— —— Secretary.