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ART. 3d. The duty of the Constable shall be to serve all precepts emanating from the Court, keep in Custody all prisoners for crimes or misdemeanors until convicted or acquitted, act as a conservator of the peace and inflict all penalties that may be awarded against offenders.

ART. 4th. The duty of the Recorder shall be to keep in a well bound book a record of all mining claims, that may be presented for record, with the names of the parties locating or purchasing, the number of feet, where situated, and the date of location or purchase; also, return a certificate for said claim or claims.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

SECTION 1st. Any person who shall wilfully and with malice aforethought take the life of any person, shall, upon being duly convicted thereof, suffer the penalty of death by hanging.

SEC. 2d. Any person who shall wilfully wound or maim another, shall, upon conviction thereof, suffer such penalty as the Jury may determine.

SEC. 3d. Any person found guilty of robbery or theft, shall, upon conviction, be punished with stripes or banished, as the Jury may determine.

SEC. 4th. Any person found guilty of assault and battery, or exhibiting deadly weapons in a threatening manner, shall, upon conviction, be fined or banished, as the Jury may determine.

SEC. 5th. No banking games, under any consideration, shall be allowed in this district, under the penalty of final banishment from the district.

SEC. 6th. The same fees shall be allowed in the Justice and Constable as those allowed in California, the fees to be paid by the parties litigant, and the Court by the laws as laid down in the California Statutes, so far as applicable.

SEC. 7th. Evidence of record of claims shall be considered title in preference to claims that are not recorded, nor shall the Recorder record more than one hill, dry gulch or ravine claim in the name of an individual, unless the same has been purchased.

SEC. 8th. All claims shall be carefully defined by a stake at each end of the claim, with the number of members forming said company and the number of feet owned,

SEC. 9th. All claims shall be worked or the notice renewed in sixty days from the day of record, and no claim shall exceed two hundred feet square, hill claims excepted, which may reduced to fifty feet front.

SEC. 10th. The Recorder shall be allowed the sum of twenty-five cents for recording the claim of each individual or member of a company.

SEC. 11th. No Chinaman shall be allowed to hold a claim in this district.

SEC. 12th. This district shall include all the territory from the meridan of John Town to Steamboat Valley.

SEC. 13th. All quartz claims shall not exceed three hundred feet in length, including the depths and spurs.

SEC. 14th. Any person or persons discovering a quartz vein shall be entitled to an extra claim, on all veins he or they may discover.

SEC. 15th. All persons holding quartz claims shall actually work to the amount of $15 to the share, within ninety days from the time of locating.

SEC. 16th. All persons holding quartz claims and complying with Section 15th, shall hold the same for the term of 18 months as actual property.

SEC. 17th. All quartz claims shall be duly recorded within thirty days from the time of locating.
SEC. 18th. No person shall locate more than one claim on a vein discovered.

SEC. 19th. Any and all persons locating for mining purposes shall have the same duly recorded within ten days from the time of locating.

SEC. 20th. Resolved, that the above rules and regulations shall be signed by the citizens of this district, and all who may locate bereafter.

On motion, it was unanimously

resolved, that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the "Territorial Enterprise," in Carson Valley.

J. A. Osborn was duly elected Justice of the Peace; Jas. F. Rogers, Constable; V. A. Houseworth, Recorder. On motion, the meeting adjourned.

V. A. HOUSEWORTH, Secretary.

A. G. HAMMACK, Chairman.

GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, SUNDAY, February 26th, 1860.

At a meeting of the Miners of Gold Hill District, on motion, Mr. J. H. Mills was called to the Chair, and S. A. West appointed Secretary.

The Chairman briefly stated the object of the meeting.

On motion, that a committee of five be appointed to draft a revised code of laws.

The following persons were appointed said committee: J. H. Mills, Dr. Witter, Edw. C. Morce, H. Clark and S. A. West.

On motion, that the committee be allowed one week to report.
On motion, the meeting adjourned until Sunday, March 4th.

Meeting met pursuant to adjournment.

SUNDAY, March 4th, 1860.

The committee appointed to revise the Mining Laws of Gold Hill District would respectfully subm the following:

This District shall be bounded as follows, to wit: On the east by the Devil's Gate District; on the north by Virginia District; on the west by Washoe District, and on the south by Carson District. The lines to be established by the several Districts by mutual agreement.

SECTION 1. No person shall be entitled to hold more than one claim on any one quartz lead by location.

SEC. 2. All quartz claims hereafter located, shall not exceed two hundred feet in length, including all dips, spurs and angles. SEC. 3. Any person or persons discovering a quartz lead, shall be entitled to one claim in addition for such discovery.

SEC. 4. All quartz claims shall be duly recorded within five days from the time of location.

SEC. 5. All persons locating quartz claims shall define by a stake at each end of the claims where the ledge is visible, giving the names forming said company and the number of feet claimed.

SEC. 6. Any person or persons locating quartz claims where the ledge is not visible, shall be required to set his or their notice as near as possible to said claim or claims until the ledge shall be defined, giving the names forming said company, as in section 5th. SEC. 7. All persons holding quartz claims shall work to the amount of three days for each claim, in each and every month on said claim or claims, or work to the amount of fifty dollars, which shall hold said claim for the term of six months.

SEC. 8. No person shall be allowed more than one claim in any one gulch, ravine or hill, unless by purchase.

SEC. 9. All ravine or gulch claims shall not exceed one hundred feet square each, hill claims excepted, which may be reduced to fifty feet front.

SEC. 10. All hill, ravine or gulch claims shall be recorded within five days from the time of location. Each claim or claims shall be defined by a stake at each corner, with the names of the person or persons forming said company.

SEC. 11. All surface claims shall be worked within ten days after there is sufficient water to successfully work said claims. SEC. 12. There shall be a Recorder elected, to hold his office during the pleasure of the miners.

SEC. 13. The duty of the Recorder shall be to keep in a well bound book a record of all mining claims that may be presented for record, with the names of the parties locating or purchasing, with the number of feet claimed, where situated, and the date of location or purchase; also, returns a certificate of record of said claim or claims, giving the book and page of said record.

SEC. 14. The Recorder shall be required to go upon the ground and place the stakes and notices on the claims, as in section 5th and 6th, and for such services shall be paid 75 cents per claim.

SEC. 15. The Recorder shall not record any claim or claims that is already recorded and unforfeited, according to the laws of this District.

SEC. 16. No Chinaman shall be allowed to hold a claim in this District.

SEC. 17. All claims located under the old law shall become subject to the revised law after the expiration of three months from this date, as to the working of said claim or claims.

SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of the Recorder to keep the books of record in a safe place, and allow the public to examine them in his presence.

SEC. 19. That the laws as adopted shall go into effect from this 4th day of March, A. D. 1860.

On motion, that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE.

S. A. WEST, Secretary.

MINERS' MEETING, 1873.

J. H. MILLS, President.

Pursuant to a call, published in the Gold Hill NEWS, a meeting of the Miners of this District was held at Theater Hall, Gold Hill, Wednesday evening, October 8th, 1873. The meeting was called to order by H. G. Maynard, Esq., and, upon motion, Judge S. H. Robinson was duly elected Chairman, and John R. White appointed Secretary.

The Chair stated the object of the meeting to be to revise and amend the District Mining Laws so as to accord with the Act of Congress in relation to the location of Mining Claims, and in a few appropriate remarks, showed the points of difference and the advisability of a change.

After some little discussion between members of the meeting, the following amendments to the District Mining Laws were offered and unanimously adopted:

Amendments to the Gold Hill District Mining Laws.

First-Section 9 of the Gold Hill District Mining Laws is hereby amended to read as follows: All surface or placer claims located may be in extent but shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed by Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States, approved May 10, 1872."

Second-All sections of the Gold Hill Mining District Laws in conflict with the provisions of the Act of Congress above recited are hereby repealed.

On motion, a committee of five, consisting of John H. Mills, H. G. Maynard, H. Fitzsimmon, A. Fleming and S. H. Robinson were appointed to fully examine the District Laws, and determine the necessity of any further amendments, with discretionary power to call a meeting at any time within a period of thirty days.

Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Gold Hill News.

Resolved, That a copy of the amendments to the District Laws be filed with the County Recorder of Storey County, Nevada. The meeting then adjourned, subject to the call of the Committee.

J. R. WHITE, Secretary.

S. H. ROBINSON, President.

[This district was first organized during the year 1859, but whatever rules and regulations were adopted at that time were abolished at the meeting of March 4, 1860. No record whatever is obtainable referring to the first set of laws and regulations.]

STOREY COUNTY.—VIRGINIA MINING DISTRICT.

"DIVISIONS AND SECTIONS OF VIRGINIA DISTRICT.

SECTION first, Nevada Hill Shall extend from the divide between Gold Hill and Virginia districts to the point of rocks on a line with the north boundary of the claims of McFadden & Co.

& Co.

SECTION NO. 2. Granite Hill shall extend from Novada Hill north to the ravine running east nearly on a line with the lot of Ross SECTION NO. 3. Virginia Hill Extends from Granite Hill north to the south fork of California Ravine.

SECTION NO. 4. Cedar Hill Extends from Virginia Hill north to the north fork of California ravine.
SECTION NO. 5 California Hill Follows the line of California ravine to its intersection with Six Mile Canyon,
SECTION NO. 6. Carson Hill. In ludes the North Side of the divide between Six Mile and Gold Canyons
SECTION NO. 7. Quartz Hill. Ircludes the hill lying between Cedar ravine and California ravine".

These boundaries were established by the miners of the Virginia Mining District in September 1859.

VIRGINIA MINING DISTRICT.

At a meeting of the Miners of Virginia District, held at Virginia City, September 14th, 1859, the following laws were adopted for the government of the Miners of said District:

ARTICLE 1. All quartz claims hereafter located shall be two hundred feet on the lead, including all its dips and angles.

ART. 2. All discoverers of new quartz veins shall be entitled to an additional claim for discovery.

ART. 3. All claims shall be designated by stakes and notices at each corner.

ART. 4. All quartz claims shall be worked to the amount of ten dollars or three days' work per month to each claim, and the owner can work to the amount of forty dollars as soon after the location of the claim as he may elect, which amount being worked shall exempt him from working on said claim for six months thereafter.

ART. 5. All quartz claims shall be designated and known by a name, and in sections.

ART. 6. All claims shall be properly recorded within ten days from the time of location.

ART. 7. All claims recorded in the Gold Hill record and lying in Virginia District shall be recorded free of charge in the record of Virginia District upon the presentation of a certificate from the Recorder of Gold Hill District, certifying that said claims have been duly recorded in said district, and said claims shall be recorded within thirty days after the passage of this article.

ART. 9. Surface and hill claims shall be one hundred feet square, and designated by stakes and notices at each corner.

ART. 10. All ravine and gulch claims shall be one hundred feet in length, and in width extend from bank to bank, and be designated by a stake and notice at each end.

ART. 11. All claims shall be worked within ten days after water can be had sufficient to to work said claims.

ART. 12. All ravine, gulch and surface claims shall be recorded within ten days after location.

ART. 13. All claims not worked according to the laws of this district shall be forfeited and subject to re-location.

ART. 14. There shall be a Recorder elected, to hold his office for the term of twelve months, who shall be entitled to the sum of fifty cents for each claim located and recorded.

ART. 15. The Recorder shall keep a book, with all the laws of this district written therein, which shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the miners of said district, and he is furthermore required to post, in two conspicuous places, a copy of the laws of said district

On motion, it was

resolved that these laws be published in the TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE for one month. Resolved, That W. C. Campbell be declared the Recorder of this District.

VIRGINIA, Sept. 14th, 1859.

W. C. CAMPBELL, Chairman.

S. M. FADDEN, Secretary.

LYON COUNTY.-DEVIL'S GATE AND CHINATOWN MINING DISTRICT.
MINING LAWS OF DEVIL'S GATE & CHINA TOWN DIST.

At a meeting of the Miners of Devil's Gate and China Town District held at the Devil's Gate on Sunday evening November 19th 1859 the following by-laws were adopted,

ARTICLE 1st This District shall be known as the Devil's Gate and China Town Mining District, and shall be bounded as follows, to wit; Commencing at the Devil's Gate and running in a westerly direction to the foot of the American Flat; thence on a straight line to the eastern boundary of Eagle Valley and Washo District; thence following said line in a southeasterly direction to Rose's Dam, on Carson River, thence down said river to China Town thence up the divide and along the western line of Virginia District to the head of Negro Ravine; thence in a straight line to the place of beginning.

ARTICLE 2nd All Quartz Veins of Gold or Silver, hereafter, located shall be two hundred feet on the lead including all its dips angles and spurs,

ARTICLE 3d, All discoverers of New Veins shall be cutitled to One additional Claim for discovery,
ARTICLE 4th All Claims Shall be designated by Stakes and Notices at each end

ARTICLE 5th All Claims shall be worked to the Amount of ten dollars or three days work per Month to each claim, but the owner can work to the Amount of forty dollars as soon after location as he may see proper, which amount shall exempt him from working said Claim for Six months thereafter,

ARTICLE 6th All Claims shall be designated by a name and its locality particularly described,

ARTICLE 7 All Claims shall be properly recorded within five days after location.

ARTICLE 8. All Claims not worked according to the laws of the district shall be forfeited and subject to re-location

ARTICLE 9 There shall be a Recorder elected to hold his Office for the term of twelve months, who shall be entitled to fifty cents for cach claim recorded.

ARTICLE 10, The Recorder shall keep in his own possession a well-bound book with all the laws of this District written therein, which shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Mines of the district

ARTICLE 11 It shall be the duty of the Recorder to be on the ground located before recording the same

ARTICLE 12 All notices of Claims recorded under the Gold Hill laws,-shall be transferred within twenty days after the adoption of the foregoing laws into this district, and shall be recorded free of charge.

ARTICLE 13 When a gold or silver vein is discovered and cannot be traced out at the time of its location, the owners of said ledgo shall be entitled to all its dips and angles when found

ARTICLE 14 Surface and hill Claims shall be one hundred feet square, and be designated by Stakes and notices at each corner,

ARTICLE 15 All ravine and gulch claims shall be one hundred feet in length, and in width, extending from bank to bank, and be designated by a stake and notice at each end

ARTICLE 16 All placer and Gulch claims shall be worked within ten days after water can be had to work them,

ARTICLE 17 All disputes in regard to Mining Claims shall be decided by a Miners Court, which shall consist of a Justice whoes duty It shall be to administer an oath or affirmation to witnesses and Jurymen, the Jury to consist of six or twelve persons, as the parties may agree and the Majority of said Jury shall decide the case,

On Motion it was ordered that the foregoing laws be published in the Territorial Enterprise

P. C. VANHORN Secretary

B. B. BROWN Prest

LAW OF POSPONEMENT PASSED ON MAY 13TH. 1860 AT SILVER CITY

Whereas hostile Indians threaten the Safety of the Inhabitants of this District, and many are absent & will be in Consequence thereof it is Resolved that the laws requiring Mining Claims to be Worked, be Suspended for Thirty days & that No claims shall be Bubject to re-location for that time. Filed May 13th 1860 the day of its passage & Recorded May 14th 1860

I Certify this is a true Copy taken from Book C Page 142 of the Records

NEW MINING LAW.

B. T. BROWN Recorder per WM II. DALLY Dep B. T. BROWN Recorder per GRIER Dep

Pursuant to a Notice one Week in advance a Miners Meeting Met on June 30th at the Recorders office in the Devil's Gate District.

Thos J. Tennant nominated and Elected president and T. W. Penney Secretary

The following resolutions were voted upon and adopted viz

Whereas, there being within the Devils Gate District a Number of Quartz Ledges upon which Companies have expended their labor and money in opening or prospecting

And WHEREAS there are no means within the District whereby they can crush or work the quartz; That more work done upon many Ledges would be useless labor and injurious to the Companies and as a protection to those who have toiled and Expended their labor and money in developing the resources of the Country Therefore be it resolved

1st That any Quartz Ledge taken up and worked upon by any Company and prospected Shall Not be Subject to re-Location for less than Six Months from the date of the record provided for in the next resolution.

2d That when a Company have prospected their ledge they shall call upon the Recorder of the District and require him to visit their ground and if he considers it prospected he shall be required to record the same among the mining records of the District and demand from the Company Two Dollars before recording the Same.

3rd That no ledge shall be Considered prospected where less than a Shaft of Fifteen feet has been sunk or a Tunnel less than Twenty feet run and in no case shall a claim be considered prospected unless the ledge has been struck and three ton of Quartz taken therefrom, 4th That any person purchaseing bone-fide any Interest in any Quartz ledge in this District shall not lose the same by any subsequent re-location upon the same and any such Interest being Jumped upon proof before the recorder and that such interest was purchased in good faith and the money paid for it-the recorder Shall Notify the jumper or Jumpers and Should he or they refuse after three days to restore the ground to the owners the recorder shall be required to Summons Sufficient Number of Miners and residents of the District to Expell them therefrom the ground. The same power shall be given the Recorder to carry out and enforce the provisions of resolution No. 3 (three) The parties for whose benefit the recorder performs the above services shall pay to Said Recorder the Sum of Five Dollars (58)

On Motion The foregoing resolutions were ordered to be published in the Territorial Enterprise San Francisco Bulletin and Sacramento Union

T. W. PENNY, Sect,y

Recorded June 30th, 1860

THOS. J TENNANT Prest.

B. T. BROWN Recorder per GRIER Dep

REVISED MINING LAWS OF THE DEVIL'S GATE AND CHINATOWN MINING DISTRICT ARTICLE 1. This District shall be known as the Devil's Gate and Chinatown Mining District, and shall be bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing at the Devil's Gate and running in a westerly direction to the foot of American Flat; thence on a straight line to the eastern boundary of Eagle Valley and Washoe Districts; thence following said line in a southerly direction to Rose's Dam, on the Carson river; thence down said river to Chinatown; thence up the divide and along the western line of Virginia District to the head of Negro Ravine; thence in a straight line to the place of beginning.

ART. 2. All quartz veins of gold and silver, or other metals, hereafter located, shall be two hundred feet on the lead, including all the dips, angles and spurs.

ART. 3. All discoverers of new veins shall be entitled to one additional claim for discovery.

ART. 4. All claims shall be worked to the amount of ten dollars, or three day's work per month to each claim.

ART. 5. That any quartz ledge taken up and worked or prospected by any person or company shall not be subject to re-location for the space of six months following the date of the record provided for in the next article.

ART. 6. That when a company have prospected their ledge, they may call upon the Recorder of the District, and require him to visit their ground, and if, on examination, he considers it duly prospected, it shall be his duty to record the same among the mining records of the District; for which service he shall be entitled to demand and receive the sum of two dollars prior to making the required record.

ART. 7. That no ledge shall be considered prospected unless a shaft at least fifteen feet deep has been sunk, or a tunnel of at least twenty feet has been run; and in no case shall a claim be considered prospected unless the ledge has been struck, and at least three tons of quartz taken therefrom.

ART. 8. All claims shall be designated by a name, and its locality described, as near as possible, by a notice posted on the same. ART. 9. All claims shall be properly recorded within five days after location.

ART. 10. All claims not worked according to the laws of the District, shall be forfeited, and subject to re-location.

ART. 11. There shall be a Recorder elected to hold his office for the term of one year; who shall be entitled to fifty cents for each claim recorded

ART. 12. The Recorder shall keep in his own possession a well bound book, with all the laws of this District written therein; which shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the miners of this District.

ART. 13.—When a vein of gold or silver or other metals is discovered, and cannot be traced at the time of its location, the owners of said ledge shall be entitled to it, and all its dips and angles, when found.

ART. 14. Surface and hill claims shall be one hundred feet square, and be designated by stakes and notices at each corner. ART. 15. All ravine and gulch claims shall be one hundred feet in length, and in width extending from bank to bank, and be designated by stakes and notices at each end.

ART. 16. All placer and gulch claims shall be worked within ten days after water can be had to work them.
ART. 17. All laws heretofore passed by the miners of this District, are hereby repealed

J. J. MILLS, Secretary

SAM. T. CURTIS Chairman

The meeting, at which the foregoing laws were adopted, was held on or about the 1st of Nov. 1861. On motion the by-laws submitted by the committee were read and voted on section by section. Following are the laws unanimously adopted:

LOCAL REGULATIONS OF THE DEVIL'S GATE AND CHINATOWN MINING DISTRICT.

ARTICLE I. This District shall be known as the Devil's Gate and Chinatown Mining District, and shall be bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing at the Devil's Gate and running in a westerly direction to the foot of American Flat, thence on a straight line to the eastern boundary of Eagle Valley and Washoe Districts; thence following said line in a southerly direction to Rose's Dam, on the Carson river; down said river to Chinatown; thence up the divide and along the western line of Virginia District to the head of Negro Ravine; thence in a straight line to the place of beginning.

ARTICLE II. All claims located shall be designated by a name, and its locality described by a notice posted on the same, and shall also have monuments or posts not less than four by four inches square and three feet high at each corner of mine.

ARTICLE III. All locations of mines shall be properly recorded within twenty days after location.

ARTICLE IV. Not less then one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed, or improvements made each year, upon each and every location in this district; and any party or parties doing such work, shall, within ten days, file with the District Mining Recorder a sworn statement that such labor has been performed, and the same shall be recorded, for which the Recorder shall receive a fee of one dollar.

ARTICLE V.-There shall be a Recorder elected to hold his office for one year or until his successor is elected and qualified, who shall be entitled to and receive, for recording each notice of location, two dollars and fifty cents.

ARTICLE VI. The recorder shall keep in his own possession a well-bound book, with all the laws of the district written therein, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public. The Recorder shall not allow the book to be taken out of the office unless by competent authority.

ARTICLE VII. All surface or placer claims located may be in extent, but shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed by Act of Congress entitled 'An Act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States,' approved May 10, 1872.

ARTICLE VIII. All placer and gulch claims shall be worked within ten days after water can be had to work them.

ARTICLE IX. All sections of the Devil's Gate and Chinatown Mining District laws in conflict with the provisions of the Act of Congress above cited in Article VII are hereby repealed.

ARTICLE X. All laws heretofore passed by the miners of this district are hereby repealed.

The foregoing laws were adopted at a meeting of the miners of Devil's Gate and Chinatown Mining District held at Silver City, Feby 24. 1879

WASHOE COUNTY.—ARGENTINE MINING DISTRICT.

MINERS MEETING

SPRING RAVINE, UTAH TERRITORY March 19th 1860. Pursuant to notice the Miners of this Locality met at the Tunnel of Algiers Company, Edward Holske was called to preside and Samuel Hart was chosen as Secretary. After a few remarks the following Resolutions were unanimously passed.

Resolved 1st That the Miners of this Locality having a large extent of mining Country not yet formed into a District and seeing day bye day the inconvenience of travelling far so as to Record their different Claims, have this day, Monday this 19th March 1860 formed and do form a new district with rules and regulations attached to the same forming a Code of Laws hereinafter described, this said new district to go under the name and Appellation of the Argentine District.

Resolved 2nd That We do hereby appoint R. C. McKenzie as Recorder of said Argentine District and have elected him to said office unanimously.

LAWS OF THE MINES OF ARGENTINE DISTRICT, U. T.

ARTICLE 1st The Boundaries of said district shall be as follows: commencing North or North Easterly at Toll Gate, thence Easterly following the Western Boundaries of Virginia District and Gold Hill District, thence striking off South from the lower part of American Flatt in Gold Hill district at a post, marked Argentine District to the Northern shore of Washoe Lake, opposite the Dick Side Mill, thence

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