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down the  Yuba  to  the  mouth  of  Native  American  ravine  to  the   starting place.

3il. Each claim  shall  be  one  hundred  feet  square.

4th. Each claim  or  company's  claim  shall  be  worked  every  ten  days, Sundays excepted,  with  one  full  day's  labor  and  renewal  of  notice. When a company  ha^  claims  adjoining,  working  on  one  shall  be  considered  as  work- ing on the  whole. All claims  not  workaljle  to  advantage  for  M-ant  of  water, or any  other  cause,  shall  hold  good  three  months  by  being  recorded,  and  a record  of  the  causes,  stating  the  reason  or  reasons  why  they  are  not  work- able.

5th. That no  person  shall  hold  more  than  one  claim  by  location;  he  may, however, hold  as  many  by  purchase  as  are  worked,  according  to  the  laws, provided, he  has  a  honafide  bill  of  sale  signed  by  two  witnesses.

6th. There shall  be  a  recorder  elected  for  the  term  of  one  year,  whose duty it  shall  be  to  record  these  laws  and  all  others  that  may  be  passed  here- after in a  book  prepared  for  that  purpose,  to  record  all  claims,  transfers, and bills  of  sale,  for  which  he  shall  receive  fifty  cents  for  each  claim,  trans- fer or bill  of  sale  recorded.

7 th. Each company  shall  have  its  ground  defined  by  substantial  stakes, with notice  of  the  number  of  claims  held  and  name  of  the  secretary  of  said company on  the  notice.

Sth. That all  disputes  that  may  arise  in  regard  to  claims  shall  be  decided  L--

by arbitration  of  the  miners  of  this  district,  and  each  party  shall  choose  a disinterested  man,  and  the  two  a  third  one  to  arbitrate  the  matter.

9th. That the  arbitrators'  and  witnesses'  fees  shall  be  the  same  as  allowed by the  county  court  to  jurors,  and  paid  by  the  party  in  ilefault.

10th. That these  laws  may  be  altered  or  amended  by  giving  ten  days notice, and  signed  by  twelve  interested  miners  of  this  district,  stating  the object in  writing,  and  sticking  up  said  notice  in  five  of  the  most  conspicuous places in  this  district,  by  a  vote  of  the  majority  of  the  miners  interested  in this  district  being  present  at  such  a  meeting.

11 til. That E.  D.  Dean  be  and  is  hereby  elected  recorder.

12th, That  these  laws  shall  be  in  full  etfect  after  this  date,  January  18, 1854.

At a  meeting  of  the  miners  of  Pleasant  Flat  held August 1,  1854,  E.  Mills  was  called  to  the  chair,  and E. P.  Palmer  appointed  .secretary. The following  by- laws were adopted :

That said  flat  shall  be  called  Pleasant  Flat  Mining  district.

Article 1  st.  Pleasant  Flat  district  is  bounded  on  the  lower  end  by  the caiion, or  the  claims  known  as  Jewett  &  Co. 's  claims,  and  extends  up  the Flat to  the  upper  end  of  H.  H.  Roberts  &  Co. 's claims,  and  on. each side  from hiUtohiU.

Article 2d. Each claim  in  the  creek  shall  consist  of  sixty  feet  in  length, extending from  bank  to  bank,  and  not  interfering  with  claims  formerly  lo- cated.

Article 3d. Each claim  in  the  flat  shall  consist  of  eighty  feet  square.

Article 4th. Each miner  on  said  flat  shall  be  entitled  to  one  claim  by  /

location and  five  by  purchase.

Article 5th. When there  i  j  not  sufficient  water  to  supply  each  company of men  in  the  Flat,  they  shall  be  limited  to  forty-five  inches  each,  with  six- inch pressure,  commencing  at  tlie  lower  co.,  and  extending  up  the  flat  as  the water fails,  until  they  are  all  limited,  allowing  the  upper  cos. the first  right.

Article 6th. Each man  or  co.  is  required  to  have  his  claims  recorded  ou the  secretary's  liook,  and  to  perform  one  full  day's  work  on  his  or  co.  's  claims every tenth  day,  when  he  or  co.  caji  ol)tain  the  amount  of  water  specified  in the  5th  article.  Otherwise  his  claims  are  forfeitable,  if  recorded  from  the first  of  November,  1854,  until  the  first  of  May