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West by the summit of the mountains bordering on the main stream of the Applegate.

A motion was made and carried that a Recorder be elected for said Mining District; in conformity with the above F. M. Smith was put in nomination and duly elected.

It was moved and carried that the following articles be and are adopted as the By-Laws of said Union Town Mining District.

Article 1st

The Hill or gravel lead claims shall consist of two hundred yards in length, and to comprise the entire width of the channel or gravel lead.

Art. 2

That Bar claims bordering on the main streams shall consist of two hundred yards in length and comprise the entire width of said Bars.

Art. 3

That creek claims shall consist of two hundred yards in length and comprise the width of the bed of the Creek.

Art. 4

That Gulch claims shall consist of two hundred yards in length and fifty yards in width on each side from the center of said gulches.

Art. 5

That all miners shall be entitled to hold one Hill claim, one Creek claim, one Bar claim, and one Gulch claim, and that any miner shall be entitled to hold by location one claim (in addition to those that the above articles allow) for the discovery of new mines.

Art. 6

That miners shall hold their claims of all classes by posting up one notice on said claims in a conspicuous place and by having said claims recorded in the Recorder of the said Mining District office and that a renewal of said notices at said Recorder's office once in every six months will hold said claims and that neglect to comply with said requirements will show by Recorders Books that claims so neglected are abandoned.