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694 r1FrY-E1eHCrH CONGRESS. sms. 111. 0H. 453. 1905. the claim, and the apgliclctiolc beiqg accompanied by an afgdaligcl olc solemn declaration ma e the a p icant or some person on is a cognizant of the facts: Thlat the legal posts and notices have been put . up; that mineral has been found in place on~the fmctional claim (pro- .posed tobe recorded; that the dground applied for is unoccupie by — any other persona lln (che sai? lcclcration shscll lie sct out tliehname (cf D6¤¢¥iP6¤¤· ea icant an the te o the ocationo thecaim. ewor s

 on thei posts numbered oqcanc tivo shall be sict lcutlin full, and

as accurate a. escri tion as i eo the ositiono thec aim iven. Sk¤r¤1¤x>1¤¤· A sketch plan shall be dralxhs by the applicant on the back of the declaration, showing as near as may be the position of the adjoining mineral claims and the shape and size, e ed in meters, of the ggmh, mmm claim or fraction desired to be recorded: 'ded, That the failure qiunes with regula- on the part of the locator of a mineral claim to comply with any of “°"’· the foregoing provisions of this section shall not be deemed to invalidate suc location if, upon the facts, it shall appear that such locator has actually discovered mineral in place on said location and that there has been on his part a bona fide attempt to comply with the provisions oreree isnoo a me r tomi oter r- ?* “'“€°‘f2.€‘£ -""“k°‘£’ “H"“°€.Y“"é$i°c§1E££i’ f°"“2’il$” “§’°i"'”‘* sons desiring to locate claims in the vicinity. " f" pe $f,§’f”"*,,g’f‘°,,lf*”‘,§,,, "Sec. 31_. That every person locating a mineral·claim shall record www- the same with the provincial secretary, or such other cilicer as by the government of the Philippine Islands may be described as mining recorder of the district wit in which the same is situate, within thirt days after the location thereof. Such record shall be made in a book to be kept for the purpose ID the office of the said provincial secretary or spch othermoiliicclclpsbeby saiddgclvernmenc cllescribed as mining reco er, mw `c s mserte the nameo the claim the name of chaclzi loccgor, thetlpcaligr of ttge mine, the diiectipln cli the locgtion line, e eng in me rs, e a o location an the te o the record. A claim which shall not have been recbrded within the prescribed . M_ hg regulations pericéd shgg bciiqeailedgo hgg been cnbhclndonedgo ,,,§§{,,,0,,,0,,,,_ # ‘ mc. . a e nit tatesi ine mmission or its suc- _‘:gh°d02. 1>· 700. cessors may make regulations, not in coiillict with the provisions of ` this Act, govermng the location, manner of recording, and amount of work necessary to hold possession of a. mining claim, subject to the following requirements: ‘“‘°“"‘“°“’* “On each claim_ located after the passage of this Act, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than two hundred pesos’ Hmm worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made durin each ,,0,00,,;,0,, 0,, ,,0,,_ year: ’1hat upon a failure to comply with these comhtions {;>;g)¤;]lj§¤¢¤*¤¢0~s¤- the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, D H t or_legal rclpresentatives have not resumed work upon the claim after 0,,,,2,,}"*“°" ’"° failure an before such location. Upon the failure of any one of several coowners to contribute his proportion of the ex nditures re uired thereby, the coowners who have performed the liilbor or made the improvements may, at the expiration of the year, give such delinquent coowners personal notice ID W1'1lG\D¥,.0I' notice by publication in the new;pape1M1uhl1shed nearest the c aim, and m two newspa ers publxsh _ at amla, one in the English lan age and the other in the §pac1shblanguagc, tobpe cesigmcted by} th: chief of the Philippine 1nsu ar ureau o pu .10 an s, or at east once a week for ninet days, and 1f, at the expiration of ninety days after such notice in writll ing or by publication, such delinquent shal fail or refuse to contribute his pfoportion of the expenditure required by this section, his interest 1D ·t e claim shall become the prqperty of his coowners who have Asessment pe:-mus. made the required expenditures. he period within which the work required to be done annually on all impatented mineral claims shall