lations in pursuance thereof made by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and to which may be added imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months. Approved June 3, 1878. RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION With a view to, and the intention of, preserving the young timber and undergrowth upon the mineral lands of the United States, and to the end that the mountain sides may not be left denuded and barren of the timber and undergrowth necessary to prevent the precipitation of the rain-fall and melting snows in floods upon the fertile, arable lands in the valleys below, thus destroying the agricultural and pasturage interests of the mineral and mountainous portions of the country, I do hereby make and cause to be promulgated, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the citizens of Colorado, Nevada and the territories (excepting Washington territory), to fell and remove timber on the public domain for mining and domestic purposes," the following rules and regulations: I. Section 2461, Revised Statutes, is still in force in all the states and territories named in the bill, and its provisions may be enforced as heretofore against persons trespassing upon any other than lands which are in fact mineral, or have been withdrawn as such; and in all cases where trespasses are committed upon the timber upon public lands which are not mineral, the trespassers will be prosecuted under said section. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to cut or remove, or cause to be cut or removed, from any of the mineral lands of the United States, any timber or undergrowth of any kind whatever less than eight inches in diameter; and any person so offending shall be liable to be fined, in compliance with the provisions of the third section of said Act, in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and to which may be added imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months. J. A. WILLIAMSON, Commissioner. Approved August 16, 1878, by C. SCHURZ, Secretary. Timber on Mineral Lands.-Timber on mineral lands may be used for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, sub. ject to the rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior. Eight Inch Timber Excepted. It is unlawful for any person to cut or remove any timber or undergrowth which is less than eight inches in diameter, under penalty of a fine not exceeding $500, to which may be added imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months. PART II. THE MINING LAWS OF COLORADO. Session Laws, 1874. FROM THE GENERAL LAWS, 1877. . LODE CLAIMS-LENGTH 1500 FEET. SEC. 1811. The length of any lode claim hereafter located may equal but not exceed 1500 feet along the vein. See U. S. Stat., Sec. 2320 et seq. WIDTH 150 OR 300 FEET. SEC. 1812. The width of lode claims hereafter located in Gilpin, Clear Creek, Boulder and Summit counties shall be 75 feet on each side of the centre of the vein or crevice; and in all other counties the width of the same shall be 150 feet on each side of the centre of the vein or crevice; Provided, That hereafter any county may, at any general election, determine upon a greater width, not exceeding 300 feet on each side of the centre. of the vein or lode, by a majority of the legal votes cast at said election; and any county, by such vote at such election, may determine upon a less width than above specified. CERTIFICATE OF LOCATION-RECORD. SEC. 1813. The discoverer of a lode shall, within three months from the date of discovery, record his claim in the office of the recorder of the county in which such lode is situated by a location cer'tificate, which shall contain: Ist, the name of the lode; 2d, the name of the locator; 3d, the date of location; 4th, the number of feet in length claimed on each side of the centre of discovery shaft; 5th, the general course of the lode as near as may be. Essentials.-The first three requirements are essential and the omission of any one of them might be fatal to the title. (See next section.) A Location and Record made prior to the discovery of mineral is valid, if followed up by such discovery within ninety days. In such case the discovery relates back to the date of loca tion. Zollar's & Highland Chief Cons. Mining Co. vs. Seth FORM OF LOCATION CERTIFIcate. Notice to all Persons is hereby given that did on the within sixty days from said disclose a lode bearing valuable gold and silver minerals, and did, define said lode by a shaft linear feet of said lode, so located, being of discovery shaft (tunnel, cut or adit) thereon, andfeet, being of the centre -linear of the centre of said shaft (tunnel, cut or |