5. Licenses are obtained by making application to the California Debris Commission, San Francisco, Cal., on the special blank form issued by the commission, copies of which will be sent on request, free of cost.

6. Licenses are not transferable and are valid only for the operations of the individual or company, and for the special mine named in the license.

7. By the terms of the law an application for a license must be advertised by the commission in the newspapers to allow any protests to be filed with the commission. This advertising usually takes about three weeks.

8. As soon as practicable after advertising an application, the sites proposed by the applicants for the restraining works are visited, and if found satisfactory, authority to construct the dams or barriers is given with the commission's specifications and instructions for the work. Any dam built before such authorization is built wholly at the builder's risk, and may not be accepted by the commission. Any variation in location or character of work from that specified by the commission may also cause rejection of the dam.

9. When such authorized dams are completed, the commission should be promptly notified so that an inspection may be made as soon as practicable thereafter. If found satisfactory, a revocable license to mine will be issued. Until the license is issued it is illegal to mine.

10. When mining has been begun under a license, a report every month must be submitted on one of the blank forms furnished for this purpose by the commission upon request. If no mining is carried on for any month, the small form is to be used, otherwise, the large form must be forwarded. All blank spaces should be carefully and accurately filled.

11. In case of any accident to a restraining dam affecting its efficiency, mining must immediately cease and the commission must be promptly notified.

12. When a dam becomes full of debris, mining must cease until more impounding capacity is provided either by raising the dam or by the construction of new dams. The permission of the commission must be obtained to raise dams, and the work when completed must be inspected and approved by the commission before mining may be resumed.

13. Dams must be kept water tight and a pool at least 3 feet deep must be maintained as a settling basin above each dam while mining is in progress. Leaks must be promptly checked.

14. Names of mines must not be changed without due notice to the commission.

15. No charges or fees of any kind are required or allowed, all expenses of inspection being borne by the United States.

16. The mine owners are usually expected to meet the inspector at the nearest railway or stage station and take him to the mine and back. As many regions where mines are located are inaccessible in winter time, applications for licenses and inspections should be submitted as

early in the season as practicable. Delay in attending to this promptly may occasion the loss of considerable time if not an entire season.

17. To avoid delay due to loss of letters it is suggested that requests be repeated within a reasonable time, if not promptly acknowledged or acted upon. All communications should be addressed to the Secretary, California Debris Commission, San Francisco, Cal. By direction of the California Debris Commission:

S. A. CHENEY,
Major Corps of Engineers.

APPLICATION.

Secretary.

To the California Debris Commission,

San Francisco, Cal.

In compliance with section 9 of the act of Congress approved March 1, 1893, the undersigned hereby petition for authority to work by the "hydraulic process" the mine described below.

Name of mine..

Owner of the mine...

Who is in possession of the mine..

Area proposed to work by the hydraulic process..

Height of bank to be worked...

Cubic yards of material.....

Character of material, loose or cemented..

Estimated to consist of... ... per cent boulders,

blestones, ...... per cent gravel, ......per cent sand, ......per cent loam or pipe clay.

Mine drains into......Creek, which reaches. River.

Source of water supply...

Length of ditch.... width......, depth.....

Grade of ditch..

If there is a water reservoir, describe it..

.....

Quantity of water used......inches, for......hours per day, for months in the year.

Pressure of water used........... Size of nozzle...

Sluice is......feet wide, ......feet deep, with grade of......in twelve feet.

Character and location of barriers, existing or proposed, to restrain debris

Do you control all the ground over which the debris will flow between the mine and the site of the proposed barrier...

If not, have you permission to use such of the ground as you do not control......

tion.

NOTE. This permission must be in writing and must be filed with the applica

Area of impounding basin for holding debris....

Capacity of proposed impounding basin in cubic yards..

Is it a watercourse or worked-out pit....

What is the drainage area above the site of the proposed dam, in case the impounding basin is in a watercourse....

Grade of bottom of impounding basin......feet per hundred feet. Area of ground draining into impounding basin in case it is not in a watercourse.....

Average annual rainfall if known.

Rainfall in one hour during heaviest storms.

Deepest snow known (on level)....

Width and average depth of stream at dam site during highest known flood......

NOTE. Where above information cannot be accurately stated, give estimated amount and indicate that it is estimated.

The following maps, plans, sketches, etc., are inclosed:

1. Map showing claims, proposed workings, and part already worked.

2. Map showing impounding basin.

3. Section of proposed dam or barrier. Longitudinal and cross-sections of basin.

NOTE. The above maps are necessary for important mines and desirable in all cases. The cross-sections should be 200 to 500 feet apart, and taken at the widest and narrowest places. For small mines sketch maps may suffice, but for important mines these maps should be made by an experienced surveyor and should show the contours of the impounding basin so that its contents can be accurately computed. Each map should show who made it.

Names of mines whose owners are entitled to use proposed impounding basin and whose petitions are submitted with this one constituting a joint petition.

Names of mines which drain into the same impounding basin and which are not entitled to use it......

Route to mine:-Nearest railroad station...

Thence by stage. . . . . . miles to .... P. O. or town.

Thence by wagon road...... miles to... . . .

Thence by trail. . . . . . miles to mine.

Distance from mine to site of proposed restraining works..

Name of person to whom communications concerning mine should be sent...

Postoffice address.

Remarks

I (or we), ..

hereby surrender to the United States the right and privilege to regulate by law, as provided by the act of Congress entitled "An Act to Create the California Debris Commission and Regulate Hydraulic Mining in the State of California," and any law that may hereafter be enacted, and by such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by virtue thereof, the manner and method in which the debris resulting from the working of the.... Mine shall be restrained, and what amount shall be produced therefrom. Said......mine is situated at

in. . . . . . County, California, and more particularly described as follows:..

.....

(Give full description of property by metes and bounds or by section corners.) It being understood that the surrender aforesaid shall not be construed as in any way affecting the right of such owner (or owners) to operate said mine (or mines) by any other process or method now in use in said State, provided that they shall not interfere with the navigability of the rivers of California.

Applicants.

State of California,

County of..... -SS.

. . . . . . .

being first duly sworn, depose.. and say..

.is (or are) the applicant.. named in the foregoing petition; that ha.. read the said petition, and know.. the contents thereof; that the same are true of......own knowledge except as to such matters as are therein stated on...... information and belief, and that, as to those matters...... believe.. them to be true. Subscribed and sworn to before me this....day of 19....

A. D.

Notary Public in and for... ... County, State of California. NOTE. In case of an incorporated company the petition may be submitted by its attorney in fact, or other duly authorized agent, legal evidence of which authority must be filed with the petition.

In preparing the application all the blank spaces should be carefully filled out and all questions answered as accurately as possible. If the operators are in partnership, the application should be signed in the name of the firm by a member thereof, and the names of all members of the firm should also be given. If a company, the application should be signed with the company name by the secretary, president or other officer authorized to do so, followed by his official signature. The authority of such officer to so sign should accompany the application. This authority should be a properly verified copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the company or extract from the minutes of a meeting of the directors. Oath as to the accuracy of the statements contained in the application should be made, as indicated, before a notary public or other official authorized by the State law to administer oaths.

A map or sketch should accompany the application, showing the location and extent of the mine, the stream into which the mine drains, the location of the proposed restraining works, the United States Land Office lines of the vicinity, and the roads in the neighborhood.

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NATURALIZATION LAWS.

(34 Stats. at Large, part 1, p. 596.)

Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization-Registry of Alien Arriving After the Passage of This Act-Certificate of Registry.— The designation of the Bureau of Immigration in the Department of Commerce and Labor is hereby changed to the "Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization," which said Bureau, under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, in addition to the duties now provided by law, shall have charge of all matters concerning the naturalization of aliens. That it shall be the duty of the said Bureau to provide, for use at the various immigration stations throughout the United States, books of record, wherein the commissioners of immigration shall cause a registry to be made in the case of each alien arriving in the United States from and after the passage of this act of the name, age, occupation, personal description (including height, complexion, color of hair and eyes), the place of birth, the last residence, the intended place of residence in the United States, and the date of arrival of said alien, and, if entered through a port, the name of the vessel in which he comes. And it shall be the duty of said commissioners of immigration to cause to be granted to such alien a certificate of such registry, with the particulars thereof.

§ 2. Additional Offices and Additional Assistants. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall provide the said Bureau with such additional furnished offices within the city of Washington, such books of record and facilities, and such additional assistants, clerks, stenographers, typewriters, and other employees as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the duties imposed by this act upon such Bureau, fixing the compensation of such additional employees until July 1st, 1907, within the appropriations made for that purpose.

§ 3. Jurisdiction to Naturalize Aliens.-That exclusive jurisdiction. to naturalize aliens as citizens of the United States is hereby conferred upon the following specified courts:

United States Circuit and District Courts now existing, or which may hereafter be established by Congress in any State, United States District Courts for the Territories of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Hawaii, and Alaska, the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and the United States courts for the Indian Territory; also all courts of record in any State or Territory now existing, or which may hereafter be created, having a seal, a clerk, and jurisdiction in actions at law or equity, or law and equity, in which the amount in controversy is unlimited.

Jurisdiction Extends to Aliens Resident Within Judicial Districts.That the naturalization jurisdiction of all courts herein specified, State, Territorial, and Federal, shall extend only to aliens resident within. the respective judicial districts of such courts.