morning a sum sufficient to cover and pay all costs and expenses on such proceedings for that day. At the close of the contest, on appeal or otherwise, the sum deposited by the successful party shall be returned to him, but that deposited by the losing party shall be retained and accounted for by said trustee.

32. Any person feeling aggrieved by the decision of the trustee may, within ten days after notice thereof, appeal to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the rules (except as to time) as provided for appeals from the opinions of registers and receivers, and if either party is dissatisfied with the conclusions of said Commissioner in the case, he may still further prosecute an appeal within ten days from notice thereof to the Secretary of the Interior, upon like terms and conditions and under the same rules that appeals are now regulated by and taken in adversary proceedings from the Commissioner to the Secretary, except as modified by the time within which the appeal is to be taken. All costs in such proceedings will be governed by the rules now applicable to contests before the local land offices.

33. The trustee shall receive and pay out all money provided for in these instructions, subject to the supervision of this office, and he shall keep a correct record of his proceedings, and an accurate account of all money received and disbursed by him, taking and filing proper vouchers therefor, in the manner hereinafter provided; and before entering upon duty he shall, in addition to taking the official oath, also enter into a bond to the United States in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), for the faithful discharge of his du ties, both as now prescribed and furnished by the Department of the Interior.

unclaimed when

34. All lots remaining unoccupied and the trustee shall have made his allotments and assessments will be sold at public outcry, for cash, to the highest bidder. The proceeds of such sales, together with any balance remaining in the hands of the trustee to the credit of the town-site occupants, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the benefit of the town. 35. All payments by the occupants of any town site for any of the purposes above named, except the survey of the outboundaries of the land so entered, shall be in cash, and

made only to the trustee thereof, who shall make duplicate receipts for all money paid him, one to be given the party making the payment, and the other to be forwarded to this office with the trustee's papers and accounts. Said trustee shall also take receipts for all money disbursed by him, and be held strictly accountable by this office, under his bond, for the proper handling of the trust funds in his possession.

36. The trustee of any town site in said Territory will be allowed compensation at the rate of $5 per day for each day actually engaged and employed in the performance of his duties as such trustee, and his necessary traveling expenses.

37. The trustee's duties herein prescribed having been completed, the account of all his expenses and expenditures, together with a record of his proceedings and a list of the lots to be sold at public sale, as hereinbefore provided, with all papers in his possession, and all evidence of his official acts, shall be transmitted to this office to become a part of the records hereof, excepting from such papers, however, the sub-divisional plat of the town site, which he shall deliver to the clerk of the district court, to be made of record and placed on file in his office as ex officio recorder of deeds, mortgages and other contracts relating to real estate in the Territory of Alaska.

It is believed that the foregoing regulations, together with copies of the laws, rules and regulations, referred to therein, will be found sufficient for the proper determination of all cases that may arise, but, should unforeseen difficulties present themselves, the same should be submitted for special instructions.

T. H. CARTER,
Commissioner.

The General Land Office,

Department of the Interior.

Approved, June 3, 1891.

GEO. CHANDLER,

Acting Secretary.

PART IV.

NORTHWEST TERRITORY AND

MANITOBA.

YUKON DISTRICT, REGULATIONS FOR PLACER MINING. SASKATCHEWAN DISTRICT, REGULATIONS FOR PLACER MINING.

ACT OF NOVEMBER 9TH, 1889, WHICH INCLUDES THE GENERAL
MINING LAW OF THE DOMINION. DREDGING OF RIVERS,
COAL LANDS FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.

PART 4.

NORTHWEST TERRITORY AND MANITOBA.

YUKON PLACER MINING REGULATIONS GOVERNPLACER MINING ALONG THE YUKON

ING

RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES

THE NORTHWEST TERRI

TORIES.

IN

(Approved by Order in Council No. 1189, of 21st May, 1897, as Amended.)

INTERPRETATION.

"Bar diggings" shall mean any part of a river over which the water extends when the water is in its flooded state, and which is not covered at low water.

Mines on benches shall be known as "bench diggings" and shall for the purpose of defining the size of such claims be excepted from dry diggings.

"Dry diggings" shall mean any mine over which a river

never extends.

"Miner" shall mean a male or female over the age of eighteen but not under that age.

"Claim" shall mean the personal right of property in a placer mine or diggings during the time for which the grant of such mine or diggings is made.

"Legal post" shall mean a stake standing not less than four feet above the ground and squared on four sides for at least one foot from the top. Both sides so squared shall measure at least four inches across the face. It shall also mean any stump or tree cut off and squared or faced to the above height and size.

"Close season" shall mean the period of the year during ( 110 )