388 Sport and Life. 



" Judgment " shall include " order " or " degree." 



" Real estate " shall mean any mineral land in fee simple under any 

 Act relating to gold mines, or to minerals other than coal. 



" Joint stock company " shall mean any company duly incorporated for 

 mining purposes under the "Companies Act, 1890," and any company 

 duly incorporated in British Columbia for mining purposes under the 

 "Companies Act, 1862" (Imperial), and shall include all "Companies 

 Act, 1894." c. 32, s. 2. 



Free Miners and their Privileges. 



Every person over eighteen years of age and every joint stock company 

 may become a free miner by taking out a miner's certificate, the cost of 

 which is cdols. per annum. 



Miners who take the benefit of this Act are regarded as of full age in 

 all mining transactions. 



Miner's certificate to a joint stock company must be issued in its 

 corporate name. Such a certificate may be issued for one or more years, 

 and cannot be transferred. 



A fine of 25dols. is provided as a penalty for such as work at mining 

 without first obtaining the necessary certificate. 



Every owner of a mine or contractor for the performance of work upon 

 a mine must take out a license certificate for each and every employee, or, 

 upon conviction, pay a penalty of loodols. in addition to the unpaid 

 license fees. 



A free miner may kill game for his own use. 



A free miner may obtain a new certificate for one lost on paying idol. 



Should co-owner fail to pay for his free miner's certificate his interest 

 goes to his co-owners pro rata according to their former interests. 



A shareholder for a joint stock company need not be a free holder. 



A free miner may claim 1 5Ooft. by 1 5Ooft. But all angles must be 

 right angles, and all measurements must be horizontally. 



A free miner may cut timber on Crown lands. 



A free miner may obtain a five-acre mill site upon Crown lands in the 

 form of a square. 



A claim may be held from year to year by work being done to the 

 value of loodols. 



Two claims in each mining division, not on the same vein or lode, may 

 be held, and more than one on the same vein, if held by a purchaser. 



A claim must be marked by two legal posts, each 4in. square, and not 

 less than 4ft. above the ground. They must be numbered i and 2. 



