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the applicant claims only as a purchaser tor valuable consideration, a copy ot 

 the location record must be filed under seal or upon oath as aforesaid, with an 

 abstract of title from the proper recorder, under seal or oath as aforesaid, brought 

 down as near as practicable to date of filing the application, tracing the right of 

 possession by a continuous chain of conveyances from the original locators to 

 the applicant, also certifying that no conveyances affecting the title to the claim 

 in question appear of record in his office other than those set forth in the accom- 

 panying abstract. 



33. In the event of the mining records in any case having been destroyed by 

 fire or otherwise lost, affidavit of the fact should be made, and secondary evi- 

 dence of possessory title will be received, which may consist of the affidavit of 

 the claimant, supported by those of any other parties cognizant of the facts rela- 

 tive to his location, occupancy, possession, improvements, &c. ; and in such case 

 of lost records, any deeds, certificates of location or purchase, or other evidence 

 which mav be in the claimant's possession and tend to establish his claim, should 

 be filed. 



34. Upon the receipt of these papers the register will, at the expense of the 

 claimant (who must furnish the agreement of the publisher to hold applicant for 

 patent alone responsible for charges of publication), publish a notice of such 

 application for the period of sixty days in a newspaper published nearest to the 

 claim, and will post a copy of such notice in his office for the same period. 

 When the notice is published in a zveekly newspaper ten consecutive insertions 

 are necessary ; when in a daily newspaper the notice must appear in each issue 

 for sixty-one consecutive issues, the first day of issue being excluded in estimating 

 the period of sixty days. 



35. The notices so published and posted must be as full and complete as pos- 

 sible, and embrace all the data given in the notice posted upon the claim. 



36. Too much care can not be exercised in the preparation of these notices, 

 inasmuch as upon their accuracy and completeness will depend, in a great 

 measure, the regularity and validity of the whole proceeding. 



37. In the publication of final-proof notices the register has no discretion 

 under the law to designate any other than the newspaper "nearest the land" 

 for such purpose when such paper is a newspaper of general circulation. But 

 he will in all cases designate the newspaper of general circulation that is pub- 

 lished nearest the land, geographically measured. When two or more papers 

 are published in the same town, nearest the land, he may select the one which, 

 in his honest and impartial judgment as a public officer, will best subserve the 

 purpose of the law and the general interests of the public. 



38. Newspaper charges must not exceed the rates established by this office for 

 the publication of legal notices. 



