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present at the time, and it he claims as a locator he must file a duly certified 

 copy of the location from the office of the proper recorder. 



86. In order that the "boundaries'' and "extent" of the claim may be 

 shown, it will be incumbent upon the adverse claimant to file a plat showing his 

 entire claim, its relative situation or position with the one against which he 

 claims, and the extent of the conflict. This plat must be made from an actual 

 survev by a United States deputy surveyor, who will officiallv certifv thereon to 

 its correctness; and in addition there must be attached to such plat of survey a 

 certificate or sworn statement by the surveyor as to the approximate value of 

 the labor performed or improvements made upon the claim by the adverse party 

 or his predecessors in interest, and the plat must indicate the position of anv 

 shafts, tunnels, or other improvements, if any such exist, upon the claim of the 

 party opposing the application, and by which party said improvements were 

 made : Provided, however. That, if the application for patent describes the claim 

 by legal subdivisions, the adverse claimant, if also claiming by legal subdivisions, 

 mav describe his adverse claim in the same manner without further survey or plat. 



87. Upon the foregoing being filed within the sixtv days as aforesaid, the 

 register, or in his absence the receiver, will give notice in writing to both parties 

 to the contest that such adverse claim has been filed, informing them that the 

 party who filed the adverse claim will be required within thirty days from the 

 date of such filing to commence proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction 

 to determine the question of right of possession, and to prosecute the same with 

 reasonable diligence to final judgment, and that, should such adverse claimant 

 fail to do so, his adverse claim will be considered waived, and the application 

 for patent be allowed to proceed upon its merits. 



88. When an adverse claim is filed as aforesaid, the register or receiver will 

 indorse upon the same the precise date of filing, and preserve a record of the 

 date of notifications issued thereon ; and thereafter all procedings on the appli- 

 cation for patent will be suspended, with the exception of the completion of the 

 publication and posting of notices and plat, and the filing of the necessarv proof 

 thereof, until the controversy shall have been adjudicated in court, or the adverse 

 claim waived or withdrawn. 



89. Where an adverse claim has been filed and suit thereon commenced within 

 the statutory period, and final judgment determining the right of possession 

 rendered in favor of the applicant, it will not be sufficient for him to file with 

 the register a certificate of the clerk of the court, setting forth the facts as to 

 such judgment, but he must, before he is allowed to make entry, file a certified 

 copy of the judgment, together with the other evidence required bv section 

 2326, Revised Statutes. 



