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171.—Abandonment of Claims on which Machinery is Placed.

Should any claim, on which steam or water power machinery has been erected, be abandoned by the working shareholders, the owner or owners of the machinery shall be deemed to be in possession of such claim, and shall be entitled to all the benefits arising therefrom. Provided that within fourteen [14] days from the date on which the working shareholders forfeited their interests, the claim shall be worked efficiently, and in the manner prescribed by these Regulations.

172.—Water Privilege in Amalgamated River and Ordinary Claims.

Where a river claim is united to one or more claims of any other class, the water privileges of such river shall not extend further than if such river claim had not been united or amalgamated to any other.

173.—Compensation in Cases of Damage.

In case of any injury, damage, or loss accruing to the owner or occupier of any building, garden, or other premises, held and occupied by virtue of a Miner’s Right, Business License, or lease, or to any claim, shaft, tunnel, or mining plant, road, drain, dam, race, bridge, or to any other property, by the overflow of sludge tailings, or other substance, or by any other cause whatever, the party so injured shall be entitled to compensation from the parties causing such injuries. In case of dispute, the Warden, or Warden and four [4] Assessors, shall determine the amount of compensation. Parties taking up claims through which tunnels, tramways, sluices, or water races or drains are constructed, shall be responsible for any injury done to the same through the working of such claims.

174.—Claims Protected During the Operation of an Injunction.

Wherever any injunction, issued by any Warden, or other officer empowered to do so, shall prohibit any party or parties from working any claim held under these Regulations, and such party or parties, in obedience to such injunction, shall be absent from such claim, it is hereby ordained that until such injunction shall be dissolved, or expire by effluxion of time, no person, by virtue of a Miner’s Right or Business License, shall trespass upon, occupy, or interfere with such claim or any portion thereof.

175.—Agent to be Appointed.

Any person holding an interest in a claim, business site, residence area, or any other mining property whatever, shall, in case of absence from the locality for a longer period than fourteen [14] days, appoint an agent, whose acts shall be held as those of his principal, and whose name and address must be registered with the Warden in the form hereunto annexed.

Power of Attorney to Act as Agent.

Know all men by these presents that I (or we) do hereby make, nominate, constitute, and appoint, and in my (or our) place and stead put to be my (or our) true and lawful attorney for me (or us), and in my name (or our names) and as my (or our) act and deed, to do, execute, and perform all acts, deeds, and things as may be necessary, or may be required to be done, executed, and performed by me (or us) in accordance with the Gold Fields Regulations, and I (or we) do hereby ratify, confirm, and covenant that I (or we) will ratify and confirm all and whatsoever the said shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, in or about the premises by virtue of this power.

Dated this day of 187___

N.B.—The above power of attorney will require a ten shilling (10s.) stamp.

176.—Wages Man can be put on.

In all cases of absence of a shareholder, his partner or partners, can, if he or they think proper, have his place supplied by a competent miner, and such absent shareholder shall be responsible for any reasonable wages due to the person so employed. Any shareholder in a claim, except in cases specially provided for in these Regulations, absenting himself from his work for forty-eight [48] hours, his share or interest is liable to forfeiture, unless he provide a competent miner as his representative.

177.—Nuisance Clause.

Every holder of a business or residence site, or tent ground, shall be required to keep the ground around the same in such a state of cleanliness as not to become a nuisance to his neighbours or the public. And any person depositing any filth or offensive substance in a place where the same becomes a nuisance, must remove the same at his own expense when ordered to do so by the Warden. And the Warden may order the removal of any slaughter-yard or piggeries at the expense of the owners, and may prohibit the exercise of any noisome or unwholesome trade.

178.—Water for Domestic Purposes.

Where any miner or miners, or holders of Business Licenses, find it necessary to reserve a water-hole for domestic purposes, the same shall be protected from damage. Provided that such water-hole shall not exceed in