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PAET IV. —Business and Besidence Sites not Included within Peoclaimed Townships. Business Licenses. 62. Business licenses will be issued authorizing the holder thereof to carry on business within the proclaimed goldfield. Each holder of a business license shall be entitled (except in reserved townships) to occupy for business purposes an area not exceeding forty (40) feet frontage by one hundred and twenty (120) feet for each license held by him. Licenses may be transferred from any site to another site: Provided that no person shall carry on business in more than one place under one license. Marking out Sites. 63. Occupants of sites for business purposes shall place and maintain at each frontage corner of such site a peg not less than three (3) inches square, and standing not less than two feet above the surface of the ground. Protection of Business Sites. 64. The Warden may grant a certificate giving protection to the holder of a business site license to hold such site unoccupied for ten (10) days, whilst the holder is engaged in preparing for the occupancy thereof. Such protection may be renewed by the Warden for an additional period of ten (10) days. Occupancy of Sites. 65. Business sites can only be held or occupied by holders of business licenses, and no site can be held unoccupied for more than twenty-four (24) hours, unless the same shall be protected as in Section 64. Information to the Public. 66. When any business site has been protected, the holder shall post and maintain thereon a board not less than nine (9) inches square, with the word " Protected," and the date and number of the certificate of protection, legibly painted or written thereon. Space between Buildings. 67. An open space of six (6) feet shall at all times be left between buildings occupied for business purposes, except in reserved townships. The licensee of a single business site shall only build upon thirty-four (34) feet of his frontage. The licensee of two or more adjoining sites may build upon forty (40) feet frontage for every additional site. Marking out and Applying for Residence Sites. 68. Any miner desirous of occupying land for a residence site shall mark the corners of the area which he proposes to occupy with trenches, or substantial posts standing not less thau two (2) feet above the surface of the ground, and shall give notice in writing, in the form hereunto appended (marked Schedule D), to the Warden of the district, and a copy of such notice shall be posted and maintained in some conspicuous part of such area for the space of fourteen (14) clear days, at the expiration whereof, if no valid objection has been entered thereagainst, the Warden may grant a residence license to the applicant. Area of Residence Sites. 69. The area of a residence site shall be thirty-three (33) feet frontage by sixty-six (66) feet. Residence Sites not to encroach on Roads. 70. No miner shall occupy as a residence site any portion of any street, road, or thoroughfare: Provided that in cases where two or more adjoining residence sites are held by members of one family they may, with the approval of the Warden in writing, amalgamate their sites. Residence Sites may be Protected during Absence. 71. The holder of any residence site, having any building erected thereon, may have the same protected for any period, not exceeding three months, during which he may be absent from the same. Residence Site if deemed Auriferous to be examined'. 72. If any auriferous deposits shall be traced to the boundaries of any land occupied as a residence site, the Warden may, upon satisfactory proof thereof, authorize any surveyor or other persons, by writing under his hand, to enter thereupon, and at such times and in such manner as he may appoint, to search the land so occupied for a continuation of the said auriferous deposit. Residence Site if Auriferous may be taken. 73. If any residence site shall be proved to be auriferous, the Warden may, upon application, order the whole, or any part thereof, to be given up for mining purposes to such persons as he shall nominate. Compensation for Loss of Site. 74. In all cases, compensation for actual damage or loss shall be ascertained and determined in the manner provided by Section 48 of these Eegulations ; and such compensation shall be paid prior to the applicant taking possession of the ground. Warden to make order as to Mode of working Residence Site. 75. The Warden shall make such order relative to the mode of working the ground in any residence site, the restoration of the soil, and other conditions as he may deem necessary or desirable,