Section 83
SEC. 83. At any time after the performance of the annual labor or the making of improvements upon a mining claim, but not later than sixty days after the expiration of the period fixed by this Act, the lessee or some person in his behalf cognizant of the facts, shall make and file for record with the mining recorder of the province or district in which the claim is situated an affidavit in substance as follows: AFFIDAVIT OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WORK GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES) PROVINCE OF ...................................................) S.S. I, _______________________ being first duly sworn depose and say that I am a citizen of the __________________ of legal age, resident of __________________, Province of ___________________, Philippines, and am personally acquainted with the mining claims or group of contiguous claims known as ____________________ (Give name of the claim) lode or placer claim or of the contiguous claims in the case of a group on which Lease No. ______________ was granted on ___________________, situated in the barrio of _________________________, municipality of _______________, Province of ________________________, Island of ____________, Philippines, the declaration of location of which ________________ recorded in the office of the mining recorder of the said province or district in Book No. ___________ of the Record of Mining Claims, on pages ___________; that between the ______________ day of _________________, 19_____ and the _________ day of ______________, 19_____ not less than __________ pesos of labor was performed or improvements made upon said claim or group of claims. Such work was done or improvements made by and at the expense of _____________ the lease holder of said claim or group of claims for purpose of complying with the laws of the Government of the Philippines relating to annual assessment work, and _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ (Here give the names and addresses of the miners and other persons who did not work) were the persons employed by the said lease holder who did such work or made such improvements; and that said work or improvements consisted of and are described as follows, to wit: ____________________________________________________________ Here described the work done Signature ____________________ Affiant Subscribed and sworn to before me this _______________ day of ____________________ 19____. The affiant exhibited to me his cedula No. _____________ issued in ______________ on ________________. Signature __________________ Notary Public Such affidavit, when recorded in due time, shall be prima facie evidence of the performance of such labor or the making of such improvements, and shall be received in evidence by the Director of the Bureau of Mines and by all courts in the Philippines, as shall also the record thereof or a certified copy of the same. The Collector of Internal Revenue, within sixty days from the date of the receipt of the payment of the rentals or royalties due on any mining lease, or minerals or mineral products extracted therefrom, shall inform the mining recorder concerned and the Director of the Bureau of Mines of such payment, giving the name of the claim or claims, the entry number of the lease, the date of the payment, the number of official receipts, and the name or names of the person, association or corporation for which such payment has been made. The mining recorder, upon receipt of such information, shall cause the same to be entered in his record book and to be posted on the bulletin board of his office for a period of not less than twenty consecutive days.