The Nevada journal., 1851-04-19

The People Of the State Of CaHf9r-
mia, represel ted IN Senate and AssemblH
do enact as folLotcs:
Article 4.
Of boundaries, General Porsrs,. and
the formation Of Words. y
SECTION /. The district ofcountry
in the county of Yuba, which is con-
tained within the boundaries 70 be
established as ereinafter pro lded,
shall be city by the name of New la );
and the inhabitants residing tho drein
shall be a corporation under the name
and style of "The Mayor and Com
mon Council of the City of Nevada"
and by that name they and their sue
cessors shall be known in law, have
perpetual succession, sue and be sued,
complain and defend, in all courts and
in all actions and proceedings, and may
purchase, hold and receive property,
real and personal, within said city !;
may lease, sell, and dispose of the
same for the benefit Of the city; may
provide for the regulation and use Of
all commons belonging TO the city, and
may have common seal and alter the
same at pleasure Provided, That
they shall not purchase anyreal estate
other than such lands and lots within
the same, as shall be necessary for the
erection thereon Of public buildings
or for the laying out of streets or pub
lie grounds, or as may be required fol
burial purposes.
Sec. 2. The boundaries of the city
OF Nevada shall be established by an
ordinance of The Common Council
within one month after their first
meeting: Such boundaries shall not
embrace an area of over three miles
square; and the northern and southern
lines of such boundaries shall be within
one mile and half from the store of
Truck and Blackman, and the eastern
line shall be within one mile, and the
western line within two miles of said
store. When the boundaries shall
have been established, full descrip-
ton of the same shall be entered in
the records of the Common Council,
and published in one of the newspa-
pers of the county, once week, for
four successive weeks and such boun-
daries shall not thereafter be changed
without the consent of the Legislature.
SEC. g. Within one month after
their first meeting the Common Coun-
Gil shall divide the city into five wards,
and shall establish the respective boun-
daries Of such wards, so as TO embrace
within the boundaries of each ward,
as near as it can be conveniently done,
the same number Of inhabitants when
the boundaries of the wards shall have
been established, a full description of
the same shall be entered in the re-
cords of the Common Council, and
published in one of the newspapers of
the county.
SEC. 4. The Common Council shall
have power to alter, from time to time,
by vote Of two thirds of all the
members, the boundaries of the wards
Provided, such alteration be made at
least three months previous to the an
nual election of city officers.
Article III.
Of the Officers of the City and their
Election.
SEC. l. The officers of the city of
Nevada, shall consist of one Mayor,
ten Aldermen, one Recorder, one
Treasurer, one Assessor, one Clerk,
one Attorney, and one Marshal, and
such other officers as are hereinafter
authorised to be appointed.
Sec. 2. The Mayor shall be elected
by the qualified electors of the city
and shall hold his office for one year,
and until his successor be elected and
qualified.
Sec. 8. At the first election, the
Aldermen shall be elected by the
qualified electors of the city; after the
first election, two Aldermen shall be
elected by the qualified electors of
each ward. The Aldermen shall hold
their offices for one year, and until
their successors be elected and quail
fed.
Sec. a. No person shall be eligible
to the office of Mayor or of Alderman
who is not citizen of the United
States, and who has not been a resi-
dent Of the State one year, and of the
city of Nevada three months previous
to the election.
Sec. 5. The election for Mayor
and Aldermen shall take place on the
second Monday of April, in each year
For the first election, the Justice of
the Peace, in the township of Nevada
who WAS first elected Juftice, slial