The Nevada journal., 1856-05-02
An Act
TO INCORPORATE THE ClTY0F NEVADA.

TO INCORPORATE THE ClTY0F NEVADA.
The People ofM State Of California rep
resented IN Senate and Assembly do en-
act as .folloacs:
Sec. l. The people of the City of Ne
vada shall be body polite and corpo-
rate under the style of the Trustees of the
City of Nevada, and by that name they
shall have succession, may complain and
defend in all courts afid in all actions and
proceedings; purchase, receive and hold
property aud sell or otherwise dispose of
the same, for their common benefit.
SEC. 2. The area of the City of Nevada
shall be one square mile having the juno
ton Of Broad aad Pine streets in said CITY
| for its centre.
Sec. 3. The corporate powers and du-
ties of the City of Nevada shall be vested
in Board of Trustees, to consist of five
members, who shall be elected by the
City on the first Monday Of May of each
year, and shall hold their offices for the
term of one year and until their successors
are chosen and qualified.
| SEC. 4. The Board of Trustees shall
assemble within ten days after their cleo
ton and choose President and Clerk from
their number, they shall by ordinance fix
the times and places of holding their stated
meetings, and may be convened by the
President at any time.
SEC. 5. At all meetings of the Board
majority of the Trustees shall constitute
quorum to do business and smaller num-
Der may adjourn from day to day and may
compel the attendance ofabsent members,
in such manner and under such penalties
as the Board previously by ordinance may
have prescribed.
SEC. 6. The Board Of Trustees shall
Judge of the election returns and qualifica-
tions of their own members and determine
contested elections of all City Officers.-
They may establish rules for their own
proceedings, punish any member or other
person for disorderly behavior in their
presence, and with the concurrence offour
of the Trustees expel any member, but
not second time forthe same cause; they
shall keep a journal of their proceedings
and at the desire of any member shall
cause the yeas and nays to be taken on
any question and entered on the journals
and their proceedings shall be public,
SEC. 7. In case ofa vacancy in the Board
of Trustees by resignation or otherwise,
the remaining Trustees shall have power
and be required to fill such vacancy at
their next regular meeting.
Sec. 8. The Board of Trustees shall
have power to make such bylaws and Or
dinances not inconsistent with the consti-
tuition and laws of the United States and
of this State, as they may deem necessary
to prevent and remove nuisances, to pro-
hibit disorderly conduct; to provide for
licencins public shows, lawful games, and
bars at which spiritnous liquors are sold
construct pumps, aqueducts, reservoirs or
other works necessary for duly supplying
the city with water; to keep in repair
public wells; to lay out, alter, keep open
and repair the streets and alleys of the
City; to provide such means as they may
deem necessary to protect the city from
injuries by fire; to levy and collect stfnu-
ally tan on all property IN the City, not
exceeding one per centum ON the assess
ment valuation thereof; to levy and col
lcct poll tax of not exceeding one dollar
per annum on every male inhabitant Of
twenty ty-one years of age and upwards; to
impose and collect a tax on dogs of not
exceeding six dollars per annum on every
dog found running at large within the in
corporate limits of the City; to provide for
the impounding of swine and cattle; and
to pass such other bylaws and ordinances
for the regulation and police of said City
as they may deem necessary:
Sec. 8. The Board of Trustees may
impose fines for the breach Of their ordi-
nances not exceeding the sum ofone hun
dred dollars for any one breach of any
ordinance, which fine may be recovered
before any Justice of the Peace by suit in
the name of the inha abitahts Of the City OF
Nevada, and collected by execution. They
may also impose penalties of imprisou-
ment for the breach of their ordinances,
not exceeding ten days for any one offense,
in the discretion ofthe Justice of the Peace
by whom the punishment is assessed. All
fines collected in pursuance Of this Act
shall by the officer collecting the same; be
paid over to the treasury of the City.
Sec. 10. There shall also be chosen in
the City of Nevada at each annual cleo
ton, a Treasurer, Assessor and Marshal,
who shall be the coll, Cor of all taxes lev
led by the Board of Trustees. The Board
of Trustees shall have power to establish
such other offices as they may deem neces-
sary, to be filled in such manner as they
may designate: They shall prescribe the
duties and fix the compensation of all City
officers and shall fill by appointment all
offices becoming vacant by resignation or
otherwise till the next annual election.
Sec. IL. Any person shall be qualified
to hold any city office or vote for any
city officer who shall be qualified cleo
tor under the constitution and laws of this
State and who shall have resided in the
City thirty days next preceding the cleo