Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-03-14

such officers, to furnish such security within
three days after notice Of such requirement,
the Trustees shall declare such Office vacant.
The amount of such security may at any
time be diminished or increased when deemed
expedient by said Board.
SEC. Is. 1t shall be the duty Of the Board
of Trustees to make out and publish, in one
or more newspapers published in said county
Of Story, ut least once in three mouths, to-
wit: "In January, April, July and October
of each year, full and detailed statement Of
the receipts and disbursements, from what
sources received, and for what purposes paid
OUT" OF the town, during the three months
next preceding such report
SEC. l9. Real and personal property may
be sold by the Town Marshal, for taxes or
assessments due said town. The manner OF
assessing and collecting taxes, and the pro-
ceedings for the sale OF property, in case Of
non payment Of taxes, shall be prescribed by
ordinance and title upon sale of property
shall vest in the purchaser, as provided by
the Revenue laws OF this State, or as may be
provided BY ordinance. The Marshal shall,
upon the sale of such real property for taxes,
execute and deliver deed Of such property
to the purchaser thereof, and such deed shall
be received in any and all Courts OF the State
as t,rima facid evidence that the grantee or
grantees, named in said deed. or his, or their
successors in interest, have a good and legal
title to the premises described therein, and
possession Of such property may be obtained
in the form and manner as provided BY law,
when the relation of landlord and tenant
exists. g.,
SEC. 20. It shall be the duty of the Treas
urer to receive all moneys derived. for the
benefit Of said town, from any and every
source, and he alone shall disburse the same
on proper warrants, or orders, Of said Trus.
tees. He shall keep an accurate and iull
account of all receipts and expenditures, in
such manner as the Trustees may direct and
he shall, at all times, keep his books and ac-
counts open for the inspection Of the Trus-
tees, and shall furnish them, whenever re.
quired, a full statement Of such receipts and
expenditures. All warrants and orders
drawn on the Treasury, shall have specified
therein the services, or Indebtedness, for
which the same is drawn, and shall be re-
deemed in regular order of registration upon =
the Treasurer'S books. Said Treasurer shall
perform such other acts and duties as may be
prescribed by ordinance, or resolution OF said
Board.
SEC. 81. 1t shall be the duty Of the Mar
shall to enforce the due observance OF the
ordinances made by the Trustees To perform
the duties of Assessor when an assessment
shall he made TO collect the taxes levied by
said Board; to act, x-otfitio, as Chief OF Po-
lice, and perform such other duties as shall
be, oy said Trustees, prescribed. 1t shall be
his duty to collect all licenses due the town,
and all other moneys or revenue due or to
become due, and to pay the same over to the
Treasurer. The time and manner OF such
assessing and collecting shall be such as the
Trustees, by ordinance, may prescribe.
SEC. %. 1t shall be the duty of the Clerk
to keep the Corporate Seal and papers and
books belonging ~ the town to file the pa
pers and documents in his Office under ap-
propriate heads to attend the sittings of the
Board Of Trustees, and keep a journal Of
their proceedings, and record Of all the BY
laws and ordinances, which journal OF pro.
ceedings, after approval at each sitting, shall
be signed by the President Of the Board; to
countersign all warrants, bonds and Licenses
issued in pursuance Of the orders and ordl-
nances Of the Trustees to afiix the Corporate
Seal thereto; to keep an accurate account, IN
a suitable book, under appropropriate heads,
OF all warrants and orders drawn on the
Treasury; also to keep, in suitable book,
under appropriate heads, an account Of all
licenses issued, the date Of issue, and the
amount; and he shall also do and perform
such other duties as NAV be required, or di-
rected by the Board of Trustees by resolution
or ordinance.
| SEC. %. Upon the passage Of all resolu-
tions and ordinances, appropriating moneys,
| imposing taxes, abolishing licenses, or in
creasing or lcssening the amount paid for
license, the ayes and nays shall be called, and
entered upon the journal.
SEC a. The style of the ordinances shall
be: "The Board OF Trustees Of the Town OF
Gold Hill do ordain.' All ordinances shall
be published in one or more newspapers,
published in said county of Storey, for at
least two weeks, and they shall be so publish.
ed as soon as may be after their passage.
SEC. 25. Civil actions may be brought in
Gold Hill," in any Court of competent juris-
dction within the said county OF Storey; and
actions for the breach of any ordinance or
law Of the said town, may be brought before
any Justice Of the Peace within the corporate
limits of said town; fines imposed by such
Justice Of the Peace NAV be recovered by ex-
ecutipn against the property Of defendant, or
the payment thereof may be enforced BY I'M
prisonment in the town Jail, at the rate of one
day for every two dollars OF such fine and
costs or said Justice, to enforce such pay
ment, may, in his discretion, adjudge that
such offender work upon the public highways
or other public works Of the town, at the rate
Of one day for every two dollars OF such tine
and costs, until the same be so exhausted or
otherwise paid. No fine shall be imposed
exceeding FIVE hundred dollars, and no i'm.
prisonment, at one time, shall exceed the
term of six months. Appeals from the judg-
meut of such Justice of the Peace, for the
violation Of ordinances, may be bad to the
District Court Of Surrey county, upon ques-
n Ia n1o in ton 1aVS aff
judgment is rendered such appeal shall be
taken in the manner provided by law Of the
State Of Nevada for appeals from Justices
Court, in criminal cases, upon questions OF
law alone.
Sec. 26. II any officer OF said town shall
remove his residence therefrOm, or shall ab-
sent himself for more than thirty days, with.
out leave of absence from the Board OF
Trustees, his office shall be declared vacated.
Sec. q. The present officers Of the town OF
Gnld Hill shall remain in Office until their
successors are elected and qualified, as pro-
yided in this charter; and nothing in this
Act contained shall repeal, or in any manner
affect, the binding force or validity VI any or
dinance now in fUrce in said town or affect,
in any manner, any debt, contract, or iabili-
ty Of said town, now in existence. All the
official acts Of the present Board Of Trustees,
who have acted BY virtue of any charter here
tofore granted to said town BY the Legislature
are hereby declared, legalized. All debts and
liabilities contracted OF incurred by said Board
OF Trustees, for which the credit Of the town
Of Gold Hill has been pledged, or scrip issued,
are hereby declared legalzed, and are hereby
made valid liabilities and charges against
said town. ...,
SEC. 2S. All property, real aud personal,