Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-03-20
INCORPORATION ACT.
AN ACT
To Incorporate the Town o. Gold Hill.
The People of the State Of Nerada, repre-
Sented IN Senate AID assembly, DO e''dcs
as f0NoIeS

se,ated IN Senate aaa assembly, DO enact
as .tolloieS:
SECTION l. For the purposes hereinafter
mentioned, the inhabitants OF that portion OF
Storey county embraced within the limits
hereinafter set forth in this section, shah
no 4 body poliiic and corporate by the
name ana style of "The Inhabitants of
the Town OF Gold Hil," and by that name
they and their succeSsors shall be known in
law, have perpetual succession, sue and be
sued in all Courts. The boundaries of said
incorporate town shall 6e-On the north by
the south line OF Virginia City, in the county
OF Storey on the east By the boundary line
between the counties Of Storey and Lyon; On
the south BY the boundary line between the
counties OF Storey and Lyon and ON the
west BY the boundary line between the ccNh'
ties of Storey and Washoc excepting troHi
the above mentioned limits all the Stoun''
described as follows: Commencing al the IN
,ersec,ion of BROADWAY aud Carson avenues,
according to the survey aud map OF -Nh4,
can Civ made by John U~:rouu, and MEX III
the Recorders Office Of Storey coui'ty, and
running thence south 80 degrees east mag
uetic meridian, twenty chaInS Thence III j.
direct line southeast 20 the iSieTSS''i"h q
80, So,,,S,ry line between LYON and storey
.n~o,;cs and American EaNinc, running
,broIgh American Fla; 10 SILVER City; thence
in a southwest direction along SAID boundary
line between LYON and storey counties % lae
southwest corner Oi Storey county iHeacS
in a porthcTly direction along TIE rHWnG"rl
line between the counties u! S,orcf anu
Washoe 10 the intersection n the oph!r
Grade toll,roai; thence along SAL OPhF
Grade toll-road 70 point Eortn SHY d'-
grees west magnets me:.'.;1E I" sue place
Of beginning. ..-,
by divided into TWO warts, whose boundaries
saall DC Is follows:
First Wari-Shuli cmoracs al. taat por-
ton Of said town living north q. L StralSa:
line croSsiu- Main street n r'Sht-anslHS al
rhe puirt . Intersection u N!IlT and Crown
Point streets.
Sec,n! Wari-Shau embrace 81 TIA; por-
ton Of SAID Town iy,uG SDUJI u said line,
extending 70 the eastern and western bound
aries Of said iowa.
SEC. 5. The corporate powers ui said tow,
shall sc vested ii i Buard Ui Trustees, 70
consist o. i've members, WHO shall be resident
householdsrS o; S4ia tOwn, and shall, be cAC-
sen, three from the FRS, Ward and two from
the Second Ward. In addition to said TruS-
tees there shall be Treasurer aud Marshal,
elected by the qualified voters Of said town.
SEC. /. TIE said officers shall hold their
Offices for the term % one year, and until
their successors are elected and qualified, CX-
cept as hereinafter provided.
SEC. ). No person shall Ne eligible to the
Office OF Trustee, Treasurer or Marshal. wao
shall not be a qualified electOr o: the State Ci
Nevada. and who shall not have been an aC-
tual resident Of the said town OF Ga!d Hill
for the six months mex; preceding the cleo
ton, or who shall hold ans Stale, county, or
precinct office.
SEC. 6. No person shall be allowed to vote
~ any election for said officers who shall not
De qualified voter OF the State OF Nevada,
and shall not have actually resided within
the county OF Storey six months, and within
the town OF Gold Hill !or three months next
preceding the election; and no person shall
be allowed 10 vote except within the ward in
which he resides and has resided for the last
thirty DAYS.
SEC. Z. The general election shall Dc held
on the first Monday OF June Of each year.
SEC. 5. All the provisions Of law now in
force, and OF all laws which may be hereafter
enacted regulating elections in the State o:
Nevada, so far as the same are consistent
with the provisions OF this act, shall apply to
the election of officers herein provided for.
1 ne Ol lEUsECtS III LsAt kO"AA VI Ns'aSA
Hill, shall, for each election, three days
prior 10 the same. appoint three judges, and
Shall designate the place fer opening the
polls. Within three days after each cleo
ton, the Judges and clerks Of the same shall
make out and sign and deliver 10 such OF the
Trustees 10 De elected in each ward receiving
the highest number OF votes, certificates Of
their election to such Office. Immediately
after the votes are counted in each ward,
the Judges and clerks shalt make out state
ment OF the aU:uUer 0! votes cast in each
ward for the Offices OF Trustees, Treasurer
and Marshal, and for each person Severally,
which statement shall be certified under oath
BY the majority OF said judges, au4 they shall
cause the same, together wltn tle poll list
and votes. duly sealed Up, 10 be delivered TO
the Board Of Trustees OF said town, within
three DAYS after said election. Within twn
DAYS after the receipt OF tie same. the sad
Board OF Trustees >EGA proceed 70 ascertain
from said statement what persons have re-
ceived the highest number ~ yotcS for the
Offices OF Treasurer ana Marshal. and a GER
tifcate of election shall De i>SUcd5y the clerk.
o. direction OF sud Trustees, - the person
receiving the higne>; number OF votes 10;
each OF said Offices respectively. The clerk
OF said Board Of Trustees shall keep the
sealed packages containing the ballots and
poll lists fox thirty day, w1cr, il no notice
of anv contested election shall have been
given, he sh@l. ceS;r"y the sane
SEC. 9. The Trustees. Treasurer and Mar
shal, CHOSEN at any election. sua!! b. quail
fed and enter upon ,ae discharge L: their
duties within one week ojtcr u,:ny nDtIlcG
of their election. And .a'ca.c any trustee,
Treasurer or Marsla,, -. III. - QaU..:y
within said time, A!S ".5src ,att! >" C-cnea
vacant. All Os.iccTs, .s''r- e",.rl"S u9'l
their official duties, SHAH td"ctHc oi!cl2l oath
prescribed oy law.
SEC. 10. The Board ~; Trustees. SOLICITED,
shall, at their t!rst meeting, ar AZ soon there
after as may be, c.cc: one 81: lr"': Hrm1er ~
President, vino shall, Ur;I r-t'u;f4 by ne
Board, preside az tDei: m1ct:n-~, and is
c,arga such other ivt:,s as nav he prescribed
by said Board Of r.u>sye,.
SEC. II. Whea 4 ysc,u.. 81 occur IN
the Office Of Trustee. Treasurer %, M1rsHti,
tic Road ~ 'Trr.,r,, ..,tgt sG.t. :nDJiur