Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-03-13

sucn officers, 10 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. It 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 Octnber
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 primG facia evidence that the grantee or
grantees, named in said deed. or his, or their
successors in interest, have 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.
SEC. 20. 1t 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 full
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, 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 Treasurcr's books. Said Treasurer shall
perform such other acts and duties as may be
prescribed BY ordinance, or resolution Of said
Board. 49,.
SEC. 81. 1t shall be the duty OF the Mar
shal to enforce the due observance Of the
ordinances made by the Trustees tn perform
the duties OF Assessor when an assessment
shall be made; to collect the taxes levied by
said Board to act, ex-offitiu, as Chief Of Po.
lice, and perform such other duties as shall
be, oy said Trustees, prescribed. It shall DO
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 to the town to file the pa
pers and documents in his Office under sp-
propriate heads TO attend the sittings Of the
Board Of Trustees, and keep journal OF
their proceedings, and record Of all the oV-
laws and ordinances, which journal OF pro-
ceedings, after approval at each sitting, shall
be signed BY the President Of the Boardi to
countersign all warrants, bonds and licenses
issued in pursuance of the orders and ordi.
nances of the Trustees to affix 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; alsU to keep, in a suitable boDk,
under appropriate heads, an account Of all
licenses issued, the date Of issuc, and the
amount; and he shall also do and perform
such other duties as may be required, or d.
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 lesSening 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. %. Civil actions may be brought in
the name Of the Inhabitants Of the Town Of
Gold Hill, in any Court Of competent juris.
diction 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 cx.
ecution against the property Of defendant, or
the payment thereof may be enforced by i'm
prsonment 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 hne
and costs, until the same be so exhausted or
otherwise paid. No 6ne 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-
ment of such Justice Of the Peace. for the
violation Of ordinances, may be had 70 the
District Court Of Storey county, upon ques-
tions of law alone, within ten days after such
judgment is rendered; such appeal shall DO
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. 27. The present officers Of the town Of
Gold Hill shall remain in Office until their
successors are elected and qualified, as pro-
Vided in this charter; and nothing in this
Act contained shall repeal, or in any manner
affect, the binding force or validity Of any or
QluduCe uOH lu Juice III shlu IOnu VI dueCtp
in any manner, any debt, contract, or liabili-
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
Of the Territory Of Nevada, are, and the same
are hereby declared, legalized. All debts and
liabilities contracted or 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 legalized, and are hereby
made valid liabilities and charges against
said town.
SEC. %. All property, real and persona,
acquired in the name Of and for the beneht
Of said town, BY virtue Of any prior charter,
or by any act Of any prior Board Of Trustees.
shall be the property Of the corporate body
created BY this Act, and known as the "ln.
habitants of the Town of Gold Hill" AL
streets, alleys, and avenues, within said cor
porate limits, used as public streets, alley,
and avenues, and all such streets, alleys and
avenues, laid out and plated upon the ot1cial
map of said town of Gold Hill, made BY Geo.
Hunt, c. E., in the year 1868, or John os-
from, C. E., in the year 1854, are hereby de:
nd