Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-01
THE NEW cou,sgY.

new county of UNION. We commend 4
to the careful perusal Of the people d
Gold Hill and American city-and as thu
proposition to be set apart as new coun.
ty suits them-they having almost unani.
mously expressed their sentiments in q
petision-we would suggest that if there
are any amendments advisable to the bill
as it now stands, we hope they will BE-
sent down to Carson without delay. The
creation of the new county is demanded
by the voters and taxpayers Of the terri.
tory proposed to be segregated; and as
there is really no opposition in other por.
tons of the county, at least, none that
amounts to anything, we trust that oul
legislators will not hesitate to grant ths
demands Of this community. Storey
county, with its fifteen millions of taxable
property, its sixteen members of the Legis-
lature, (almost one-third Of that entire
body,) and its voting population Of 6,S6S
-(more than third of the entire voting
population of the State) can well afford
to be divided, and that portion of il
which is considered nothing more than q
"hewer of wood and drawer of water u
to the county seat permitted to set up q
county government of its own, to man.
age its business in its own way, and to do
such matters as will tend to the great.
est good to themselves and to the State,
the members from Storey, as well as from
the outside counties, cannot but see thai
this community asks for nothing but what
is just and right.
an Act to Diride the County of Storey ana
to create the County Of Union.
The people of the State Of Nevada, repre-.
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows: .a r.
SECTION l. The County OF Union is here.
BY created to include all that portion Of the
State within the boundaries described as
follows: Beginning at a certain point ION the
Main street leading from Gold Hill to Vir.
ginia city,, where the city OF Virginia AND
the town Of Gold Hill join; running thence
in westerly direction along the line diyid'
ing Virginia city and the town of Gold Hill
to the western boundary line Of Virginia city
and thence directly west to the eastern
boundary line Of Washoe county; thence in a
southern direction along the western bound
airy line Of Storey county to the southern
boundary Of Storey county; thence in an
easterly direction along the southern bound
airy line Of Storey county to the eastern
boundary line Of Storey county, to point
opposite, and parallel with the line dividing
Virginia city and Gold Hill; thence in a
westerly direction to the eastern boundary
line Of the city of Virginia; and thence along
the southern boundary line OF Virginia city
to the point Of beginning.
SEC. q At the next general election to be
held in this State, an election shall be held
in the county herein created for the election
Of county and township officers, allowed b.
county seat Of said county shall be located al
the town Of Gold Hill, until otherwise pro-
vided by law.
SEC. 8. On the 4th day Of April, A. D. 1855
a special election shall be held at the usual
places Of voting in that part Of the State
hereby set apart as the county OF Union, TO-
wit: At the First and Second Wards in the
town of Gold Hill, and at American City, for
the election Of one District Attorney, one
Sheriff, one County Clerk, one County Re
corder, one Assessor, one Tax-Collector, one
County Treasurer, and thr. e County Com
,.ho hall hold fhaip nnHcao until
the General Election in November, A. D
1866, and until their successors are elected
and qualified.
SEC. 4. The Governor Of the State shall
appoint one Of the three District Judges Of
Storey county, as Judge Of and for the county
of Union and the Judge so appointed shall
hold his Office until the first day of January
A. D. 1867, and until his successor is elected
and qualified; and during his continuance in
Office, he shall discharge his duties as such
District Judge as provided BY statute in such
case made and provided.
SEC. 5. All suits that may be pending in the
District Court Of Storey county on the first
day OF April, A. D. 1865, that have been fol
the possession Of real estate situate in the
county hereby created, or in any mining
claim, shall be set apart by the District Court
of Storey county for trial and investigation
in the District Court Of Union county, and
the Clerk of the District Court OF Storey
county is directed to deliver to the Clerk o.
the District Court Of Union county all papers
on file in his office, which relate to the causes
hereby directed to be so transferred, and the
Clerk of Union county shall give receipt "a
the Clerk Of Storey county for the same, and
shall enter the causes so transferred upon the
docket Of the District Court Of Union county
for trial, in the same manner as other causes
are entered for trial.
SEC. 6. The Justice of the Peace and Con-
stable now holding office in Gold Hill, and
the Justice Of the Peace and Constable Of
American City, in the county herein created,
shall hold their Offices until the election in
November, A. D. 1861, and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified.
SEC. 7. The present Indebtedness of Storey
county shall be divided between the county Of
Storey and the county Of Union, according
to the taxable property in the two counties
aforesaid, as shown by the assessment roll Of
A. D. 1864, and the county OF I'd IN shall
provide for the payment Of the proportion
thereof that shall be allotted to Union county
said Indebtedness to be allotted by the
County Commissioners Of said counties.
SEC. s. The county Of Union shall consti.
tute the Tenth (l0) Judicial District Of the
State Of Nevada, aud the Tenth (l0) Judicial
District is hereby created, to embrace that
portion Of the State embraced in the county
Of Union. ..,L
SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect and be
in force from and after the first day Of April,
A. D. 1865. ...u.r
WHAT GEORGE BANCROFT SAYs.-The