Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-03-28
INCORPORATION ACT,


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. r- 81
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 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 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
|
| shall be made; to collect the taxes levied BY
said Board to net, ex-otficio, as Chief Of Po-
lice, and perform such other duties as shall
be, Dy 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 to the town; to file the pa
pers and documents in his office under APP
propriate heads to attend the sittings of the
| Board of Trustees, and keep journal OF
their proceedings, and a record of all the bv-
laws and ordinances, which journal Of pro-
ceedings, after approval al 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 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; also to keep, in a 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 may be required, or d.
rected BY the Board of Trustees by resolution
or ordinance.
SEC. %. Upon the passage Of all resolu-
tons 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 1.-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 he brought before
any Justice of the Peace within the corporate
limits Of said town; fines imposed by such
Justice Of the Peace may be recovered by ex-
ecution 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 fine
| 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 judy
ment of such Justice of the Peace, for the
violation of ordinances, may be had 70 the
| District Court OF Storey county, upon queS-
| tons Of law alone, within ten days after such
| 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 oil
| law alone.
SEC. 26. II any officer of said town shall
! remove his residence therefrom, or shall alb
sent himself for more than thirty days, with
out leave Of absence from the Board oil
| Trustees, his Office shall be declared vacated
SEC. q. The present officers of the town Of
Gold Hill shall remain in Office until theil
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 of any or
dinauce now in force in said town or affect
in any manner, any debt, contract, or iiabili'
~ 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 hy the Legislature
Of the Territory of Nevada, are, and the same
are hereby declared, legalized. All debts anC
liabilities contracted or incurred by said Boarc
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 agains
said town.
SEC. IS. All property, real and personal
acquired in the name Of and for the benefit
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, aud known as the "In
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 anC
avenues, laid out and plated upon the otficia
map of said town Of Gold Hill, made by Geo
Hunt, c. E., in the year 1868, or John o.
from, c. E., in the year 1864, are hereby de-
clared open and public streets, alleys ant
avenues, and exclusively under the cOntro
and jurisdiction Of said corporate body.
SEC. 90. An Act entitled can Act to in
corporate the town of Gold Hill" approved
December II, 1862, and an Act entitled /" Ar
Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to in
corporate the town of Gold HILL approved
December II, 1862" approved February Is
1864, are hereby repealed.
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