Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-25

AZ and collect . license tar on all trades and
| business not heretofore special or enumerated,
having duo regard to the amount OF business
done BY each person or firm 40 licensed.
Tenth:To license, tax and regulate, prohibit
| and suppress all tipping houses, dram shops,
public card tables, rallies, hawkers, peddlars and
pawnbrokers, gambling houses, disorderly
| houses, and houses Of III fame PROVIDED, now.
ever, that nothing In this section o. tnis ACT
to suppress gaming when the same shall have
| been authorized by license, Issued by proper
authority, pursuant TO the provisions OF on ACT
entitled "An Act to restrict gaming" passed
March 4, 1869, or any Act amendatory thereof.
Elcyenth-To levy and collect ar annual tar on
| ali dogs owned or kept within the limits Of said
town, and to provide for the determination OF
all dogs for which such tax shall not have been
paid, and to prohibit the keeping ofhogs, or TIC
s sa11dPsio # iln laiiss Of Of s ssia on COW" TW Wainia To
provide for the issuance Of licenses before
named. for such time and In such sum as they
may consider best; provided, that the several
kinds OF business or occupation to DO licensed
shall DO classified by ordinance. into two or
| more classes, with o specific or certain rate OF
| license provided for each class, and the blank
Certificates OF license for each class, including
he fixed sum to be paid therefor by the IL
| censee, shall DO printed numbered. irhirteenthI
To provide all necessary buildings ior pnplc
| use 81 said town. Fourteenth TO establish Q
| Board Of Health, and to define their powers and
| dates 10 prevent tho introduction or spread OF
| disease, and to provide for the INDECENT. FIJI
teenth-To prevent or restrain my riot or riot
| GUS assemblage or dlsordorly conduct, and to
| prohibit and suppress the sale Of spii i.uous or
malt liquors or wines on any day OF municipal,
| county or general election. S~ixteen'h-To hx
| and prescribe the punishment for the breach OF
any town ordinance or resolution, but no line
shall be imposed for any offense In any sum
| greater than $500, and no term OF imprisonment
| hall ha praapPiha1 pYcpnlInD Hiy month";.
| Seventeenth-To determine the duties and fix
| and establish the fees, salaries, compensation
| and emoluments OF oil officers and employees OF
| said town provided, that the Trustees shall
| not receive, or be entitled to receive, for their
services as such, any rum whatever: Eigh.
members, to punish members for disorderly
conduct, and TO expela member for cause by
| vote of Jour. 1fths. Ninetecnth-To make all
necessary contracts and agreements for the
benefit OF the town; but no debt shall be con-
tracted or liability incurred except on a cash
basls. To issue and sell bonds bearing at the
| rate not to exceed eighteen per centum per an.
| mum, for the purpose OF creating a contingent
fund for current expenses, or for the purpose OF
paying. retiring and canceling any bonds or,
| wa rants, or other outstanding claims already
| existing against the town; provided, TINT the
/ aggregate or liabilities outstanding shall not at
any time exceed the sum Of $4,000
Sec. II. One.half Of the revenue arising from
| the collection OF taxes, as provided In the sec.
| ond subdivision Of Section 10 Of this Act, shall
| be set apart as q Redemption Fund, which fund
| shall be used exclusively for the payment OF the
| outstanding Indebtedness Of the town. In the
/ manner hereinafter in this Act provided. The
| remaining one.half Of raid revenue, together
| with all revenue derived from licenses, fines and
| other sources, shall be set apart as the Contin-
| gent Fund, and used to dcfray the current e1-
| penscs Of the town.
Sec. 10. No money shall be paid out Of the
Redemption Fund except by order OF at least
| four members of the Board OF Trustees, and In
the manner by them directed and 1t shall be
their duty from time to time, when there shall
be, in their Judgment, q sufficient sum OF money
In the Redemption Fund, over and above the
| interest accrued or shortly to accrue on bonds
outstanding, to give notice OF at least five days,
by publication In q newspaper published In Sto-
rey county, that sealed proposals, directed to
| tho President OF the Board Of Trustces Of the
town Of Gold dill, will be received until q day
| and hour stated In such notice for the surrender
| Of warrants, bonds or other legal evidences OF
indebtedness Of said corporate body, known rs
"The Town Of Gold Hill"
Sec, 10. At the expiration Of the time named
In said notice, the Board of Trustees shall meet
| and open such scaled proposals, and they shall
accept the lowest and best bids or proposals for
the surrender OF said evidence OF indebtedness
specified In the preceding section OF this Act,
but no bid or proposal to surrender any such
evidence OF indebtedness at o higher ratc than
par value shall ever be accepted. Whenever
any bids or proposals are accepted, the Clerk OF
the Board shall make O record in the Journal OF
proceedings, describing the warrants or b9 IN IF:
redeemed, specifying the face or par value OF the
same, also tho amount to be paid therefor, TO;
| ccthcr with tho number and date OF issue, anu
such legal evidence OF indebtedness shall be, by
q vote Of the Board, ordered paid, and as soon
az paid the Clerk shall cancel the same, by writ
| Ing In rcd Ink, across the face OF the same. the
words: Redeemed by payment OF the sum
Of - dollars, In coin, this - day OF =,
| dcmption Fund, and all such evidences Of In
debtedness shall DO filed away and preserved by
| the Treasurer.
Sec. 20. All legal claims or demands whatso.
ever existing or outstanding against said town
| Of Gold Hill, at the time Of this Act going into
| effect, may be purchasablc as provided In Sec.
tions IS and 10 Of this Act, and paid out Of said
| Redemption Fund.
Sec. 81. All ordinances, contracts or agree.
ments passed or made. and al bonds, warrants
said Board Of Trustees, shall be held invalid
unless signed by the President Of said Board,
and counter1lgncd by the Clerk.
Sec, %. Whenever there shall DO more than
sufficient money In the Contingent Fund to pay
the current expenses Of the town, the Board Of
Trustees shall have power to transfer a portion
thereof to the Redemption Fund, to be used as
IL by this Act provided for other moneys In said
fund. .
Sec. q. The Board Of Trustees shall make ont
paper published in Storey county, In the months
Of January, April, July and October Of each
year, 4 full and detailed statement OF the re-
ceipts and disbursements, from what sources
received, and for what purpose paid out, during
the three months next preceding such report.
Sec. q. It shall be the duty Of the Board Of
Trustees to provide for the accountability Of all
officers or employees elected or appointed under
this Act, TO whom tho receipt or expenditure OF
any OF the funds Of this corporation may be In.
trusted, by requiring of each OF them sufficient
s~ccurity for the faithful and honest performance
OF their respective duties, and In casc OF neglect
or refusal on the part Of any OF such officers or
employees to furnish such security to the satis.
faction Of said Board, within ten days aftcr no.
iice OF such requirement, the said Board OF
Trustees may discharge such oficer or cmploye,
and proceed to appoint somc other person to
I'LL their place.
Sec. IS. Real and personal property may be
aold for taxes due said town, BY the Marshal, II
there be a Marshal, and II no Marshal be ap-
pointed, then and in that case by tho Constable
OF Township No. 3, OF said Storey county. The
manner Of assessing and collecting taxes shall
be prescribed by ordinance. and title upon sale
Of property for taxes, either real or personal or
mixed, shall vest In the purchaser, to be pro.
vided for by ordinance. The Marshal or Con.
stable. as the case may be, shall, upon sale OF
Il real ptOpCTty lOT M&Ch, c4cCupc anu uclNCI .
| decd OF such property to the purchaser thereof,
and such decd shall be received In any and all
| Courts In this State AZ prima facie evidence that
i tho 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 I;
and possession Of such property may be OBJ
tanned In the form and manner provided by law
where the relation Of andlord and tenant exists.
Sec. %. It shall DO the duty Of the Treasurer
to receive all moneys derived from any source
for the benefit OF said town, and he alone shall
| disbursc the same, on proper warrants or orders
| Of the Board OF Trustees. He shall keep an
| accurate and full account OF all receipts and
| disbursements, and furnish tho Board q iull
| statement OF the SAINT whenever required, and
his books shall be kept posted and subject TO
| the examination OF any member OF the Board.
| All warrants and orders drawn on the Treasurer
| ahall specifically show on their face for what
service or indebtedness they arc drawn, and on
/ what fund, and ehall be paid In the regular
| order Of registration on the Trrasurer's books.
| Lhc Treasurer shall perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution
| Of the Beard.
Sec. q. The Board of Trustees shall make
suitable provision from timc to timo for tho
| assessment and collection OF taxes and licenses,
| and al other revenue due or TO become due to
| said Flown OF Gold Hill" and the person or
| persons charged with the collection Of such rev.
| enuc shall pay all moneys by him or them col;
| lected, after deducting the percentage allowed
by ordinance or resolution o rcollection. atleast
once In each week to the Treasurer. The time
| and manner OF assessing and collecting shall DO
| such as the Board OF Trustees may by ordinance