Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-28
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
7R1 Fond of he Stak of Mtpodo, rtpreeated

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TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
Ts People Of ne Stak Of Nevada, aggregated IN
Serdts and AssenHy, do enact as Jo0o.rs:
Section !. For the purpose hereinafter men
toned, the inhabitants OF that portion OF Storey
county embraced within the limits hereinafter
got forth In this section OF this Act, shall DO z
body polite and corporate, BY the name ana
style Of The Town Of Gold Hill" and py tna.
name they and their successors shall DO known
In law, have perpetual succession. and sue and
be sued In al Courts. Tho boundaries Of said
incorporate town shall be as follows: On the
north by the southern line OF virginia Clty, IN
the county Of Storey; on the east BY the oouna-
airy line between the counties OF Storey and Ly.
on; on the south BY the boundary line between
the counties OF Storey and Lyon, and on thc
west by the boundary line between the counties
Of Storey and Washoe.
Sec. 2. The said town corporate 10 hereby d.
yided into Wards, rs follows: All that portion
Of said tow lying north or northerly OF the
center Of Crown Point street, so far as said
street is opened, and also lying north OF q line
commencing 1t the center OF the site OF tho
quartz mill known as the Bowers MIL, and ex-
tending due west to the line Of Washoe county,
and also lying north Of q line commencing At
the intersection Of tho center OF Main street
therefrom to the boundary line OF Lyon county,
shall constitute the First Ward; and all that
portion lying south or southerly OF the line
heretofore In this section Of this Act described,
shall constitute the Second Ward.
Sec. 8. The corporate powers OF mid town
sist OF five members, who shall be actual resi-.
dents Of and owners Of real estate In said town,
and who shall be chosen three from among the
residents OF the First Ward, and two from
among the residents Of the Second Ward:
Sec 4. The said Trustees shall hold their once
for one year, and until their successors are ei .Sa:
ed and qualified, except as hereinafter In thls
Act provided.
Sec. s. No person shall be eligible to the ONCE
OF Trustee unless he be qualified elector OF the
State OF Nevada, nor unless he shall have Deen
an actual resident Of said town for ak months
next preceding the election.
Sec. q. No person shall be entitled to vote at
any election for said Trustees, unless he shall
be q qualified elcctor Of this State, and Will have
actually resided within the county OF Storey for
elk months, and within the town OF Gold Hill
for three months next preceding such election;
within the Ward In which he resides. and has
resided for thirty days next preceding such cleo
ton
Sec. Z. The annual election for Trustees shall
be held on the nrst Monday Of MAJ, In each year.
Sec. 8. All provisions OF law, which now are
or hereafter may be In force, regulating elections
and providing for the registration OF electors,
so far as may be consistent with the provisions
Of this Act, shall apply to the election Of officers
herein provided for. The Board OF Trustees
shall, for two weeks prior TO each annual cleo;
tion, publish notice In a newspaper published
In Storey county, to the effect that such election
will take place In said town. for the election Of
three Trustees In the First Ward and two Trus-
tees In the Second Wyrd, naming the day on
which such election will be held, and designat.
iny tho polling places, and the names OF three
Inspectors Of Election for each ward. Soon as
the votes arc counted and tailed In each Ward,
the Inspectors and Clerks shall make out o
statement, showing the number OF votes cast In
each Ward for the once Of Trustee, and foi each
person severally, which statement shall be GER
tilted under oath or affirmation by at least two
OF said Inspectors and two Clerks, and they shall
cause the anne, together with the polling and
tally lists, and tickets, duly scaled up In O pack
age, to be delivered to the Board OF Trustees or
Clerks thereof within two days after such cleo.
tlOn. Within three days after the receipt OF the
same, the Board Of Trustees shall proceed TO
examine and ascertain irvm such statement and
tally lists, what person has received the great.
est number Of votes for the Office OF Trustees,
and q certificate Of election shall DO forthwith
issued by the Clerk, under the direction and su'
pervIsIon Of the Board, to the person or persons
having received the greatest number " votes
for each Of said Offices. The Clerk shall. with
out unreasonable delay, deliver said certificates
to the person or persons for whom they are IN
tended, and he or his SUCCESSOR shall safely keep
the packages Of tickets, together with the tally
lists, and all other papers relating to such cleo;
election, when, II no notice Of contest In such
election shalt have been served on him, he may
destroy the samo. Any qualified elector In said
town shall have the right to contest the election
OF any person declared elected a Trustee, as pro-
ylded In this section OF this Act, and such con.
test shall be conducted in the manner required
by the laws that now arc or hereafter may be
enacted by the Legislature for contestlng county
or precinct elections.
Sec. 8. The Trustees chosen at any election,
held under this Act shall take the official oath
provided by law, and enter upon the discharge
OF their Official duties within 1--we days after due
notice OF their election, and In case any Trustee
shall fail TO qualify within said time, his ONCE
shall be declared vacant provided, that In case
the person 80 elected shall DO absent nom the
county at the time OF his election, he shall be
allowed twenty days In which 10 return and
enter upon the duties OF his Office.
SEQ. 10. The Board OF Trustees 80 elected
shall, a. their first meeting, or as soon there
after as may be, select one OF theii number as
President, who shall preside ut their meetings;
and perform such other duties an said Board
may prescribe.
Sec. II. Whenever a vacancy shall occur In
the Office OF Trustee. the remainder OF said
Board o Trustees, or q majority thereof, shall,
at the next regular meeting held after the said
vacancy shall have occurred, appoint some per-
tOn 10 I'LL Tic N1CduC1 lUOfluuu, kLht NV PSi
son 80 appointed must be eligible TO the office,
under the requirements OF Sections 3, 8 and 9 OF
this Act.
Sec. u. The Board OF Trustees shall appoint
u Treasurer. They shall have discretionary
power TO appoint q Clerk, all Attorney and Mar
shal. ut such rates OF salary or contingent com
pensation as said Board may determine. The
Board may also employ such other assistance or
laborors o. may be, from time to time, required
for the assessment or collection OF taxes or II.
censes, or the care and repair OF streets, water.
works, or other town property. Any OF the
Aforesaid officers or employees, In this Section
provided for, may be by said Trustees removed
or discharged, or the Office or position, except
the Treasurer, abolished, as circumstances, and
a due sense Of economy may require.
Sec. ID. The Board Of Trustees shall hold
regular meetings on tho first and third Mondays
In each month, and such other meetings as by
adjournment or resolution thoy may determine,
but the Presidcat OF the Board shall have power
to call special meetings whenever, In his judg.
ment, 1t may be necessary.
Sec. IA. A majority Of the Board OF Trustees
shall constitute a quorum for business, but q
less number may adjourn from time to time, and
may compel the attendance ofabscnt members,
by percmptory order, or BY resolution, impos.
Ing fne, not to exceed $40 for any one meeting.
Sec. Is. The Board Of Trustees shall adopt
rules for the government OF their OWE proceed.
ings, and shall be the judges OF the election and
QuallnChtlOn VI tutlT OWu IuSulUcEb. buUJCCt,
however, to the decision OF the District Court
OF the First Judicial District, In cases OF con-
tested elections. Their meetings shall be pub
lie, except when tho Board shall decide that the
interests Of the town require secrecy. A Jour.
nal OF all proceedings Of thb Board shall be kept
by the Clerk, and the ayes and noes shall be
taken at the request OF any member, and shall
be entered In the journal.
Sec. 10. Tho Board Of Trustees shall have
power: Flrst-To mako bylaws and ordinance
not repugnant TO the Constitution and laws OF
the State OF Nevada. Second-To levy and
collect taxes on all real and personal property
within the town, made taxable by the laws OF
this State, for State and county purposes. which
except the proceeds Of mines, which shall not
be subject to taxation, which tax shall not ex-
coed one and three-fourths per ccntum per an.
mum on the assessed value OF all property, with.
not to exceed ten per centum on the amount OF
such tax additional Thereto, as a penalty on all
DELINQUENT taxes ; provided, that they shall have
further poyer, when In their opinion 1t may be-
come necessary and e8pedicnt, to levy an add.
tional tax, not to nIceed Ave cents on each and
every 800 valuation OF oil property, for the cor.
tinuous maintenance OF the public schools OF
said town, rad tax to be collected at the same
time and In the same manner as olner axes IN
this Act provided for. Third-to lay out or ex-
tend, open, alter or repair all streets and alleys,
and provide for opening, grading, widening,
draining, cleaning, and lighting, or otherwise
improving the same. Also, to provide Tor the
construction repair, preservation and cleaning
Of all sidewalks, ~crosswalkS, bridges, sewers
and draiup. To prevent distractions being
erected or placed In any OF the streets, alleys or
sidewalks. tor the use or any sewers or drains as
cesspools, and for'the removal OF the same. To