Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-25
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
7As People q Ms ssex Of Mpaaa. rsgrs.entsd

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
The People Of the State of Nevada, rsprssepted In
Senate and AssenNy, do enact asJ oQo.es:
Section /. For the purpose hereinaitef me as
toned, the inhabitants OF that portion OF storey
county embraced within the limits hereinafter
set forth In this section OF this Act, snan DC :
body polite and corporate, BY the nnme Hnt AZ,
style Of e The Town Of Gold Hill" and py tnas
name they and their successors shall PC knowa
t Se i sTsS have IA s H'5 9Sa9ts. 'a TSs =SoSaa aPS OF q said
incorporate town shall be as follows: IN tI e
north by the southern line OF Virginia ClIy, N
the county Of Storey; on the east BY the Douna'
airy line between the counties OF storey auu ny
on; on the south by the boundary line between
west by the boundary line DctWeen INC eouh'iee
Of Storey and Washoe.
Sec. ?, The said town corporate 10 hereby d.
vided into Wards, as follows: AL that poruon
OF said town lying north or nortnerly OF ue
center OF Crown Point street, 30 far as sald
street Is opened, and also lying north i, OF q q Inc
quartz mill known as the Bowers Mill, and ex-
tending due west to tho line Of Washoe county,
and also lying north Of q line commencing az
the intersection OF the center OF Main street
and Crown Point street, and extending due east
therefrom to the boundary line OF Lyon county,
shall constitute the First Ward; and al that
portion lying south or ~southerly Of the line
heretofore In this section Of this Act descrioeo'
shall constitute the Second Ward.
Sec. 8, The corporate powers OF SAID toHn
shall be vested In o Board Of Trustees, 70 con
sist Of five members, who shall be actual resi-
dents OF and owners OF real estate N saiu .oWn,
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 arc eject
ed and qualified, except as hereinafter In lille
Sec. s, No person shall be eligible to the ONCE
OF Trustee unless he be q qualihod elector Of the
State Of Nevada, nor unless he shall have been
an actual resident OF said town for six months
next preceding the election.
Sec. @. No person shall be entitled 70 vote a.
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 ior
six months, and within the town Of Gold Hill
for three months next preceding such election
and no person shall be entitled to vote, except
within the Ward In which he resides, and has
resided for thirty days next preceding such cleo
ton -,
Sec. 7, The annual election for Trustees shall
be held on tho first Monday OF May In each year.
Sec. 8. All provisions OF law, which now are
or hereafter may be In force, regulating elections
and providing for tho registration OF electors,
80 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:
ton, 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 tho Second Wyrd, naming the day on
which such election will be held, and designat-
ing the polling places, and the names OF three
Inspectors Of Election for each ward. Soon as
the votes are counted and Tailed In each Ward,
the Inspectors and Clerks shall make out a
statement, showing the number OF votes cast In
each Ward for the office OF Trustee, and foi each
person scyerally, which statement shall be GER
tIned under oath or affirmation by at least two
OF said Inspectors and two Clerks, and they shall
GAUGE the same, together with the polling and
tally lists, and tickets, duly sealed up In q pack
age, TO be delivered to the Board Of Trustees or
Clerks thereof within two days after such cleo
ton. Within three days after the receipt OF the
same, the Board Of Trustees shall proceed to
examine and ascertain from such statement and
tally lists, what person has received the great.
est number Of votes for the office OF Trustees,
and a certificate OF election shall be forthwith
issued by the Clerk, under the direction and gu
peryision Of the Board, TO the person or persons
having received the greatest number Of votes
for each OF said Offices. The Clerk shall, with
out unreasonable delay, deliver said certificates
to the person or persons for whom they arc IN
tended, and lie or his successor shall safNy EeSl
the packages Of tickets, together with the tally
lists, and all other papers relating to such cleo
ton for forty days from and after the dry OF
election, when, II no notice OF contest In such
election shalt have been served on him, he may
destroy the samc. Any qualified clcctor In said
town shall have the right to contest the election
Of any person declared elected Il 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. o, 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 ilvc 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 from 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.
Sec. 10. The Board OF Trustees so elected
shall, at their first meeting, or as soon there
artcr az may be, select one OF theiI number as
President, who shall preside at their meetings;
and perform such other duties as said Board
may prescribe.
Sec. II. Whenever o vacancy shall occur In
the office Of Trustee, the remainder OF said
Board of Trustees, or a majority thereof, shall,
at the next regular meeting held after the said
vacancy shall have occurred, appoint some per
son to I'LL the vacancy provided, that the per
son so appointed must be eligible to the office,
under the requirements OF Sections 3, 0 and O oil
this Act.
Sec. -. The Board of Trustees shall appoint
q Treasurer. They shall have discretionary
power to appoint a Clerk, IN Attorney and Mar
shal. at such rates OF salary or contingent com
pensation IA said Board may determine. The
Board may also employ such other assistance oil
laborcrs as may be, from time to time, required
for the assessment or collection Of taxes or IL
ccnses, or the care and repair Of streets, water
works, or other o W property. Amy OF the
aforesaid officers or employees, in this Section
provided for, may be by said Trustees remove
or discharged, or the office or position, except
the Treasurer, abolished, rs circumstances, ant
q due sense OF economy may require.
Sec. IS. The Board OF Trustees shall hold
regular meetings on the first and third Mondays
In each month, and such other meetings az BY
adjournment or resolution they may determine,
but the Prcsidcat Of the Board shall have power
to call special meetings whenever, In his judy
ment, 1t may be necessary.
Sec. Il. 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 OF absent members,
by percmptory order, or by resolution, impos'
ing fine. not to exceed $40 for any one meeting
Sec. 10. The Board OF Trustees shall ADOPT
rules for the government Of their own proceed
ings, and shall be the judges Of the election and
qualification Of their own members. subject,
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 the Board shall decide that the
interests OF tho town require secrecy. A jour
nal Of all proceedings Of the 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. The Board OF Trustees shall have
power: Flrst-To make bylaws and ordinance
not rcpugnant TO the Constitution and laws Of
the State Of Nevada. Sec0nd-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
are 10Y In force or may hereafter be enacted,
except the proceeds Of mines, which shall not
be subject to taxation, which tax shall not ex.
coed one and thrce-fourthS per centum per an.
mum on the assessed value Of all property, with,
not to exceed ten per ccntum on the amount OF
such tax additional thereto, rs q penalty on all
delinquent taxes /; provided, that they shall have
further power, when In their opinion II may DO
cnnnn neresshry and nYnadipnt IN law m addi,