Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-20
AN TACT TO INCORPORATE THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.

embraced within the limits hereinafter
set forth In this section Of this Act, shall bel
body polite and corporate. BY the name and
style OF 1.-THE Town OF Gold Hill" and by that
name they and their successors shall be known
In law, have perpetual succession. and sue and
be suedin al Courts; The boundaries q aid
incorporate town shall DO as follows: On the
north by the southern line Of Virginia City, In
the county OF Storey on tho east by the bound
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 the
west BY the boundary Inc between The counnes
Of Storey and Washoe.
Sec. 2, The said town corporate Is hereby di.
vided into Wards, as follows: All that portion
OF said town lying north or northerly OF the
center OF Crown Point street, so far as said
street Is opened, and also lying north OF o line
commencing at the center OF the site OF the
quartz mill known as the Bowers Mill, and ex-
tending due west to the line Of Washoe county,
and also lying north Of q line commencing at
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 Fist 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 said town
shall be vested In q Beard Of Trustees, TO con
sist OF 1--WE members, who shall be actual resi-
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and who shall be chosen three from among the
residents Of the First Ward, and two from
among the residents ofthe Second Ward:
Sec 4, The said Trustees shall hold their office
for one year, and until their successors are elect
ed and qualified, except a. hereinafter In this
Sec & No person shall be eligible to the once
OF Trustee unless he be a qualihod elector OF the
State Of Nevada, nor unless he shall have been
an actual resident Of said town for Elk months
next preceding the election. ,
Sec. q. No person shall be entitled TO vote az
any election for said Trustees, unless he snail
be 4 qualified elcctor OF this State, and will have
actually resided within the county Of Storey for
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
lion
Sec. 7. The annual election for Trustees shall
be held on the 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 the 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 q newspaper published
in Storey county, to the effect that sueh 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 viii be held, and designat-
Ing the polling places, and the names OF three
inspectors of Election for each ward. Soon rs
the votes are counted and Tailed In each Ward,
the Inspectors and Clerks shall make ont q
statement, showing the number OF votes cast In
each Ward for the Office Of Trustee, and foi each
person severaily, which statement shall be Ger.
tihed under oath or affirmation by at least two
OF said Inspectors and two Clerks, and they shall
cause 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 tho Clerk, under the direction and I'll.
perylsion 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 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:
ton for forty days from and after the day OF
election, when, II no notice OF contest In such
election shall have been served on him, he may
destroy the same. Amy qualified elcctor In said
LOWHH uul HhNO lhO ILShbt w NV hiN SASShsSa
Of any person declared electeda Trustee, as pro-
vided In this section OF this Act, and such con:
test shall be conducted in the manner required
by the laws that now are or hereafter may be
enacted by the Legislature for contcsting 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 five days after due
notice Of their election, and In case any Trustee
shall fail to qualify within said time, his office
shall be declared vacant; provided, that In case
the person 30 elected shall be absent from the
county at the time Of his election, he shall be
allowed twenty days In which TO return and
enter upon the duties OF his office.
Sec. 10. The Board OF Trustees 30 elected
shall, at their first meeting, or Us soon there
after a. may be, select one OF theil number as
President, who shall preside at their meetings.
| and perform such other duties IA said Board
may prescribe.
Sec, IL. Whenever q vacancy shall occur In
| the office OF Trustee. the remainder or said
| Board ofTrustees, or q majority thereof, shall,
Ut the next regular meeting held after the said
vacancy shall have occurred, appoint SON per-
son to nll the vacancy provided, that the per-
son so appointed must be eligible to the office.
under the requirements OF Sections $, 0 and q OF
this Act.
Sec. N. The Board OF Trustees shall appoint
a Treasurer, They shall have discretionary
power TO appoint u Clerk, IN Attorney and Mar.
shal. at such rates OF salary or contingent com
pensatlon as said Board may determine. The
Board may also employ such other ass istance or
laborers as may be, from time to time, required
for the assessment or collection Of taxes or II.
censcs, 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, rs circumstances, ana
q due sense of economy may require. =,
Sec, 10, The Board OF Trustees shall hold
regular meetings on the first and third Mondays
in each month, and such other meetings as by
adjournment or resolution they may determine,
but the Presideat OF the Board shall have power
to call special meetings whenever, In his Judg.
ment, II may be necessary.
Sec. II, A majority OF the Board OF Trustees
shall constitute q quorum for business, but q
less number may adjourn from time to time, and
may compel the attendance ofabsent members,
by peremptory 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 own proceed.
ings, and shall be the judges Of the election and
qualification Of their own members. subject,
however, to tho 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
Oy Inc SleTk, uuu tuc dytb anu HUGE ohai uS
taken at the request Of any member, and shall
be entered In the Journal.
Sec. 10. The Board Of Trustees shall have
over: First-TO mako bylaws and ordinance
not repugnant to the Constitution and laws OF
the State of Nevada. Sccond-T0 levy and
collect taxes on all real aud personal property
within the town, made taxable by the a " OF
this State, for State and county purposes. which
are now In force OF may hereafter be enacted,
except the proceeds Of mines, which shall not
DO 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 ccntum on the amount OF
such tax additional thei eto, as q penalty on all
delinquent taxes provided, that they shall have
further power, when In their opinion 1t may be-
come necessary and expcdient, to levy an add.
tional tax, not TO exceed five cents on each and
every 500 valuation Of all property, for the con.
tinuous maintenance of the public schools or
said town, said tax to be collected at the same
time and In the same manner a. other taxes In
this Act provided for. Third-to lay QUITO 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, 10 provide for the
construction repsir, preservation and cleaning
Of all sidewalks, crOsswalks. bridges, sewers
and drains. To prevent distractions bping
erected or placed In any OF the streets, alleys or
sidewalks, or the use OF any sewers or drains as
cesspools, and for the removal OF the same. To
compel the owners ef lots and property to bear
the expense ofe. ecting sidewalks, or improving
the road or streets IN front OF the same, by
special tax or otherwise. To condemn prop
erty for the use or benefit OF the town In the fol:
lowing manner: Tho Board OF Trustees shall
appoint one referee and the owner or owners OF
the property TO b. condemned shall appoint one
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