Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-24
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE TIE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
az Rserls Of Me staN Of Msrada. repre.tned b

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
The People Of tie STATE Of Nerada, represented n
Senate and assembly, do enact az Ja2ors:
toned, the inhabitants 0 that portion OF Storey
county embraced within the limits hereinafter
set forth In this section OF this Act, shall % :
body polite and corporate, by the name ano
style Of The Town Of Gold Hill, and BY thal
name they and their successors shall be Eno%1
In i .NSs have "a perpetual succession TSs So0na saS t Of said aid
incorporate town shall be as follows: On inc
north by the southern line OF Virginia CITY. u
tho county Of Storey; on the east by the Dounu'
AIRY limo between tho counties OF STOREY, ana Ly'
on on the south BY the boundary line Detween
west BY the boundary line between the counties
Sec. 3. The said town corporate &. hereby d.
vided into Wards, as follows: All that portion
Of said town lying north or northerly OF tne
center Of Crown Point street, 80 Jar 10 taio
street is opened, and also lying north OF q line
commencing OF the center Of the site OF the
quartz mill known as the Bowers Mill, and e3'
tending due west to the line OF Washoe county.
and also lying north Of q line commencing az
the intersection Of tho center Of Main street
and Crown Point street, and extending due east
therefrom to the boundary line OF Lyon county,
shall constitute tho First Ward; and all that
portion lying south or southerly OF the INT
heretofore In this section Of this Act described,
shall constitute the Second Ward.
Sec. 3. The corporate powers OF said town
shall be vested In q Board Of Trustees, 70 con
slst OF Ave members, who shall be actual resi-
dents Of and owners Of real estate In said town,
and who shall DO chosen three nom among the
residents Of the First Ward, and " from
among the residents ofthe Second Ward:
Sec 4. Tho said Trustees shall hold their once
for one year, and until their successors are elect
ed and qualified, except a. hereinafter IN THE
Sec. s. No person shall be eligible 20 the once
OF Trustee unless he DO a qualified 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.
any election for said Trustees. unless he shall
be q qualified elector Of this State, and will have
actually resided within the county Of Storey Tor
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.
Sec. Z. The annual election for Trustees shall
be held on the first Monday OF May In each year.
Sec. s.. 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.
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, aud 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 ont a
statement, showing the number Of votes cast In
each Ward for the office Of Trustee, and foi each
person scverally, 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 same, together with the polling and
tally Iists, and tickets, duly sealed up in n pack.
| ACC, 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, tho Board Of Trustees rhall proceed to
examine and ascertain from such statement and
tally lists, what person has received the great.
Get number Of votes for the Office OF Trustees,
and a certificate Of election shall be forthwith
issued by the Clerk. under the direction and su.
| pervision 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 be or his successor shall safely keep
the packages Of tickets, together with the tally
lists, and all other papers relating 10 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. 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 tic manner required
by the laws that now arc or hereafter may be
enacted by the Legislature for cOntestingc 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 live days after due
notice Of their election, and In case any Trustee
shall be declared vacant; provided, that In case
the person 70 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 20 elected
shall, at their first meeting, or as soon there.
after IN may be, select one Of theii number as
| President, who shall preside nj their meetings.
aud perform such other duties as said Board
may prescribe.
Sec. II. Whenever a vacancy shall occur In
the office OF Trustee, the remainder OF said
Board OF Trustees, or q majority thereof, shall
At the next regular meeting held after the said
vacancy shall have occurred, appoint some per-
cont to oil the vacancy ; provided, that the per.
son 80 appointed must be eligible to the office,
under the requirements oil Sections ), 8 and q OF
this Act.
Sec. Il. The Board Of Trustees shall appoint
aTrcasurcr. They shall have discretionary
power to appoint a Clerk, an Attorney and Mar.
shal. ut such rates of salary or contingent com
pensation az said Board may determine. The
Board may also employ such other assistance or
labOrcrs Us may be, from time TO time, required
r.. $50 ~ ,nllanNInn ~ ta~0I nv III
censes, or the care and repair Of streets, water
work., or other o property. Any OF the
aforesaid officers or employees, In this Section
provided for, may be by said Trustees removed
or discharged, or tho office or position, except
the Treasurer, abolished, as circumstances, and
O huc sense Of economy may require.
see. 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 oil the Board shall have power
to call special meetings whenever, In his judg.
ment, 1t may be necessary.
Sec. II. A majority OF tho Board OF Trustees
| shall constitute o quorum for business, but q
less number may adjourn from time TO time, and
may compel the attendance Of absent members,
BY pcremptory order, or by resolution, impos.
Ing fine, 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 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 the town require secrecy. A Jour-
nal Of all proceedings OF the Board shall be kept
BY the Clerk, and tho ayes and noes shall be
taken at the request Of any member, aud shall
be entered In tho journal.
Sec. 10. The Board of Trustees shall have
mower. First-To make bylaws and ordinance
not rcpugnant 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
arc now In force or may hereafter BIO enacted,
except the proceeds Of mines, which shall not
be subject to taxation, which tax shall not ex.
coed one and three-fourths per centum per an.
NUN on the assessed value Of all property, with,
not to exceed ten per centum on the amount OF
such lax additional thei etc, as a penalty on all
delinquent taxes provided, that they shall have
f,.thnr ,Noxunr .uhan In thatr nnInINn n m Ov hR.