Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-05-09
A TRUE COPY
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.

county embraced within the limits hereinafter
get forth In this section OF this Act, shall DO
body polite and corporate, BY the name snc
rtyle or - The Town OF Gold Hill, and py thal
name they and their successors shall DC known
In law, have perpetual succession. and sue and
be sued In all Courts. The boundaries OF said
incorporate town shall be Us follows: On the
north by the southern line OF Virginia City, In
the comfy OF Storey; on the east oy the oounu
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 line between the counties
OF Storey and Washoe.
Sec. ? The said town corporate Is hereby diVi'
ded into two 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 line
commencing at the center OF the sitc OF the
quartz mill known a. the Bowers Mill, and ex'
tending due west to the line OF Washoe county
and also living north Of line commencing at
the intersection Of the center OF Main street
and Crown Point street, and extending due east
therelrom 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 deseri bed
shall constitute the Second Ward
Sec, 3. The corporate powers OF said town
shall be vested In u Board OF Trustees, to con-
sist OF 1--we 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. In
addition to said Board OF Trustees, there shall
be Treasurer elected b. the qualified voters oi
said Town.
Sec 4. The said Trustees and Trc asurer shall
hold their Offices for one year, and until their
successors are elected and qua ihed, except as
hereinafter in this Act provided.
Sec. 5. No person shall be eligible to the office
OF Trustee or Treasurer unless he BE- d qualihod
elector Of the State Of Nevada, nor unless he
shall have been an actual resident OF Said town
for six months next pre- edins the election.
Sec, q. No person shall be entitled 10 vote at
any election for said Trustees or Treasurer, un-
less he shall be qualified elccior 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 shalt be entitled
to vote, except within the Ward IN which nc
resides, and has resided for thirty days next pre-
ceding such election.
Sec. I. The annual election for Trustees and
Treasurer shall be held on the FIRST Monday oi
May i'll each year.
Sec. s. All provisions OF law, which now are
or hereafter ma; be In force rcgalaIin: elections
and providing for the registration OF electors,
50 far as the same 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 10 each an
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 W ard
and two Trustees in the Second Ward, anu
Treasurer. naming the day on which such cleo
tion will be held, and designating 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 lnspec-
tors and Clerks shall make out statement,
showing the number Of votes cast In each ward
for the offices Of Trustee and OF Treasurer, and
fol each person severaly, which statement shall
be certified under oath or affirmation by at least
two OF said Inspectors and two Clerks, and they
shall cause the zane, together with the polling
and tally lists, and tickets, duly sealed up In .
package to be delivered TO the Board OF Trus-
tees or the Clerk thereof within TWO DAYS aiter
such election. Within three days after the re-
ceipt of the same, the Board OF Trustees shall
proceed to examine and ascertain frvm such
statement and tally lists, what persons received
the greatest number OF votes for the otnces OF
Trustees and OF Treasurer, and certineate OF
election shall be forthwith issued by the Clerk,
under the direction and supervision OF the
Board, to the person or persons having received
the greatest number OF votes Tor each OF said
offices The Clerk shall, without UNREASONABLE
delay, deliver said certificates to the person or
persons for whom they are intended, ana he or
his successor shall safely keep the packages OF
tickets, together with the tally lists, and oil
other papers relating to such election Tor forty
days from and after the day or ielection, when;
IL no notice OF contest In such election sual'
have been served on him, he may destroy tnS
same. Any qualified elector in said town shall
have the right TO contest the election OF any per
son declared elected u Trustee or Treasurer, as
nroyidcd in this section Ofthis Act and such con:
test shall be conducted in the manner required
by the laws that now are or hereafter may nc
enacted by the Legislature Tor contesIinGe county
or precinct elections.
Scc ., The Trustees and Treasurer chosen ut
any election, held under this Act shall take the
official oath provided by law, and enter upon
the discharge Of their official duties WITHIN nye
,lays after due notice OF their election, and IN
caSe any Trustee or Treasurer shall fail TO quail.
ify within said time, his office shall be declared
vacant: provided, that in case the person 40
elected be absent from the county at the time
OF his election, he shall be allowed twenty
days In which TO return anu ehtcr upon tue
duties ofhis Office.
Sec. 10. The Board OF Trustees so elected
shall, at their hrst meeting, or as soon there-
after as may be, select one OF theii nuTnber as
President, who shall preside at their meetings;
and perform such other duties ~ said Board
NAV prescribe; provided, that II shall be his
dufy 10 make out, on the third Monday In April
of sach wear and cause to be published, either
In a newspaper published In storey county, or
by posting In not less than five public and con.
spIcuous places In said town, a iull ana cortect
statement of the financial condition OF the town,
showing the total Indebtedness thereof.
Sec. ii. Whenever o vacancy shall occur In
the Office OF Treasurer, tho Board OF Trustees
shall oil such vacancy; and provided iut.
ther, that when vacancy Email 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 once,
under the requirements OF Sections J, ana OF
Sec, IL The Board Of Trustees shall have dis
cret,onary power to appoint Clerk, an Attor-
ney and a Marshal. nc such rates OF salary or
contingent compensation as said Board may oe-
termine. The Board may also employ such Other
assistance or laborcrs as may be, from time 10
time required for the assessment OF collection
OF taxer or licenses, or the care and repair oi
streets, water-works, or other town properly
Any of the aforesaid officers or employees, IN
ihi; Section provided for, may be by said TrIs-
tees removed or discharged, or the ONCE or po-
sition abolished, as circumstances, and quo
the salary Of the Marshal shall not exceed, In
Guiding compensation for assessing and collect
inc town taxes and licenses, the sum OF TWO
thousand dollars per annum.
Sec. l3. The Board OF Trustees shall hold
regular meetings on the nrst and third Mondays
In each month, and such other meetings as by
adjournment or resolution they may determine,
but the Prcsideat OF the Board shall have power
TO call special meetings whenever, In his judo.
ment, il may be necessary.
Sec. Il. A majority OF the Board OF Trustees
shall constitute a quorum for business, Dut
less number may adjourn from time to time, and
may compel the attendance ofabsent members,
by peremptory order, or BY resolution. impos-
Inc fine, not to exceed $40 for any one meeting
Sec. is. The Board OF Trustees shall adopt
r,,l.s for the government OF their own proceed
incs, and shall be the judges Of the election and
nrsIidration of their own members. subject,
SSowryer 10 the decisiOn of the District Court
NJ The First Judicial District, In cases OF con-
tes,rd elections. Their meetings shall be pub
lie. except when the Board shall decide thai the
interests OF the town require secrecy. a jour.
nal OF all proceedings Of the Board shall pc KEPT
BY the Clerk and the ayes and noes snalI DC
taken at the request OF any member, anu shaii
be entered in the journal.
Sec. ~. The Hoard OF Trustees shall nave
power: First-To make bylaws ana ordinances
no, rcpucnant TO the Constitution and laws OF
the Slate of Nevada Sccond-To levy and
collect taxes on all real and personal properly
within the town, made taxable by the laws OF
this State, for State and county purposes, which
are now In force or may hereafter be enacted,
except proceeds OF mines. which shall not
be subject TO taxation, which tax shall not ex-
coed one and three-fourths per centum 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 penalty on all
delinquent taxes provided. that they shall have
further power, when In their opinion Il may be-
come necessary and eSpedient, to levy an addi-
| tional tax, not to exceed i've cents on each and
every 300 valuation OF all property, for the con-
tinuous maintenance OF tho public schools Of
said town, said tax to be collected at the same