Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-05-03
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AN ACTlTO INCORPORATES THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.

TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
Tae Ropls Of Ms State Of Neradd, represented In
Senate and Asseas<y, DO enact a. Jt4o.rs::
Section l. For the purposes hereinafter men
toned, the inhabitants Of that portion OF Storey
county embraced within the limits hereinafter
set forth In this section Of this Act, shall DC q
body polite and corporate, BY the name and
style OF " The Town OF Gold Hill, and oy tnat
name they and their SUCCESSORS shall DO Known
In law, have perpetual succession. and sue and
be sued In al Courts. The boundaries OF said
incorporate town shall be Us follows: On the
north by the southern line OF Virginia City, IN
the county OF Storey; on the east oy the Douna-
AIRY line between the counties OF storey ana 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 dlyi-
ded into two Wards, as follows: All that tportion
OF said town lying north or northerly OF the
center OF Crown Point street, so far as said
street IL opened, and also lying north OF line
commencing az 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 a 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 First Ward; and all that
portion lying south or southerly Of the line,
heretofore In tnlS rcCtlOn OF tnlS ACT uesCtl oSu
shall constitute the Second Ward.
Sec. 8. The corporate powers OF said town
shall be vested in Board of Trustees, TO con.
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 nom 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 a Treasurer elected by the qualifed voters OF
said Town. ~ 80 -,
Sec 1. The said Trustees and Treasurer shall
hold their Offices for one year, and until their
successors are elected and qua lied, except as
hereinafter in this Act provided.
Sec. 5. No person shah be eligible to the office
OF Trustee or Treasurer unless he be n qualinod
elector Of the State Of Nevada, nor unless he
shall have been an actual resident OF said town
for elk months next preted the election.
Sec. q. No person shall be entitled to vote at
any election for said Trustees or Treasurer, un'
less he shall be qualified clcctor 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
70 vote, except within the Ward In which he
resides, and has resided for thirty days next pre-
ceding such election. &,
SecoT. The annual election for Trustees and
Treasurer shall be held on the first Monday OF
May in each year.
Sec, s. All provisions OF law, which now are
or hereafter ma be in force, regulating elections
and providing for the registration VI electors,
50 far rs 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 To each an
nual election, publish notice In newspaper
published in Storey county, to the elect that
such election will take place tu said town. iOr
the election OF three Trustees In the First W ard
and two Trustees in the Second Ward, and
Treasurer, naming the day on which such cleo
tion will be held, and designating the polling
places, and the namGs OF three Inspectors OF
Election for each ward. soon a. the votes are
counted and tailed In each Ward, tho lnspec-
tors aud Clerks shall make out statement,
showing the number ofvotes cast In each Ward
for the Offices OF Trustee and OF Treasurer, and
toi each person severally, which statement shall
be certified under oath or Affirmation by at least
two OF said Inspectors and two Clerks, ana they
shall cause the same, together with the poilinS
and tally lists, and tickets, duly sealed up IN
package, to be delivered 10 the Board OF Trus-
tees or the Clerk thereof within two days after
such election Within three days after the re-
celpt Of the same, the Board of Trustees ssnail
proceed to examine and ascertain from such
statement and tally lists, what persons received
the greatest number OF votes for the offices OF
Trustees and OF Treasurer, and certificate OF
election shall DO forthwith issued by the Clerk,
under the direction and supervision OF the
Board, TO the person or persons haSinS received
the greatest number OF votes Tor each OF said
DELAY, deliver said certificates to the person or
persons for whom they are intended, and he OF
his successor shall safely keep the packages OF
tickets, together with the tally lists, and all
other papers relating 10 such election ior iorty
DAYS from and after the day ofelection, when;
n no notice OF contest in such election shalt
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 per-
-on declared elected u Trustee or Treasurer, as
provided in this section oithis Aetana snenGon;
test shall be conducted in the manner required
by the laws that now are or hereafter may De
enacted by the Legislature for rcontestiug county
or precinct elections.
Sec. o, The Trustees and Treasurer chosen at
any election, held under this Act shali iake tne
the discharge Of their official duties within ilye
laws after due notice Of their election, and IN
case any Trustee or Treasurer shall fall to quail:
ify within said timc his office shall be declared
vacant: provided, that in case the person 80
elected be absent from the county ut the time
Of his election, he shall be allowed twenty
days In which TO return and enter upon the
duties of his office. -n
Sec, no. The Board of Trustees so elected
.hall, at their first meeting, or rs room thcrc-
after as may he, select one OF tneu huniosr as
and perform such other duties as said Board
NAV prescribe; provided, that 1t shall be his
duty 10 make out. on the third Monday In April
of each year, and cause to be pdblished, either
in newspaper published In storey county, or
by posting In not less than five public and con.
spicuous places In said town, a iull and correct
statement Of the financial condition Of the town,
showing the total Indebtedness thereof.
Sec. II. Whenever vacancy shall occur In
the office OF Treasurer, the Board OF Trnstces
.hall Ill such vacancy; and provided iur.
thcr that when y vacancy shall occur IN
the oillce of Trustee. the remainder OF said
Board OF Trustees, or maJority thereof, shaii
at the next regular meeting held after the said
vacancy shall have occurred, appoint some per-
son to al the vacancy; provided, that tue per
son so appointed must be eligible TO the once.
under the requirements OF SECTIONS y, D anu Vi
S,,c, i. The Board OF Trustees shall have dis
cretlonnry power to appoint Clerk. IN Attor-
ney and Marshal. at such rates OF salary or
contingent compensation as said Board may de'
termine. The Board may also employ such other
as.istance or laborers as may be, from time to
time, required for the assessment or eouection
Of taxes or licenses, or the care and repair OF
streets, water-works. or other town properly.
ANY of the aforesaid officers or employees, IN
this Section provided Tor, may DC py Siu rus
tees removed or discharged, or the office or Po-
sitlon abolished, "a circumstances. and due
sense Of economy may require; provided, thnt
the salary OF the Marshal shall not exceed. IN
cludin. compensation for assessing and collect
| ing town taxes and licenses, the sum OF two
| thousand dollars per annum. ,..~
| Sec I3. 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, Il may be necessary.
Sec. II. a majority OF the Board OF Trustees
/ shall constitute q quorum for business, but Q
| less number may adjourn nom time to time, and
NAV compel the attendance ofabsent members
| nv pcremptory order, or by resolution, impos
| iny ane, not TO exceed $40 for any one meeting
Sec. 10. The Board OF Trustees shall adop
rules for tho government OF their own proceed
ines, and shall be the judges OF the election ant
/ qualification OF their own members. suDlect
| however, to the decision OF the District Cour
OF the First Judicial District, In cases OF con
tested elections. Their meetings shall be pup
lie, except when the Board shall declde that ,i,'
interests OF the town require secrecy. A jour
nal Of all proceedings Of the Doard shall be kcp
| by the Clerk, and the ayes and noes snail "
| taken at the request OF any mcmocr, anu snai
/ be entered in the Journal.
| Sec. Is. The Board Of Trustees shall have
power: FirstHTo make bylaws and ordnance
/ not rcpuguant to the Constitution and laws
the State Of Nevada. Second-To levy ant
collect taxes on all real and personal properly
within the town. made taxable by the laws Q
this State, for State and county purposes, whlci
are now In force or may hereafter be enacteo
except proceeds OF mines, which shall no
| be subject TO taxation, which tax shall NOT e1
lceed 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
such tax additional thereto, as q penalty on al
Delinquent taxes provided, that they shall hay'