Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-01
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
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AN ACI ~ I'm
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
The People Of Me SLATE Of Nerada, represented u
SeHdte and AsenrNy, do enact as OQors:
Section 1. For the purpose hereinafter men
toned, the inhabitants Of that portion OF store.
county eilbraced within the limits hereinaite
set forth In this section Of this Act, shall DC 7
body polite and corporate, BY tho name any
style OF The Town Of Gold Hti" ant py ona,
name they and their successors shall DO KNOW
In law, have perpetual succession. and sue ane
be sued In ali Courts. The boundaries OF sac
incorporate town shall DO as follows: On the
north by the southern line OF virginia Clty, ~
the county Of Story on the east Dy Ine oounu :,
airy line between the counties Of Storey and Ly.
on: on the south by the boundary line between
the counties or Storey and Lyon, and on the
west BY the boundary line between the counties
Of Storey and Washoe.
Sec. 2. The said Town corporate Is hereby d.
yided into Wards, as follows: All tna5 poruSn
OF said town lying north or northerly OF nc
center Of Crown Point street, so far as said
street Is opened, and also lying north Of o linz
commencing at the center Of the site OF the
quartz mill known as the Bowers MIL, ana e3'
tending due west to the line OF Washoe county,
and also lying north Of q line eommencing .,
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 oil that
portion lying south or southerly or the line
heretofore In this section Of this Act described,
shall constitute tho Second Ward.
shall be vested In o Board OF Trustees, to con.
slst Of five members, who shall DO actual resi-
dents Of and owners Of real estate In said town,
rnd who shall be chosen three from among the
residents OF the First Ward, and two from
among the residents oftho Second ward;
Sec 4. The said Trustees shall hold their once
for ono year, and until their successors arc elect
ed and qualified, except as hereinafter In this
Act provided.
Sec. s. No person shall be eligible to the ofiee
OF Trustee unless be boa qualified elcctor 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 at
any election for said Trustees, unless he shall
be \ qualified clcctor Of this State, and Will have
actually resided within the county OF Storey for
for three months next preceding such election
and 40 person shall DO entitled TO vote, except
within the Ward In which he resides, and has
resided for thirty days next preceding such cleo
ton
Sec. Z. Tho 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.
so f..r 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 10 each annual eiec !;
tion, publish notice In a newspaper published
In Storey county, to the effect thnt such election
will take place In said town. for the election OF
three Trustees IN the First Ward and two Trns.
tees In the Second Wyrd, naming the day on
which such election will be held, and designat.
ing tho polling places, and the names OF three
Inspectors Of Election for each ward. sooh as
the votes IRE counted md Tailed In each Ward,
the Inspectors and Clerks shall mako ont q
statement, showing tho number OF votes cast IN
each Ward for the ONCE Of Trustee, and foi each
person severally, which statement shall be Ger.
lifted 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 a pack.
age, to he delivered to the Board OF Trustees or
Clerks thereof within two days after such cleo
lion. Within three days after the receipt OF the
same, tho Board Of Trustees shall proceed to
examine and ascertain frvm such statement and
tally llsts, what pcrsOn has received the great
cat number Of votes for the office Of Trustees,
and q certificate OF election shall DO 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 delny, deliver said certificates
to the person or persons for whom they arc In
tended, ard he or his successor shnll safely keep
the packages Of tickets, together with the tally
lists, and all other papers rotating to such cleo
tlon for forty days from and aficr 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 elector In raid
town shall have the right to contest the election
yided 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 contesting county
or precinct elections.
Sec. 0. Tho Trustees chosen at any election,
held under this Act shall taEe the Official path
provided by law, and enter upon the discharge
Of their c".cial duties within 1--WE lays after due
notice Of their election, and In Csc any Trustee
ihall fail to qualify within said time, his office
shall be declared vacant; provided, that In case
tho person 50 elected shall be absent from the
county ut tho tine Of his election, he shall be
| allowed twen.! days n which 10 return and
q upon the dulies OF his office.
sec. 10. The Board Of Trustees so elected
shall, at their fret meeting, or a. room there.
after as may be, select one OF theii number n
President, who shall preside at their meetings,
and perform such other duties as said Board
may prescribe.
Sec, II, Whenever q vacancy shall occur In
the office OF Trustee, the remainder OF said
Board ofTrustees, or q majority thereof, snail,
at the next regular meeting held nfier the sald
vacancy shall have occurred, appoint some per
s0n to RI the vacancy; provided, that the per
son 80 appointed must be eligible TO the Office,
under the requirements OF Sections 8, D and q OF
this Act.
Sec. IL. The Board OF Trustees shall appoint
u Treasurer. They shall have Discretionary
power to appoint a Clerk, an Attorney and Mar
shal. at such rates OF salary or contingent com
pensation In sald Board may determine. The
Board may also employ such other ast istance or
laborers as ma be. from time to time, required
for the assessment or collection OF taxes or II.
censcs, or the cmc 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, as circumstances and
a 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 Us BY
adjournment or resolution they may determine,
but the Prcsideat OF the Board shall have power
to call special meetings whenever, In his judg.
mcnt, 1t may be necessary.
Sec. II. A majority OF tho Board OF Trustees
shall constitute a quorum for business, but q
less number may adjourn from time TO time, and
may compel tho attendance OF absent members,
by pcrcmptory order, or BY resolution, impOs'
ing fine. not to exceed $40 for any one meeting.
Sec. IS. The Board Of Trustees shall adopt
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 towr require secrecy. A Jour.
nal Of all proceedings Of The Board shall be kept
by the Clork, and the ayes and noes shall be
taken at tho request OF any member, and shall
be entered In the Journal.
Sec. ~. The Board of Trustees shall have
power: First-To make bylaws and ordinance
not rcpugnant 10 the Constitution and laws OF
the State OF f,evada. SecOnd-To levy and
collect taxes on all real and personal property
within tho town, made taxable by the laws OF
this State, for State and county purposes, which
arc now In force or may hereafter be enacted,
except the proceeds Of mines. which shall not
be subject to taxation, which tax shall not OK.
coed ono and thrcc-fourths ,,cr ccntum per an.
mum on the assessed value OF all property, with.
not to exceed ten per centum on the amount OF
such tax additional thel eto, as q penalty on all
DELINQUENT taxes provided. that they shall have
further power, when In their opinion II may be-
come necessary and expedlcnt. to levy n add.
tional tax, not to exceed fve cents on each and
every 800 valuation OF all property, for the con:
tinuOus maintenance OF tho public schools OF
said town, rad tax to be collected at the same
time and In the same manner as other taxes In
This Act provided for. Third-to lay out or OK.
tend, open, alter or repair all streets and alleys,
and provide for opeIing, grading, widening,
draining, cleaning, and lighting, or othcrwise
improving tho same. Also, 10 provide for the
construction repair, preservation. and cleaning
OF ali sidowalks. crosewalkI, bridges, sewers
and drains, To prevent distractions being
erected g. placed In any OF the streets, alleys or
sidewar or tho use OF any sewers or drains as
ccsspools, and for the removal ofthe I'M TO