Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-11
AN ACT TO INCoRPORATB THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
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west BY the boundary line between tne counties
of Storey and Washoe. 1G
See. >, The said town corporate 10 hereby d.
vlded into Wards, as follows: AL that portion
Of said town lying north or northerly OF the
center OF Crown Point street, 30 far as said
street Is opened, and also lying north OF a line
commencing at tho center OF the site OF the
quartz mill known as the Bowers MIN, and ex-
tending due west TO the line OF Washoc 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
thsrcfrom to the boundary line OF Lyon county,
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 . Beard OF Trustees, to con
slst OF five members, who shall DO actual resi-
dents OF and owners Of real estate In said town,
and who shall DO chosen three from among the
residents OF the First Ward, and two from
among the residents Of the Second Ward:
Sec &. The said Trustees shall hold their ONCE
for one year, and until their successors arc elect
ed and qualified, except as hereinafter In this
Act provided.
Sec. 5. No person shall be eligible to the once
OF Trustee unless he boz qualified elector OF the
State Of Nevada, nor unlcfs no shall have been
an actual resident Of said o for elk months
next preceding the election.
Sec. e, No person shall be entitled to yots at
| any election for said Trustees, unless no shall
be q aualided elcctor Of this State. and VIII have
| actually resided within the county OF storey ior
SIX months, and within the town OF Cold hiu
for three months next precealng suen eiccuon;
| within the Ward in which he resides, and has
resided for thirty days next preceding such cleo
tion'
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
aud providing for the registration or electors,
80 FAR rs may Be consistent with the provisions
OF this Act, shall apply to the election Of Officers
herein provided for. The Board OF trustees
| ton, 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 DO held, and designat-
inc the polling places, and the names OF three
Inspectors of Election for each ward. Coon a.
tho votes are counted and Tailed In each Ward,
| the Inspectors and Clerks shall make OFT a
statement, showing the number OF votes cast In
person seyerally, which statement shall be GER
tiied under oath or affirmation by at least two
Of said Inspectors and two Clerks, and they shall
cansc 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
lion. Within three days AFTER the receipt OF the
same, the Board OF Trustees shal proceed 10
examine and ascertain from such statement and
tally lists, what person has received the great
eat 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.
p~eryision OF the Board, 10 the person or persons
having received the greatest number Of votes
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 amer the day OF
election, when, II 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 person declared elected a Trustee, aspro-
vlded In this section Of this Act, and such con-
test shall be conducted In tho manner required
by the laws that now are or hereafter may be
enacted by the Legislature for contcsting county
CT precinct elections.
Sec. 9. 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 i've 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
county AZ the time OF his election, he shall be
allowed twenty days in which 10 return and
enter upon the dates OF his office.
Sec. 10. The Board OF Trustees 80 elected
shall, at their first meeting, or as soon there
after as may be, select one OF theii number ~
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 ofhcc OF Trustee, the remainder OF said
al the next regular meeting held after the said
vacancy shall have occurred, appoint som per-
sOnto ill the vacancy provided, that the per-
son SO appointed must be eligible to the office,
under the requirements OF Sections 8, 3 and 3 OF
this Act.
aTrcasurer. They shall have discretionary
power to appoint q Clerk, an Attorney and Mar
sha, at such rates Of salary or contingent com
pensat.on a. SAID Board may determine. The
board may also employ such other assistance or
laborers as may be, from tune TO time, required
for the assessment or collection OF taxes Or II.
ccnses, 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 DO BY said Trustees removed
or discharged, or the office or position, except
the Treasurer, abolished. as ircumstances, aud
u due sense OF economy may require.
Sec. Is. The Board OF Trustees shall hold
regular meetings on the frst and third Mondays
In each month, and such other meetings as by
adjournment or resolution they may determine.
4 u III w " VA Ooalu HhhAA hhNS PONNl
10 call special meetings whenever, In his judg-
| mcnt, IL may be necessary.
Sec. II. A majority OF the Board Of Trustees
shall constitute quorum for business, but a
less number msy adjourn nom time to time, and
may compel tls attendance o fabsent members,
by peremptory order, or by resolution, impos-
ing fne, NOT 10 exceed $40 for any one meeting.
Sec. IS. The Board Of Trustees shall adopt
rules for the government OF their own proceed.
iugs. and shall be the judges Of the election and
-,altfaaftNn nj fhRtr NUN mnmhArA Anhtprt
however. TO the decision or the District Court
OF the First Judicial District, in cases OF con-
tested elections. Their meetings shall DO pub
lie, except when the Board shall decide that the
interests Of the town require secrecy. 4 Jour.
nal Of all proceedings OF the Board shall be kept
by the Clerk, and the ayes and noes shall, be
taken at the request OF any member, and shall
be entered in the Journal:
Sec. l6. The Board Of Trustees shall have
power: First-To make bylaws and ordinance
not repugnant to the Constitution and Law 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
except the proceeds Of mines, which shall not
be subject to taxation, which tax shall not ex-
coed Que and three.fourths per ccntum per an
nun on the assessed value Of all property, with,
not TO exceed ten per centum On the amount OF
such tax additional thci eto, as . penalty on all
| delirquent taxes provided, that they shall have
further power, when In their opinion II may be-
| come necessary and expedient, to levy an addi-
tional tax, not to exceed Ave cents on each and
every SiOO valuation Of all property, for the con.
| tinuous maintenance OF the public schools OF
aid town, aid tax TO be collected at the same
time and in the same manner a. other taxes In
this Act provided for. Third-to lay out or eN-
tend, open, alter or repair all streets and alleys,
and provide for opening. grading, widening,
draining, cleaning, and lighting, or otherwise
improving the ssmc. Also, 10 provide for the
construction repair, preservation and cleaning
OF all sidewalks, crosswalks, bridges, sewers
and drains. To prevent oestructions being
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. 10
compel the owners ef lots and property to bear
the expense ofe Getting sidewalks, or improving
tae road or streets in front Of the same, by
special tar or otherwi.e. To condemn prop
erty FOR the use or benefit ofthe town in the FOL.
lowing manners The Board OF Trustees shall
appoint one referee and tho Qgneror owners OF
the property to be condemned shall appoint one
referee, and In the event that the two referees
so appointed shall fail 10 agree In the valuation
Of the property. the two SO selected shall aP-
point q third referee, and the valuation OF such
them, Rhalf be nnal and binding upon The par
the decision Of such refe: zee, shall appeal nom
such decision or valuation to the Dt,irict Court
OF the First Judicial District, within thirty days
nfter notice Of such valuation shall have been
served on him or them. FolIth-To provide for
the prevention and extingulshment OF fires
also. to organize, regulate, establish, locate or
dishRnd hrO or hose companies. Efh-TO req