Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-27
AN ACT TO INCORPORATES THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
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AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
The Ro1SQ htStdteo Of Mrddd, rsInesentsdh
Senate n assembly, do enact az o4ors:
Section /. For the purpose hereinafter men
TONED, tho inhabitants Of that portion OF Storey
county embraced within the limits h-ereinsfse,
set forth in this section Of this Act shall 90 !
body polite and corporate, BY the name ano
style OF {" The Town Of Gold Hill, and by thal
name they and their successors shall 90 knoWI
In Law, have perpetual succession, ano sue ahg
be sued In all Courts: The Dounoane o. sale
incorporate town shall be as follows: VI inc
north by the southern line Of Virginia City, In
the county OF Storey; on the east by the oouno
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 d.
yided into Wards, as follows: All that portion
| Of said town lying north or northerly OF the
| center Of Crown Point street, so mr. as said
| street Is opened, and also lying north OF q line
commencing at tho center Of tho site OF the
quartz mill known as the Bowers Mil, and ex-
tending due west to the limo Of Washoe county,
and also lying north OF q line commencing az
| the intersection Of the center OF Main etreet
and Crown Point street, and extending due cast
therefrom to the boundary line OF Lyon county,
shall constitute tho First Ward and al that
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, TO con-
sist OF five members, who shall be actual resi-
dents Of and owners OF real estate In sad
and who shall be chosen three from among the
residents Of tho First Ward, and two from
among the residents ofthe Second Ward:
Sec 4. The said Trustees shall hold theirofhce
for ono year, and until their successors are elect.
ed and qualified, except as hereinafter In this
Act provided.
OF Trustee unless he boa qualiiiod Glector Of the
State Of Nevada, nor unlcss he shall have been
an actual resident OF said town for six months
next preceding the election.
Sec. O. No person shall DO entitled 10 vote at
any election for said Trustees, unless he shall
be q qualified elcctor 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 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.
W u q . lhhy w ~ ~ PNDfs
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 tho Second Wyrd, naming tho day on
which such election will BIO held, and dcsignnt-
Ing the polling places, and tho names OF three
Inspectors Of Election for each ward. Soon as
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| the Inspectors and Clerks shall make ont q
statement, showing the number Of votes cast In
each Ward for the office OF Trustee, and foi each
person sevcrally, 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 lists, and tickets, duly sealed up In a pack.
age, TO be delivered to tho Board OF Trustees or
Clerks thereof within two days after such cleo
tion. Within three days after the receipt OF the
same, tho Board Of Trustees shnll proceed to
examine and ascertain from such statement and
tally lists, what person has received the great
cat number Of votes for the office OF Trustees,
and q certificate OF election shall be forthwith
issued by the Clerk, under the direction and su.
peryision OF the Boatd, 10 the person or persons
having, received the greatest number Of votes
for each Of said Offices. The Clerk shall, with
out unreasonable delay, deliver raid certificates
to the person or persons for whom they arc 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 after thcday Of
election, when, II no notice Of contest In such
election shalt have been served on him, he mny
destroy the same. Any qualified clcctor In said
town shall have the right to contest the election
yldedin 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 contrasting county
or precinct elections.
Sec. 0. 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 aftcr 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
the person 80 elected shall BIO 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. ~. The Board OF Trustees go elected
shall, at their first meeting, or Us room there
President, who shall preside atthcir meetings,
and perform such other duties Us said Board
may prescribe. .
See. II, Whenever n vacancy shall occur In
the office of Trustee, the remainder OF said
Board OF Trustees, or q majority thereof, shall,
ut the next regular meeting held after the said
vacancy shall have occurred, appoint rome per-
son to oil tho vacancy provided, that the per-
son 30 appointed must be eligible to the Office,
under the requirements OF Sections 3, 8 and G OF
this Act.
Sec. Il. The Board OF Trustees shall appoint
a Treasurer. They shall have discretionary
power TO appoint q Clerk, an Attorney and Mar.
shal. at such rates OF salary or contingent com.
pensation as said Board may determine. The
Board may also employ such other assistance or
labOrcrs a. may be, from time to time, required
for tho assessment or collection OF taxes or H.
censes, or the caro- and repair OF streets, water
works. or other town property. Amy OF the
provided for, may be by said Trustees removed
or discharged, or the office or position, except
tho Treasurer, abolished, as circumstances, and
q 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 Presideat OF the Board shall have power
to call special meetings whenever, In his judg.
ment, It 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 %peremptory order, or by resolution, imp0s.
ing fine, not to exceed $40 for any one meeting.
Sec. Is. The Board Of Trustees shall adopt
rules for tho government OF their own proceed:
ings, and shall be tho 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 tho town require secrecy. A jour-
nal Of all proceedings OF the Board shall be kept
by The Clerk, and the ayes and noes shall nc
taken at the request OF any member, and shall
DO entered In the journal.
Sec. 10. The Board of Trustees shall have
power: Flrst-To make bylaws and ordinance
not rcpugnant to the Constitution ana laws OF
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 mny hereafter DO enacted,
except the proceeds OF mines. which shall not
be subject TO taxation, which tax shall not cx-
coed one and three.fourths per centum per an.
mum OIL the assessed value OF all property, with,
not to exceed ten por centum on the amount Of
such tax additional thci eto, as a penalty on oil
delinquent taxes: provided, that they shall have
further power, when in their opinion 1t may be-
como necessary and expodlcnt, to loyy IN add.
tional tax, not TO exceed 1--WE cents on each and
every 800 valuation Of oil property, for the con.
tinuous maintenance OF the public schools OF
said town, said tax to be collected at the same
time and In tho same manner as other taxes In
this Act provided for. Third-to lay ont or ex.
tend, open, alter or repair all streets and alleys,
and provide for opening, grading, widening,
draining, cleaning, and lighting, or otherwise
improving the same. Also, to provide for the
construction repair, preservation and cleaning
OF all sidewalks, ~crOsswalkS, bridges, sewers
and drains. To prevent distractions 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. To