Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-04-11
rHE EVENING NEWS.
a TRUE COPY
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE
ulTOWN OF GOLD HILL.

49, mi SsssmIYy, DO enact Is J020tcs:
,Sscfion i For he purposes hereinafter men
toned, the Inhabitants OF that poruon OF SOY!
county embraced within the limits hereinaites
~, So,,h In this section OF this Act, shall be q
hady polItIc and corporate, by the name and
stvi, of ;. Tho Town Of Gold Hill, " and BY that
name they and their SUCCESSORS shall DC known
In law. have perpetual succession. ana sue ana
incorporatc town shall be as follows: On the
north oy tho southern hne OF Virginia City, In
tho county Of Storey I; on the cast by the bound
arr 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
weet BY the boundary line between the counties
OF storey and Washoe.
Sec. 2. The said town corporate Is hereby divt-
dod into two Wards, As follows AL mat poruon
of said town lying north or northeriy OF ths
center of Crown Point street, so Tar IS SAID
street Il opened, and also lying north OF q line
commanding at tho center OF the site OF the
Quartz mill known 81 the Bowers Mill, and ex-
tending due west TO the line OF Washoe county,
and also lying north OF a line commencing ~
the intersection OF the center OF Main street
and Crown Point street. and extending due cast
therefrom to the boundary line OF Lyon county,
sAaif constitute the Pins Ward; and al tnat
portion lying south or southerly OF the Inc
heretofore in this section OF this ACT deserioed,
shall constitute the Second Ward.
Sec, 8, The corporate powers OF said town
uh.ll be vested In q Board of Trustees, to con-
aist OF Ave members, who shall Do 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 . Treasurer elected BY the qualified voters OF
said Town.
hold their Offices for one year, and until their
successors are elected and qualified, except as
hereinafter In this Act provided.
Sec. 5. No person shall be eligible 10 the once
OF Trustee or Treasurer unless he be a qualinod
elector Of the State OF Nevada, nor unless ne
ahal have been an actual resident OF said TOY
for six months next preceding the election.
Sec. d. No person shall be entitled 10 vote Al
any election for said Trustees or Treasurer, I'M
less he shall be q qualified elector OF this STATE.
and will have actually resided within inc county
OF Storey for SIX mouths, and within the TOW
OF Gold Hill for three months next preceding
such election /; and no person shall Dc entitled
70 vote, except within the Ward In which he
resides, and has resided for thirty days next pre-
eedinS such election.
Treasurer shall DO held on the frst Monday Of
Sac. &. All provisions OF law, which now are
or hereafter may bein force, regulating elections
and providing for the registration OF electors,
proyisions Of this Act, shall apply 10 the election
OF ofacers herein provided for. Tbs Board OF
TrrbiessIhsnIfortYo,w weeks priorto esch an
nual election, publish notice In q newspaper
published In Storey county, to the elect that
such election will take place In SAID town; LOT
the election of throe Trustees In the First Ward
and two Trustees In the Second Ward, and o
Treasurer, naming the day on which such cleo
ton will be held, and designating tho polling
places, aad tho names OF three inspectors OF
Election for Zach ward. coon a. the votes are
counted and tslhed In each Ward, the Inspec-
tors and Clerks shall make out q statement,
showing the number Of votes east In each Ward
for the oticesoE Trustee and OF Treasurer, aud
70, each person seycrally, which statement shaiI
be certified undcr oath or affirmation oy at LEAST
two OF said Inspectors aud " Clerks, and they
shall cause the same, toscther with the pol!inS
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 AFTER
such election. Within three days AFTER the re-
cciptof the same, tho Board OF Trustees shall
procSed TO examine and ascertain rvm such
statearpnt aud tally Hats, what persoos received
the gfAtcst number OF votes for the otnces pI
Trnstees and OF Treasurer, and 9 certificate OF
election shall DO forthwith Issued BY the Clerk,
under the. direction and supervision OF the
Board, to the person or persons having received
the yreatsst number OF votes FOR each OF SAID
oniecs. The Clerk shall, without unreasonable
delay, deliver said eet.iacates 70 tns person OF
his successor shalt safely keep the packages OF
tickets ;, together with the. tally lists, and all
Other papers relating 10 such election Tor forty
dsys from and after the day OF election, when;
II no notice. Of contest In such election saA!
have been served on him, he may destroy the
same. Any qualified elector in said town shall
hayr the light TO contest the election OF any per
son docfared elected q Trustee or Treasurer, as
proTidedin thissectiou of this Act,an such con,
test shall be conducted In the manner required
by the laws that now arc or hereafter may be
saacted by tho Legislature for contesting county
or precinct elections.
Sec. %, The Trustees and Treasurer chosen at
any. election, bald under this Act shall taSe the
orieial oath provided ey Law, aud enter a2S t,
days aftcr due notice OF their election, and In
case any Trustee or Treasurer shall fail TO quail.
ify within said time, his Office -hall be declared
vacant; provided. that In case the person 30
elected be absent from the county at the time
Of his election, he shall be allowed twenty
days In which TO return and enter upon inc
duties OF his Office. ,
Sec. 10. The Board OF Trustees so elected
shall, at their first meeting, or ~ room there
after rs may be, select one OF theli namoer as
President, who shall preside at their meetings,
and perform such other duties ns -aid Board
may prescribe; provided, that II shall be his
duty To make out. on the third Monday in April
OF each rear, and cause to be published, either
In q newspaper published In Storey county, or
BY posting In not less than i've public and con-
snicuous places In said town, a iuli and correct
statement Of the financial ondition OF the town,
showing the total Indebtedness thereof.
Sec. ii. Whenever q vacancy shall occur In
the once of Treasurer, the Board of Trustees
shall all such vacancy; and provided iur-
Their, that when . vacancy shall occur IN
the ONCE OF Trustee, the remainder OF said
Board OF Trustees, or n majority thereof, shall.
~ the next regular meeting held after the said
vacancy shall have occurred. appoint some per-
son to ill the vacancy provided, that the per
son so appointed must be eligible TO the office,
under he requirements OF Sections ), o and o OF
this Act.
cre,ionary power 20 appoint a Clerk. an Attor-
ney and q Marshal. NJ such rates OF salary or
contingent compensation as said Board may de-
tcrmine. The Board may also employ such other
assistance or laborers a. may be, from time to
time, REQUIRED for the assessment or collection
OF taxes or licenses, 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 be by said True
tees removed or discharged, or the ONCE or po-
Sition abolished. a. circumstances, and a due
sense OF economy may require; provided. that
the salary Of the Marsnal shall not exceed, In
Guiding compensation for assessing and collect
lug town taxes and licenses, the sum OF two
thousand dollars per annum.
Sec. IS. The Board OF Trustees shall hold
regular meetings on the nrst and third Mondays
In each month. and such other meetings IA by
adjournment or resolution they may determine,
bat the Presidcat OF the Board shall have power
to call special meetings whenever, IN MS JUG
ment, IL may be necessary.
Sec. II. A majority Of the Board OF Trustees
shall constitute a quorum for business, but q
less number may adjourn nom time TO time, and
may compel the attendance ofabscnt members,
by peremptory order, or by resolution. impos'
Ing nne. not TO exceed $40 for any one meeting.
Sec. Is. The Board Of Trustees shall adopt
rules for the government OF their own proceed,
ings, and shall be the judges or the election and
qualification OF their own members. subject,
however. to the decision OF the District Court
Of the Fir-t 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 town require secrecy. A 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. IL. The Board OF Trustees shall have
power: First-To make bylaws and ordinances
not repu.nant to the Constitution and laws of
tho 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
are now In force Or may hereafter he enacted,
except proceeds of mines. which shall not
be subject TO tax alton, which tax shall not ex-
coed one and three-fourths per ceuium per an.
nun 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-
tome necessary and expcdicnt, TO levy an addl-
tionnl tax. not to exceed 1--we cents on each and
every 800 valuation OF all property, for the con-
tlnuous maintenance OF the public schools OF
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