Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-02
AN ACT rO INCoRPoRATk THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
Tie Ropk Of The STATE Of Mtradq, deprecated h

AN ACT rO INCORPORATE THE
TOWN OF GOLD HILL.
Tie Rsopt Of the State Of Nerdda, represented IN
Senate and AssanNy, do enact as a2oics:
toned, the inhabitants OF ths. portion Of Storey
county embraced within the limits hereinafter
sec forth In this section Of this Act, shall DC 2
body polite and corporate, BY the name anu
style Of The Town OF Gold HILL and ~ Una.
name thoy and their successors shall % KNOWN
In law, have perpetual succession. ana sue anu
be sued in ali Courts. The boundaries Of sald
incorporate town shall be as follows: Oh the
north by the southern line OF virginia Illy, III
the county OF Storey; on the cast Oy lne Dounu-
AIRY limo between tie counties OF storey anu Ly-
on on tho south by the boundary limo between
the counties OF Storey and Lyon, and on the
west by the boundary line between inc counties
Of Storey and W:shoe.
Sec. 3, The said town corporate 10 hereby d.
vided into Wards, as follows: All that portion
OF said town lying north or northeriy OF the
street is opened, and also lying north OF a line
commencing at the center OF the site OF the
quartz mill known as the Bowers Mill, and ex-
tending due west to the line OF Washoc county,
and also lying north Of q line commencing at
the intersection Of the center OF Main ttreet
and Crown Point street, and extending due east
thcrcfrom 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 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 said town,
and who shall be chosen three from among the
residents OF the First Ward, and two from
among the residents Of the Second Ward:
Sec 4. The said Trustees shall hold their once
for one year, and until their successors are elect.
cd and qualified, except a. hereinafter in this
Act provided.
Sec. 6. No person shall be eligible TO the office
OF Trustee unless he be qualified elcctor OF the
State OF Nevada, nor unless he shall have been
an actual resident OF said town for ak months
next preceding the election.
Sec. 4. No person shall be entitled to 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 ior
six months, and within tho town OF Gold Hill
for three months next preceding such election;
and nj person shall be entitled TO vote, except
within the Ward In which lie resides. and has
resided for thirty days next preceding such cleo
ton
Sec. 7. The annual election for Trustees shall
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
and providing for the registration Of electors,
so far 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 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 the Second Wyrd, naming the day on
which snch election will be held, and designat.
ing the polling places, and the ans OF three
TnapantNxl az GInrftnO for narli p.ufI Snnn M
the votes are counted and tailed In each Ward,
the Inspectors and Clerks shall make ont q
statement, showing the number OF votes cast In
each Ward for the office Of Trustee, and fol each
person scyerllly, which statement shall be GER
tihGd under oath or affirmation by at least two
Of said~ Inspectors and woC Clerks, and they shall
cansc the same, together with the polling and
tally Iists, and tickets, duly sealed up In u pack
age, to be delivered to The Board OF Trustees or
Clerks thereof within two days after such cleo
tiun. Within three days after the receipt OF the
same, the Board Of Trustees shall proceed to
examine and ascertain from such statement and
tally lists, what person has received the great.
est number OF votes for the office OF Trustees.
aud a certificate OF election shall be forthwith
issued by the Clerk. under the direction and I'll.
peryision Of the Board, to the person or persons
having received the greatest number OF votes
for each of sold Offices. The Clerk shall, with.
ont unreasonable delay, deliver said certificates
to the person or persons for whom they are In.
tended, and he or his successor shall rafcly Keep
the packages Of tickets, together with the tally
lists, and all other papers relating to such cleo
ton for forty days from and afler the day OF
election, when, II no notice OF contest In such
election shall have been served on him, lie may
, destroy the anne Any qualified clcctor In snid
town shall have tho right 10 contest the election
of any person declared elected a Trustee. as pro-
vidcd IN this section Of this Act, and such con.
test shall he conducted In the manner required
by the laws that now aro or hereafter may he
enacted by the Legislature for contesting county
or precinct elections.
Sec. o. 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 fall to qualify within said time, his office
shall be declared vacant; provided, that In case
, the person 20 elected shall 90 absent from the
county at the time Of his election, he shall be
allowed twenty. days IN which 10 return and
enter upon tho duti0s OF his OH .
Sec. IL. The Board Of T-astccs 30 elected
shall, at their fret Iaoctlng, or a. soon there.
after Us inG! ~. select ono or then numbe a.
| President, Wis shall preside at their meetings.
, and perform sch otncr duties as said Board
n : prescribe.
xii. Whenever a vacancy shall occur IN
the Office OF Trustee, the remainder OF raid
Board Of Trustees, or u majority thereof, shall,
at the next regular meeting held after the said
vacancy shall have occurred, appoint some per.
son to all the vacancy ; provided, that the per
son 80 appointed must be eligible to the office,
| under the re luirements OF Sections y, o ami I Of
this Act.
Sec. -. The Board Of Trustees shall appoint
a Treasurer. They shall have discretionary
power - appoint a Clerk, an Attorney and Mar
shal, at such ratcs Of salary or contingent com
pcnsatiOn as said Board may determine. The
board may also employ such other ass istance or
laborcrs az may be, from time TO time, required
for the assessment or collection OF taXcr or IL
| censcs, or the care and repair OF streets, water
works, or other TOW property. ANY or the
aforesaid officers or employees, In this Section
provided for, may be by raid Trustees removed
or discharged, or the Office or position, except
| the Treasurer, abolished, as circumstances, and
a due sense Of economy may require. >,
Sec. ID. The Board Of Trustees shall hold
regular meetings on the INST and thiM Monuays
In each month, and such other meetings ~ by
adjournment or resolution they may determine,
but the Presidcat oil the Board shall have power
to call special meetings whenever, In his JUDI.
ment, ii may be necessary.
Sec. II. A majority OF the Board OF Trustees
shall constitute a quorum for busincss, but q
lcss number may adjourn from time to time, and
may compel tho attendance OF absent members,
by pcrcnptory order, or by resolution, impos-
ing lnc, hot to exceed $40 foI any one meeting.
Sec. IS. The Board OF Trustees shall adopt
rules for the government OF their " proceed,
luHF, ulii oiioi " u yaNbs" ia
qualification OF their own IT !mbers. subject,
however, TO tho 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 thai 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. 10. The Board of Trustees shall have
power: First-To make bylaws and ordinance
not repuSnant 10 III. Constitution and laws Of
the State OF Nevada. Second-To levy and
collect taxes on all real and personal property
within the town, made taxable by the law Of
this State. for State and county purposes, which
arc no.. In force or may hereafter be enacted,
except the proceeds Of mines, which shall not
be subject to to walton, which tax shall not ex-
coed one and three-fourths per centum per an.
mum on the assessed value Of all property, with,
not to exceed ten por centum OH the amount OF
such tax additional thoi etc. nj a penalty "a. all
Delinquent taxes provided, that they shall have