Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-22
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AN ACT TO CREATE THE COUN.
TY OF EUREKA AND PRO-
VIDE FOR ITS ORGANIZA.
TON,

Ale AND ASSEMBLY,, ID EN- AS
FOLLOWS:
Section l. The County of Eureka
is hereby created. with the following
boundaries, TO wit All that portion
of the State of Nevada bounded and
described as follows. viz: Beginning
at a point on the north boundary line
OF Lander Coun v, equi-diStant be-
tween the northeast and northwest
corner of said Lander County thence
runIing due south from said initial
point to the south boundary line of
said Lander County !: thence running
east along said south boundary line
OF Lander County TO the northeast
cornerof said Lander County thence
running north along the east bound
ary line of said Lander County, to the
northwest corner OF White Pine
County !: thence running west along
the south boundary line of Elko
County, To the southwest corner of
said Elko County thence running
along the west boundary line of ElkO
County, TO the northeast corner of said
Lander County thence running west
along the north boundary line OF said
Laluer County, to the place OF begin
ming. The County of Eureka shall
employ and pay some competent sur
veyor to establish the boundary line
between the said Counties of Lander
and Eureka.
Sec. .. The County Seat of said Coun-
ty Is hereby located ut the town of Eu-
reka. a courthouse, Jail, and other
necessary County buildings, shall be
provided by the County Commission
ers OF said County.
Sec. 3. The following named per-
sons shall be and are hereby coiiSti-
tuted the officers of said County, who
shall hold their respective offices
until their successors are elected and
qualified, to wit Sheriff, John ID.
Sullivan; County Recorder, A.. 5.
Campbell County Clerk, +. ii. IIar-
mon; County Assessor, &C. %allace;
County Treasurer, W. a. Seaton ;
County Surveyor, W. \. Edwards !:
District Attorney, George W. Baker :
Public Administrator, Francis Ham
son; County Superintendent of Pub.
lie Schools, William Head County
Commlssioners-D. IL. Hall, Il. L.
Phillips, l.. W. Cronler. The said
officers shall perform the duties o
or hereafter required by law OF OIL
GERS OF the same character i'll the other
counties of TINS State provided, that
hVe hundred or more OF the qualified
electors of the County OF Eureka Shall,
Oh or before the first Monday lnJuly,
a. d. 1878, petition the Board of County
commissioners to order an election
tor County officers as above named,
then 1t shall be the duty OF the Board
OF County commissioners TO call an
election to I'LL the various County
offices on the first Monday in August,
a. ID. 1913 and the Board OF County
commissioners are fully authorized
and empowered to make all necessary
arrangements To carry this provision
II effect. In the event OF an cleo
ton III compliance with the provisions
OF this section, ON the iIrSt Monday in
August, \. D.. 1913, all officers elected
at that time shall hold their respective
offices until the mex general election,
or until their successors are elected
and qualified. The township en-
braceu Within the territory comprls-
ing the County OF Eureka, Shall br,
ald as heretofore llNeu and eStab-
li,led, during the time the same COM
posed a part OF Lander County, until
otherwise changed by the County
Commissioners. And the Justices or
the Peace and Constables. heretofore
elected or appointed to office i'm said
townships, us Justices and Constables
OF Lander County, shall hold the
office OF Justices OF the Peace and
Coil>tables OF Said TOWNSHIP Us resyec-
lively, for the County of Eureka.
until Their SUCCESSORS are elected and
qualified.
Sec. 4. The Counties Of Lander and
Eureka shall be entitled s%everallv to
elect Senators and ASSemDlymeil, AS
prescribed in this section, t . wit At
the general election Tor members of
The Legislature i'll the year 1874, the
County OF Lander shall elect one Sch
ator and two As>eInblymen, and
the County OF Eureka sn I'll elect two
ASSEMBLY mel at SAID election, and
at the general election i'll the wear
1876, the County of Eureka Shall elect
II Senat and two AsSemhlvnlen 4:
provided, that, If a vacancy Shall oc-
cur in the office of Senator from Ian
der County, now filled by the Hon.
G. w. Cassidy, by reason Of his death,
resignation, or otherwise, then the
Counties or Lander and Eureka Shall
Jointly elect one Senator to I'LL such
vacancy for the uneXpired term.
Sec. 3. The salary OF the District
Attorney for Eureka County is here.
by fixed at twelve hundred Isl POO
dollars per annum and the salary of
the County Treasurer shall be sixteen
hundred Q,6OO) dollars per aulllm ::
anu the salary or The COUNTY SUPER
l%ntenuent OF Public instruction snail
be liked by the County Commissiuu-
erS. not to exceed six hundred (S6OU
dollars per annum and their fees
snail DE the same AS officers of like
character under the laws of this State.
Sec. 4. The County OF Eureka shall
assume, II pay to Lander County,
II half OF the debt of said COUNTY,
at The time this Act takes effect. For
he purpose of paying said amount,
twenty per cent. of all the COUNTY
revenue" collected by the County of
Eureka shall be placed in a fund to be
called the Lander County Delft
Fund" which fund shall be applied
exclusively to the payment OF said
debt, until the whole of said share of
Indebtedness shall he paid. Warrants
drawn upon the County of Eureka
In favor of the County of Lander.
under the order of the Board of Com,
missioners of Eureka County, shall
he paid out of said fund by the Treas
urer of said County, until the said
share shall be fully satisfied. Ali
moneys received from Eureka Conn.
ty by Lander County, shall be AGREED
tied in the Redemption Fund of said
latter County. The County Commits
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