Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-09
xeaal Nutires.
AN ACT TO CR!iATE THE CoUN-
TY OF EUF EKA AND FRO
VIDE FOR ITS ORGANIZA.
TON.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
NEVADA, REPRESENT TED IN sen
ATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT ~
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The County of Eureka
is hereby created. with the following
boundaries, to wit All that portion
of the State of Nevada bounded ana
described as follows. viz: Beginning
at a point on the north boundary line
of Lander Coun'y V, equi-diStant be-
tween the northeast and northwest
corner of said Lander County :thencc
rum ing 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 southeast
of said Lander County thence
running north along the east bound
airy line of said Lander County, to the
northwest corner Of White Pine
County thence running west along
the south boundary line Of Elkn
County, to- the southwest corner OF
said ElkO County thence running
along the west boundary line of Elko
County, to the northeast corne of said
Lander County thence running west
along the north boundary line of said
Lander 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 Lauder
and Eureka.
Sec. ,. The County Seat of said Coun-
ty is hereby located at tie town of Eu-
reka. y courthouse. iail, and other
necessary County buildings. shall be
,,rn,-iIa1 hy- in ffn,r,s, =. 1p,,l,iS>ih,l
ers OF said County.
Sec. 3. The following named per-
sons shall be and are hereby conSti-
tuted the officers of said County, who
shall hold their respective offices
until their successors are elected and
qualified, to wit: Sheriff. John H..
Sullivan: County Recorder. \. ).
Campbell County Clerk. +. II. Har-
mon County Assessor, &C. Wallace:
County Treasurer, w. a. Scaton j;
County Surveyor, w. \. Edwards !:
District Attorney, George w. Baker !;
Public Administrator, Francis Ham
son County Superintendent of Pub.
lie Schools, William Head County
Commissioners-D. II. Hall. +. f.
Phillips. l.. w. Cromer. The said
officers shall perform the duties now
or hereafter required by law OF ofli-
GERS of the same character in the other
counties of this State provided, that
five hundred or more of the qualified
electors OF the County of EUrckashall.
on or before the first Monday nJulv,
a. y. 1873, petition the Board of COuntV
Commissioners to order an election
for County officers as above named.
then it shall be the duty of the Board
of County Commissioners to call an
election to fill the various County
offices OF the first Monday in August.
A. d. 1873 and the Board of COUNT
Commissioners are fully authorized
and empowered to make all necessary
arrangements to carry tins provision
into effect. In the event of an rlec-
ton in compliance with the provisions
of this section. ON the first Monday in
August. A.. u. 1873. all officers elected
at that time shall hold theirreSpective
offices until the next general election,
or until their Successors are elected
and qualified. The township en-
braced within the territory cumDrls-
ing the County of Eureka, shalt be,
and as heretofore fixed ana estab-
lishcd, during the time the same COM
posed a part OF Lander County. until
Commissioners. And the Justices OF
the Peace and ConstableS heretofore
elected or appointed to Office in said
township IS, as Justices and Con>tallcs
Of Lander County, shall hold the
Office OF justices OF the Peace and
Con>tables of said tOwnshiDs reSrcc,
lively. for the County of Eureka.
until their SUCCESSORS are elected and
qualified.
Seed. The Counties of Lander and
Eureka shall he entitled scverallv to
elect Senators and ASSemhlYmpn, as
prescribed in this section, to wit At
the general election for members o,
the Legislature in the year 1871. the
County of Lander shall elect one Sen
ator and two AsSemblymen. and
the County of Eureka sh II elect two
Assembly men at said election. and.
at the general election in the wear
1876, the County of Eureka shall elect
one Senator and two Assemhlymon :
provided, that, if a vacancy shall oc-
cur i'll the office of Senator from Ian
der County, nov filled by the ll,n.
Il. ". Cassidy, ly reason of his death
resignation, or otherwise, then the
Counties of Lander and Eureka shall
jointly elect One Senator to ill such
vacancy for the uneNpired term.
See. D. The salary OF the District
Attorney for Eureka County is here.
by liked at twelve hundred Isl 1UO)
dollars per annUm ; and the salary OF
the County Treasurer shall be sixteen
hundred Q,G00) dollars per annum
and the salary of the County SuDer,
lntendent Of Public instruction shall
he liked by the County Commission
ers, not to exceed six hundred LSG0O)
dollars per annuln and their fees
shall he the same as officers of like
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