Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-06
legal 9otites.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE C0UN.
TY OF EUREKA AND PRO
VIDE FOR ITS ORGANIZE.
TON.

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 County, equi-distant De
tween the northeast and northwest
corner of said Lander County thence
runring due south from said initial
point to the south boundary n OF
said Lander County /: thence running
east along said south boundary line
of Lander County to the southeast
corner of said Lander County thence
running north along the east bound
arv line of said Lander County, to n
northwest corner of White zine
County thence running west along
the south boundary line OF Elko
County, to the southwest corner or
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 sad
Lander County, to the place OF begin.
ming. The County of Eureka shall
employ and pay, some competent sur
vevor to establish the boundary line
tlIo Sulp SouAitASS vi
and Eureka.
Sec. 9. The County Seat of said Coun-
ty is hereby located at 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 consti-
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. Har-
mon County Assessor, &C. Wallace
County Treasurer, w. A. Seaton ;
County Surveyor, w. A. Edwards
District Attorney, George w. Baker
Public Administrator, Francis Han
son County Superintendent of Pub
lie Schools, William Head County
Commissioners-D. II. Hall, E. f.
Phillips, l.. w. Cromer. The said
officers shall perform the duties now
or hereafter required by law of Off
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 Eureka shall,
on or before the first Monday inJuly,
AID. 1873, petition the Board of County
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 on the first Monday in August,
A. d. 1873 and the Board of County
Commissioners + fully authorized
and empowered to make all necessary
arrangements to carry this provision
into effect. In the event OF an cleo
ton in compliance with the provisions
August, A. D.. 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 colnpris-
ing the County of Eureka, shall be,
and as heretofore fixed and estab.
lished, during the time the same COM
posed a part of Lander County, until
otherwise changed by the County
Commissioners. And the Justices OF
the Peace and ConstableS heretofore
elected or appointed to office in said
townships, as Justices and ConStables
of Lander County, shall hold the
Office of Justices of the Peace and
Constables of said townships respec
lively, for the County of Eureka
until their successors are elected anC
qualified.
Sec 4. The Counties of Lander anG
Eureka shall be entitled severallv tC
elect Senators and Assemblymen, as
prescribed in this section, to wit Al
the general election for members 0
the Legislature in the year 1874, the
County of Lander shall elect one Sen
ator and two Asscmblymen, anC
the County of Eureka shall elect two
ASSemblymen at said election, and
at the general election in the veal
1876, the County of Eureka shall cleo,
one Senator and two Assemblymen
provided, that, if a vacancy shall oc.
cur in the office of Senator from Ian
der County, now filled by the Hon
q. w. Cassidy, by reason Of his death
resignation, or otherwise, then the
Counties of Lander and Eureka shall
jointly elect n Senator to fill 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, 200,
dollars per annum ; and the salary O
the County Treasurer shall be sixteer
hundred 1000 dollars per annum
and the salary of the County Super
intendent of Public instruction shall,
be fixed by the County Commission
ors, not to exceed six hundred 5000,
dollars per annum /; and their fee,
shall be the same as officers of like
character under the laws of this State
Sec. 6. The County of Eureka shall
assume, and pay to Lander County
one half of the debt of said County
at the time this Act takes effect. Fol
the purpose of paving said amount
twenty per cent. of all the Count,
revenues collected by the County o
Eureka shall be placed in a fund to b,
called the Lander County Deb
Fund.-" which fund shall be applied
exclusively to the payment Of sale
debt, until the whole of said share O
Indebtedness shall be paid. Warrant.
drawn upon the County of Eurek;
in favor of the County Of Lander
under the order of the Board of Com
missioners of Eureka County, shall
be paid out of said fund bv the Treas
urer of said County, until the sale
share shall be fully satisfied. All
moneys received from Eureka Coun
ty by Lander County, shall be accred
tied in the Redemption Fund of sal,
latter County. The County Commits
sioners of the respective Countie
aforesaid, shall continuity datornn;n