Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-01
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AN ACT TO CREATE TIE CouN-
TY OF EUREKA AND PRO-
VIDE FOR ITS. oRGANIzA-
TON.

NEVADA, REPRESENl f.p
ATE AND ASSEMBLY, Do ENA|i AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The County of Eureka
is hereby created, with the
boundaries. to wit All that p3rlioi,
of the State of Nevada anu
described as follows. viz: BeSinnint
at a point on the north l,le
of Lander Coun v, equi-dlstant pe.
tween the northeast and northwest
cOruer of said Lander County thence
;unring due south from said initial
point to the south boundary line OF
said Lander County thence running
east along said south boundary Inc
of Lander County to the southeast
cornerof said Lander County thence
running north along the east bound
arv line of said Lander County, to the
northwest corner of White Pm
County thence running west ainES
the south boundary line of Elko
County. to the southwest corner OF
said ElkO County thence unnin
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
between the said Counties of Lander
and Eureka.
Sec. 3. The County Seat of said Conn-
tv is hereby located at the town OF Eu-
reka. "A courthouse, Jail, n other
necessary County buildings, shall be
provided by the County Commission
ers OF said County.
so, . Tho fnllpyipp named ppr-
sons shall he 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 D.
sullivan: County Recorder, n. ;.
Campbell County Clerk. F. II. Har-
mon County Assessor. &C. Wallace:
County Treasurer, w. a. Scaton /;
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. f. +.
Phillips. l.. w. Cromer. The said
officers shall perform the duties now
or hereafter required by law OF of1i-
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,
A.. ID. 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. 1878 and the Beard of County
Commissioners are fully authorized
and empowered tomake all necessary
arrangements to carry this provision
into effect. In the event of an cleo
ton in compliance with the provisions
of this section. on the first Monday in
August, \. u. 1873, all officers elected
ut 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 compris-
ing the County of Eureka, shall be,
and as heretofore liked and estab-
liShed, during the time the same COM
posed a parl 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 Constal,le>
of Lander County, shall hold the
office of Justices of the Peace and
Con>tables of said townships reSpec-
lively, for the County of Eureka.
until their successors are elected and
qualified.
Sec. 4. The Counties Of Lander and
Eureka shall he entitled s~everallv to
elect Senators and AsSemblymen, as
prescribed in this section, to wit AT
the general election for members OF
the Legislature in the year 1874. the
County of Lander shall elect one Sen.
ator and two AsSemblvmen, and
the County OF Eureka shaI elect two
Assemblym en at said el, elton, and,
at the general election in the Vear
1876. the County of Eureka shall elect
n Senator and two Asseml,lymen ;
provided, that, if a vacancy shall oc-
u in the office of Senator from Lam
der County, o filled by the Hon.
q. W. Cassidy, 10y reason of his death.
resignation, or otherwise, then the
Counties of Lander and Eureka shall
jointly elect II Senator to fill such
vacancy for the uneXpired term.
Sec. .. The salary of the District
Attorney for Eureka County is here.
by fixed at twelve hundred Isl .2OO)
~ ~ VI III SiItl ' vi
the County Treasurer shall he sixteen
hundred Q.600) dollars per anul,m =:
and the salary of the County Super,
intendent of Public instruction shall
be fixed by the County Commissions
ers, not to exceed six hundred $4,000
dollars per annum ; and their fees
shall be the same as officers of like
character under the laws of this State.
Sec. &. The County OF Eureka shall
assume, and pay to Lander County,
II half of the debt of said Comfy
at the time this Act takes effect. For
the purpose of paying said amount.
twenty per cent. of all the County
revenues collected by the County of
Eureka shall be placed in a fund to be
called the Lander County Debt
Fund" which fund shall be applied
exclusively to the payment OF said
debt. until the whole of said share of
Indebtedness shall be 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
be paid out of said fund bv the Treas,
urer of said County, until the said
share shall be fully satisfied. All
moneys received from Eureka Conn.
W by Lander County, shall be arcreI.
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