Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-25
AN ACT TO CREATE THE C0UN-
TY OF EUREKA AND PRO-
VIDE FOR ITS ORGAN1ZA-
TON.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
ATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS
FOLLOWS:
Section /. 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 County, equi-distant be-
tween the northeast and northwest
corner of said Lander County thence
running 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
corner of 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
Lander County, to the place of begin
ming. The County of Eureka shall
veyor to establish the boundary line
between the said Counties of Lander
and Eureka.
Sec. 2. 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 D.
Sullivan; County Recorder. n. 5.
Campbell County Clerk, F. 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. H.. Hall, f. 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 are 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
of this section, on the first Monday in
August. A. d. 1873. all officers elected
at that time shall hold RETROSPECTIVE
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 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
w" lhSs as i tbIlt SoIiStebDlCS
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 and
qualified.
Sec 4. The Counties of Lander and
Eureka shall be 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 ASSemblymen, and
the County of Eureka shall elect two
AsSemblymen at said election, and,
at the general election in the wear
1876, the County of Eureka shall elect
n 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.
Il. 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. 5. 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 u,6OO) dollars per annum
and the salary of the County Super
intendent of Public Instruction shall
be fixed by the County Commission
ers, not to exceed six hundred (S6OO)
dollars per annum and their fees
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,
II half of the debt of said County
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 by the Treas
urer of said County, until the said
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