Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-04
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AN ACT TO CREATE THE COUN.
TY OF EUEEKA AND PRO
VIDE FOR ITS ORGANIZA.
TON.

NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN Sen
ATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACI AS
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 County, equi-dlstant DE.
tween the northeast and northwest
corner of said Lander County thence
running Que south from said INITIAL
point to the south boundary line or
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 Dound-
arv line of said Lander County, TO n
northwest corner of White flne
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
employ and pay some competent sur
vevor 10 establish the boundary line
between the said Counties of Lander
and Eureka.
Sec. 9. The County Seat of said Coun-
tv 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. 8. 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. n. ).
Campbell County Clerk, +. II. Har-
mon County Assessor, &C. Wallace;
County Treasurer, w. A. Seaton /;
County Surveyor, W. y. Edwards +:
District Attorney, George W. Baker ;
Public Administrator, Francis Han
son County Superintendent of Pub
CommiSSioners-D. II. 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 anne 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.. u. 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. u. 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-
braccd within the territory compris-
ing the County of Eureka, shall be,
and as heretofore fixed and ostab-
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 xaid
townships, as Justices and ConstahleS
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 Assemblvmen, 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 shall elect two
AssemDlymen at said election, and,
at the general election in the vear
1876. the County of Eureka shall elect
II Senator and two Assemblvmen :
provided, that, if a vacancy shall oc-
u 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 of Lander and Eureka shall
jointly elect one Senator to fiji 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 .2OO)
dollars per annum /; and the salary of
the County Treasurer shall be sixteen
hundred 1900 dollars per annum ;
and the salary of the County Super,
intendent of Public Instruction shall
be fixed by the County Commission
ers, MOI to exceed six hundred 5000
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.
one 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 bv the Treas.
urer of said County, until the said
share shall be fully satisfied. xii
moneys received from Eureka Conn.
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