Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-20

Introduced by Mr.. Cassidy, January
IS, 1877; read first time, rules us
pended, read second time by title,
ordered printed, and referred to
Committee on Counties and County
Boundaries.
An Act to detach a portion OF the ter
ritory of Elko county from said
county, and to attach the same to
Eureka county.
The People of the State of Neuadd,
represented ia Senate and assembly,
do enact as foHows:
SECTION L. The following described
territory, a portion of Elko coun-
ty, Nevada, is hereby detached from
aid Elko county, and is hereby at
tached to and made a part of Eureka
county, Nevada, to wit: All that terri
tory embraced within the following
Boundaries: Commencing at a point
where the Central Pacific Railroad
crosses the east boundary line III Eu-
reka county, and running thence
southerly to a point where the IN
hundred and sixteenth 0l6) meridian
crosses the east and west line between
Eureka and ElkO counties; thence
westerly along said east and west line
TO the southwest corner OF Elko coun-
ty; thence northerly along the present
dividing line between Eureka and Elko
counties, TO the place of beginning;
the same embracing and transferring
from Elko county TO Eureka county
all that portion of territory commonly
known as the "Mineral Hill strip"
And the line surveyed by the County
G,rO ~ IItyN ,p,tnty It1rinD tho
year A. ID. eighteen hundred and sew
enty five, commencing at a point
where the Central Pacific Railroad
crosses the east boundary line of Eu-
reka county and running thence south
erly to a point where the one hundred
and sixteenth Ul6) meridian crosses
the east and west line between Eureka
and Elko counties is hereby fixed and
established as the boundary lie be-
tween said counties. In consideration
of this cession of territory by Elko
county to Eureka county, the latter
shall, within one year from the date OF
the passage and approval of this act,
paw to the former the sum of twelve
hundred dollars gold coin of the United
States.
SEC. 2. All suits now pending in
and for Elko county, which in any
way appertain to property, real, per-
sonal or mixed, situate within h ter
ritory hereby detached from said ElkO
county and attached to Eureka county,
and all actions tor the recovery of any
debt between citizens now living
within the boundaries of the said ter
ri;ory detached from Elko county
shall, within forty days from the date
of the approval of this act, be, by the
County Clerk of said Eiko county,
duly and legally transferred and GER
titled to the Clerk of Eureka county,
together with all papers and docu-
ments pertaining to h same, which
shall be, by said Clerk of Eureka
county, filed IN his office and entered
in the calendar of the District Court in
and or Eureka county. at the first
tern tereof after the receipt of the
same; provided, where both the
plaintiff aud defendant to any suit, re-
siding within the limits of said terri
tory hereby detached from Elko coun-
ty, pending i'll the District Court in and
for Elko county shall file with the
County Clerk of Elko county, prior to
the expiration of the forty days above
mentioned, a statement ~cOn>enting or
requesting that the suit to which they
are parties may be determined in said
District Court in Elko county, then,
and not otherwise, said suit or suits
shall not be transferred, as herein pro.
,ided. And any suit or suits trans
ferred as herein provided, from the
said District Court i'm and for Elko
county to the District Court in and for
Eureka county, shall be heard, tried
and determined in all respects as
though originally commenced in said
last mentioned court.
SEC. 3. The County Recorder OF
Elko county is hereby authorized and
empowered, and 1t shall be his duty,
to transcribe into suitable books all
records in his custody pertaining or re-
lating to or affecting the title TO any
property situated within the limits OF
the territory hereby detched from said
Elko county, and To make a suitable
index thereto. Said transcript and IN
deX shall be made as soon as practical
BILE after the passage and approval Oh
this act land within ninety days after
the approval of the sane), and when
| completed, shall deliver the same to
| the County Recorder of Eureka
ty, and the shall thereafter be kept in
| his office, and shall be. for every pur-
pose, of the same force and effect as
| other county records. The Recorder
| of Elko county shall be entitled to re-
ceive, as compensation for the services
hereby imposed, one-half of the fees
now allowed by law for recording and
indexing written instruments in his
office. His claims for said compensa-
ton shall be allowed, upon p%resenta-
ton, by the County Commissioners OF
Eureka county, on the completion and
delivery of said transcript and index,
and be- paid as other claims against
said county.
f.. and A. M.