Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-02
. BILL FOR THE ACQUISITION
OF TERRITORY.

Below is q copy Of . bill introduced in
the Senate by Mr.. Cassidy, on Friday last.
1t was referred to the Eureka and White
Pine delegations. The bill is in accordance
with the prayer Of certain petitioners, filed
in the Legislature some days ago. from the
people directly interested. 1t is the rule,
in transferring territory from one county
to another, to assume . just proportion Of
the parent county's Indebtedness. The
debt Of White Pine being very large, the
author Of the bill doubtless thought IL bet.
ter for our county to assume o fixed sum,
and thus avoid future complications, by
which the cost might be largely increased.
1t is more to accommodate the people liv-
ing on the strip than any desire on the part
Of Eureka county to annex the same, that
the bill is brought to the attention of the
Legislature. If the bill becomes q law,
Diamond District, and a number Of ranches
to the northward, will be transferred to
Eureka county also, on the south, we will
get Silverado and some other property in
that neighborhood. 1t is likely that the
taxable property on the strip will in . few
years reimburse our county for the outlay
occasionsd by the operation Of the proposed
law. Following is the bill at length:
AN ACT
To detach certain territory from White
Pine county and attach the same to Eu-
reka county.
The People Of the State of Nevada, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows {:
SECTION /. The east boundary line of
Eureka county, to wit The dividing line
between the said county Of Eureka and
the county Of White Pine is hereby estab-
lished and defined, as follows: All that
portion Of territory embraced in the water
shed Of the Diamond Range Of mountains
is hereby annexed to and made a portion
Of Eureka county, the same being more
particularly bounded and defined as fol-
lows The initial point for the establish
ment Of said boundary line shall be on the
summit Of the Diamond Range of noun
tains, at a point where the said mountains
are crossed by what is known az the old
Simpson road or trail, nearly due east OF
the old Trefren Station on said road; the
said boundary line to run thence due south
to the northern boundary line of Nye
county. Running northerly from said
initial point, the said boundary line shall
follow, as nearly as practicable, the sum-
init Of the Diamond Range of mountains
to the southern boundary line of Elko
county, the intention being that the line
north from the initial point shall leave in
White Pine county all Of the eastern
watershed Of said mountains, and annex
to Eureka county all of the western water
shed of the same. Southwark from the
initial point, the line shall run due south,
without reference to the shape or course of
the mountains.
SEC. 2. In consideration of this cession
of territory by White Pine county to
Eureka county, the latter shall pay to the
former, on or before the first day Of De-
cember, A. D.. 1879, the sum of one thou
sand dollars gold coin Of the United States.
SEC. 8. The cost of any survey neces-
sary in the establishment Of the boundary
line herein provided for shall be paid in
full by Eureka county.