Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-06

this State shall have the following, with
regard to the management OF the affairs
and business Of any unincorporated town
in their respective counties
First-Whenever the taxpayers, as ap-
pears from the last assessment roll, repre-
senting a majority of the taxable property
Of such town, petition the Board OF County
Commissioners for q town government,
subject to the rules, regulations, govern
ment and such other bylaws, rules, regu-
l~ations, and stating the metes and bounds
of said town as the petitioners may desig-
nate or prescribe, the said Board OF Com
missioners shall, in accordance with the
petition presented by said petitioners,
examine and find that it appears from the
books of the County Clerk that Is days
previous to the filing of the aforesaid petit
ton of the majority OF taxpayers of such
town, a notification of such intent to pre-
sent petition shall have been filed with the
County Clerk and published in at least one
issue of some newspaper published in the
county, signed by five taxpayers of such
town. The genuineness of the signatures
to the taxpayers petition for town govern
ment shall be attested by at least three re-
liable taxpayers of such town, and the
sufficiency Of the petition, as regards the
number Of petitioners and amount of tax
able property represented by said petition
ers, shall be passed and determined upon
by comparison with the last assessment
roll, by the County Commissioners, and if
found sufficient, as by this section herein
before required, the Board of County Com
missioners shall then have power
First-To establish and prescribe the
metes and bounds of such town, the name
by which such town shall be known nam
ing the town..
Second-To levy and collect taxes on all
property in such town made taxable by
lawg both real and personal, for sanitary
purposes and payment of Clerk, which
shall not exceed the sum of o~ne-quarter
of one per cent. on each one hundred dol
lars value of taxable property.
Third-To raise, lower, widen, open, ex-
tend and build sidewalks; to grade, open,
widen aud extend streets and alleys; to re-
move Instructions from sidewalks, streets
or alleys; to provide for proper and sufii-
Gent drainage, sewerage and cleansing Of
said town, and require payment therefor OF
The property owners whose frontage is on
tile block, street or alley where such work
is performed. The mount required for
payment thereof shall be collected pro rata
Of the owners of frontage proportionate to
the mount Of such frontage on such i'm
proved street, alley or sidewalk. No such
improvements shall be made except upon
to the Board of County Commits
sioners of a majority of the frontage prop
erty owners upon any street, alley
or block whercon such Improvements are
desired.
Fourth-To provide for the prevention
and extinguishment Of fires; also. to or
ganize and regulate fire companies, or to
create a Fire Department in any town that
shall have two or more companies and pre-
for the election Of a Chief Of said De-
partment, whose salary (said Chiefs shall
not exceed the sum Of forty dollars per
month, payable out of the regular tax levied
for fire purposes.
Fifth To regulate the storage of gun
powder and other ~combustible materials.
Sixth-To regulate houses of ill-fame
aud establish and prescribe a district with
in which such houses shall be kept in such
town.
Seventh-To prevent and abate nui-
sances; also to determine what are nui-
sances.
Eighth The Board of County Commits
sioners shall provide by order for the an
nual election Of the Chief of the Fire De-
partment.
Ninth-The Board Of County Commits
sioners shall publish, at least once a week
for two consecutive weeks, all orders of a
general character, and shall make all need
full rules and regulations governing all
matters and things hereinbefore mentioned.
SEC. 2. If any person or persons shall
fail or refuse to pay the amount or pro
rata amount required by the Board upon
their order duly made and entered in the
minutes of their proceedings, after the pub
LEGATION Of notice thereof in a newspaper,
as provided in section one of this Act, suit
may be brought in the name of the State of
Nevada against such person or persons for
the recovery of such pro rata amount or
amounts remaining unpaid by such person
or persons, such actions shall be tried in
the same manner as other civil actions. 1t
shall be the duty Of the District Attorney
OF the county to prosecute all such actions,
for which he shall receive a fee Of three
dollars and five per cent. OF the amount
recovered, to be collected as costs; pro-
vided, that in no case shall his services, fee
or fees or percentage become a charge
against or be paid by the town. All orders
made and published by the Board for the
police, sanitary, regulation or government
Of said town shall be known as a town
order, and itshall be unlawful for any per-
sun VI iNisOuS w NiOIutt any uIttl, iult VI
regulation made by the Board for the gov
m of said town, and any person or
persons violating the provisions Of this Act
shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be pun
ished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment in the County Jail for a
period of one day for each two dollars of
such fine. The same fees may be allowed
in such cases as in other criminal actions
to be collected from the defendant; pro-
vided, in no case shall the fees of any Off
Ger whatever become a charge against or
be paid by such town.
SEC. 2.-The County Clerk shall keep a
separate book for each town operating IN
der the provisions of this Act, wherein
shall be kept a record of the proceedings of
the Board of County Commissioner rela-
tive to business affecting said towns. The
salary Of the County Clerk for keeping such
books shall not exceed in the aggregate the
sum of three hundred dollars per annum,
and shall be paid quarterly out of the
moneys collected by taxation and from the
fund provided for in section one OF this
Act for sanitary and clerkship purposes.
The current expenses of the town for any
one year shall not exceed the amount of
money on manu- anu tic ihVoinihS tS'eiiucs
of said year.
SEC. 4.-Whenever the inhabitants of
any incorporated tow of this State that
may have adopted the provisions of this
Act for its government, becomes DESTROYS
of relieving themselves of its provisions, a
petition signed and presented to the Board
of County Commissioners in the same man
ner as required for the adoption Oft pro-
visions of this Act as per section one herein,
then said Board shall declare the tow gov
ernment dissolved and at an end; provided,
no debts or demands against such town
then exists; and provided further, that
twelve months shall have elapsed from the
date of the adoption OF the provisions of
this Act for the government Of such town.
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