Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-04-05

CHAPTER XCVIu
An Act to provide for the government o
unincorporated towns in this State.
Approyed March 8 1870

lApproved March 8, 1879
The people of the State of Nevada, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows:
SECTION 1. In addition to the powers and
jurisdiction conferred by other laws, the
| Boards of County Commissioners of this
State shall have the following with regard to
| the management of the affairs and business
| OF any unlncorporated town in their respec
tive countless, First, whenever mai >rity
the taxpayers, as appears from the last assess
| ment roll, representing majority of the tax
| able property of such town petition the Board
| of County Commissioners for a town govern
ment, subject to the rules, regulations. gov
eminent and such other bylaws, rules, regu
| lations and stating the metes and bounds of
| said town, as the petitioners may designate and
prescribe, the said Board of Commissioners
shall In accordance with the petition pre-
scented by said petitioners, examine and find
that it appears from the books of the County
Clerk that fifteen days previous to the filing
of the aforesaid petition of the majority Of
taxpayers of such town, notification of in
tent to present 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 genulneness, of the sigma
| lures to the taxpayers petition for town gov
eminent shall be attested by at least three
reliable taxpayers of such town, and the
suttciency of the petition, regards the
number of petitioners and amount of taxable
property represented by said petitioners, shall
be passed and determined upon by compari-
son with the last assessment roll by the County
Commissioners, and if found sufficient rs by
this Section hereinbefore required, the Board
of County Commissioners 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 (naming the
town.; second, to levy and collect taxes on
all property IN such town made taxable by
law, both real and personal, for sanitary pur-
poses and payment of clerk, which shall not
exceed the sum of once quarter of one per
cent. on each one hundred dollars value OF
taxable property. Such taxes shall be levied,
assessed and collected at the same time and
in the same manner as State and county taxes
are levied, assessed and collected. All moneys
collected under the provisions of this Act
shall be paid into the County Treasury to the
Town Fund; third, to raise, lower, widen,
open, extend and build sidewalks; to grade
open, widen and extend streets and alleys
to remove distractions from sidewalks, streets
or alleys; to provide for proper and sufficient
drainage, sewerage and cleansing of said
town, and require payment therefor of the
property owners whose frontage is on the
block, street or alley where such work is per
formed. The amount required for payment
thereof shall be collected pro rata of the
owners of frontage, proportionate to the
amount of such frontage, on such improved
street, alley or sidewalk. No. uchimprovements
shall be made except upon petition to the
Board OF County Commissioners of majority
of the frontage property owners upon any
street, alley or block whereon such improv- |
ments are desired; fourth, to provide for the |
prevention and eytingulShment of fires; also |
to organize and regulate fire companies or to |
create fire department IN any town that |
shall have two or more companies, and to pro- |
vide for the election of chief of said depart |
ment, whose salary (said chief's) shall not ex-
coed the sum of forty dollars per month, pay
able ont of the regular tax levied for fire pur-
poses; fifth, to regulate the storage of gun
powder and other combustible material; sixth,
to levy and collect an annual tax upon all
dogs within the town, and to provide for the
determination of dogs for which such tax
shall not have been paid; seventh, to regulate
houses of i'll fame and establish and prescribe
district within which such houses shall be
xept i'll such town; eighth, to prevent and
.bate nuisances, also to determine what are
luisances; ninth, the Board of County Com
nissioners shall provide by order for the an
lual election of the chief of the fire depart
nent; tenth, the Board of County Commits
toners shall publish at least once a week for
wo consecutive weeks all orders of A general {
haracter, and shall make all needful rules ;
md regulations governing all matters and
hings hereinbefore mentioned.
SEC 2. If any person or persons shall
all or refuse to pay the amount or pro rata
mount required by the Board upon their or
er duly made and entered in the minutes Of =
heir proceedings for the improvements men
loned in this Act after the publication of
office thereof in a newspaper at least once a
1eek for two consecutive weeks as provided
4 Section One of this Act, suit may be ,
rought in the name of the said town against
uch person or persons for the recovery of .
nch amount or pro rata amount remaining
npaid by such person or persons. Such
ctions shall be tried in the same manner as
Their civil actions. 1t shall be the duty of
le District Attorney of the county to prose Z
lte all such actions, for which he shall re-
Give fee of three dollars and five per cent
n the amount recovered to be collected
costs, proUided, that i'll no case shall his 4
srvices fee or fees or percentage become >
1arge against or paid by the town.
SEC. g. Any and all orders made and pub
shed as provided in Section One by the =
GARD of Police, sanitary regulation or gov
'nment Of said town, shall be known as a q
,wn order or orders, and it shall be unlawful
II any person or person TO violate any order,
lie or regulation made by the Board for the
,vernment of said town, and any person or
,rsons violating any such order, rule reg
alton, to carry ont the provisions of this
ct, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,