Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-09-26
NUMBER 52.
70 ENCOURAGE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
RAILROAD ACROSS THE STATE OF NEVADA.

AAILRoAD ACROSS IHR STATE OF NEVADA.
SECTION 1. Whenever, sitter the passage
Of this act, the Utah q Nevada Air Line
Railway Company, corporation hereto
fore organized and now existing under and
by virtue OF the laws OF the State Of Ne
vads, shall have constructed q 6rst-ciass
railroad OF standard gusge through the
counties Of White Pine, Eureka, Lander.
Churchill and Washoe. or either Of them.
Il shall be entitled TO receive the bond Of
said counties. or either OF them, at the
time and 10 the manner hereinafter pro-
vided, TO the amount OF 5000 per mile
for each and every mile OF the main track
OF said railroad completed in said county;
provided. that said railroad shall be COM
pleted and in full operation within five
years from the date OF the approval OF this
act, and no bonds shall be issued under
its provisions after that time.
Sec. q. Immediately upon therpceipt-hy
the Board Of County Commissisners Of
either OF the said counties Of sworn GER
tificste Of the County Surveyor Of suoh
county, or Of such . certificate Of the
Surveyor General of the State OF Nevada,
setting forth that twenty miles Of such
railroad as herein mentioned have been
built and completed BY said company and
In proper condition to receive the rolling
stock, and that said section Of twenty
miles is q part OF a continuous line of rail-
way then In course OF construction as
herein before specified, 1t shall be the duty
Of said Board OF County Commissioner Of
such county, and they are hereby directed
Immediately TO take such action as may be
necessary to prepare, to issue and TO de-
liver $50. 900 OF the bonds Of said county
provided for in this act to said railroad
company; and thereafter as each success
i've twenty miles OF railroad shall have
been completed and ready 10 receive the
rolling-stock in such county, and the same
shall be shown by the certificate aforesaid,
the said board shall issue and de.
liver to said railroad company the bonds
OF said county, al the rate OF sixty
thousand dollars in bonds for each section
OF twenty miles thus completed in said
county, and In case the last section neces-
sary to complete the whole length OF the
road In said county shall not amount to
twenty miles, then for such fractional Sec
tion OF twenty miles such bonds shall be
issued at the rate Of three thousand dol
lars per mile; provided, that no bonds
shall be issued under the provisions Of
this act after the lapse Of five years from
the date Of its approval, and no portion
of said railroad not then completed shall
receive any bonds from said counties, or
either Of them in aid Of its construction.
Sec. 8. Said bonds shall bear interest at
the rate OF (5) per cent per annum, pay
| able semi annually, and they shall be for
an amount not less than five hundred
| ($50O) dollars nor more than one thous-
and (sl .000) respectively. They shall be
Autographed or engraved, with the
necessary interest coupons attached to
each, shall express upon their face that
they are payable In gold coin Of the
United States, subject 70 the provisions
and conditions contained in this act.
Both bonds and coupons shall be payable
to bearer, and the interest thereon shall be
paid semi-snnuslly, on each first day OF
January and each first day OF July subse-
| quent to the issuance OF such bonds, and
upon the first day OF each January and
| July thereafter, until all interest payable
| ON the same shall have been extinguished.
Both the interest and principal OF said
bonds shall only be paid by the Treasurer
OF the county from which they may have
been issued at the time and In accordance
with the provisions of this act.
Sec. 4. In each OF the counties from
which bonds may be issued under and by
virtue of this aot, there shall be annually
applied from the revenue OF such county
to the payment Of the interest and the
principal of said bonds which shall have
been issued from said county, o sum Of
money equal In amount to the sum which
shall be collected from said county from
said Utah and Nevada Air Line Railway
Company, from the taxes levied upon the
entire property OF said company In said
county, less the amount OF taxes which
may have been levied on and collected
therefrom for State and school purposes.
and the amount 80 applicable to the pay
ment OF the interest aud the redemption
OF the principal of said bonds, shall be
| ola In IA fun IN he al bf
Railroad Interest and Sinking Fund.-
which shall be applied; first. 70 the pay
ment Of the interest as herein directed.
and second, to the redemption OF the
, principal OF said bonds as provided In
J this act, u being the true intent and mean
. ing Of this section OF this act that the
,, interest and principal OF ell the bonds
issued under the provisions OF this aci
shall be paid out OF the revenue derived
from the respective counties from tht
taxes upon the property OF the said rail-
road COMPANY, less the amount realized
by said counties from the taxes levied fol
State and school purposes.
: SEQ. 8. Said bonds shall be payable Ii
twenty-five years, and both the interes
and principal shsll be paid only o.
: provided in this act.
SEQ, 6. The bonds TO be issued unde
: the provisions OF this aot shall be deliv
y cred to said railroad company by IN
$ Board OF County Commissioners OF th'
!. respective counties named. They shall b
. signed by the chairman and the clerk o
the Board and shall bear the seal Of sucl
y Board. The interest bearing coupon
belonging to and attached TO each Of SAT-
bonds shall bear the engraved or litho
graphed signature Of the clerk of sal
Board of Commissioners.
SEQ. 7. In case any Of the territor
through which said railroad may be bull
shall hereafter be detached from th
county within which it is now embraced
and such territory added TO some othe
county, the provisions Of this act respect
3 ing the issuance OF said bonds and thei
mode Of payment shall apply to sue
county and the officers thereof the sam
as though such county was originally II
cluded In the provisions hereof.
Sec. 8. The faith Of the State Of Nevad
ia hereby pledged that this act shall nevt
be repealed nor so modified in any way
" to impair the security of those who sha
g. hold or purchase any of the bonds In tn
o. 2, act provided. nor during the constructic
,e Of said railroad after il has been in goc
faith commenced.
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