Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-09-12

70 ENCOURAGE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
zAILRoAD ACROSS THE STATE on NEVADA.

AAILRoAp ACROSS THE STATE OF NEVADA.
SECTION /. Whenever, after the passage
OF this sot, the Utah q Nevada Air Line
Hallway Company, corporation hereto
fore organized and now existing under and
by virtue OF the laws Of the State OF Me-
vada, shall have constructed q frst-clsss
railroad Of standard guage through the
counties Of White Pine, Eureka, Lander,
Churchill and Washoe. or either OF them.
IL shall be entitled 10 receive the bond Of
said counties. or either Of them, 81 the
time and In the manner hereinafter pro-
yided, 10 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 1--WE
years from the date OF the approval OF this
aot, and no bonds shall be issued under
its provisions after that time.
SEQ. 2. Immedistely upon the receipt by
the Board OF County Commissioners OF
either OF the said counties OF sworn eer-
sihcste Of the County Surveyor OF such
county, or OF such . certificate Of the
surveyor -esnsral Of the State OF, Nevada.
setting forth that twenty NnileS OF such
railroad as herein mentioned Hnxe been
Duiis and completed by said company and
IN proper condition to receive the rolling.
stock, and that said section or twenty
mikes 10 part Of a continuous line Of rail-
way snsa IN course OF construction a.
herein peiors specihed.i II shan be the duty
Of said Board Of co0nty Commissiu,s.-.
such county. and they are hereby directed
Immediately TO take such action - may be
necessary TO prepare, TO issue and 10 De-
liver sec. 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 TO receive the
rolliDg-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, at 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 20
twenty miles, then for such fractional sec-
tion OF twenty miles such bonds shall be
issued al 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, 5. Said bonds shall bear interest At
the rate OF (5) per cent per snnum. pay
able semi annually, and they shall be for
an amount not less than five hundred
(S500) 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 to the provisions
To-
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 fret 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 ct 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 act there shall be annually
applied from the revenue Of such county
TO the payment Of the interest and the
principal OF said bohds which shaIl have
been issued from said county. 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 and the redemption
| OF the principal OF said bonds, shall be
| placed in q separate fund to be called the
{" Railroad Interest and Sinking Fund"
which shall be applied: first. TO the pay.
| ment OF the interest as herein directed.
and second, to the redemption Of the
| principal Of said bonds as provided In
| this act, 10 being the true intent and mean
| ing OF this section of this act that the
| interest and principal OF ell the bonds
shall be paid out OF the revenue derived
| from the respective counties from the
taxes upon the property of the said rail.
road company, less the amount realized
| by said counties from the taxes levied for
| State and school purposes.
| Sec. 5. Said bonds shall be payable In
twenty five years, and both the interest
and principal shall be paid only -
provided in this act.
SEQ. 6. The bonds TO be issued under
the provisions Of this aot shall be deliv-
| 6f6Q 10 ehiu fhllfOho company Dy tno
Board OF County Commissioners Of the
respective counties named. They shall be
signed by the chairman and the clerk OF
the Board and shall bear the seal OF such
Board. The interest-be bearing coupons
belonging to and attached to each OF said
bonds shall bear the engraved or litho-
graphed signature of the clerk Of said
Board Of Commissioners.
SEQ. 7. In case any Of the territory
through which said railroad may be built
shall hereafter be detached from the
county within which 1t is now embraced.
and such territory added to some other
county. the provisions OF this ACT respect
ing the issuance OF said bonds and their
mode of payment shall apply to such
county and the officers thereof the same
as though such county was originally in.
cluded In the provisions hereof.
Sec. 8. The faith Of the State Of Nevads
is hereby pledged that this act shall never
be repealed nor so modified in any way al
to impair the security Of those who shall
hold or purchase any of the bonds In this
act provided, nor during the construction
OF said railroad after IL has been In good
faith commenced.
SEQ. 8. All acts and parts OF scts in con.
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