Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-03-26

20 EsoorRAeE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
AAILRoAp ACROSS THE STATE on NEVADA.

SECTION 1. Whenever, after the manage
Of this act, the Utah q Nevada Air Iins
Railway Company. corporation hereto
fore organized and now existing under ana
BY virtue OF the laws OF the State Of Ne
vada, shall have constructed o frst-claas
railroad OF standard gusge through the
counties OF White Pine, Eureka, Lander,
Cnurchill and Washoe, or either Of them,
IL shall be entitled 10 receive the bond Of
said counties. or either OF them. Al the
time and In the manner hereinafter pro.
yided, 10 the amount Of 5000 per mile
Tor each and every mile Of the main track
OF said railroad com mpleted In said county:
provided, that said railroad shall be COM
pieted 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.
seo. 2. Immediately upon the receipt By
sne board Of County CommieeiopeTs of
either OF the said counti6s Of ssWoTn cef-
tihoate OF the County Surveyor of such
county, or of such ! certificate Of ,be
Surveyor General Of the State Of Nevada.
setting forth that twenty miles Of such
railroad - herein mentioned have been
baiis and completed BY said company and
In proper condition to receive the rolling
stock. and that said section Of twenty
miles s part OF continuous line Of rail-
way then In course Of construction a.
herein before specified. 10 shall be the duty
OF said Board Of County Commissioner Of
such county, and they are hereby directed
Immediately 70 take such action e NAV be
necessary TO prepare, TO iseue and 10 de.
liver $60. 900 Of the bonds Of said county
provided for in this act TO said railroad
company; and thereafter a. each succese-
i've twenty miles OF railroad shall have
been completed and ready 10 receive the
rolling-stock In suoh county, and the Same
shall be shown By the certificate Aforesaid
the said board shall issue and de
liver 70 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 neoes'
sary to complete the whole length of the
road in said county shall not amount to
twenty miles, then for such fractional SEQ.
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 t5) per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually, and they shall be for
an amount not less than five hundred
($500) dollars nor more than one thous.
and Isl ,000) respectively. They shall be
Autographed or engraved, with the
necessary interest coupons attached to
each. shall express upon their face nat
they are payable In gold coin Of the
United States. subject 70 the provisions
Both bonds and coupons shall be payable
to bearer, and the interest thereon shall be
paid semi-annually, on each first Gay of
January and each first day Of July subss-
quent TO the issuance Of such bonds. and
upon the first day Of each January aud
July thereafter. until all interest payable
on the same shall have been extinguiehed,
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.
SEQ. 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, . 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 so applicable to the pay
ment OF the interest and the redemption
OF the principal Of said bonds. shall be
placed In . separate fund to be called tht
Railroad Interest and Sinking Fund.-
which shall be applied: first, 10 the pay
ment Of the interest ss herein directed,
and second, to the redemption Of the
principal OF said bonds % provided in
this act. II 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 act
shall be paid ont 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. s. Said bonds shall be payable IN
twenty-five years, and both the interest
and principal shall be paid only u
provided in this act.
SEQ. 6. The bonds 10 be issued under
the provisions OF this act shall be deliv-
cred to said railroad company by the
Board OF County Commissionsrs OF the
respective counties named. They shall bs
signed by the chairman and the clerk Of
| the Board and shall bear the seal Of such
Board. The interest bearing coupons
belonging to and attached 10 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 bull
shall hereafter be detached from tbt
county within which II is now embraced
and such territory added TO some other
county. the provisions Of this ACT respect
ing the issuance Of said bonds and theil
mode Of payment shall apply TO suck
| 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 Nevadi
is hereby pledged that this act shall neve,
be repealed nor so modified In any way q
to impair the security Of those who shal
hold or purchase any Of the bonds In thii
| act provided, nor during the construction
| OF said railroad after 10 has been In goot
faith commenced.
| SEQ. 9. All acts and parts Of acts In con
fict with the provisions Of this act ar,
hereby repealed.
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