Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-04-16

An ACT
70 xsoouR1eE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
nAnLnoAp ACROSS THE STATE or NEVADA,

SECTION 1. Whenever, after ths passage
OF this aot, the Utah 4 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 first-class
railroad OF standard gusRe through the
counties Of White Pine, Eureka, Lander,
Churchill and Washoe. or either Of them,
10 shall be entitled 70 receive the bond Of
said counties. or either Of them, Al the
time and In the manner hereinafter pro-
vided. 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 i've
years from the date Of the approval OF this
act, and no bonds shall be issued under
its provisions after that time.
SEQ. 2. Immediately upon the receipt BY
the Board OF County Commissioners OF
either Of the said counties Of sworn GER
tifcate Of the County Surveyor Of such
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 10 . part OF continuous line Of rail-
way then in course Of construction 20
herein before specified, 1t shall be the duty
OF said Board Of County Commissioner Of
such county. and they are hereby directed
Immediately 70 take such action as may be
necessary 70 prepare, TO issue and 70 de-
liver $50, 900 Of the bonds Of said county
provided for in this act 10 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, 81 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 :
ssry 10 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 o{
this act after the lapse Of fve 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 It's construction.
SEQ. 8. Said bonds shall bear interest ~
the rate Of (5) per cent per annum. pay
able semi annually. and they shall be for
an amount not lees than FIVE hundred
($500) dollars nor more than one thous-
and 81 ,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 10 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 annually, on each first day Of
January and each first day Of July subse-
quent TO the issuance of such bonds. and
upon the fret 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. 1. 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 bonds which shall have
been issued from said county, Q sum ol
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. shail bs
placed In . separate fund to be called ths
Railroad Interest and Sinking Fund.-
which shall be applied: first. 10 she pay.
ment OF the interest % 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 all the bonds
issusd under the provisions OF this oct
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 foy
State and school purposes.
Sec. 8. Said bonds shall be payable In
twenty-five years. and both the interest
provided In this act.
Sec. 6. The bonds 10 be issued undes
the provisions Of this cot shall be deliv.
cred 10 said railroad company by thu
Board OF County Commissioners Of ths
respective counties named. They shall b
signed by the chairman and the clerk oi
the Board and shall bear the seal Of such
Board. The interest-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 bull
shall hereafter be detached from th'
county within which ID 10 now embraced
and such territory added TO some othei
county. the provisions Of this act respect
ing the issuance Of said bonds and theil
mode Of payment shall apply to sucl
county and the officers thereof the SAM
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 nevs
be repealed nor so modified In any way Z
TO impair the security Of those who shal
hold or purchase any Of the bonds In thi
act provided, nor during the construction
Of said railroad after IL has been In goo
faith commenced.
SEQ. s. All acts and parts Of acts in con
fiict with the provisions Of this act ar
hereby repealed.
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