Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-10-21
An ACT
TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSTRUCTION or 4
RAILROAD ACROSS rHR STATE OF NEVADA.


SECTION 1. whenever. after the passage
Of this act, 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 frst-clase
railroad Of standard guaee through the
Churchill and wasboe. or either OF them,
10 shall be entitled 70 receive tho bond Of
said counties. or either Of them, ~ the
time and In the manner hereinafter pro.
vided, TO the amount Of S. 900 per mile
for each and every mile OF the main track
OF said railroad completed In said county5
provided, that said railroad shall be com.
pleted and in full operation within Eve
years from the date Of the approval OF this
act. and no bonds shall be issued under
it's provisions after that time.
SEQ. 2. Immediately upon thereceipt b.
the Board Of County Commissioners OF
either Of the said counties Of sworn Ger.
tifcate Of the County Surveyor Of such
Surveyor General Of the etat~ :. 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 part OF . continuous line Of rail.
way then In course Of construction -
herein before specified. 10 shall be the duty
Of said Board Of County Commissioners Of
such county. and they are hereby directed
Immediately 10 take such action % may be
necessary 70 prepare, to issue and 10 dc.
liver SEQ, 900 OF the bonds Of said county
provided for In this act 10 said railroad
company; and thereafter as each success
tua nj hall
been completed and ready 10 receive the
rolling -stock In such county. and the same
shsll be shown by the Ger tifcate Aforesaid
the said board shall issue and dc
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
sery to complete the whole length Of the
road in said county shall not amount 10
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 It's construction.
SEQ. 8. Said bonds shall bear interest Al
the rate OF (5) per cent per annum, pay.
able semi. annually. and they shall be for
an amount not less than i've hundred
(S500) dollars nor more than one tbous.
and lSl .0G0) 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 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 frst day of July eubse.
quent to the issuance Of such bonds. and
upon the first day Of oaoh January and
July thereafter, until all interest payable
on the Same shall have been extinguisbed.
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 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 OF
money equal in amount TO the sum which
shall be collected from paid county from
said Utah and Nevada Air Line Railway
Company, from the taxes levied upon the
entire property OF said company in ssid
county, less tho amount OF taxes which
may have been levied on and collected
therefrom for State and school purposes, /,
and the amount go applicable to the pay
mept Of the interest and the redemption
Of the principal Of said bonds. shali 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 90 provided In
| this act. II being the true intent and mean
| ing OF this section OF this sct that the
interest and principal OF all the bonds
| issued under the provisions OF this act
| shall be paid Out OF the revenue derived
| from the respective counties from the
tsxos upon the property OF the said rail.
road company. less the amount realized
| by said coun ties from the taxes levied for
| State and school purposes.
| SEQ. 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 act shall be deliv-
cred to snid railroad company by the
Board OF County Commissioners OF the
respective counties named. They pball be
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 to each OF said
bonds shall bear the engraved or litbo.
grsphed 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 thu
county within which II Is now embraced
and such territory added TO some otbei
county, the provisions OF this sct respect
ing the issuance Of said bonds and theil
mode Of payment shell apply TO sucf
county aud the officers thereof the SAINT
a. though such county WAS originally In
cluded in the provisions hereof.
Sec. s. The faith of the State OF Nevsdl
is hereby pledged that this act shall pevei
be repealed nor so modified in any way a
to impair the security OF those who sbsl
hold or purchase any of the bonds 10 thi
act provided, nor during the construction
OF said railroad after IL hes been In goo'
faith commenced.
SEQ. o. ALI acts and parts OF acts In con
fict with the provisions Of this act ar
hereby repealed.