Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-02-11

70 KScoUnAsK THK CONSTRUCTION or .
RAILROAD ACROSS THE STATE on NEVADA.

RAILROAD ACROSS The STATE OF NEVADA.
SECTION 1. Whenever, after the passage
Of this act, the Utah a 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 . FIRST class
railroad OF standard euage through the
counties OF White Pine. Eureka, Lander,
Cburchill and washoe. or either Of them.
10 shall be entitled to receive the bond Of
said counties. or either OF them, ~ the
time and In 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
plotted and in full operation within Eve
years from the date Of the approval Of this
act, and no bonds shall be issued under
iis provisions after that lime.
SEQ. 2. Immediately upon the receipt By
the Board Of County Comrsissionefs Of
either Of the said counties Of sworn eer-
tificate 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 ss herein mentioned have been
built aud 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 a.
herein before specified. 10 shall be the duty
Of said Board Of County Com missioners OF
such county, and they are hereby directed
imme mediately TO take such action % 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; aud thereafter a. each success
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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 10 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 tho last section neces
sary to complets she whole length OF tho
road In said county shall not amount to
twenty miles, then for such fractional ssc-
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 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.
Sec. 8. Said bonds shall bear interest at
the rate OF 90 per cent per annum. pay
able semi-annually, and they shall be for
an amount not less than five hundred
($500) dollars nor more than one thous-
aud i$l ,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
Al Al ufasAr
and conditions contained in this act.
Both bonds and coupons shall be payable
10 bearer, and the interest thereon shall be
paid semi annually. 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 extiDgnished.
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 aud by
virtue OF this act, there shall be annually
applied from the revenue OF such county
to the pay ment 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 raid 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 aud the redemption
of the principal OF said bonds. shall Le
placed in . separate fund to be called The
" Railroad Interest and Sinking Fund"
which shall be applied: first. 10 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. IL 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 out OF the revenue derived
from the respective counties from the
saIes upon the property OF the said rail.
road company. lees the amount realized
by said cou OF ties from the taxes levied for
State and school purposes.
Sec. S. Said bonds shall be payable in
twenty-five years. and both the interest
aud principal shall be paid only 80
provided In this act.
Sec. 6. The bonds TO be issued under
the provisions OF this act shall be deliv-
cred TO said railroad company by the
Board OF County Commissioners OF the
respective counties namsd. They shall 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 litho-
graphed signature Of the clerk OF said
Board OF Com issioners.
SEQ. z. In case any OF the territory
through which said railroad may be built
shall hereafter be detached from the
county within which il 10 now embraced.
and snch territory added 20 some other
county. the provisions of this ACT respect
ing the issuance OF said bonds and their
mode OF payment shall apply 10 pueh
county aud 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 Nevada
10 hereby pledged that this act shall never
be repealed nor 80 modified In any way as
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 ID has been 10 good
faith commenced.
Sec. o. All acts and parts OF acts 10 con-
Hiet with the provisions Of this act are
hereby repealed.