Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-02-18

70 ENCOURAGE THE CONSTRUCTION OF a
RAILROAD ACROSS THE STATE OF NEVADA.

SECTION 1. Whenever, after the passage
OF this aot, 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
vsds. shall have constructed . first-class
railroad Of standard guaee through the
counties Of White Pine. Eureka, Lander,
Churchill and Washoe, OF either OF them,
10 shall be entitled 70 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 com mpleted 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 issusd under
its provisions after that time.
SEQ. 2. Immediately upon thereceipt By
the Board Of County Commissioners Of
either Of the said counties Of sworn Ger.
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 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 ~
herein before specified. 10 shall be the duty
Of said Board Of County Commissioners Of
such county, and they are hereby directed
Immediately to tahe such action - may bs
necessary TO prepare, to Issue and 70 de-
liver $50. 900 Of the bonds OF said county
provided for in this act 10 said railroad
company; aud thereafter 90 each success-
i've twenty miles OF railroad shall have
been completed and ready 10 receive the
rolling q took 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. t 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 tho
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 i've 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
able semi annually, and they shall be for
an amount not less than i've hundred
t$5OO) dollars nor more than one thous-
| and i$l ,0e0) respectively. They shall be
| Autographed or engraved. with the
necessary interest coupons attached 10
| each, shall express upon their face that
they are payable In gold coin OF the
| United States, subject TO 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 tho 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. 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 pay nent OF the interest and the
principal of said bonds which shall have
been issued from said county. = cum 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 go applicable to the pay
ment Of the interest aud the redemption
OF the principal Of said bonds. sball be
placed in . separate fund to be called Tho
| T. spl Enn
which shall be applied: fret. 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
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.
twenty-five years. and both the interest
and principal shall be paid only ~
provided in this act.
Sec. 6. The bonds TO be issued under
the provisions OF this act shall be dsliv-
cred to said railroad company by the
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. 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 ths
county within which II 10 now embraced
and such territory added TO some othei
county. the provisions Of this scs respect
ing the issuance OF said bonds and theiI
mode OF payment shall apply 10 sucf
county and the officers thereof the sams
as though sRch county was originally in
cluded in the provisions hereof.
Sec. 8. The faith of the State OF Nevsdi
is hereby pledged that this act shsll revel
be repealed nor 80 modified In any way n
TO impair the security OF those who shal
hold or purchase any Of the bonds 10 thiI
act provided, nor during the construction
Of said railroad after IL has been in goot
faith commenced.
SEQ. 0. All acts and parts OF acts 10 con
fiict with the provisions Of this act ar