Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-01-13

TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
RAILROAD ACROSS THE STATE OF NEVADA.

RAILROAD ACROSS THE STATE OF NEVADA.
SECTION 1. Whenever. after the passage
OF this act, the Utah & Nevada Air Line
Railway Company, q corporation hereto
fore organized and now existing under and
by virtue Of the laws OF the State Of Ne
vAds, shall have constructed q frst-class
railroad OF standard guage through the
counties OF White Pine, Eureka, Lander,
Churchill and washoe. or either Of them,
10 shall be entitled 10 receive tho bond OF
said counties. or either OF them, At the
time and in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided, TO the amount Of $1,000 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 Eve
| 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 thereceipt BY
the Board OF County Commissioners Of
either Of the said counties Of sworn eer-
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 q continuous line OF rail-
| way then in course Of construction az
herein before specified, 1T shall be the duty
of said Board Of County Commissioners Of
such county. and they are hereby directed
Immediately to take such action - may be
necessary TO prepare, to issue and to de-
liver sec. 900 OF the bonds Of said county
provided for in this act to said railroad
| company; aud thereafter as each success
| iva tUa mil nf
been completed and ready 10 receive the
rolling-sto in such county, and the same
shall be shown by the certificate aforesaid
| the said board shall issue and do
liver to said railroad company the bonds
| OF said county, ~ 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 :
| ssry to complete the whole length Of tho
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 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 10 aid of its construction.
| Sec. 3. 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 five hundred
| (S500) dollars nor more than one shous-
and ($l ,O00) 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 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 extingnisbed.
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 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 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
J ment OF the interest and the redemption
J Of the principal OF said bonds. shall be
placed in q separate fund to be called tht
Railroad Interest and Sinking Fund.
which shall be applied: first. to the pay
ment OF the interest ~ herein directed.
and second, to the redemption OF ths
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 all 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 8. Said bonds shall be payable in
twenty-five years. and both the interest
and principal shall be paid only az
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 named. They shall bt
signed by the chairman aud 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 sait
Board OF Commissioners.
SEQ. z. In case any Of the territor,
through which said railroad may be bull
shall hereafter be detached from tn
county within which IL is now embraced
and such territory added TO some othe
county. the provisions Of this act respect
7 ing the issuance OF said bonds and thei
mode OF payment shsll 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 Neyad
is hereby pledged that this act shall neve
be repealed nor so modified in any way a
> to impair the security OF those who sha
hold or purchase any of the bonds in thi
act provided, nor during the constrnctio
OF said railroad after il has been in goo
faith commenced.
SEQ. .. ALI acts and parts OF acts in cor
fiict with the provisions OF this act al
hereby repealed.