Incorporation of Fallon Judicial decrees validated Same WHEREAS, The legislature at its present session passed an act entitled "An act to repeal an act entitled 'An act to incorporate the town of Fallon and to establish a government therefor,' approved February 27, 1911, and WHEREAS, After the said 7th day of May, 1907, and on the 30th day of September, 1907, a majority of the qualified electors who were taxpayers within the corporate limits of the said town did petition the second judicial district court of the State of Nevada, in and for the county of Churchill, to be incorporated under the provisions of an act entitled "An act providing for the incorporation of cities, their classification, the establishment and alteration of their boundaries, the government and disincorporation thereof, and repealing all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, approved March 27, 1907, and WHEREAS, After due and legal proceedings had in the said second judicial district court, in the matter of the incorporation of the city of Fallon, Nevada, wherein the Honorable John S. Orr, one of the judges of said court, did, on the 7th day of November, 1908, duly make and enter his order incorporating the city of Fallon in the county of Churchill, State of Nevada, and WHEREAS, At an election duly and legally had whereat the officers provided for under and by virtue of said act were elected, and thereafter duly entered upon the discharge of their duties on the 18th day of December, 1908, and WHEREAS, Some question has arisen as to the validity of the incorporation of the said the city of Fallon, owing to the provisions of the act incorporating the town of Fallon; now, therefore, The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. That each and every of the proceedings, motions, orders, decrees, and judgment of the second judicial district court of the State of Nevada, in and for the county of Churchill, creating the city of Fallon in the county of Churchill, State of Nevada, be, and they hereby are, validated, adopted and enacted into law. SEC. 2. That each and every of the acts, ordinances, bond issues and obligations of said city of Fallon are hereby approved, adopted, and validated, and held to be in full force and effect to the same extent as if the act incorporating the town of Fallon had never been enacted. SEC. 3. The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby pledged State's faith that this act shall not be repealed. pledged Repeal In effect SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. CHAP. 100-An act to amend section two of article one of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Reno, and to establish a city government therefor," approved March 16, 1903, amended March 13, 1905, and further amended March 24, 1909, and further amended March 31, 1909. [Approved March 18, 1911] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section two of article one of the said aboveentitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Reno charter of wards Section 2. The city of Reno shall be divided into six wards Amending as follows: All that portion of the territory embraced within said limits of the city and lying south of the Truckee river and west of the center line of Virginia street shall be and is hereby established as the first ward. All that portion lying west of the center line Boundaries of Sierra street and between the Truckee river on the south and described the main track of the Central Pacific Railway on the north, shall be and is hereby established as the second ward; provided, that the island in the Truckee river above the Virginia-street bridge shall be a part of and belong to said second ward. All that portion lying east of the center line of Sierra street and between the Truckee river on the south and the main track of the Central Pacific Railway on the north shall be and is hereby established as the third ward. All that portion lying east of the center line of Sierra street and north of the main track of the Central Pacific Railway, shall be and is hereby established as the fourth ward. All that portion lying west of the center line of Sierra street and north of the main track of the Central Pacific Railway shall be and is hereby established as the fifth ward, and all that portion lying south of the Truckee river and east of the center line of Virginia street, including all that part of Scott island lying within the limits of said city, shall be and is hereby established as the sixth ward. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. In effect CHAP. 101-An act to authorize the board of county commissioners of the county of Washoe, State of Nevada, to issu bonds to provide for the construction of, and to construct. a bridge across the Truckee river at the point of intersection of the east and west center line of section 7, township 19 north, range 20 east, M. D. B. & M., and the said Truckee river, and directing the payment of said bonds. [Approved March 15, 1911] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. For the purpose of constructing a new bridge Bridge bonds across the Truckee river with proper approaches for the pass- County for Washoe for Washoe County Bridge bonds ing of pedestrians and vehicles, at the point of intersection of the east and west center line of section 7, township 19 north, range 20 east, M. D. B. & M., and the said Truckee river, in the county of Washoe, State of Nevada, the board of county commissioners of said county is hereby authorized, empowered and directed within sixty days, after the owner or owners of the lands necessary to connect the road crossing said bridge with the public or county roads with which the road across said bridge is to connect have conveyed by good and sufficient deed or deeds the lands necessary as aforesaid, which deeds shall be executed, approved by the board of county commissioners of said county, and recorded with the recorder of said county, free of charge to said county, to issue bonds in the name of said county, not to exceed in amount the sum of twenty thousand dollars, said bonds to be known as the "Truckee River Bridge Bonds for the construction of bridge across said river at the point of intersection of the east and west center line of Sec. 7, T. 19 N., R. 20 E., M. D. B. & M., and the said river" prepared SEC. 2. Said board shall cause said bonds, or as many Bonds, how thereof as may be deemed necessary to be prepared, and they shall be signed by its members and its clerk, and authenticated with the official seal of said county. Coupons representing the several installments of interest to fall due thereon shall be attached to each bond so they may be removed without injury to the bonds, numbered consecutively and signed by the county of bonds treasurer. SEC. 3. The said board is hereby authorized to negotiate Negotiation the sale of said bonds at not less than their face or par value, the proceeds of which shall be placed, with the county treasurer, in what shall be known as the "Fund of the Truckee River Bridge Bonds for the construction of a bridge across said river at the point of intersection of the east and west center line of Sec. 7, T. 19 N., R. 20 E., M. D. B. & M., and the said river, and which said fund shall be used only for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. Payments from said fund shall be made only on warrants drawn by the county auditor of said county, in payment of the obligations contracted under the provisions of this act. Denomina SEC. 4. The said bonds shall be of the denomination of one thousand dollars each; they shall be numbered consecution of bonds tively, and they shall bear interest at the rate of not to exceed five per cent per annum, payable on the second Monday of January of the second succeeding year in which said bonds or any of them shall have been issued, and every twelve months thereafter, and on the second Monday of January, A. D. 1916, and every twelve months thereafter, one or more of said bonds shall be redeemed and paid, until all of said bonds so issued shall have been fully taken up and satisfied. Said bonds shall be redeemed and paid as aforesaid in the order of their issuance, the lowest numbered bond to be first paid and payment of redeemed, and so on until the whole amount of said bonds shall have been paid and redeemed, as in this act provided. SEC. 5. For the purpose of creating a fund for the pay- Fund for ment of the bonds authorized by this act and the interest bonds thereon, the board of county commissioners of Washoe County is hereby authorized and required to levy and collect annually a sufficient tax on all property, both real and personal, subject to taxation, within the boundaries of Washoe County, to redeem one of said bonds each year at the date hereinabove provided for, and to pay the accumulated interest upon all of said bonds outstanding at the date hereinabove provided for. Such tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are assessed, levied and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall be kept by the county treasurer of said county in the fund hereinabove created, and known and designated as aforesaid. At the maturity of the said bonds, and each of them, and the coupons thereon, and each of them, they, and each of them, shall be paid by the said county treasurer out of the said fund, and shall thereupon be canceled and marked "paid" by the county treasurer; provided, however, that no interest shall be allowed or paid on any of the said bonds after they have become due and payable, and shall have been called in for redemption. bridge SEC. 6. The bridge to be constructed under the provisions Location of of this act shall be placed at, or as near as practicable across the Truckee river at the point of intersection of the east and west center line of Sec. 7, T. 19 N., R. 20 E., M. D. B. & M., and the said bridge shall be of uniform width of thirty feet, affording proper space thereon for the passage of pedestrians, vehicles and stock. ers to deter bridge SEC. 7. Said board of county commissioners shall, within Commissionsixty days from the approval of this act, determine as to the mine character of the said bridge, materials to be used therefor, character of whether of iron, steel or concrete, or a combination thereof, and the plans therefor, and when such determination is made, said board shall, for the time, in the manner and as required by law, advertise for bids for the construction of the said bridge, and let the construction thereof by contract to the lowest and most responsible bidder. All laws in force governing the letting of contracts by boards of county commissioners are hereby made applicable to, and the same shall govern the action of the said board in carrying out the provisions of this act, and all demands and bills contracted by the said board in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be filed with the county clerk, acted upon, allowed and paid by direction of the said board, as is now required for other demands and bills by law. Salaries in Sheriff Deputies CHAP. 102-An act to regulate the salaries of certain county officials of Clark County. [Approved March 17, 1911] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. From and after September 1, 1911, the sheriff of Clark County shall receive a salary of ($1800) hundred dolClark County lars per annum, payable in twelve equal installments of one hundred and fifty dollars each month and such commissions as are now allowed by law, not to exceed in the aggregate the total compensation of three thousand dollars per annum, including actual traveling expenses necessarily incurred in civil and criminal cases when it becomes necessary to travel a greater distance than ten miles from the county-seat. He shall appoint a deputy sheriff who shall also act as jailer, at a compensation not to exceed one hundred dollars per month. The sheriff may, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners, appoint necessary deputy sheriffs at a compensation not exceeding one hundred dollars each, per month, each of said so appointed deputy sheriffs to give such bond as may be required by the sheriff, or by the board of county commissioners. The county recorder and auditor shall receive a compensation of eighteen hundred dollars per annum and the board of county commissioners may allow him such thoroughly competent deputies at a salary not to exceed one hundred dollars per month, as in their judgment the volume of the work in his office may require. All fees paid into the recorder and auditor's office shall belong to the county. The county clerk and ex officio clerk of the district court and the board of county commissioners shall receive a salary of one hundred and twenty-five ($125) dollars per month. The county assessor shall receive a salary of one hundred and twenty-five ($125) dollars per month, and ten cents per mile actually traveled while in the performance of his duties. The district attorney shall receive a salary of one hundred dollars per month and all necessary traveling expenses while in the performance of his duties. The county treasurer shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum. Recorder Clerk Assessor District attorney Treasurer SEC. 2. The board of county commissioners of Clark County, Commission Nevada, shall allow the salaries named in section one of the act as other salaries are allowed, the auditor shall draw his warrant for the same, and the county treasurer shall pay the ers to allow salaries Repeal same. SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. |