Chapter I.–An Act to create a Legislative Fund.

[Approved January 23, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  For the purpose of paying the mileage and per diem of the members of the present Legislature, the salaries of the attaches and the incidental expenses of the respective Houses thereof, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to set apart from any moneys now in the General Fund, not otherwise specially appropriated, the sum of thirty-two thousand ($32,000) dollars, which shall constitute the Legislative Fund.

      Sec. 2.  The State Controller is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on said fund in favor of the members and attaches of the Senate and Assembly, for per diem, mileage, stationery allowances, compensation and incidental expenses of the respective Houses, when properly certified to him, in accordance with law, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay the same.

      Sec. 3.  All moneys remaining in said fund, at the adjournment of the Legislature, shall revert to the General Fund.

State Treasurer required to set apart money.

Controller authorized to draw warrant.

Excess to revert to General Fund.

Chap. II.–An Act to fix the State tax levy and to distribute the same to the proper funds.

[Approved February 3, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  For the fiscal year commencing January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and annually thereafter, an ad valorem tax of one dollar on each one hundred dollars of taxable property is hereby levied and directed to be collected for State purposes, upon all taxable property in this State, including net proceeds of mines and mining claims, except such property as is by law exempted from taxation.

State tax levy.

Ad valorem tax to be levied and collected.

To be upon all taxable property.

Levy apportioned to different funds.

be collected for State purposes, upon all taxable property in this State, including net proceeds of mines and mining claims, except such property as is by law exempted from taxation. Of the tax hereby levied, sixty-six and three-tenths cents shall go into the General Fund of the State, nine cents shall go into the Territorial Interest Fund, nine and one-half cents shall go into the State Interest and Sinking Fund, one and one-fifth cents into the State University Interest and Sinking Fund, five cents into the General School Fund, one cent into the University Interest and Sinking Fund, 1897, No. 1, one cent into the University Interest and Sinking Fund, 1897, No. 2, seven cents into the Contingent University Fund.

Appropriation for copying Assembly Journal.

Secretary of State to certify.

Chap. III.–An Act to provide for copying the Journal of the Assembly for the Nineteenth Session.

[Approved February 8, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) is hereby appropriated out of the Legislative Fund of the State Treasury to be paid to Callie Ferguson for copying the Journal of the Assembly for the Nineteenth Session of the Nevada State Legislature, for the State Printer.

      Sec. 2.  Upon the receipt of a certificate from Eugene Howell, Secretary of State, that the Journal of the Assembly for the Nineteenth Session of the Nevada Legislature has been correctly copied and delivered to the Secretary of State, the Controller shall draw his warrant in favor of the said Callie Ferguson named in section one of this Act, and the State Treasurer shall pay the same.

Chap. IV.–An Act to repeal an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the issuance of bonds by the County of Ormsby and to provide for the payment of the same, in order to provide for the payment of ten thousand dollars of the bonds of said county heretofore issued and now outstanding, which were issued in pursuance and by virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, entitled ‘An Act to authorize the issuance of certain bonds by Ormsby county and to provide for the payment of the same,’ approved March 9, 1889,” approved February 9, 1897.

[Approved February 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  An Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada entitled “An Act to provide for the issuance of bonds by the County of Ormsby and to provide for the payment of the same, in order to provide for the payment of ten thousand dollars of the bonds of said county heretofore issued and now outstanding, which were issued in pursuance and by virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada entitled ‘An Act to authorize the issuance of certain bonds by Ormsby county and to provide for the payment of the same,’ approved March 9, 1889,” approved February 9, 1897, is hereby repealed.

Nevada entitled “An Act to provide for the issuance of bonds by the County of Ormsby and to provide for the payment of the same, in order to provide for the payment of ten thousand dollars of the bonds of said county heretofore issued and now outstanding, which were issued in pursuance and by virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada entitled ‘An Act to authorize the issuance of certain bonds by Ormsby county and to provide for the payment of the same,’ approved March 9, 1889,” approved February 9, 1897, is hereby repealed.

Relating to certain Ormsby county bonds

Repealed.

Chap. V.–An Act to provide for the compiling and publishing of the laws of the State of Nevada.

[Approved February 15, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Upon the compilation, arranging and filing with the Clerk of the Supreme Court of this State, by H. C. Cutting, on or before the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, of a thoroughly compiled and annotated copy of the laws of the State of Nevada, as the same shall exist and be in force on the thirty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, setting forth and containing all the laws of this State of general and public interest, together with the Constitution of the State of Nevada, and the laws of Congress in regard to naturalization, and the various Acts of Congress relating to the grants of land by the United States to the State of Nevada, with brief annotations or references to all the decisions of the Supreme Court of this State, construing any and all laws of this State in force on the said thirty-first day of March aforesaid, the said Clerk of the Supreme Court shall at once lay the same before the Justices of the Supreme Court, or a majority thereof, for their examination and approval. The said Justices, or a majority of them, as soon as practicable, shall examine said work and shall approve or disapprove the same, or shall order such changes made therein as they, or a majority of them, may deem advisable. When approved by them, or a majority of them, the Justices shall direct said Clerk to certify their approval of said work, and deliver such certificate to the said H. C. Cutting.

      Sec. 2.  Upon the presentation of said certificate, the State Controller is hereby authorized, directed and required to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the sum of one thousand three hundred and fifty ($1,350) dollars, payable out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise specifically appropriated, and deliver said warrant to said H. C. Cutting. The State Treasurer is hereby directed and required to pay said warrant upon presentation thereof out of the moneys hereinafter appropriated.

Compilation to be made.

Supreme Court to pass upon the work.

Controller to draw warrant upon presentation of certificate.

State Printer to print

Proof sheets to be furnished.

Accurate index to be made.

Must be comprehensive and subject to approval of Supreme Court.

Upon approval certificate to issue.

Treasurer to pay warrant.

Total warrants to amount to $1,600 and to be in full payment for services.

State officers to afford information.

Duties of State Printer

said warrant upon presentation thereof out of the moneys hereinafter appropriated.

      Sec. 3.  After making the certificate aforesaid, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall deliver said compilation to the Secretary of State, who shall immediately deliver the same to the State Printer, who shall proceed forthwith to print the same.

      Sec. 4.  The State Printer shall furnish suitable proof sheets to the said H. C. Cutting, who shall carefully examine and correct the same. He shall also make full and comprehensive table of contents, marginal notes, and headings for each section, together with a full, complete and accurate index to said compilation. Said index shall not be made from the marginal notes and headings alone, but shall be from the subject matter treated of in each section. In all respects it shall be full, comprehensive and complete, and to the approval of the Justices of the Supreme Court, or a majority thereof. When such marginal notes and index are fully completed, the said Justices, or a majority thereof, shall examine and approve or disapprove the same, or shall order such changes made therein as they, or a majority of them, shall deem advisable.

      Sec. 5.  When the said Justices, or a majority of them, shall have approved said table of contents, index and marginal notes, they shall direct said Clerk to certify their approval of the same, and deliver such certificate to the said H. C. Cutting. Upon the presentation of said last-named certificate to the State Controller, he is hereby authorized, directed and required to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the further sum of two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars, payable out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise specially appropriated, and deliver said warrant to said H. C. Cutting. The State Treasurer is hereby directed and required to pay the said warrant upon presentation thereof.

      Sec. 6.  The sum of sixteen hundred ($1,600) dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the warrants mentioned in this Act. The payment of said warrants to said H. C. Cutting shall be in full payment and compensation to him for his services so to be rendered as aforesaid.

      Sec. 7.  The Secretary of State and all other State officers shall afford to the said H. C. Cutting all reasonable information, aid, means and facilities for the purpose of enabling him, the said H. C. Cutting, to prosecute and complete the work aforesaid with all reasonable dispatch.

      Sec. 8.  Upon receiving said compilation the State Printer shall at once, in as expeditious and economical a manner as practicable, proceed to print, in good style, and to the approval of said Justices of the Supreme Court, or a majority to them, using long primer type and good book paper, fifteen hundred copies of said compilation, and the Secretary of State shall have seven hundred and fifty copies bound, in a good and workmanlike manner in law sheep, in either one or two volumes as the said Justices, or a majority of them, may direct.

State shall have seven hundred and fifty copies bound, in a good and workmanlike manner in law sheep, in either one or two volumes as the said Justices, or a majority of them, may direct.

      Sec. 9.  The Secretary of State shall deliver one bound copy to each of the persons, libraries, and associations now entitled to receive the laws of the State of Nevada as published biennially, said copies to be delivered subject to the rules and restrictions now governing the distribution of the statutes of this State. He shall deliver ten copies to the to the State Librarian of the State for the use of the State, and the remainder of said bound volumes he shall sell as they may be called for at a price not less than six dollars per volume, if bound in one volume, or at a price not less than ten dollars per set, if bound in two volumes, and he shall pay all moneys received from such sales into the State Treasury. The remaining unbound sheets shall be bound in lots of not less than one hundred copies, as they may be required.

      Sec. 10.  Upon the delivery of said compilation ready for printing to the Secretary of State, he shall duly certify the same under the great seal of the State of Nevada, and when printed and distributed, the said compilation, as printed, shall be legal evidence of the law therein contained in all the Courts of this State, but shall not preclude reference to or control, in case of any difference, the force or effect of any original Act as passed by the Legislature of this State.

      Sec. 11.  The additional sum of four thousand ($4,000) dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of printing and binding said laws as in this Act provided.

Seven hundred and fifty copies to be bound.

Secretary of State to deliver and distribute.

Price of volumes.

Secretary of State to certify.

Appropriation for printing and binding.

Chap. VI.–An Act to prevent the shipment of wild game from this State.

[Approved February 16, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Every railroad company, express company, transportation company, or other common carrier, their officers, agents and servants, and every other person who shall transport, carry, or take out of this State, or who shall receive for the purpose of transporting from the State, any deer, buck, doe or fawn or any mountain sheep or antelope or any quail, sage chicken, prairie chicken, grouse, dove, wild duck or goose, except for purposes of propagation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person found guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this section, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty ($20) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten nor more than ninety days or both such fine and imprisonment.

Relating to transporting wild game out of the State.

Penalty.

county jail not less than ten nor more than ninety days or both such fine and imprisonment.

Relating to salaries of county officers in Storey county.

Justice of the Peace.

Constable.

Chap. VII.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to the duties, salaries and compensation of county and township officers in Storey county, Nevada,” approved March 15, 1897.

[Approved February 16, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section one.  From and after the first Monday in January, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the following named officers within Storey county shall receive in full payment for all services rendered by them the following salaries: The Sheriff, for services as Sheriff and ex officio Assessor, shall receive the sum of two thousand dollars a year. The Sheriff may appoint one deputy sheriff, who shall be Jailer, and whose salary shall be fourteen hundred and forty dollars a year. The County Clerk and ex officio County Treasurer shall receive the sum of eighteen hundred dollars a year. The County Clerk and ex officio County Treasurer may appoint one deputy for forty days in each year, whose salary shall be four dollars a day for each day’s actual service. The County Recorder, for services as County Recorder and ex officio County Auditor, shall receive the sum of fifteen hundred dollars a year. The District Attorney, for services as District Attorney and ex officio County Superintendent of Schools, shall receive the sum of fifteen hundred dollars a year. The County Commissioners shall each receive the sum of three hundred and sixty dollars a year for performing the duties imposed by law; provided, that any County Commissioners elected prior to the passage of this Act, and whose term of office extends beyond the first Monday of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, shall receive the salary allowed by law when elected. The Justice of the Peace of Virginia Township shall receive the sum of nine hundred dollars a year and such fees in civil cases only, as are now provided by law; provided, such Justice of the Peace shall have no claim against the county for services rendered in civil or criminal cases. The Constable of Virginia Township shall receive the sum of six hundred dollars a year and such fees in civil cases only as are now provided by law; provided, such Constable shall have no claim against the county for services rendered in civil or criminal cases.

      Sec. 2.  This Act shall take effect from and after its passage; and it shall be construed to regulate and authorize the payment of the salaries fixed in section one, to the officers therein named, from and after the first Monday of January, 1899.

payment of the salaries fixed in section one, to the officers therein named, from and after the first Monday of January, 1899.

To take effect, when.

Chap. VIII.–An Act to provide for the purchase of land for an Agricultural Experiment Station now established by the Government of the United States at the City of Reno, in Washoe county, and to pay for the same by levying a tax upon the taxable property of Washoe county, and matter properly connected therewith.

[Approved February 17, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The Board of County Commissioners of Washoe county, at the time and in the manner prescribed by law for levying taxes for State and county purposes, are hereby authorized and required to levy and collect for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, a tax of twenty-five cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property of Washoe county, the proceeds of which tax, as far as may be necessary, shall be applied exclusively to the payment of the purchase price of land, including water right of one and one-half inches of water to each acre, for the use of the Agricultural Experiment Station, now established at the City of Reno in Washoe county in pursuance of that certain Act of Congress entitled “An Act to establish Agricultural Experiment Stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Acts supplementary thereto,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

      Sec. 2.  The tax so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same officers, exercising the same functions as prescribed and provided in the revenue laws of the State for the collection of State and county taxes, and such tax when collected shall be placed by the Treasurer of Washoe county in a fund to be known as the Agricultural Experiment Station Fund.

      Sec. 3.  The Board of Regents of the State University are hereby authorized and empowered to select a tract of land in Washoe county at or near the City of Reno, containing not more than sixty acres and suitable to the needs of the said Agricultural Experiment Station, and to contract with the owner or owners thereof for the purchase of the same in the name of the State of Nevada; provided, that no such land shall be purchased unless there goes with said land a right to the use of one and one-half inches of water to each acre for the irrigation of the same; and, provided further, that the price of the land so selected, including the water right, shall not exceed twelve thousand dollars.

Commissioners of Washoe county authorized to levy and collect a tax.

For payment of land and water for Agricultural Experiment Station.

Manner in which tax shall be collected.

Regents to select tract of land near Reno.

Not to exceed $12,000.

Regents to certify Washoe County Commissioners.

Commissioners of Washoe County to allow claim.

Title to vest in State of Nevada.

County Clerk to certify.

Auditor to draw warrant payable out of Agricultural Experiment Station Fund

Balance to revert to General Fund of Washoe county.

Deeds to be delivered to State Regents.

Property shall belong to State of Nevada.

      Sec. 4.  Whenever the Board of Regents of the State University shall certify to the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe county that they have made a selection of land for the use of the Agricultural Experiment Station as provided in this Act and have contracted for the purchase of the same in the name of the State of Nevada, it shall be lawful for the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe county, and it is hereby made their duty, to allow a claim upon the said Agricultural Experiment Station Fund in favor of the person or persons from whom said contract of sale has been obtained, for the amount agreed upon in such contract of purchase and sale, not exceeding the sum of twelve thousand dollars; provided, that there shall accompany such claim for the purchase money of the land and the water right so contracted for, as herein provided, a duly executed deed from the owner or owners of the land and the water rights so contracted for, conveying title to such land and water right to the State of Nevada; upon the approval and allowance of such claim by the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe county as herein provided, the Clerk of said Board of County Commissioners shall certify the same to the Auditor of Washoe county, who shall draw his warrant for the amount so allowed upon the County Treasurer of Washoe county in favor of the person or persons in whose name or names said claim has been allowed, payable out of the Agricultural Experiment Station Fund. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of Washoe county to pay such warrant or warrants, so drawn upon the Treasurer of Washoe county, as in this Act provided, out of the Agricultural Experiment Station Fund, upon presentation of such claim or claims to him; provided, there is at the time sufficient money in such fund to pay the same, and if not sufficient, said warrant or warrants shall be paid as far as the money in the fund at the time will permit, and the balance paid as soon thereafter as sufficient money is received in said fund to pay the same.

      Sec. 5.  Any money remaining in the said Agricultural Experiment Station Fund after the payment of the claim or claims herein provided for, shall be turned into the General Fund of Washoe county.

      Sec. 6.  Upon the approval of the claim or claims for the purchase price of the land and water right for said Agricultural Experiment Station, by the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe County, the deed or deeds for such land and water right shall be delivered by the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe county to the Board of Regents of the State University, and thereafter said land and water right shall belong to the State of Nevada and shall be used for the purposes mentioned in this Act and shall be under the control and authority of the governing body of said Agricultural Experiment Station.

Chap. IX.–An Act to enable corporations to divide their capital stock into shares of lesser denomination.

[Approved February 21, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  All corporations organized and existing under the laws of this State, desiring to divide the capital stock of the corporation into shares of smaller denomination than originally issued, may do so by a majority vote of the Trustees of the corporation at any regular or called meeting of the Trustees, and may issue the stock of such corporation in accordance therewith, after having filed in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate setting forth the amount or denomination in which they propose to divide such shares, verified by the affidavit of a majority of such Trustees.

      Sec. 2.  This Act shall not be construed as enabling any corporation to change the amount of its capital stock.

      Sec. 3.  All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Relating to corporation desiring to divide their capital stock.

To file in office Secretary of State.

Chap. X.–An Act to create Coroner’s Townships, making Justices of the Peace ex officio Coroners therein, fixing their townships, prescribing their duties and compensation, providing when it shall take effect, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act.

[Approved February 23, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Each Justice’s Township in this State is hereby made a Coroner’s Township.

      Sec. 2.  All the Justices of the Peace in this State are hereby made ex officio Coroners.

      Sec. 3.  The Coroners created by section two of this Act shall have authority to perform all the duties of Coroners only within the township where they, as Justices of the Peace reside; provided, that in townships where there is no qualified Justice of the Peace, the Justice of the Peace residing nearest to the place where the services of a Coroner are required, within the same county, shall have the same authority in the township where there is no qualified Justice of the Peace, as in the township where he resides.

      Sec. 4.  The duties of Coroners in this Act provided for shall be the same as are now provided by law.

      Sec. 5.  The fees of compensations of Coroners as in this Act provided, shall be as now prescribed by law.

      Sec. 6.  This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval.

Coroner’s Township.

All Justices of Peace ex officio Coroners.

Duties of Coroners.

Nearest Justice.

Duties as provided by law.

Fees and compensations.

      Sec. 7.  All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Relating to summons.

Chap. XI.–An Act to provide for an alias summons.

[Approved February 23, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Whenever any summons shall be returned not executed as to any defendant, the plaintiff shall be entitled to another summons, toties quoties, against such defendant, if he shall require it until due service shall be made.

$6,647 52 appropriated for paying expenses incurred in aiding the U. S. to raise volunteers.

To whom amounts are to be paid.

Chap. XII.–An Act to pay expenses incurred by the Governor in aiding the United States to raise the Volunteer Army in the late war with Spain, and appropriating money to pay the same.

[Approved February 25, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of six thousand six hundred and forty-seven 52-100 [dollars] ($6,647 52) is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the General Fund of the State of Nevada, for the purpose of paying the expenses incurred by the Governor of the State of Nevada in aiding the United States to raise the Volunteer Army in the late war with Spain, for subsistence and the transportation of men of this State, who were afterwards accepted into the service of the United States, from their homes therein to the State Capital of the State, and for labor and supplies thereto incident, as follows:

      (First Troop, U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, Captain W. L. Cox:)  To H. C. Cattleman, straw, $18 00; to Dr. J. Guinan, examining physician, $49 00; to Dr. A. Huffaker, examining physician, $35 00; to Dr. S. L. Lee, examining physician, $20 00; to Arlington Hotel, meals, $239 75; to D. Circe (Carson Exchange Hotel), meals, $187 85; to Ormsby House, meals, $171 35; to Briggs House, meals, $230 75; to Mrs. D. Brault, meals, $95 70; to Riverside Hotel (Reno, Nevada), meals, $4 00; to C. E. Bray, drayage, $5 00; to Western Union Telegraph Company, telegraphing, $1 69; to Western Union Telegraph Company, telegraphing, $1 38; to Western Union Telegraph Company, telegraphing, $6 93; to George H. Meyers, merchandise, $4 85; to Garrett R. Bradley, 12 days, recruiting officer, $60 00; to Erwin L. Sadler, 12 days’ services to recruiting officer, $36 00; to C. H. Galusha, services as Clerk in Adjutant-General’s office, $25 00; to C. H. Galusha, labor, Q. M. Department, $15 00; to Riverside Hotel,

Hotel, meals (Reno), $13 00; to T. B. Allen, railroad fare, Wadsworth to Reno, $1 70; to A. A. Parry, railroad fare, $4 50; to R. E. Skaggs, railroad fare, $4 50; to W. W. Cousins, railroad fare, $7 90; to Harry Falkerson, railroad fare, $2 00; to J. M. Meehan, railroad fare, $3 80; to J. J. Hill, Jr., railroad fare, $2 00; to J. J. Hill, Jr., railroad fare, $3 40; to Charles H. Peters, Assistant Adjutant-General and Quartermaster, $65 00; to Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company, transportation, $1,058 07;=$2,373 12.

      (Troop of First Regiment of Nevada Volunteer Cavalry, Captain F. M. Linscott:)  To George H. Meyers, merchandise, $2 40; to Southern Pacific Railroad, transportation, $1, 021 60; to Western Union Telegraph Company, 45 [cents]; to Ormsby House (D. Kaiser), meals, $210 60; to Briggs House (G. Briggs), meals, $282 90; to Thaxter Drug Store, drugs, $13 65; to Carson Exchange (D. Circe), meals, $204 30; to Mrs. D. Brault, meals, $155 40; to Arlington Hotel, meals, $365 40; to C. E. Bray, drayage, $4 00; to C. H. Galusha, labor, $40 00; to C. H. Galusha, for State of Nevada, advance to Captain F. M. Linscott for shoes and underwear, $100; to C. H. Peters, services Assistant Adjutant-General and advances for labor in State Armory, $92 50; to Dr. Huffaker, $15 00; to Dr. Gardner, $6 00;=$2,514 20.

      (First Battalion Nevada Volunteer Infantry:)  To Charles E. Bray, $2 50; to Depot Hotel Company, $372 25; to S. C. Gibson, $61 60; to A. J. Clark, $57 75; to W. T. Craig, $82 75; to Ely and Eureka Telephone Company, $3 00; to Virginia and Truckee Railroad, 75 [cents]; to W. S. Risley, $41 75; to W. A. Fullerton, $12 00; to John Bannon, $16 00; to J. D. Campbell, $6 00; to Charles H. Peters, $100 00; to P. A. Wagner, $3 60; to Walsh & Wylie, $4 30; to Mason Crimmons, $30 00; to W. T. McArdle, $11 50; to Company A, N. N. G., $187 25; to Company F, N. N. G., $195 55;=$1,188 55.

      To J. M. Johnson, $17 85; to J. Guinan, $28 50; to F. E. Warren Mercantile Company, $69 10; to Wm. Hayes, $70 00; to Nevada Central Railroad Company, $27 00; to Fred Wilson, $125 00; to Eureka and Palisade Railroad, $64 00; to Dr. S. H. McDowell, $17 60; to J. P. Whalen, $48 00; to J. P. Whalen, $3 00; to F. M. Haws, $10 00; to G. R. Bradley, $55 00; to Erwin L. Sadler, $36 60;=$571 65.

      Sec. 2.  The State Controller is hereby required to draw his warrant in favor of the Governor of the State of Nevada, for said sum of six thousand six hundred and forty-seven 52-100 ($6,647 52) dollars and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out of the General Fund of the State of Nevada; and the said Governor is directed and required to pay to the persons, firms and corporations hereinbefore mentioned the sums set opposite their respective names upon receiving their receipts or vouchers therefor in duplicate.

To whom amounts are to be paid.

Controller required to draw warrant for $6,647 52.

Governor directed to pay.

Governor authorized to collect said $6,647 52 and pay same into State Treasury.

      Sec. 3.  The Governor of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized to collect said six thousand six hundred forty-seven dollars and fifty-two cents ($6,647 52) from the United States and pay the same into the State Treasury to be placed in the General Fund.

Relating to County Boards of Education.

County Superintendent to be member.

When elected.

Commissioners to appoint in case of vacancy.

Chap. XIII.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act permitting the establishment of county high schools in the various counties of this State, and providing for the construction, maintenance and management of the same,” approved March 4, 1895.

[Approved February 28, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section six of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section six.  The County Boards of Education of such counties wherein a county high school has been or shall hereafter be established shall, after the expiration of the term of office of the County Superintendent of Schools now holding office in such counties wherein a county high school has been established, and after the expiration of the term of office of the County Superintendent of Schools holding office at the time of the establishment of a county high school in such counties wherein a county high school may hereafter be established, consist of three members, chosen as follows:

      First-The County Superintendent of Schools of the county in which a county high school has been or shall be established shall be one member of the County Board of Education.

      Second-At the regular biennial election to be held in November, 1900, there shall be elected two competent persons, one to serve two years and one to serve four years, and at each regular biennial election thereafter, there shall be elected one person to serve four years. Each person elected, as hereinbefore provided, shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first Monday in July following his election, and shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, that the two members appointed by the County Commissioners shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified.

      Third-If at any time a vacancy shall occur in the Board of Education on account of the death, resignation or removal of a member, it shall be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners of the county in which said school has been, or shall be established, to appoint a member to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term.

      Sec. 2.  All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

      Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in force from and after its passage.

Chap. XIV.–An Act to create a Special Jury Fund, and to regulate the disposition of certain funds, and other matters connected therewith in the county of Lincoln.

[Approved February 28, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  In order to provide additional means to those already provided by law for the payment of the per diem and mileage of grand and trial jurors in the county of Lincoln, the Special Jury Fund of the county of Lincoln is hereby created. No money shall be drawn or transferred from said fund except as provided by this Act.

      Sec. 2.  The Board of County Commissioners of the county of Lincoln, shall each year, at the same time and in the same manner as provided for other revenues of said county, levy a tax to be known as the Special Jury Fund Tax, which shall be sufficient to produce enough money to maintain said fund on a cash basis; provided, it shall not exceed twenty-five cents on each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property. The said Board of County Commissioners, and each and all other county officers, according to their functions, are hereby authorized and directed to perform all needful things to carry this Act into effect.

      Sec. 3.  Allowance shall be made against said Special Jury Fund for the payment of jurors’ per diem fees; and for their mileage fees not to exceed fifty miles each way, going and returning, for any juror, accrued after the passage of this Act. Neither mileage fees in excess of the aforesaid amount (if any shall accrue) nor any per diem or mileage fees heretofore accrued shall be paid out of said fund; but they shall be paid only in the manner and out of the funds heretofore provided by law.

      Sec. 4.  Whenever there shall exist a deficiency in said Special Jury Fund the Auditor of said county shall draw his warrant for fees payable out of said Special Jury Fund, on any of the following named county funds that may be on a cash basis, to wit: The Contingent Fund, the Salary Fund or the Current Expense Fund, and the Treasurer of said county shall pay said warrants. The sums so drawn shall be transferred from the Special Jury Fund to the fund or funds from which they shall have been drawn whenever the Special Jury Fund shall again be upon a cash basis. When none of said funds shall be on a cash basis the Auditor shall issue a certificate of indebtedness against the Special Jury Fund, to each person entitled to be paid therefrom.

Special Jury Fund of Lincoln county created.

County Commissioners to levy tax.

Not to exceed.

Duty of county officers.

Payment of jurors’ per diem fees, and mileage.

In relation to deficiency.

When not on a cash basis, Auditor to issue certificate.

Compensation of Justice of Peace of Carson Township, Ormsby county.

All fees to be paid to County Treasurer.

Statement to be filed with Board of County Commissioners.

Commissioners to allow salary.

Chap. XV.–An Act fixing the salary of the Justice of the Peace in and for Carson Township, Ormsby county, State of Nevada, and matters relating thereto.

[Approved February 28, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The Justice of the Peace in and for Carson Township, Ormsby county, Nevada, shall receive, as compensation in full for all services, an annual salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars, payable in twelve equal or monthly installments.

      Sec. 2.  The said Justice of the Peace shall keep an accurate account of all fees received by him and shall pay the same at the end of each and every month, over to the County Treasurer, taking his receipt in duplicate, therefor, and he shall file one of said receipts with the County Auditor. He shall also file monthly with the Board of County Commissioners a full statement of the fees received by him in each and every case, during the month. Upon a failure so to do the said Commissioners may withhold making such allowance.

      Sec. 3.  The County Treasurer shall apportion such fees to the Salary Fund.

      Sec. 4.  The Board of County Commissioners of said county shall at their regular monthly meetings allow the salary named in this Act as other county salaries are allowed; and the County Auditor shall draw his warrant for the same and the County Treasurer shall pay the same.

In relation to examination as attorney-at-law.

Chap. XVI.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act relative to attorneys and counsellors-at-law,’ approved October 31, 1861,” approved January 31, 1893.

[Approved February 28, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section two of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section two.  Any citizen of this State of the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character, and who possesses the necessary qualifications of learning and ability, shall be entitled to admission as attorney and counsellor in all the Courts of this State. Under this Act females shall have the same rights and privileges as males.

Chap. XVII.–An Act to amend section one of an Act entitled “An Act relating to the Nevada National Guard,” approved March 8, 1897.

[Approved February 28, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section one of an Act entitled “An Act relating to the Nevada National Guard,” is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section one.  It shall be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners of any county in which public arms, accouterments, or military stores are now had, or shall hereafter be received for the use of any companies of the Nevada National Guard, subject to approval by the Adjutant-General, to provide a suitable and safe armory for companies of the National Guard organized within such county. The expense of procuring and maintaining such armories shall be paid out of the General Fund of the county, to be paid by the County Treasurer on presentation of the Auditor’s certificate that such allowance has been made by the Board of County Commissioners. The Treasurer shall require duplicate receipts from the person presenting said certificate, one of which shall be forwarded to the Adjutant-General, the other thereof shall be delivered to and received by the State Treasurer as so much money and shall be considered and allowed for the full amount thereof in the settlement by the Controller and State Treasurer with the County Treasurer. Such expenses shall not exceed forty ($40) dollars per month for any company.

Duty of County Commissioners in relation to military equipments and making provision for armories.

To be paid out of General Fund of county.

Not to exceed $40 per month.

Chap. XVIII.–An Act for the relief of F. P. Langan.

[Approved February 28, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of one hundred and twenty-eight and 95-100 ($128 95) dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the General Fund of the State Treasury of Nevada, not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to F. P. Langan for legal services rendered, and costs expended by him in what is known as the Court-Martial cases, to wit: The case of N. I. Morgan against Col. J. J. Crosby, and others, instituted in the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Storey county, and the case of the State of Nevada, ex rel. F. M. Huffaker, against Col. J. J. Crosby, and others, instituted in the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada.

      Sec. 2.  The State Controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant in favor of the said F. P. Langan for the sum of one hundred and twenty-eight and 95-100 ($128 95) dollars, and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Relief of F. P. Langan for services in the court-martial cases.

Controller to draw warrant.

one hundred and twenty-eight and 95-100 ($128 95) dollars, and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Relating to the sale of fruits, eggs, beef, etc.

In counties of not less than 400 votes or more than 700.

Chap. XIX.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to encourage agriculture,” approved March 16, 1895.

[Approved February 28, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section one.  Any citizen or resident of the State of Nevada, shall be permitted to sell fruits, eggs, and poultry, also pork and beef by the quarter, and any other agricultural products of his own industry without the payment of license; provided, that in all counties in this State which cast at the last general election not less than four hundred votes nor more than seven hundred votes, to be determined by the vote cast for Secretary of State, pork and beef may be sold in any quantities less than a quarter without the payment of a license.

Any railroad corporation may sell, convey and transfer.

To hold and operate.

May exercise the power of eminent domain.

Chap. XX.–An Act authorizing the sale by any railroad corporation owning any railroad in this State, of its property and franchises, or any part thereof, to any other railroad corporation, whether organized under the laws of this State or of any other State or Territory, or under any Act of Congress; also authorizing the corporation purchasing the same to operate such railroad, to build and operate extensions or branches thereof, and for that purpose to exercise the power of eminent domain.

[Approved March 1, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Any railroad corporation owning any railroad in this State, may sell, convey and transfer its property and franchises, or any part thereof, to any other railroad corporation, whether organized under the laws of this State or of any other State or Territory, or under any Act of Congress; and any such other railroad corporation receiving such conveyance may hold and operate such railroad franchises and property within this State, build and operate extensions or branches thereof, and for that purpose exercise the power of eminent domain, and do any other business in connection therewith, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if such corporation were organized under the laws of this State; provided, nevertheless, that before any corporation incorporated or organized otherwise than under the laws of this State,

this State, shall acquire any railroad in this State by virtue of this law, it shall file in the office of the County Recorder of each county in which the same shall be situated, a copy of its certificate or articles of incorporation or of the Act or law by which it was created, with a certified list of its officers, in the manner and form required by section one of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to require foreign corporations to furnish evidence of their incorporation and corporate name,’ approved March 3, 1869,” approved January 30, 1877.

      Sec. 2.  This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

To file copy of certificate with County Recorder of each county.

Chap. XXI.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to provide revenue for the support of the State of Nevada, and to repeal certain Acts relating thereto,’ approved March 23, 1891,” approved March 1, 1895.

[Approved March 4, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section one.  Section one hundred and fifty of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section one hundred and fifty.  The Board of County Commissioners in each county of this State are hereby authorized and empowered to levy annually, on or before the first Monday in March, an ad valorem tax for county purposes not exceeding two dollars on each one hundred dollars’ value of taxable property in the county, and such special taxes as may be authorized and required by law; provided, the total tax levy in any one year for all purposes, shall not exceed five dollars on each one hundred dollars’ value of taxable property in any county or part thereof; provided further, that this Act as amended shall apply to counties casting at the last general election for the office of Governor between 434 and 444 votes and between 1,100 and 1,200 votes only.

Commissioners to levy annually an ad valorem tax for county purposes.

To apply to certain counties.

Chap. XXII.–An Act appropriating two hundred dollars for the watering and care of the Grand Army Cemetery at Carson City, Nevada.

[Approved March 4, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of two hundred dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the General Fund of the State, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of watering and the care of the Grand Army Cemetery at Carson City, Nevada.

Appropriation for care of Grand Army cemetery at Carson City.

Board of Examiners to audit.

Duties of Controller and Treasurer.

State, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of watering and the care of the Grand Army Cemetery at Carson City, Nevada.

      Sec. 2.  Annually on the first Monday in September, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and nineteen hundred, the State Board of Examiners shall audit and allow the Post Quartermaster of the Grand Army Post at Carson City, Nevada, the sum of one hundred dollars, on the filing with the said Board of Examiners, by the said Post Quartermaster, the claim and sworn statement that the amount had been expended as provided in section one of this Act.

      Sec. 3.  The State Controller is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrants in favor of said Post Quartermaster, for the sums named in this Act, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay the same.

Leave of absence granted to Reinhold Sadler.

Chap. XXIII.–An Act granting leave of absence to Reinhold Sadler, Governor of the State of Nevada.

[Approved March 4, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Leave of absence from the State of Nevada, is hereby granted to Reinhold Sadler, Governor of the State of Nevada, for the period of four months, said leave of absence to be taken at such time as he may select during the years 1899 and 1900.

Right of way granted for a railroad between Gold Run and Golconda in Humboldt county.

Limited to one hundred feet in width.

Survey to be filed.

Chap. XXIV.–An Act granting the right of way for a railroad from Gold Run, Humboldt county, Nevada, to the smelting works at Golconda, Humboldt county, Nevada.

[Approved March 4, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The right of way is hereby granted to Otto Stalmann and Joseph Farren, and their assigns, to construct, lay down, operate and maintain an iron railroad, together with the necessary sidetracks, switches, turnouts and turntables, over, across and through the unoccupied public lands lying between Gold Run, Humboldt county, Nevada, and the smelting works at Golconda, Humboldt county, Nevada, which said points are hereby established as the present termini of such railroad; provided, that the right of way hereby granted shall be limited to one hundred feet in width, and shall follow and conform to the survey of the route of said railroad, which said survey shall be filed in the office of the Surveyor-General of this State, within thirty days after and from the passage of this Act.

Chap. XXV.–An Act to provide for the payment of indebtedness incurred by the Board of Regents of the State University of the State of Nevada, contracted by said Board for the support of the University during the years 1897 and 1898.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

      Whereas, In the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven the Legislature of the State of Nevada duly enacted a law entitled “An Act making appropriation for the support of the Civil Government of the State of Nevada, for the fiscal years 1897 and 1898.” Section 48 of said Act provides: “For the support of the State University and Laboratory, thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($32,500), payable out of the Contingent University Fund and the Interest Account, 90,000-Acre Grant, sixteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ($16,250) from each”; and

      Whereas, By reason of the insufficiency of revenue coming into said funds during the years 1897 and 1898, the said State University was deprived of the benefit of such appropriation to the extent of four thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty-five cents ($4,375 35); now, therefore,

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of four thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty-five cents is hereby appropriated for the payment of indebtedness incurred by the Regents of the State University at Reno, Nevada, for the support of the said State University during the years 1897 and 1898, the said amount to be expended in payment of claims as follows, to wit:

      Claims approved by the State Board of Examiners and remaining unpaid: 1898-Account of State University: Sept. 21-Scheeline & Osburn, insurance, $175 00; Oct. 3-Payroll, salaries, $697 58; Oct. 3-George H. Taylor, $17 30; Oct. 3-Reno Water, Land and Light Company, $66 70; Oct. 3-Reno Mercantile Company, $33 88; Oct. 3-Donnels & Steinmetz, $21 15; Oct. 3-Payot, Upham & Co., $11 43; Oct. 3-Gus Koppe, $5 50; Oct. 3-Reno Water, Land and Light Company, $75 00; Oct. 3-Baker & Hamilton, $5 85; Oct. 3-Reno Mill and Lumber Company, $19 05; Oct. 3-Gazette Publishing Company, $8 75; Nov. 16-Payroll, $772 49; Nov. 16-Genesy & Savage, $53 65; Nov. 16-Reno Mill and Lumber Company, $24 88; Nov. 16-Donnels & Steinmetz, $27 60; Nov. 16-J. F. Aitken, $12 00; Nov. 16-George H. Taylor, $18 60; Nov. 16-Reno Mill and Lumber Company, $35 76; Nov. 16-John McIntyre, $15 00; Nov. 16-Reno Water, Land and Light Company, $75 00; Nov. 16-Reno Mercantile Company, $57 06; Nov. 16-J. E. Stubbs, $150 00; Nov. 16-Yawman-Erbe Manufacturing Company, $1 05; Dec. 31-Payroll,

Relating to Act of 1897 for support of State University.

$4,375 35 appropriated for payment of certain indebtedness.

To whom amounts are to be paid.

To whom amounts are to be paid.

Board of Regents directed.

Money taken from State School Fund.

Bond to be deposited.

Bond to be redeemed out of Contingent University Fund.

31-Payroll, November, $717 20; Dec. 31-Payroll, December, $599 43; Dec. 31-Emma Bradshaw, $5 00; Dec. 31-Baker & Hamilton, $9 44; Dec. 31-Donnels & Steinmetz, $7 66; Dec. 31-Porteous Decorative Company, $20 47; Dec. 31-Porteous Decorative Company, $125 62; Dec. 31-Reno Water, Land and Light Company, $142 20; Dec. 31-Reno Mercantile Company, $37 34; Dec. 31-Donnels & Steinmetz, $141 55; Dec. 31-Reno Water, Land and Light Company, $81 20; Dec. 31-Reno Mill and Lumber Company, $51 58; Dec. 31-Genesy & Savage, $15 75; Dec. 31-J. F. Aitken, $30 00; Dec. 31-Nevada Hardware and Supply Company, $2 05; Dec. 31-George H. Taylor, $8 58; total, $4,375 35.

      Sec. 2.  The Board of Regents are hereby directed to pay the said amounts so appropriated to the persons named in section one of this Act.

      Sec. 3.  The money hereby appropriated shall be taken from the State School Fund, and in its place shall be deposited one bond bearing interest at the rate of four per cent per annum. Said bond shall run for one year. Said bond shall be signed by the Governor and State Controller, countersigned by the State Treasurer, authenticated with the great seal of the State and shall state in substance that the State of Nevada owes its said School Fund, four thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty-five cents, the interest on which at four per cent per annum she agrees to pay during the life of said bond for the benefit of the common schools of the State. Said bond shall be deposited with the State Treasurer. The bond hereby authorized shall be redeemed as herein provided out of the Contingent University Fund, and for the prompt payment of which the faith and credit of the State is hereby pledged.

Nevada National Guard to consist of not more than five companies in one battalion.

Battalion shall have one Major.

Chap. XXVI.–An Act relating to the Nevada National Guard.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  In time of peace the Nevada National Guard shall consist of one battalion of not more than five companies of infantry, to be allotted and stationed in such localities of the State as the necessity of the service, in the discretion of the Commander-in-Chief, may require, and he may transfer, attach, consolidate, or disband companies, and to reorganize the same as he may deem advisable.

      Sec. 2.  The battalion shall have one Major, who shall have served not less than three months as a commissioned officer in the United States Volunteers or regular army, and shall be appointed by the Commander-in-Chief.

      Sec. 3.  The commissioned staff of the battalion shall consist of one Adjutant, one Quartermaster, one Assistant Surgeon and one Chaplain, each with the rank of First Lieutenant, and nominated by the Battalion commander.

consist of one Adjutant, one Quartermaster, one Assistant Surgeon and one Chaplain, each with the rank of First Lieutenant, and nominated by the Battalion commander.

      Sec. 4.  The non-commissioned staff of the battalion shall consist of one Sergeant Major, one Quartermaster Sergeant, one Hospital Steward and one Principal Musician, appointed by the Battalion Commander.

      Sec. 5.  Each company shall consist of one Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Second Lieutenant, one First Sergeant, five Sergeants, eight Corporals, one artificer, one cook, one wagoner, and two musicians, and not less than forty, and not more than eighty privates.

      Sec. 6.  Every candidate for admission to the Nevada National Guard, except commissioned officers, must be between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and shall pass the physical examination required by the United States Army, and such examination shall be certified by a regular practicing physician of this State. Said certificate must accompany the application for membership. All enlisted members of the Nevada National Guard, at the date of the passage of this Act, shall, within thirty days thereafter, furnish the required certificate of physical examination, or be discharged from membership.

      Sec. 7.  Sections thirty-five, thirty-nine, forty, forty-two, forty-nine and fifty of “An Act relating to the National Guard and the enrolled militia,” approved March 6, 1893; and sections one and ten of “An Act amendatory of and supplemental to an Act entitled ‘An Act relating to the National Guard and the enrolled militia,’ approved March 6, 1893,” approved March 18, 1895; and section four of “An Act relating to the Nevada National Guard,” approved March 8, 1897; and all other Acts and parts of Acts in so far as they conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Commissioned staff to consist of.

Non-commissioned staff.

Each company shall consist of.

Age of enlistment of every candidate.

Repeals.

Chap. XXVII.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to prevent the dissemination of contagious diseases among sheep; to provide for the appointment of Sheep Inspectors in the several counties of this State, and to define their duties and compensation,” approved February 23, 1893.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section two of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section two.  Said Inspector is hereby empowered (and it shall be his duty) to administer oaths and to personally examine all sheep and bands of sheep in his county every year, between the first day of March and the first day of July,

Relating to Sheep Inspector.

Times during the year that sheep shall be examined.

Each Inspector may appoint deputies not exceeding one for each precinct.

At request, shall examine sheep about to be brought into State.

Relating to infectious diseases in sheep.

July, and again between the first day of September and the first day of December of each and every year, and also at any time he may be called to do so, by request in writing, of at least five persons owning or controlling any sheep or band of sheep, said persons making a written statement that said sheep (stating their locality and name of owner) are affected with some infectious or contagious disease, to at once proceed to examine said sheep, and if upon examination said sheep are found to be affected or infected with any infectious or contagious disease, and there is imminent or immediate danger of the spreading of said disease, and that it will cause great and irreparable injury to other owners in the vicinity of said infected or affected sheep, the said Inspector shall forthwith issue his orders quarantining said sheep, and he shall engage a sufficient number of persons to hold said sheep secure from other sheep, and shall immediately dip, or cause to be dipped, all of said sheep found to be so affected. Each Inspector may appoint one or more deputies, not exceeding one for each precinct, for whose acts he shall be responsible, and by any of whom he may perform any act required of him by this Act, except the semi-annual inspections, which shall be made by the Inspector in person; and it shall be the duty of the Inspector to advertise in at least one local paper, if there be one in his county, at his own expense, the names and postoffice address of any and all of his deputies. Any indebtedness incurred under the provisions of this Act, except for which the Inspector should pay, may be recovered by such Inspector in his official capacity, by an action in any court having jurisdiction of the amount. He shall also, at the request of the owner or owners of any sheep about to be brought from any other State or Territory into this State, make an examination of such sheep, and if found free from all contagious or infectious disease, certify to such fact, as provided in section three of this Act.

      Sec. 2.  Section five of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section five.  Whenever, on examination of any bands or herds of sheep kept or herded in any county of this State, the Inspector shall find such sheep, or any portion of them, afflicted with scab or any infectious or contagious disease, he shall forthwith notify the person in charge of such sheep, in writing, to dip such sheep for said disease within a period of thirty days from such notice, and also, during such period to keep such sheep from contact with other sheep by such means as he may direct; and if the owner or owners, or person or persons in charge of such sheep, shall not dip said sheep for said disease, as required by said notice, within said thirty days, or if said diseased sheep shall not be kept from contact with other sheep that are free from said disease, by such means as the said Inspector may specify, the owner or owners, or person or persons controlling said sheep, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,

be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars; and in case said sheep have not been dipped for said disease, the Inspector shall immediately take possession of said sheep and dip them for said disease, and all expenses incurred in so doing, including a compensation of three dollars per day for every day, or part of a day, in which the Inspector may be engaged in dipping said sheep shall become a lien upon said sheep, and the Inspector shall hold the sheep until the same is paid; or, if it be not paid within ten days after such dipping is completed, he shall collect the same together with the costs and expenses of collection, by advertising and selling said sheep, or so many thereof, as may be necessary, in the manner provided by law for the sale of personal property upon execution. If, however, at the expiration of thirty days from such notice as before mentioned, the Inspector finds that said sheep have been dipped for such disease, but are still infected with the same disease, then he shall instruct the owner or controller of said sheep to dip said sheep a second time as soon as possible, but with an interval between the dippings of not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days, and if, upon examination at the end of thirty days further, the Inspector finds that said sheep have been dipped, but are still infected, then he shall at once take possession of said sheep and dip them for said disease, as above specified. If, however, upon examination, he finds that said sheep have not been dipped for said disease, he shall seize said sheep and dip them for said disease, as above specified, and the owner or owners shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars; provided, no person, company or corporation shall be required to dip a band of ewes in which there are ewes with lambs at any time between the first day of March and the first day of July of any year.

When a misdemeanor.

Penalty.

When cost of dipping shall become lien upon sheep.

Duties of Inspector in regard to redipping.

Misdemeanor

Penalty.

Relating to ewes and lambs.

Chap. XXVIII.–An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to provide revenue for the support of certain counties in the State of Nevada, and matters pertaining to the apportioning and disbursement thereof,” approved March 5, 1897.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section two of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section two.  The County Treasurer shall apportion the moneys derived from the tax levy for county purposes as follows, to wit: To the School Fund forty cents, to the Contingent Fund forty cents, to the Interest Fund thirty cents, to the Indigent Fund fifteen cents, to the General Fund seventy-five cents, and to the Officers’ Salary Fund one dollar.

Manner in which County Treasurer shall apportion money derived from tax levy.

Allowances to be made by Commissioners against Contingent Fund.

How paid.

Duties of Auditor.

lows, to wit: To the School Fund forty cents, to the Contingent Fund forty cents, to the Interest Fund thirty cents, to the Indigent Fund fifteen cents, to the General Fund seventy-five cents, and to the Officers’ Salary Fund one dollar.

      Sec. 2.  Allowances shall be made by the Board of County Commissioners against the Contingent Fund of this Act for all legitimate claims against the county, including all allowances heretofore made and unpaid on the Current Expense Fund, except claims against the School Fund, claims against the Interest Fund, claims against the Indigent Fund, claims against the General Fund and claims against the Officers’ Salary Fund.

      Sec. 3.  All allowance heretofore made on either the General Fund or Officers’ Salary Fund, and not paid, or that may hereafter be made on the General Fund, shall be paid in the order of their allowance, beginning with the lowest number.

      Sec. 4.  Whenever any allowance on said fund is due and payable and a warrant for the same is not called for, for a period of sixty days, the Auditor is hereby directed to draw a warrant for the next allowance in order and so on until the fund is exhausted; but all allowances so passed when presented for payment are to be preferred claims on the first moneys going into the fund.

      Sec. 5.  All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Manner in which County Commissioners shall apportion all moneys coming into treasury.

Chap. XXIX.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of the several counties of this State to apportion the county revenues,” approved March 10, 1865.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section one.  The Boards of County Commissioners in the several counties of this State shall apportion all the moneys coming into the county treasury, or so much thereof as is not by law set aside into special funds, as follows: Two-thirds shall go into the General County Fund; one-sixth, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall go into the Indigent Sick Fund; and one-sixth, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall go into the Contingent Fund, to defray the contingent expenses of the county. Said apportionment shall be made by an order entered upon their records, at the time the tax levy shall be made each year; provided, that in all counties polling at the last general election preceding the passage of this Act more than six hundred and twenty-five votes, and not exceeding seven hundred and twenty-five votes, to be determined by the vote cast for Member of Congress, one-fourth, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall go into the Contingent Fund; one-fourth, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall go into the Indigent Sick Fund, and the remainder into the General Fund.

passage of this Act more than six hundred and twenty-five votes, and not exceeding seven hundred and twenty-five votes, to be determined by the vote cast for Member of Congress, one-fourth, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall go into the Contingent Fund; one-fourth, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall go into the Indigent Sick Fund, and the remainder into the General Fund.

Relating to certain counties.

Certain funds.

Chap. XXX.–An Act to definitely fix and establish the boundaries of Lyon county.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The territory over which Lyon county has exercised jurisdiction for the period of five years last past, in the assessment and collection of taxes, in the selection of grand and petit jurors, in the establishment of voting precincts and the holding of elections therein, is hereby declared to be within the boundary of that county.

Relating to Lyon county in collection of taxes in certain section of said county.

Chap. XXXI.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act fixing the salaries and compensations of the officers of Humboldt county and consolidating certain offices in said county, and to repeal all Acts in relation thereto,” approved March 9, 1891.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  On and after the passage of this Act, the Sheriff of Humboldt county shall receive the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars per annum, which shall be compensation in full for all services rendered. The Sheriff shall pay into the county treasury each month all moneys collected by him as fees. The Deputy Sheriff shall receive the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum as salary, and he shall act as jailer and janitor without further compensation; provided, that when it becomes necessary in criminal cases for the Sheriff to travel a greater distance than twenty miles from the county seat, he shall be allowed his necessary expenses therefor, and no more. He shall present to the Board of County Commissioners a bill of items of such necessary expenses actually paid, certified under oath, and the Board of Commissioners shall audit and allow such claims in the same manner as other county expenses are audited and allowed.

Relating to salary of Sheriff of Humboldt county.

County Recorder.

County Clerk.

County Treasurer.

County Assessor.

District Attorney.

County Commissioners.

Superintendent of Public Schools.

Relating to deputies.

Manner in which salaries shall be paid.

      Sec. 2.  The County Recorder, and as ex officio Auditor, shall receive the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, which shall be compensation in full for all services rendered, and he shall pay into the county treasury each month all moneys collected by him as fees. The County Clerk, and as ex officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, shall receive the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum, which shall be compensation in full for all services rendered, and he shall pay into the county treasury each month all money collected by him as fees. The County Treasurer shall receive the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum. The County Assessor shall receive the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, which shall be compensation in full for all services rendered by him or his deputy. The District Attorney shall receive the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum, and he shall act as ex officio Superintendent of Public Schools, without further compensation.

      Sec. 3.  The County Commissioners shall each receive the sum of three hundred dollars per annum, and such mileage as is now allowed by law; and they shall meet regularly on the first Monday of each month at the court house of said county, for the transaction of all business that may come before them.

      Sec. 4.  The office of the Superintendent of Public Schools is hereby consolidated with office of District Attorney.

      Sec. 5.  No allowance shall be made by the Board of County Commissioners for the compensation of any deputy or deputies, for any of the officers named in this Act except as herein expressly provided.

      Sec. 6.  All salaries herein provided for shall be payable monthly, in twelve equal installments. The County Auditor shall, on the first Monday of each month, draw his warrant on the Salary Fund in favor of each of the officers named herein, for the salary due said officer for the last preceding month, and the County Treasurer shall pay said warrant out of said fund.

      Sec. 7.  All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

$149 12 appropriated for payment of deficiency in Adjutant-General’s office.

Chap. XXXII.–An Act to provide for the payment of deficiency in the Adjutant-General’s office.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of one hundred and forty-nine dollars and twelve cents is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the General Fund in the State Treasury of the State of Nevada, not otherwise specially appropriated, for the purpose of repaying the Adjutant-General for moneys paid out and expended by him during the year 1898, for transportation, storage and care of military supplies belonging to the State of Nevada.

expended by him during the year 1898, for transportation, storage and care of military supplies belonging to the State of Nevada.

      Sec. 2.  The Controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer in favor of the Adjutant-General for said sum of one hundred and forty-nine dollars and twelve cents, and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Controller and Treasurer authorized.

Chap. XXXIII.–An Act to provide for the issuance of bonds by the County of Ormsby and to provide for the payment of the same, in order to provide for the payment of ten thousand dollars of the bonds of said county heretofore issued and now outstanding, which were issued in pursuance and by virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada entitled “An Act to authorize the issuance of certain bonds of Ormsby county and to provide for the payment of the same,” approved March 16, 1891.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The Board of County Commissioners of Ormsby county are hereby authorized and empowered to prepare and issue the bonds of said county in an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars, in the manner and form hereinafter provided.

      Sec. 2.  The Board of County Commissioners of said Ormsby county shall cause such bonds to be prepared in proper form; they shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, and countersigned by the Clerk, who shall attach thereto the county seal. Said bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed five per cent per annum, interest payable annually, on the tenth day of December of each year. They shall have proper interest coupons attached thereto, which shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board. The first coupon upon each of the bonds shall represent the fractional part of one year’s interest from the date of its issue to the tenth day of December next ensuing. Said bonds shall be payable to bearer at the office of the County Treasurer in said county in not less than ten years nor more than twenty years from their date, and each bond shall express upon its face that the County of Ormsby may redeem it at its option on the tenth day of any December after ten years from its date. Both principal and interest of said bonds shall be payable in gold coin of the United States of America.

      Sec. 3.  Whenever the Board of County Commissioners of said Ormsby county shall elect to redeem any bond or bonds issued in pursuance of this Act, after the same have run ten years, they shall so notify the County Treasurer, and the County Treasurer shall so notify the party presenting the interest coupon of such bond or bonds for payment, and such notice shall operate to stop the accruing of further interest on such bond or bonds, and if the coupon on any bond or bonds next falling due after such election to redeem shall not be presented for payment, the interest upon such bond or bonds shall cease without notice; provided, there be funds in the county treasury set apart for the payment of the same, and such money shall remain in the treasury for the redemption of such bond or bonds when presented.

Commissioners of Ormsby county empowered to issue bonds.

Rate of interest said bonds shall bear.

Payable at office County Treasurer.

When Commissioners shall notify County Treasurer.

Denomination of bonds

Bonds to be sold to highest bidder.

Certain fund to be created.

Commissioners authorized to levy tax.

Certain fund created.

County Treasurer authorized to pay all interest coupons when same fall due.

interest coupon of such bond or bonds for payment, and such notice shall operate to stop the accruing of further interest on such bond or bonds, and if the coupon on any bond or bonds next falling due after such election to redeem shall not be presented for payment, the interest upon such bond or bonds shall cease without notice; provided, there be funds in the county treasury set apart for the payment of the same, and such money shall remain in the treasury for the redemption of such bond or bonds when presented.

      Sec. 4.  Said bonds shall be issued in denominations of not less than five hundred dollars, and not more than one thousand dollars, and shall be redeemed in the order of their number.

      Sec. 5.  The bonds herein provided for shall be sold by the Board of County Commissioners of said Ormsby county to the highest bidder, for cash, for the same, but in no case shall said bonds be sold for less than their par value; provided, that the said Board of County Commissioners shall have the right to reject any or all bids. The proceeds of such sale or sales shall be placed in the county treasury of Ormsby county to the credit of “Ormsby County Agricultural Association Bond No. 2 Redemption Fund,” which fund is hereby created for the purposes mentioned in this Act.

      Sec. 6.  For the purpose of creating a fund for the payment of the bonds hereby authorized, the Board of County Commissioners of Ormsby county, Nevada, are hereby authorized and directed, and they shall levy and collect annually, at the time of the annual levy of taxes for State and county purposes, and annually thereafter until all the bonds and coupons issued under the provisions of this Act have been fully paid or provided for, a tax sufficient to pay the accruing interest and to redeem such of said bonds after ten years from their date as the Board of County Commissioners of said Ormsby county may elect to redeem, not exceeding twenty-five cents in any one year upon each one hundred dollars of the taxable property of Ormsby county, and all moneys arising from such tax shall be paid into the county treasury and placed in a fund which is hereby created, to be known as “Ormsby County Agricultural Association Bond No. 2 Redemption Sinking Fund,” to be used for the payment of said bonds and the coupons thereof when the same become due, and shall not be diverted to any other purpose whatever.

      Sec. 7.  The County Treasury of said Ormsby county, Nevada, is hereby authorized and directed to pay all interest coupons as the same shall fall due, upon the presentation and surrender by the holder of the coupon therefor, and to redeem said bonds after ten years from the date of their issue to the amount of two thousand dollars each year until the full amount of said bonds has been fully paid and redeemed.

      Sec. 8.  The bonds provided for in this Act shall be issued and sold for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of ten thousand dollars of the bonds of said county issued under and pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada entitled “An Act to authorize the issuance of certain bonds of Ormsby county and to provide for the payment of the same,” approved March 16, 1891.

      Sec. 9.  The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby solemnly pledged that this Act shall never be repealed or so modified in any way as to impair the security of those who shall hold or purchase the bonds herein provided for.

Relating to issuance and sale of said bonds.

Faith of the State of Nevada pledged.

Chap. XXXIV.–An Act to provide for the issuance of bonds by the County of Ormsby and to provide for the payment of the same in order to provide for the payment of ten thousand dollars of the bonds of said county heretofore issued and now outstanding, which were issued in pursuance and by virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada entitled “An Act to authorize the issuance of certain bonds by Ormsby county and to provide for the payment of the same,” approved March 9, 1889.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The Board of County Commissioners of Ormsby county are hereby authorized and empowered to prepare and issue the bonds of said county in an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars, in the manner and form hereinafter provided.

      Sec. 2.  The Board of County Commissioners of said Ormsby county shall cause such bonds to be prepared in proper form; they shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board and countersigned by the Clerk, who shall attach thereto the county seal. Said bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed five per cent per annum, interest payable annually, on the tenth day of December of each year. They shall have proper interest coupons attached thereto, which shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board. The first coupon upon each of the bonds shall represent the fractional part of one year’s interest from the date of its issue to the tenth day of December next ensuing. Said bonds shall be payable to bearer at the office of the County Treasurer, in said county, in not less than ten years nor more than twenty years from their date, and each bond shall express upon its face that the County of Ormsby may redeem it at its option on the tenth day of any December after ten years from its date. Both principal and interest of said bonds shall be payable in gold coin of the United State of America.

Commissioners of Ormsby county empowered to issue bonds.

Rate of interest said bonds shall bear.

Payable at office County Treasurer.

When Commissioners shall notify County Treasurer.

Denomination of bonds

Bonds to be sold to highest bidder.

Certain fund created.

Commissioners authorized to levy a tax.

Certain fund created.

Treasurer authorized to pay interest when due.

      Sec. 3.  Whenever the Board of County Commissioners of said Ormsby county shall elect to redeem any bond or bonds issued in pursuance of this Act, after the same have run ten years, they shall so notify the County Treasurer, and the County Treasurer shall so notify the party presenting the interest coupon of such bond or bonds for payment, and such notice shall operate to stop the accruing of further interest on such bond or bonds, and if the coupon on any bond or bonds next falling due after such election to redeem, shall not be presented for payment, the interest upon such bond or bonds shall cease without notice; provided, there be funds in the county treasury set apart for the payment of the same, and such money shall remain in the treasury for the redemption of such bond or bonds when presented.

      Sec. 4.  Said bonds shall be issued in denominations of not less than five hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars, and shall be redeemed in the order of their number.

      Sec. 5.  The bonds herein provided for shall be sold by the Board of County Commissioners of said Ormsby county to the highest bidder, for cash, for the same, but in no case shall said bonds be sold for less than par value; provided, that the said Board of County Commissioners shall have the right to reject any or all bids. The proceeds of such sale or sales shall be placed in the county treasury of Ormsby county to the credit of “Ormsby County Agricultural Association Bond No. 1 Redemption Fund,” which fund is hereby created for the purposes mentioned in this Act.

      Sec. 6.  For the purpose of creating a fund for the payment of the bonds hereby authorized, the Board of County Commissioners of Ormsby county, Nevada, are hereby authorized and directed, and they shall levy and collect annually, at the time of the annual levy of taxes for State and county purposes, and annually thereafter until all the bonds and coupons issued under the provisions of this Act, have been fully paid or provided for, a tax sufficient to pay the accruing interest, and to redeem such of said bonds after ten years from their date as the Board of County Commissioners of said Ormsby county may elect to redeem, not exceeding twenty-five cents, in any one year, upon each one hundred dollars of the taxable property of Ormsby county, and all moneys arising from such tax shall be paid into the county treasury and placed in a fund which is hereby created, to be known as “Ormsby County Agricultural Association Bond No. 1 Redemption Sinking Fund,” to be used for the payment of said bonds and the coupons thereof when the same become due, and shall not be diverted to any other purpose whatever.

      Sec. 7.  The County Treasurer of said Ormsby county, Nevada, is hereby authorized and directed to pay all interest coupons as the same shall fall due, upon the presentation and surrender by the holder of the coupon therefor, and to redeem said bonds after ten years from the date of their issue to the amount of two thousand dollars each year until the full amount of said bonds has been fully paid and redeemed.

surrender by the holder of the coupon therefor, and to redeem said bonds after ten years from the date of their issue to the amount of two thousand dollars each year until the full amount of said bonds has been fully paid and redeemed.

      Sec. 8.  The bonds provided for in this Act shall be issued and sold for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of ten thousand dollars of the bonds of said county, issued under the pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, entitled “An Act to authorize the issuance of certain bonds by Ormsby county and to provide for the payment of the same,” approved March 9, 1889.

      Sec. 9.  The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby solemnly pledged that this Act shall never be repealed or so modified in any way as to impair the security of those who shall hold or purchase the bonds herein provided for.

Relating to issuance and sale of said bonds.

Faith of the State of Nevada pledged.

Chap. XXXV.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to marriage and divorce,” approved November 28, 1861.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section four of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section four.  It shall be lawful for any ordained minister of any religious society or congregation within this State who has or hereafter may obtain a license for that purpose, as hereinafter provided, or for any Judge of a District Court in his district, or Justice of the Peace in his county, to join together as husband and wife all persons not prohibited by this Act; provided, that the persons herein authorized to perform said marriage ceremony shall first receive the license previously issued, as hereinafter provided, to the persons wishing to be married. Any minister of the gospel, upon producing to the District Court of any county, or district within this State, credentials of his being a regularly ordained minister of any religious society or congregation, shall be entitled to receive from said Court a license authorizing him to solemnize marriages within this State so long as he shall continue a regular minister in such society or congregation. It shall be the duty of any minister licensed to solemnize marriages as aforesaid to produce to the County Clerk in every county in which he shall solemnize any marriage, his license so obtained, and the said Clerk shall thereupon enter the name of such minister upon record as a minister of the gospel duly authorized to solemnize marriages within this State, and shall note the Court from which such license issued, for which service no charge shall be made by such Clerk. The record so made, or the certificate thereof by the said Clerk under the seal of his office, shall be good evidence that said minister was duly authorized to solemnize marriages.

Relating to marriage.

Regularly ordained minister authorized to solemnize marriages.

A marriage license shall be obtained.

County Clerk to grant marriage license.

Fee of County Clerk.

Fee of County Recorder.

Record to be made.

Form of certificate.

the said Clerk under the seal of his office, shall be good evidence that said minister was duly authorized to solemnize marriages.

      Sec. 2.  Section five of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section five.  Previous to persons being joined in marriage, a license shall be obtained for that purpose from the County Clerk of the county where the persons, or one of them, intending to be married, reside (or in case the persons intending to be married do not reside in this State, then from any County Clerk in the State). The County Clerk may inquire of the party applying for marriage license upon oath or affirmation relative to the legality of such contemplated marriage; and if the Clerk shall be satisfied that there is no legal impediment thereto, then he shall grant such marriage license, and if any of the persons intending to marry shall be under age, and shall not have been previously married, the consent of the parent or guardian shall be personally given before the Clerk, or certified under the hand of such parent or guardian, attested by two witnesses, one of whom shall appear before said Clerk and make oath that he saw the parent or guardian, whose name is annexed to such certificate subscribed, or heard him or her acknowledge the same, whereupon the Clerk is authorized to issue and sign such license, affixing thereto the seal of the county. The Clerk shall be entitled to receive as his fee for issuing the license the sum of one dollar, and if any Clerk shall in any other manner issue or sign any marriage license, he shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars to and for the use of the party aggrieved. The Clerk shall also at the time of issuing such license collect the sum of one dollars and pay the same over to the County Recorder as his fee for recording the certificate named in section eight.

      Sec. 3.  Section eight of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section eight.  Every person solemnizing a marriage shall make a record thereof, and within thirty days after such marriage shall make and deliver to the Recorder of Deeds of the county where such license was issued a certificate, under his hand, containing the particulars mentioned in the preceding section. The certificate may be in the following form:

State of Nevada, County of..................................., ss.

      This is to certify that the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace of said county (minister of the gospel, or Judge, etc., as the case may be), did on the ....... day of ..................., A. D. 18......, join in lawful wedlock A. B. and C. D., with their mutual consent, in presence of E. F. and G. H., witnesses.

                                                                                                    J. P., Justice of the Peace.

      Sec. 4.  Section nine of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section nine.  All such certificates shall be filed and recorded by the said Recorder in a book to be kept by him for that purpose; and he shall receive a fee of one dollar from the County Clerk who shall be entitled to collect the same from the parties applying for such license before he issues the license.

Certificate to be filed and recorded by County Recorder.

Chap. XXXVI.–An Act to authorize the Trustees of School District No. 11, in the Town of Wadsworth, Washoe county, Nevada, to issue bonds for school purposes.

[Approved March 7, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The Board of Trustees of School District No. 11, in the Town of Wadsworth, Washoe county, Nevada, are hereby authorized to issue bonds for a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars in United States gold coin, none of which bonds shall run for a period longer than sixteen years from the date thereof.

      Sec. 2.  Said bonds shall be issued for sums not less than one hundred dollars each in gold coin, and shall be sold at not less than their par value, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum, payable annually; they shall be payable to bearer, and coupons for each installment of interest shall be attached to each bond.

      Sec. 3.  The said Board of Trustees are hereby authorized to purchase the present school house site in said Town of Wadsworth, and build thereon a school building, with necessary and proper outhouses and appurtenances, the aggregate cost of said land, building and other improvements not to exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and the said Board of Trustees shall immediately proceed to issue the bonds herein provided for; and when the same are disposed of, shall proceed with due diligence to purchase the said land, erect said building and make said improvements in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

      Sec. 4.  The bonds and coupons herein provided for shall be signed by the Chairman and Clerk of said Board of Trustees, and countersigned by the County Treasurer of said Washoe county.

      Sec. 5.  All moneys received from the sale of said bonds shall be paid into the county treasury, and the County Treasurer is hereby required to receive, and safely keep the same in a fund to be known as the School District No. 11 Building Fund, and to pay out the money, only on warrants signed by the Chairman and Clerk of said Board of Trustees, and duly allowed by the Board of County Commissioners of said Washoe county. The County Treasurer shall be liable, on his official bond, for the safe keeping of said moneys which shall come into his hands, and for the faithful discharge of his duties in relation thereto.

School Trustees of Wadsworth authorized to issue bonds.

Denomination of said bonds.

Board of Trustees authorized to purchase school house site and build school house.

Bonds and coupons to be signed.

All moneys from sale of said bonds to be placed in a fund.

Commissioners of Washoe county required to levy tax.

Manner in which the taxes shall be collected.

Duties of County Commissioners relative to levying a special tax.

Excess to be transferred to School Fund of said district.

shall come into his hands, and for the faithful discharge of his duties in relation thereto.

      Sec. 6.  For the purposes of providing for the payment of the interest upon said bonds, the Board of County Commissioners of said Washoe county are hereby authorized and required, at the time of the annual levy of taxes for State and county purposes, for the year nineteen hundred, and annually thereafter, to levy upon the property of said school district such a tax as in their judgment will produce the amount of money necessary to pay the interest upon said bonds, as herein provided. The taxes so levied shall be assessed and collected in the manner of the assessment and collection of other taxes; shall be paid into the county treasury and kept by the Treasurer in a fund to be known as the School District No. 11 Interest Fund, and the money in said fund shall be disbursed by said Treasurer in payment of the interest upon said bonds as the same becomes due, upon presentation and surrender by the holder of the coupon therefor.

      Sec. 7.  To provide for the payment of the bonds herein authorized to be issued, the said Board of County Commissioners shall, in the year nineteen hundred, and annually thereafter, at the time of levying taxes for State and county purposes, and in the same manner, levy a special and additional tax upon all the property situated within said School District No. 11, sufficient in their judgment to raise the sum of one thousand dollars each year, which shall be assessed and collected the same as other taxes, paid to the County Treasurer, and by him assigned to the General Fund of said county. At the maturity of said bonds they shall be paid by the County Treasurer out of the General Fund of the county, upon the presentation and surrender of said bonds. If the tax, so as aforesaid levied, for the redemption of said bonds, shall exceed the sum of one thousand dollars a year, whenever the aggregate amount of money so collected shall equal the full sum necessary to redeem said bonds the tax hereby authorized for such purpose shall cease, and should there be any excess over and above said sum of fifteen thousand dollars, the amount of such excess shall be transferred to the School Fund of said district. Should the amount of said tax, realized up to and including the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, be less than the amount necessary for the redemption of said bond, they shall, nevertheless, be redeemed and paid out of said General Fund, as herein provided, and a special tax shall be levied by the County Commissioners, upon the property within said school district for the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, sufficient to cover said deficiency, which tax shall be levied, assessed and collected in the usual manner, and paid into the General Fund of said county.

Chap. XXXVII.–An Act to define the duties of the Lieutenant-Governor when acting as an ex officio officer and fixing his salary therefor.

[Approved March 7, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The Lieutenant-Governor shall be ex officio Adjutant-General of the State, and for the services he shall render as such, and while acting as Governor during the sickness or absence of the Governor from the State, and while acting as President of the Senate during the session of the Legislature, he shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars, to be paid at the same time and in the same manner as other State officers are paid.

      Sec. 2.  All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

      Sec. 3.  This Act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

Lieutenant-Governor to be ex officio Adjutant-General with salary of $1,800.

Chap. XXXVIII.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation and water storage districts, and to provide for the acquisition of water and other property, and for the distribution of water thereby for irrigation purposes,” approved March 23, 1891.

[Approved March 7, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section two is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section two.  A petition shall first be presented to the Board of County Commissioners of the county in which the lands, or the greater portion thereof, are situated, signed by the required number of freeholders of such proposed district, which petition shall set forth and particularly describe the proposed boundaries of such district, and shall pray that the same may be organized under the provisions of this Act. The petitioners must accompany the petition with a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the said Board of County Commissioners, in double the amount of the probable cost of organizing such district, conditioned that the bondsmen will pay all said costs in case said organization shall not be effected. Such petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of said Board, and shall be published for at least two weeks before the time at which the same is to be presented, in some newspaper printed and published in the county where said petition is presented, in case a newspaper is published in said county, which shall be designated by said Board as the paper most likely to impart notice of the hearing of said petition, and, in case no newspaper is published in said county, then by posting notices of such application in at least three public places within said proposed district, of the date of the hearing of said petition, which said notice shall state the time of the meeting of said Board, when said petition will be heard and describe the territory to be embraced in such proposed district.

Providing for irrigation and water storage districts.

Petition when presented to be heard by County Commissioners.

Commissioners to make an order dividing said district into three divisions.

Notice of election to be held in such proposed district.

Notice shall require.

Qualified electors only entitled to vote.

Board as the paper most likely to impart notice of the hearing of said petition, and, in case no newspaper is published in said county, then by posting notices of such application in at least three public places within said proposed district, of the date of the hearing of said petition, which said notice shall state the time of the meeting of said Board, when said petition will be heard and describe the territory to be embraced in such proposed district. When such petition is presented, the said Board of County Commissioners shall hear the same, and may adjourn such hearing from time to time, not exceeding four weeks in all; and on the final hearing may make such changes in the proposed boundaries as they find to be proper, and shall establish and define such boundaries; provided, that said Board shall not modify said boundaries so as to except from the operation of this Act any territory within the boundaries of the district proposed by said petitioners which is susceptible of irrigation by the same system of works applicable to the other lands in such proposed district, nor shall any lands which will not, in the judgment of said Board, be benefited by irrigation by said system be included within such district; provided, that any person whose lands are susceptible of irrigation from the same source shall, upon application of the owner to said Board, be entitled to have such lands included in said district. Said Board shall also make an order dividing said district into three divisions as nearly equal in size as may be practicable, which shall be numbered first, second and third, and one Director shall be elected from each district. Said Board of County Commissioners shall then give notice of an election to be held in such proposed district, for the purpose of determining whether or not the same shall be organized under the provisions of this Act. Such notice shall describe the boundaries so established and shall designate the name of such proposed district, and said notice shall be published or posted, as hereinbefore prescribed, at least three weeks prior to such election, and if any portion of such proposed district lie within another county or counties, then said notice shall be published or posted within each of said counties in the manner hereinbefore prescribed. Such notice shall require the electors to cast ballots which shall contain the words: “Irrigation District-Yes,” or “Irrigation District-No,” or words equivalent thereto, and also the names of persons to be voted for to be members of the Board of Directors. No person shall be entitled to vote at any election to be held under the provisions of this Act unless he shall possess all the qualifications required of electors under the general election laws of this State, and whose name shall have been enrolled upon the registration books within said district at the last general election preceding such election, or whose name shall have been registered upon the books of registration within said district for the general election then next ensuing.

      Sec. 2.  Section four of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section four.  An election shall be held in such district on the first Tuesday in April next succeeding its formation, and on the first Tuesday in April in each second year thereafter, at which three members of the Board of Directors for the district shall be elected. The three persons receiving the highest number of votes at such election shall be declared elected. Within ten days after receiving their certificates of election, hereinafter provided for, said officers shall take and subscribe the official oath and file the same in the office of the Board of Directors, and a copy thereof with the County Recorder of the county wherein the district is situated. Each member of the Board of Directors shall execute an official bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, which said bond shall be approved by the Judge of the District Court for the county wherein said organization was effected, and shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder of said county. Said bond shall be in the form prescribed by law for the official bonds of county officers. The County Treasurer of the county wherein said organization is effected shall be ex officio Treasurer of the district, and the County Assessor of said county shall be the ex officio Assessor of the district. The ex officio officers herein mentioned shall, in addition to their duties as county officers, perform all the duties which may devolve upon them as ex officio officers of the water districts which may be organized in their respective counties; provided, that where a district shall be so situate as to comprise portions of two or more counties, the Assessors of said counties shall make their district assessments as ex officio Assessors of the portions of the said district so situated, and shall turn their district assessment rolls over to the Treasurer of one of these said counties, who shall be designated and selected by a majority of the Board of Directors to act as ex officio Treasurer of said district.

      Sec. 3.  Section ten is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section ten.  The Secretary of the Board of Directors must, as soon as the result is declared, enter in the record of said Board a statement of such result, which statement must show: First, the whole number of votes cast in the district and in each division of the district; second, the names of the persons voted for; third, the office to fill which each person was voted for; fourth, the number of votes given in each precinct to each of such persons; fifth, the number of votes given in each division for the office of Director. The Board of Directors must declare elected the persons having the highest number of votes given for each office. The Secretary must immediately make out and deliver to such person a certificate of election, signed by him and authenticated with the seal of the Board. In case of a vacancy in the office of Assessor, Collector or Treasurer, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Board of Directors.

When elections shall be held.

Three members Board of Directors to be elected.

Each member of Board to qualify and execute bond in the sum of $25,000.

County Treasurer to be ex officio Treasurer of the district.

Assessor to be ex officio Assessor of said district.

Statement of result to show.

How vacancies shall be filled.

Board of Directors to hold monthly meetings.

Meetings to be public.

Right of Board, agents and employes.

Assessor, Collector or Treasurer, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Board of Directors. In case of a vacancy in the office of Director, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment in the Board of County Commissioners of the county where the office of said Board of Directors is situated, from the division in which the vacancy occurred. An officer appointed as above provided shall hold his office until the next regular election for said district, and until his successor is elected and qualified.

      Sec. 4.  Section twelve is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section twelve.  The Board of Directors shall hold a regular monthly meeting in their office on the first Tuesday in every month, and such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business; provided, that all special meetings must be ordered by a majority of the Board. The order must be entered of record, and five days’ notice thereof, by the Secretary, must be given to each member not joining in the order. The order must specify the business to be transacted, and none other than that specified shall be transacted at such special meeting. All meetings of the Board must be public, and two members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but on all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of at least two members of said Board. All records of the Board shall be open to the inspection of any elector during business hours. The Board, and its agents and employees, shall have the right to enter upon any land in the district to make surveys, and may locate the line for any canal or canals, and the necessary branches for the same, on any of said lands which may be deemed best for such location. Said Board shall have the right to acquire, either by purchase, condemnation or appropriation, all lands and waters and other property necessary for the construction, use, supply, maintenance, repair and improvement of said canal or canals and works constructed and being constructed by private owners, lands for reservoirs for the storage of needful waters and all necessary appurtenances; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall authorize any interference with or condemnation of any canal or water right, the right to which has vested prior to the organization of any district under the provisions of this Act. In case of purchase the bonds of the district hereinafter provided for may be used at their par value in payment, and in case of condemnation the Board shall proceed, in the name of the district, under the provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada entitled “An Act to allow any person or persons to divert the water of any river or stream and run the same through any ditch or flume, and to provide for the right of way through the lands of others,” approved March 3, 1866, and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. Said Board may also construct the necessary dams, reservoirs and works for the collection of water for said district, and do any and every lawful act necessary to be done that sufficient water may be furnished to each land owner in said district for irrigation or other beneficial purposes.

necessary dams, reservoirs and works for the collection of water for said district, and do any and every lawful act necessary to be done that sufficient water may be furnished to each land owner in said district for irrigation or other beneficial purposes. The use of all water required for the irrigation of the lands of any district formed under the provisions of this Act, together with the rights of way for canals and ditches, sites for reservoirs and all other property required in fully carrying out the provisions of this Act is hereby declared to be a public use, subject to the regulation and control of the State in the manner prescribed by law.

      Sec. 5.  Section fifteen is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section fifteen.  For the purpose of constructing necessary irrigation canals, reservoirs and works, and acquiring the necessary property and rights therefor, and otherwise carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Board of Directors of any such district must, as soon as such district has been organized, as may be practicable, estimate and determine the amount of money necessary to be raised, and shall immediately thereupon call a special election, at which shall be submitted to the electors of such district possessing the qualifications prescribed by this Act, the question whether or not the bonds of said district shall be issued in the amount so determined. Notice of such election must be given by posting notices in three public places in each election precinct in said district for at least twenty days, and also by publication of such notice in some newspaper published in the county, if any newspaper be published therein, where the office of the Board of Directors of such district is kept, once a week for at least three successive weeks. Such notices must specify the time of holding the election, the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, and said election must be held and the result thereof determined and declared, in all respects, as nearly as practicable in conformity with the provisions of this Act, governing the election of officers; provided, that no informalities in conducting such an election shall invalidate the same if the election shall have been otherwise fairly conducted. At such election the ballots shall contain the words “Bonds-Yes,” or “Bonds-No,” or words equivalent thereto. If a two-thirds majority votes “Bonds-Yes,” the Board of Directors shall immediately cause bonds in said amount to be issued. Said bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States, in installments as follows, to wit: At the expiration of eleven years, not less than five per cent of said bonds; at the expiration of twelve years, not less than six per cent; at the expiration of thirteen years, not less than seven per cent; at the expiration of fourteen years, not less than eight per cent; at the expiration of fifteen years, not less than nine per cent; at the expiration of sixteen years, not less than ten per cent; at the expiration of seventeen years, not less than eleven per cent; at the expiration of eighteen years, not less than thirteen per cent; at the expiration of nineteen years, not less than fifteen per cent, and for the twentieth year a percentage sufficient to pay off said bonds.

Board may construct dams, reservoirs and works.

All property to be a public use.

The Board to call special election and determine the amount of money necessary to construct reservoirs, canals, etc.

Relating to the election in said district.

A two-thirds majority voting in favor of issuing bonds the Board of Directors to act in accordance.

Relating to said bonds.

Bonds payable at office of Treasurer of the district.

Denomination of said bonds.

Bonds to be negotiable.

years, not less than eleven per cent; at the expiration of eighteen years, not less than thirteen per cent; at the expiration of nineteen years, not less than fifteen per cent, and for the twentieth year a percentage sufficient to pay off said bonds. The bonds shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually on the first day of January and July of each year. The principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the Treasurer of the district. Said bonds shall be each of the denomination of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and shall be negotiable in form, signed by the President and Secretary, and the seal of the Board of Directors shall be affixed thereto. They shall be numbered consecutively as issued, and bear date at the time of their issuance. Coupons for the interest shall be attached to each bond, signed by the Secretary. Said bonds shall express on their face that they were issued by authority of this Act, stating its title and date of approval. The Secretary shall keep a record of the bonds sold, their number, the date of sale, the price received, and the name of the purchaser.

      Sec. 6.  This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Relating to issuance of bonds on the property of the Town of Wadsworth.

Denomination of bonds

Chap. XXXIX.–An Act to issue bonds on the property of the Town of Wadsworth, in Washoe county, for protection against fire, and to pay the present outstanding bonds and interest of said town.

[Approved March 8, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  For the purpose of paying the present outstanding bonds and interest now due under the Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, entitled “An Act to authorize the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe county to issue bonds on the property of the Town of Wadsworth, in said county, for protection against fire, and matters relating thereto,” approved February 18, 1893, and to increase and extend the efficiency of the present facilities for protecting the property of the people of said town, the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe county, Nevada, is hereby authorized to issue bonds for a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, payable in lawful money of the United States.

      Sec. 2.  Said bonds shall be of the denomination of five hundred dollars each. They shall be numbered consecutively and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent per annum, payable annually, to wit: on the fifteenth day of December of each year. The bonds shall purport on their face that the holder thereof has due him from the County of Washoe a sum of money, to be expressed therein.

Washoe a sum of money, to be expressed therein. Coupons for interest shall be attached to each bond.

      Sec. 3.  The bonds and coupons provided for herein shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, countersigned by the County Clerk and authenticated by the official seal of said Board of County Commissioners.

      Sec. 4.  Said bonds shall be sold at not less than their par value, and all moneys received from the sale thereof shall be paid into the county treasury of Washoe county, and the County Treasurer is hereby required to receive and safely keep the same in a fund to be known as the “Wadsworth Fire Department Fund,” which shall be applied to the payment of all demands accruing for fire purposes in the Town of Wadsworth, and shall be presented, allowed and paid in the same manner as other claims against the county. The County Treasurer shall be liable on his official bond, for the safe keeping of all moneys accruing to said fund under and by virtue of this Act.

      Sec. 5.  The principal of all bonds issued under and by virtue of this Act shall be due and payable as follows, to wit: Bonds numbered one and two on the tenth day of February, A. D. 1900, numbers three and four on the tenth day of February, A. D. 1901, numbers five and six on the tenth day of February, A. D. 1902.

      Sec. 6.  For the purpose of providing payment for the principal and interest of said bonds, the Board of County Commissioners of said county shall in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and annually thereafter until all said bonds and interest are fully paid, at the time of levying taxes for State and county purposes, levy a special additional tax of not exceeding twenty-five cents on each one hundred dollars of the taxable property situated within the boundaries of said Town of Wadsworth, which shall be assessed and collected the same as other taxes are assessed, collected and paid into the county treasury, and the money so raised shall be placed in a fund to be known as the “Wadsworth Fire Department Fund” and applied to the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds, and incidental expenses of the Wadsworth Fire Department.

      Sec. 7.  The County Treasurer aforesaid is hereby authorized, from the moneys first coming into said Redemption Fund from the sale of the bonds provided for in this Act or otherwise, to pay and redeem all present outstanding bonds of said Town of Wadsworth, together with interest thereon, after said bonds become due, at the rate specified in said bond.

      Sec. 8.  The County Commissioners of Washoe county are authorized and directed to aid in maintaining the said Fire Department of Wadsworth in all matters legally pertaining to its office, and have at times due regard to the Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, entitled “An Act providing for the government of the towns and cities of the State,” approved February 26, 1881.

Bonds and coupons to be signed and countersigned.

All moneys from sale of said bonds to be keptin the Wadsworth Fire Department Fund.

When said bonds shall be payable.

County Commissioners to levy a special tax.

County Treasurer authorized.

County Commissioners of Washoe county authorized and directed.

ing for the government of the towns and cities of the State,” approved February 26, 1881.

      Sec. 9.  All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Relating to relief of J. S. Craig and F. L. Littell.

Treasurer of Lyon county to deliver deed.

Chap. XL.–An Act for the relief of J. S. Craig and F. L. Littell.

[Approved March 8, 1899.]

      Whereas, That certain piece of realty situated in the Town of Yerington, Lyon county, Nevada, known as the Armory Hall lot, or lots Nos. 2 and 7, in Block No. 6, of Garrard’s survey, was assessed to J. S. Craig and to F. L. Littell, citizens of said county, in the year 1893, at the value of $1,500, and on third Monday of January, 1894, was sold to Lyon county by the Treasurer for delinquent taxes and not being redeemed, as provided by law, by the aforesaid J. S. Craig and F. L. Littell, was, on the 15th day of July, 1894, deeded to the Treasurer of said county in trust for said county; and

      Whereas, On account of a failure on the part of the County Recorder of Lyon county to furnish an abstract of the title of said property when requested to do so, and a neglect of duty on the part of the County Commissioners of Lyon county, and in defiance of the law as usually and theretofore interpreted by them, the aforesaid J. S. Craig and F. L. Littell were refused permission to redeem the said land by the payment of all delinquent taxes and costs and penalties; and

      Whereas, A building had been erected upon said land at a cost of over $5,000 during the five months preceding, showing an evident purpose and intent to redeem the title to said land, and for other good and sufficient reasons; therefore

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The Treasurer of Lyon county is hereby authorized and instructed upon the payment of all delinquent taxes, penalties and costs of every nature and kind accruing upon the aforesaid property to make out and deliver to said J. S. Craig and F. L. Littell, their heirs or assigns, a good and sufficient deed to the aforementioned Armory Hall lot.

Supreme Judges to appoint Bailiff.

Chap. XLI.–An Act to regulate the appointment and compensation of Bailiff of the Supreme Court.

[Approved March 6, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The Judges of the Supreme Court shall appoint the Bailiff for said Court.

      Sec. 2.  For the years 1899 and 1900 the full compensation for said Bailiff shall be three hundred dollars.

      Sec. 3.  Commencing with the year 1901 and every year thereafter the full compensation of said Bailiff shall be one hundred and fifty dollars per annum.

      Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force from and after its passage.

      Sec. 5.  All Acts or parts of Acts conflicting with this Act are hereby repealed.

Compensation.

Compensation beginning with 1901.

Chap. XLII.–An Act empowering the Boards of County Commissioners in certain counties of this State to classify, regulate and fix the price of licenses for county purposes.

[Approved March 9, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The Board of County Commissioners in any county in this State which at the last preceding general election polled not less than two hundred votes nor more than two hundred and fifty votes for any State officer shall have the power, and they are hereby authorized to classify, regulate, and fix the price of licenses for any business calling, vocation, or industry now licensed by law where the licenses are paid into the county treasury and devoted solely to county purposes; provided, no license shall be issued for a greater sum than now provided by law; and provided further, that no license shall be refused any applicant for the proper class of license applied for.

      Sec. 2.  All moneys derived from licenses under the provisions of this Act shall be apportioned as now required by law.

County Commissioners in certain counties authorized to fix the price of licenses

Chap. XLIII.–An Act to provide for the advertising of certain unapproved lands, fixing the charge therefor, and providing for the expense of affidavits.

[Approved March 9, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  All applicants for the purchase of land not approved to the State at the time of making application, shall deposit with the State Land Register, in addition to the amount of fees required for selecting the same in the United States local land office, the amount of fees required for advertising such selection if the land so selected, or any part thereof, be situated within a township containing any mineral entry, claim or location, said advertising fees or charges, when a daily newspaper is designated, not to exceed seven dollars for each ten lines of space for sixty-one consecutive days publication, and where a weekly newspaper is designated as the medium of publication, five dollars for the same space of ten lines, for ten consecutive publications.

Relating to advertising of certain unapproved lands.

Applicant to bear actual expense.

seven dollars for each ten lines of space for sixty-one consecutive days publication, and where a weekly newspaper is designated as the medium of publication, five dollars for the same space of ten lines, for ten consecutive publications. The applicant in every instance shall also bear the actual expense of all non-mineral affidavits required by law, or by the regulations of the United States General Land Office.

Regulating allowance and payment of certain claims against counties.

Appraisers to be nominated.

Said appraisers to fix the true value.

Per diem of appraisers.

Chap. XLIV.–An Act to regulate the allowance and the payment of certain claims against counties.

[Approved March 9, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  At any time within sixty days after the approval of this Act, any person, firm or corporation, which has furnished and delivered to any county of the State of Nevada, personal property which is retained by any such county under claim of ownership and for which such county has paid no compensation, or has received in return and retains all payments which have been made on account of such property by such county, is authorized to nominate in written communications delivered to the County Clerk, the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, and to the County Auditor of such county, one appraiser, to fix the true value of such property, and upon receiving such communication, the Board of County Commissioners, at its first regular meeting thereafter, shall nominate one such appraiser, and the County Auditor, within five days after receiving such communication, shall nominate one such appraiser. Thereupon the County Clerk of such county shall at once notify each of said appraisers who, or a majority thereof, shall, within ten days thereafter, meet at the office of the County Clerk of such county and hear all evidence submitted to them and then shall proceed to fix the true value of such property and file their written finding of such value, or that of a majority of such appraisers, with such County Clerk. All evidence heard by such appraisers shall be documentary or that of witnesses testifying under oath first administered by the County Clerk of such county. Upon the filing of such written finding of value the person, firm or corporation furnishing and delivering such personal property, is authorized to file a claim against such county for the amount fixed by such appraisers, or a majority thereof, and the Board of County Commissioners thereupon shall allow, the County Auditor shall audit and allow, and the County Treasurer shall pay the same.

      Sec. 2.  The appraisers herein authorized shall each receive ten dollars for his services as such appraiser, and the claim ant and the county shall each pay one-half thereof.

ant and the county shall each pay one-half thereof. The claimant shall deposit his half of such compensation with the County Treasurer for payment to the appraisers before receiving payment for his claim against the county.

Chap. XLV.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the destruction of noxious animals, and to repeal an Act relating thereto,” approved February 3, 1887.

[Approved March 9, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section one.  If any person shall take and kill within this State any of the following noxious animals, he shall be entitled to receive out of the treasury of the county within which such noxious animals shall have been taken, the following bounties, to wit: For every coyote or prairie wolf, fifty cents; for every lynx or wildcat, one dollar; for every California lion, one dollar; all of which bounties shall be subject to the provisions of this Act; provided, that no person shall be entitled to apply for or receive bounty money for any number of scalps less than ten at any one time.

      Sec. 2.  Section four is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section four.  If it shall appear to the Justice that the noxious animals have been taken and killed within the county, he shall cut off the ears from the scalps and give to the person so sworn a certificate stating the number and kind of scalps deposited with said Justice. The Justice shall within thirty days thereafter send to the Sheriff of his county all scalps deposited with him, together with a statement naming the person depositing the same, the time deposited, and the kind of scalps. Upon receipt of said scalps and statement, the Sheriff, County Clerk and District Attorney, as a part of their official duties, shall compare the number and kind of scalps received by the said Sheriff with said statement, and immediately thereafter said officials shall destroy said scalps and file the said statement with the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners. The said Justice shall receive for each oath administered twenty-five cents, and for each certificate twenty-five cents, to be paid by the party applying for said bounty, and in no case to be a charge against the county.

Relating to destruction of noxious animals and prices to be paid for scalps.

Duty of the Justice.

To give a certificate.

Shall deposit with the Sheriff all scalps.

Fees of Justice.

Relating to Paris Exposition.

Commission created, to be known as the Paris Exposition Commission.

To serve without pay.

Chap. XLVI.–An Act to provide for the collection, arrangement and display of the products of the State of Nevada at the Paris Exposition in the year 1900.

[Approved March 9, 1899.]

      Whereas, There is to be held in the City of Paris, France, an International Industrial Exposition, whereat exhibitions of art, industries, manufactures, and the product of the soil and mines, will be displayed; and

      Whereas, It is of great importance that the natural resources, industrial developments and general progress of the State of Nevada should be fully and creditably displayed to the world at said exposition: therefore

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  That the State of Nevada, together with its citizens shall be exhibitors at the Paris Exposition to be held in the City of Paris in the year 1900.

      Sec. 2.  That there is hereby created a Commission to be known as the Paris Exposition Commission for Nevada, to consist of three. They shall be appointed by the Governor and be selected entirely with regard to their familiarity with the resources and products of this State, their business experience and executive skill, and they shall be residents of the State of Nevada, and serve the State without pay. They shall hold office from the date of their appointment until the 31st day of December, 1901, unless sooner removed for cause by the Governor and in case of such removal, or death, or inability, or refusal to act, their successor shall be appointed by the Governor.

Salary of County Clerk and ex officio Treasurer of Elko County.

Chap. XLVII.–An Act to amend section three of an Act entitled “An Act fixing the salaries and compensations of the officers of Elko county and consolidating certain offices in said county, and to repeal all Acts in relation thereto,” approved February 27, 1893.

[Approved March 9, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section three of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section three.  The County Clerk and ex officio Treasurer and ex officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners shall receive the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, which shall be compensation in full for all services rendered by him, and he shall pay into the county treasury, each month, all moneys collected by him as fees; provided, that in their discretion the County Commissioners of said county may authorize the said County Clerk to appoint one deputy, during tax collecting and such other times as said Commissioners may deem it necessary, who shall receive not to exceed four dollars for each day’s service actually performed, and that said Commissioners shall not allow pay for said services of deputy in excess of six hundred dollars for any one year.

their discretion the County Commissioners of said county may authorize the said County Clerk to appoint one deputy, during tax collecting and such other times as said Commissioners may deem it necessary, who shall receive not to exceed four dollars for each day’s service actually performed, and that said Commissioners shall not allow pay for said services of deputy in excess of six hundred dollars for any one year.

      Sec. 2.  This Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Salary of deputy.

Chap. XLVIII.–An Act giving authority to the Boards of County Commissioners of the several counties of this State to extend the closed season for fishing in streams and waters of a certain class, and providing for the enforcement of the same.

[Approved March 9, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The Boards of County Commissioners of the several counties of this State, each within its own county, are hereby authorized to extend the closed season for fishing in streams and waters within their counties which now are, or hereafter shall have been, stocked with food fishes by others than the State or its Fish Commissioner, or authorized agent, to such periods as may in their opinion be required for the protection of the fish in said streams and waters, to the end that the supply of fish for food may be permanently increased.

      Sec. 2.  This Act shall be made effective by an order of the Board of County Commissioners published in a newspaper within the county, which order shall name the stream or streams and waters within the county in which the catching of fish is to be restricted, and shall state the period over which the closed season is to extend; provided, that no such order shall be effective without such publication for the period of at least one month before the date upon which the order is to take effect; and further provided, that no such publication shall be made at an expense to the county of more than three dollars.

      Sec. 3.  Any person who shall violate the provisions of said order of the Board of County Commissioners shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not to exceed thirty dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed fifteen days for each offense.

Board of County Commissioners authorized to extend the closed season for fishing.

Order to be published.

Misdemeanor

Relating to water stored for irrigation and its uses.

Chap. XLIX.–An Act to provide for turning water stored for irrigation or other beneficial purposes into the channel of any stream and for reclaiming the same.

[Approved March 9, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Any water stored for irrigation or other beneficial purposes may be turned into the channel of any natural stream or water course, and mingled with its waters, and then be reclaimed, but, in reclaiming it, water already appropriated by others shall not be diminished in quantity.

      Sec. 2.  This Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Leave of absence granted Attorney-General W. D. Jones.

Chap. L.–An Act granting leave of absence to W. D. Jones, Attorney-General of the State of Nevada.

[Approved March 9, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Leave of absence from the State of Nevada is hereby granted to W. D. Jones, Attorney-General of the State of Nevada, for the period of four months, at any time that may be selected by him during the years 1899 and 1900.

Governor.

Private Secretary.

Rewards.

Lieutenant-Governor-Adjutant-General.

Chap. LI.–An Act making appropriation for the support of the Civil Government of the State of Nevada for the fiscal years 1899 and 1900.

[Approved March 10, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The following sums of money are hereby appropriated for the purpose hereinafter expressed, and for the support of the government of the State of Nevada for the years 1899 and 1900:

      Sec. 2.  For the salary of the Governor, eight thousand dollars ($8,000).

      Sec. 3.  For the salary of the Governor’s Private Secretary, twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400).

      Sec. 4.  For payment of rewards offered by the Governor, one thousand dollars ($1,000).

      Sec. 5.  For salary of Lieutenant-Governor as ex officio Adjutant-General, and while presiding as President of the Senate and while acting as Governor during the sickness or absence from the State of the Governor, thirty-one hundred dollars ($3,100).

      Sec. 6.  For salary of Secretary of State and ex officio Clerk of the Supreme Court and ex officio State Librarian, forty-eight hundred dollars ($4,800.)

      Sec. 7.  For salary of Deputy Secretary of State, twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400).

      Sec. 8.  For salary of State Controller, forty-eight hundred dollars ($4,800).

      Sec. 9.  For salary of Deputy State Controller, twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400).

      Sec. 10.  For enforcing collection of revenue and prosecuting delinquents, to be under the control and direction of the Governor, Attorney-General and State Controller, two thousand dollars ($2,000).

      Sec. 11.  For salary of State Treasurer, forty-eight hundred dollars ($4,800).

      Sec. 12.  For salary of Deputy State Treasurer, twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400).

      Sec. 13.  For salary of Attorney-General, four thousand dollars ($4,000).

      Sec. 14.  For salary of Surveyor-General and State Land Register, forty-eight hundred dollars ($4,800), payable out of the State School Fund.

      Sec. 15.  For salary of Deputy Surveyor-General and State Land Register, twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400), payable out of the State School Fund.

      Sec. 16.  For salary of Draughtsman in State Land Office, twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400), payable out of the State School Fund.

      Sec. 17.  For salary of Clerks in State Land Office, and for transcribing old township plats and abstract books, twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400), payable out of the State School Fund.

      Sec. 18.  For the purchase of township plats from the United States Surveyor-General’s office; provided, that the price per plat shall not exceed six dollars ($6), five hundred dollars ($500), payable out of the State School Fund.

      Sec. 19.  For payment of attorney at Washington, D. C., to attend and represent the land interests of the State before the departments, five hundred dollars ($500).

      Sec. 20.  For salary of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and ex officio Curator of State Museum, four thousand dollars ($4,000), payable out of the General School Fund.

      Sec. 21.  For traveling expenses of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, six hundred dollars ($600), payable out of the General School Fund.

      Sec. 22.  For expenses of Teachers’ Institute for 1899 and 1900, two hundred dollars ($200), payable out of the General School Fund.

      Sec. 23.  For the salaries of Justices of the Supreme Court, twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000).

Secretary of State.

Deputy.

State Controller.

Deputy.

Collection of revenue.

State Treasurer.

Deputy.

Attorney-General.

Surveyor-General.

Deputy.

Draughtsman Land Office.

Pay of Clerks Land Office.

Township plats.

Attorney at Washington.

Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Traveling expenses.

Teachers’ Institute.

Supreme Court.

Bailiff.

State Printer

State Printing.

Nevada Reports.

Bookbinding

Insane Asylum.

State Orphans’ Home.

Teachers Orphans’ Home.

State Prison.

Deaf, dumb and blind.

District Judges.

Care of State buildings.

Stationery, lights, fuel.

Current expenses.

Election expenses.

Capitol grounds.

Water works.

      Sec. 24.  For pay of Bailiff of Supreme Court, three hundred dollars ($300), in full for all services rendered during the years 1899 and 1900.

      Sec. 25.  For salary of Superintendent of State Printing, four thousand dollars ($4,000).

      Sec. 26.  For the support of the State Printing Office, twelve thousand dollars ($12,000).

      Sec. 27.  For printing and binding Nevada Reports, three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500).

      Sec. 28.  For bookbinding, two thousand dollars ($2,000).

      Sec. 29.  For transportation, care and support of the indigent insane of the State, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Commissioners for the Care of the Indigent Insane, seventy-one thousand dollars ($71,000).

      Sec. 30.  For the support of the State Orphans’ Home, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Directors, twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000).

      Sec. 31.  For salary of one teacher and one assistant teacher at the State Orphans’ Home, twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400), payable out of the General Fund.

      Sec. 32.  For the support of the Nevada State Prison, fifty-eight thousand dollars ($58,000).

      Sec. 33.  For the education of the deaf, dumb and blind, and their transportation to and from the Institution, to be expended under the direction of the State Board of Education, four thousand dollars ($4,000), payable out of the General Fund.

      Sec. 34.  For traveling expenses of the District Judges, twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).

      Sec. 35.  For salaries of janitor, gardeners and night watchman for the State Capitol Building and grounds, also Printing Office Building and grounds, six thousand dollars ($6,000).

      Sec. 36.  For stationery, fuel and lights for State offices and the State Capitol Building and grounds, thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500).

      Sec. 37.  For current expenses, telegraph, postal and contingent, for the State officers, Supreme Court and State Library, and for the transportation of State property, three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600), which said sum includes the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) for necessary typewriting for the offices of Governor and Attorney-General as directed by them.

      Sec. 38.  For election expenses, purchase of paper, boxing, freights, etc., four hundred dollars ($400).

      Sec. 39.  For maintaining Capitol grounds and water works, two thousand dollars ($2,000).

      Sec. 40.  For the purchase of new pipe for water works, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).

      Sec. 41.  For furniture, painting and repairs of the Capitol and Printing Office Buildings, one thousand dollars ($1,000).

      Sec. 42.  For salary of Director of the State Weather Service, six hundred dollars ($600).

      Sec. 43.  For support of the State Board of Health, five hundred dollars ($500).

      Sec. 44.  For the support of the State University, thirty-four thousand dollars ($34,000), payable as follows: From the Contingent University Fund, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000); and from the Interest Account, Ninety-Thousand-Acre Grant, nine thousand dollars ($9,000).

      Sec. 45.  For the furnishing of lights and fuel, and repairing Legislative halls and furniture for the Twentieth Session of the State Legislature, two hundred and fifty dollars ($250).

      Sec. 46.  For pay of salary of Clerk in State Library, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, fourteen hundred and forty dollars ($1,440).

      Sec. 47.  For salary of Secretary of State and ex officio Clerk of the Supreme Court as ex officio Reporter of Supreme Court Decisions, one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200).

      Sec. 48.  For the indexing and preparation of Nevada Reports for publication, twelve hundred dollars ($1,200).

      Sec. 49.  For insurance on Capitol Building, State Library, public records and furniture, two thousand dollars ($2,000).

      Sec. 50.  For cleaning and transportation of arms, postage, expressage, telegraphing, traveling expenses and contingent expenses of the State militia and Adjutant-General, two hundred dollars ($200).

      Sec. 51.  For the publication of Supreme Court decisions and advertising required by the State of Nevada, twelve hundred dollars ($1,200).

      Sec. 52.  For enlarging State Library by making alcove, furnishing and shelving in north adjoining room, to be converted into the State Library, and moving Supreme Court records and cases and fitting same into next adjoining room, and making the necessary changes in rooms assigned State Superintendent of Public Instruction, to be expended under direction of members of the Supreme Court, State Librarian and Superintendent of Public Instruction, one thousand dollars ($1,000).

      Sec. 53.  For constructing and furnishing a ladies’ toilet in the Capitol Building, three hundred dollars ($300).

Furniture and repairs.

Weather Service.

Board of Health.

State University.

Repairing Legislative Halls.

State Library Clerk.

Reporting Supreme Court decisions.

Nevada Reports.

Insurance.

State militia.

Advertising.

Enlarging State Library.

Ladies’ toilet.

Relating to preservation of wild game.

Close season.

Penalty.

Chap. LII.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend section three of an Act entitled ‘An Act for the preservation of wild game, and for the preservation of beaver and otter within the State of Nevada, and to repeal all other Acts in relation thereto,’ approved February 27, 1893, as amended and approved March 2, 1895,” approved February 15, 1897.

[Approved March 10, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section three of said Act is amended so as to read as follows:

      Section three.  It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company, corporation, or association to catch, kill, net, pound, weir, cage, trap or destroy, or to pursue with such intent, between the first day of March of each and every year, and before the fifteenth day of August following, and sage cock, hen or chicken within this State, except the counties of Elko, Eureka, Lander, Humboldt and White Pine, the close season for which shall be from the first day of March to the first day of July, and each and every person or persons, firm, company, corporation or association who shall sell, buy, transport or give away, or offer or expose for sale, or have in his or their possession any sage cock, hen or chicken that have been taken, killed, captured, snared, netted, pounded, weired, caged or trapped, contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as hereinafter provided.

Salaries of White Pine county officers.

Sheriff.

Clerk.

Chap. LIII.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to the county officers of White Pine county, regulating their compensation and other matters connected therewith,” approved March 15, 1895.

[Approved March 10, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section two of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section two.  The Sheriff shall receive as compensation for himself and his deputies such fees as are allowed under provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate fees and compensation for official and other services in the State of Nevada, and to repeal all other Acts in relation thereto,” approved February 27, 1883. The County Clerk shall receive three hundred dollars per annum as full compensation for all services rendered by him to the County of White Pine in the before named official and ex official positions, and shall retain as his own, for all services rendered by him in his official capacity for any person, State or county other than the State of Nevada and the County of White Pine, such fees as now are or hereafter may be allowed by law.

State of Nevada and the County of White Pine, such fees as now are or hereafter may be allowed by law. The County Recorder, as ex officio Auditor, shall receive a salary of five hundred dollars per annum as full compensation for all services rendered by him to White Pine county and the State of Nevada, and shall retain as his own all fees collected for services rendered by him in his official capacity for any person, company or corporation, other than the State of Nevada and the County of White Pine. The County Treasurer and ex officio County Assessor shall receive sixteen hundred dollars per annum as full compensation for himself and deputies. The District Attorney shall receive six hundred dollars per annum and such other fees as are now allowed by law. The County Commissioners shall each receive three hundred dollars per annum, and no mileage, traveling expenses or other expenses shall be allowed them or made a charge against the county.

      Sec. 2.  Section three of said Act is amended so as to read as follows:

      Section three.  This Act shall take effect on and after the expiration of the term of the present incumbents, or in case of a vacancy in any office for any cause it shall take effect in relation to said office immediately thereafter.

Recorder.

Treasurer and ex officio Assessor.

District Attorney.

County Commissioners.

To take effect.

Chap. LIV.–An Act in relation to the keeping and preservation of the State Capitol decorations, State mineral cabinet, mineral specimens, curios, etc.

[Approved March 10, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  All State Boards and State officers having jurisdiction in and control over any State property are specially forbidden to allow the State Capitol decorations and bunting, the State mineral cabinets, mineral specimens, curios, and all State property of such character, from being borrowed or taken out by any person or societies, or removed from the premises of the State buildings at the Capitol seat; provided, in case of National, international and foreign expositions of the world’s arts and productions, and upon a satisfactory bond being furnished, the mineral specimens and curios may be borrowed.

      Sec. 2.  The said Boards and officers are specially instructed to use all means to preserve and keep intact all of the said named property.

Capitol decorations, minerals, curios, etc., not to be taken from State buildings.

Relating to guardians.

Petition to be filed in relation to a minor.

Court, may appoint.

Minor may nominate at certain age.

Father or mother may act.

Chap. LV.–An Act to provide for the appointment of guardians and to prescribe their duties.

[Approved March 11, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  When necessary or convenient, guardians of the person and estate or either, of minors, who are inhabitants of, or reside in the county wherein application may be made; or minors who being now residents of the State, have any estate in such county, may be appointed as herein provided.

      Sec. 2.  To secure the appointment of a guardian, any relative of or any person interested in or befriending a minor, may file in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the proper county a petition setting forth the necessary facts, and praying for the appointment of some designated person or persons as guardian or guardians. Upon such petition being filed, the Clerk shall give notice of the hearing thereof by posting in three public places in the county, one of which shall be at the front door of the court house thereof, a notice containing the name or names of the minor or minors, the party petitioning, the object, and the time and place for the hearing, which shall not be later than ten days after such posting. The party petitioning shall also cause notice to be served upon any person in whose custody or care such minor or minors may be; provided, if any person shall be nominated guardian by will, the Court may, on the probate of such will, or at any time thereafter, appoint such person or persons guardian without any petitions or notice.

      Sec. 3.  At the time fixed in the notice for the hearing, or at such other time to which the hearing may be continued, upon proof of the proper notices having being posted and served, the Court may hear the petition and appoint a guardian or guardians. If a minor is above the age of fourteen years, he or she may nominate his or her own guardian, who, if approved by the Judge, shall be appointed accordingly, but if the guardian so nominated by the minor should not be approved by the Judge, or if the minor shall reside out of the State or is not fourteen years of age, the Judge may nominate and appoint the guardian.

      Sec. 4.  When a guardian of a minor under the age of fourteen years has been appointed by the Judge, such minor, at any time after attaining to said age, may nominate his or her guardian who, if approved by the Judge, shall be appointed.

      Sec. 5.  The father, if living, and in case of his decease, the mother, being each competent to transact his or her own business, and not otherwise unsuitable, shall be entitled to the guardianship of the minor.

      Sec. 6.  Every guardian appointed as aforesaid, shall have the custody and tuition of the minor, and the care and management of the estate, of which appointed, until such minor shall attain to the age of twenty-one years, if a male, or eighteen years, if a female, unless sooner discharged according to law.

the custody and tuition of the minor, and the care and management of the estate, of which appointed, until such minor shall attain to the age of twenty-one years, if a male, or eighteen years, if a female, unless sooner discharged according to law.

      Sec. 7.  Before the order appointing any person guardian under this Act shall take effect, and before letters shall issue, the person or persons so appointed shall take and subscribe the official oath, to be endorsed on the letters, and shall give bond to the minor or minors in such sum as the Court may order, with at least two sufficient sureties to be approved by the Court or Judge, and conditioned that the guardian shall faithfully execute the duties of his or her trust according to law; and the following conditions shall be deemed to form a part of such bond without being expressed therein:

      First-To make a full and true inventory of all the estate, real and personal, of the ward, and have the same appraised by three disinterested persons, to be appointed by the Court of Judge, and to return and file in the Clerk’s office, within twenty days after qualifying, such inventory and appraisement under oath.

      Second-To manage all such estate according to law and for the best interest of the ward, and to discharge faithfully his or her trust in relation thereto, and also in relation to the care, custody and education of the ward.

      Third-To render under oath a true account of the property, estate and moneys of the ward, and all proceeds or interest derived therefrom, and of the management and disposition of the same, within one year after appointment, and annually thereafter and at such other time as the Court may direct.

      Fourth-At the expiration of his trust, to settle his or her final account with the Court or with the ward if of legal age, or his or her legal representative, and to pay over all moneys, and deliver all the estate and effects remaining in his or her hands or justly chargeable to the guardian on such settlement, to the person or persons lawfully entitled thereto.

      Upon filing such bonds duly approved by the District Judge, and taking the oath of office as aforesaid, the Clerk shall issue letters of guardianship to the person or persons appointed. Letters of guardianship may be substantially in the following form:

      (After properly entitling Court and cause.)  Whereas, by order of said Court herein made and entered on the ............. day of ...................................., 1.........., .................................... was (or were, as the case may be) appointed guardian of the (person and estate, or either, as the case may be) of ................................., minor; and, whereas, the said ................................. has (or have, as the case may be) duly qualified according to law, these letters are hereby issued to ................................, as such guardian.

Until such minor shall attain a certain age.

Bond to be required.

Conditions prescribed.

Form.

Insufficiency of bond.

District Judge to investigate.

Neglect to comply with order.

When citation shall issue.

Education and maintenance.

ian. Witness may hand and the seal of said Court, this........... day of.............................................................................................                                             , Clerk.

Provided, if a person is appointed in a will to be guardian without bonds, the Court may direct letters to issue to such on taking and subscribing the oath of office.

      Sec. 8.  Whenever any guardian’s bond shall become insufficient by reason of the death, insolvency or removal from the State of any surety or sureties, it shall be the duty of the guardian to give further security, and he may be ordered by the Court to do so within a given time, whenever the Court shall be satisfied the bond has become insufficient. To this end, whenever the District Judge shall be satisfied that the matter requires investigation he shall direct the Clerk to issue a citation to the guardian, requiring him or her to appear at a given time and place, to be therein specified, to show cause why he or she should not give further security. Such citation shall be served personally on the guardian by the Sheriff or any other citizen of the United States over twenty-one years of age, at least five days before the return day thereof; provided, if the guardian shall have absconded, or cannot be found, it may be served by leaving a copy thereof at his or her last palace of abode.

      Sec. 9.  At the time designated, or at such other time as the Judge may appoint, he shall proceed, on proof of service of citation, to investigate the sufficiency of the bond of such guardian, and if satisfied that the security is from any cause insufficient, he may, by order, require the guardian to give further security or file a new bond within a reasonable time.

      Sec. 10.  If the guardian shall neglect to comply with the order within the time prescribed, the Judge shall by order revoke his or her letters, and his or her authority shall thereupon cease.

      Sec. 11.  Any person may file a petition, under oath, for the removal of a guardian by reason of incapacity, or that the guardian is mismanaging or wasting the estate, or that the best interests of the ward require it, and upon filing such petition a citation shall issue and be served as provided in section eight of this Act, and until the same can be heard and determined the Court or Judge may suspend the guardian, and on the hearing enter such judgment and order as the facts may warrant.

      Sec. 12.  If any minor who has a father living has property, the income of which is sufficient for his maintenance and education in a manner more expensive than the father can reasonably afford, regard being had to the situation of the father’s family and to all the circumstances of the case, the expense of the education and maintenance of such minor may be defrayed, in whole or in part, out of the income of such property as shall be judged reasonable and directed by the District Court; and the charges therefor shall be allowed

the guardian of such minor in the settlement of his accounts.

the guardian of such minor in the settlement of his accounts.

      Sec. 13.  Nothing contained in this Act shall affect or impair the power of the Court to appoint a guardian to defend the interest of any minor, in any suit or matter pending therein, or to appoint or allow any person as the next friend of a minor to commence and prosecute any suit in behalf of a minor; nor impair the right of the father, or in case of his decease or divorce, the mother, or any minor child, to appoint by last will and testament, a guardian or guardians of such child, whether born before or after the time of making such will.

      Sec. 14.  Any relative or friend of any insane person, or of any person, who, by reason of extreme old age, or for any other cause, is mentally incompetent to manage his or her property, may present a petition, under oath, setting out the necessary facts, to the District Judge, praying that a guardian for the person and estate, or either, be appointed. Such Judge shall direct the Clerk to issue a citation, requiring such supposed insane or incompetent person to be and appear at a time and place to be therein specified to show cause why a guardian should not be appointed. Such citation shall be served as provided in section eight of this Act, on such person, and also on such person, with whom or in whose custody, such insane or incompetent may be, not less than five days before the return day thereof; and if able to attend, the Judge shall cause such insane or incompetent person to be produced before him on the hearing.

      Sec. 15.  If, after a full hearing and examination upon such petition, it shall appear to the District Judge that the person in question is incapable of taking care of himself or herself, and managing his or her property, he shall appoint a guardian of the person and estate or either, of such person.

      Sec. 16.  Every guardian appointed under the provisions of the preceding section shall have the care and custody of the person or estate of the ward, until such guardian shall be discharged according to law; and he shall give bond and qualify in like manner and with like conditions as hereinbefore prescribed with respect to the guardian of a minor.

      Sec. 17.  Every guardian appointed under the provisions of this Act, whether for a minor or any other person, shall pay all just debts due from the ward out of the personal estate and the income from the real estate of the ward, if sufficient, and if not, then from the proceeds of a sale of the personal or real estate, upon obtaining an order for such sale according to law.

      Sec. 18.  Every guardian shall manage the estate of his or her ward frugally and without unreasonable waste, and apply the income and profits thereof, as far as may be necessary, for the comfortable and suitable maintenance, support and education of the ward; and if such income and profits be insufficient for such purposes, the guardian may sell the personal or real estate upon obtaining an order therefor, as provided by law for such purpose.

Interest of minor in any suit not to be impaired.

Petition to be filed in relation to an incompetent person.

District Judge to appoint.

Power of guardian.

Duties of guardian.

Same.

Guardian to settle all accounts.

Inventory to be returned.

Insufficiency of income to maintain.

Sale of realty for benefit of ward.

Proceeds of sale to apply.

To the best advantage.

personal or real estate upon obtaining an order therefor, as provided by law for such purpose. A guardian may join in and assent to a partition of the real estate of the ward in the cases and in the manner provided by law.

      Sec. 19.  Every guardian shall settle all accounts of the ward, and demand, sue for and receive all and every debt or property due the ward; or may, with the consent of the District Judge, compound for the same and give a discharge to the debtors on receiving a fair and just dividend of his or her estate and effects; and he shall appear for and represent his ward in all legal proceedings, unless when another person shall be appointed for that purpose as guardian ad litem, or next friend.

      Sec. 20.  Every guardian shall return to the District Court an inventory of the estate of his or her ward within twenty days after his or her qualification, and annually, or at such other times as the Court may order, present to and have settled by said Court his account as guardian, and shall return to said Court additional inventories whenever any further property belonging to the ward not included in any previous inventory shall come to his hands or knowledge. If there be no estate he shall return that fact. The provisions of law regulating the settlement of the estates of deceased persons regarding inventories shall apply to the inventories herein required in all respects, except as to the time of filing.

      Sec. 21.  When the income of the estate of any person under guardianship shall not be sufficient to maintain the ward and his or her family, if any, or to educate his or her family, or the ward, if a minor, the guardian may sell the personal or real estate of the ward, or such portion as may be necessary for such purpose, upon obtaining an order therefor and proceeding therein as in this Act provided.

      Sec. 22.  Whenever it shall be made to appear that it would be for the benefit of the ward that his or her real estate, or some portion thereof, should be sold in order that the proceeds thereof may be put out at interest, or invested in some productive security, or in the improvement or security of other real estate of the ward, or to be reinvested in other real estate, the same may be sold as in this Act provided.

      Sec. 23.  If the estate shall be sold for maintenance or education, the guardian shall apply the proceeds of the sale to such purposes, so far as necessary, and shall put out the residue, if any, at interest or invest it to the best advantage, under the direction of the Court, until the capital may be required for the maintenance of the ward and his or her family, or the education of the family, if any, or for the education of the ward, if a minor, in which case the capital may be used as far as necessary for such purpose.

      Sec. 24.  If the estate be sold for the purpose of putting out the proceeds on interest, or investing, or reinvesting the same as in this Act provided, the guardian shall, with the approval of the District Judge, so dispose of such proceeds to the best advantage possible.

approval of the District Judge, so dispose of such proceeds to the best advantage possible.

      Sec. 25.  To obtain an order for the sale of a ward’s estate, or any part thereof, the guardian must file in the Clerk’s office of the District Court having jurisdiction, a petition therefor, setting forth the condition of the estate of the ward with the facts and circumstances on which the petition is founded, tending to show the necessity or expediency of a sale, which petition shall be verified by the oath of the petitioner, whereupon the Clerk shall issue a citation to the next of kin to the ward, if any, in the county, and to all persons interested in the estate who may be in the county, to appear before the Court at a time and place therein to be specified, not less than twenty days after the date of the citation, to show cause why an order for the sale of such estate should not be granted.

      Sec. 26.  The citation shall be served personally on the next of kin and all persons interested in the estate within the county at least ten days before the return day thereof, or, if thought advisable, the Court instead may order the service of the citation to be made by the publication thereof, for fifteen days before the return day, in some newspaper in the county, but if there be no newspaper in the county, then in such newspaper as the Court or Judge may designate.

      Sec. 27.  At the time designated in the citation, or at such other time as the hearing may be adjourned to, upon proof of the due service or publication of the citation, the Court shall proceed to hear the petition and any objections that may be made to such sale. Any person may object to an order being made to sell a ward’s estate.

      Sec. 28.  On such hearing the guardian may be examined under oath and witnesses may be produced and examined by any party, and process to compel their attendance and testimony may issue as in other cases and with like effect.

      Sec. 29.  If any person shall appear and object to the granting of the order prayed for, and it shall appear to the Court that either the petition or the objection thereto is unreasonable, the Court may in its discretion award costs to the party prevailing and enforce the payment thereof.

      Sec. 30.  If, after a full examination, it shall appear to the Court either that it is necessary or would be for the benefit of the ward, for any purpose mentioned in sections twenty-one and twenty-two of this Act, that his or her real estate or some part of it should be sold, such Court may grant an order therefor, specifying therein whether necessary or proper and the object for which made. The order may also direct the sale to be at public auction or private sale upon like proceedings and in the manner as prescribed by law in case of the sale of real estate by an executor or administrator, and subject to the same proceedings in relation to the report, confirmation or rejection, of the sale, or the resale thereof.

Petition for order of sale to be filed.

Citation to issue.

Upon whom served.

Hearing.

Same.

In case of objection.

Order to specify manner of sale.

Additional bond to be given.

Proceeds of sale, how invested.

Removal or resignation of guardian.

When discharged.

When a new bond shall be required.

Action in behalf of the ward.

      Sec. 31.  Every guardian authorized to sell real estate as aforesaid, shall before the sale give an additional bond to the ward, in an amount to be fixed by the Court or Judge, with sufficient security, to be approved by the Judge, and conditioned to sell the property as prescribed by law and to account for and dispose of the proceeds of the sale in the manner provided by law.

      Sec. 32.  The District Court, on the application of a guardian, or of any other person interested in the welfare of the ward, after such notice to the next of kin and all persons interested therein as the Judge shall direct, may authorize and require the guardian to invest the proceeds of sales, and also any other money in his hands, in real estate, or in any other manner as in this Act provided; and the District Court may make such further orders and give such directions as the case may require for managing, investing and disposing of the estate and effects in the hands of the guardian.

      Sec. 33.  Whenever any guardian, either testamentary or otherwise, appointed under this Act, shall become insane, remove from the State, or otherwise become incapable of discharging the trust, or evidently unsuitable therefor, or shall have wasted or mismanaged the estate, the District Judge, after notice served as hereinbefore provided for service of citation, may remove him or her; and every guardian may, upon request, be allowed to resign his or her trust, when it shall appear to the District Judge proper to allow the same, and proper accounts have been settled and allowed. And upon every such resignation or removal, or upon the death of any guardian, the Court of Judge may appoint another.

      Sec. 34.  The guardian of any person may be discharged by the District Court or Judge when upon the application of the ward or otherwise, it shall appear that such guardianship is no longer necessary.

      Sec. 35.  The District Judge may require a new bond to be given by any guardian whenever he shall deem it necessary, and may discharge the existing sureties from further liability, after due notice given as such Judge may direct, when it shall appear that no injury can result therefrom to the estate, or any one interested therein.

      Sec. 36.  Every bond given by a guardian may be to one or more wards and shall be filed and preserved in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the county; and in case of the breach of any condition thereof, an action may be maintained therefor in behalf of the ward, or wards jointly, if all are interested, or of any person interested in the estate, and shall not be void on the first recovery; and if the action is in behalf of one ward on a bond given to more than one, the others mentioned in the bond need not be united in or made parties to such action.

      Sec. 37.  No action shall be maintained against the sureties in any bond given by a guardian unless it be commenced in three years from the time when the guardian shall have been discharged; provided, if at the time of such discharge the person entitled to bring such action shall be under any legal disability to sue, the action may be brought at any time within three years after such disability shall be removed.

in three years from the time when the guardian shall have been discharged; provided, if at the time of such discharge the person entitled to bring such action shall be under any legal disability to sue, the action may be brought at any time within three years after such disability shall be removed.

      Sec. 38.  Upon complaint made to the District Judge by any guardian, ward, creditor of, or any other person interested in the ward or his or her estate, against any one, charging such an one with having concealed, converted, having in possession or conveyed away any of the money, goods or effects of, or any instrument in writing belonging to the ward, the Judge may cause such person by citation to appear before him for examination, and proceed in the same manner as is provided with respect to persons suspected of concealing, converting or conveying away the effects of a deceased person.

      Sec. 39.  When any minor, or other person liable to be placed under guardianship, according to the provisions of this Act, shall reside out of this State, and shall have estate therein, any friend of such person, or anyone interested in his or her estate, in expectancy or otherwise, may apply to the District Court of any county in which there may be any estate of such absent person in expectancy or otherwise for letters of guardianship of such estate, as in case of a resident ward, and the Court may proceed in like manner and appoint a guardian.

      Sec. 40.  Every guardian appointed under the provisions of the preceding section shall have the same power and perform the same duties with respect to any estate of the ward that may be found within this State, and also with respect to the person of the ward if he or she shall come to reside therein, as are prescribed with respect to any other guardian appointed under this Act.

      Sec. 41.  Every such guardian shall give bond to the ward and qualify in the same manner and with like conditions as hereinbefore provided with respect to other guardians, excepting that the provisions respecting the inventory, disposal of the estate and effects, and the accounts to be rendered by the guardian shall be confined to such estate and such effects as shall come to his hands in this State.

      Sec. 42.  The guardianship, which shall be first lawfully granted of the estate of any person residing without this State shall extend to all the estate of the ward within this State, and shall include the jurisdiction of every other District Court.

      Sec. 43.  Every guardian shall be allowed his or her reasonable expenses incurred in the execution of this or her trust, and shall also have such other compensation for his or her services as the Court in which the accounts are settled shall allow as just and reasonable.

      Sec. 44.  The Court in its discretion may appoint more than one guardian of any person or estate subject to guardianship.

Action against sureties to be commenced within three years.

Relating to fraud.

Relating to residence out of this State.

Powers and duties alike.

Guardian to give bond.

Expenses allowed.

Joint guardians.

Sales of realty, how made.

Fees of Clerk.

Repealed.

than one guardian of any person or estate subject to guardianship.

      Sec. 45.  Joint guardians may unite in a bond to the ward or wards, or each may give a separate bond.

      Sec. 46.  When an account shall be rendered by two or more joint guardians, the District Court or Judge may allow the same upon the oath of any one of them.

      Sec. 47.  All sales of real estate of minor heirs, made in accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall be for cash or on credit, or part cash and part on credit, as in the discretion of the Court or Judge may be most beneficial for such heirs. When credit is given, the Court or Judge shall fix the credit, and the purchaser or purchasers shall execute and deliver to the guardian or guardians promissory notes for deferred payments, bearing interest and secured by mortgage on the real estate sold, with such additional security as the Judge may deem necessary and sufficient to secure the payment of the deferred payments and the interest thereon.

      Sec. 48.  The total fees and charges of the Clerk where any estate in guardianship shall not exceed in value two thousand dollars, shall not exceed fifteen dollars.

      Sec. 49.  An Act entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment and prescribe the duties of guardians,” approved November 29, 1861, and all Acts and parts of Acts amendatory thereof, or supplementary thereto, are hereby repealed, saving the rights in matters of guardianship pending at the date of the approval of this Act to proceed with and close up such guardianship under the law existing at the institution of such proceedings.

State Agricultural Society.

For premiums.

Chap. LVI.–An Act granting aid to the State Agricultural Society for the purpose of holding State Fairs during the years 1899 and 1900.

[Approved March 11, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of three thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the General Fund of the State Treasury, not otherwise specifically appropriated, for the years of 1899 and 1900, to aid the State Agricultural Society in holding annual fairs in each of said years.

      Sec. 2.  The moneys hereby appropriated shall be used for the payment of such premiums as may be awarded, and for such purposes as said Association may, through their Board of Directors, deem just and proper; provided, that none of the moneys herein appropriated shall be used by said Board of Directors, either directly or indirectly for the purpose of paying any purse or purses for racing.

Chap. LVII.–An Act supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada, and to repeal certain other Acts relating thereto,” approved March 23, 1891, approved March 6, 1893.

[Approved March 11, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section one.  Whenever the time allowed by law for redemption of any property sold to any County Treasurer for delinquent taxes, under the provisions of section fifty-five of the Act to which this Act is supplementary, shall have expired, and the Treasurer shall have come in possession of a deed to any property of an assessed value of less than five hundred dollars the Board of County Commissioners of such county may, by an order entered upon the record of the proceedings of said Board, direct the Treasurer or his successor in office to sell such property, and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied as now provided by law; provided, that notice of such sale shall be posted in at least three public places in the county, including one at the court house and one of the property, for a period of not less than twenty days prior to the day of sale, and no newspaper publication shall be required in any case where the assessed valuation of the property to be sold is less than five hundred dollars.

Relating to property sold for delinquent taxes.

Commissioners may order Treasurer to sell property.

Notices, how posted.

Chap. LVIII.–Senate Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 99–An Act relating to the duties, salaries and compensation of county and township officers of Storey county, Nevada.

[Approved March 11, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  From and after the first Monday in January, A. D. nineteen hundred and one, the following named officers within Storey county, Nevada, shall receive in full payment for all services rendered by them the following salaries: The Sheriff, for services as Sheriff and ex officio Assessor, shall receive the sum of eighteen hundred dollars a year. The Sheriff, as ex officio Assessor, may appoint not to exceed one Deputy Assessor for the period of fifty days each year, who shall receive four dollars for each day’s service performed, Sundays excepted. The Sheriff may appoint a Deputy Sheriff, who shall be jailer. The Deputy Sheriff, for services as jailer, shall receive twelve hundred dollars a year. The County Clerk and ex officio County Treasurer shall receive eighteen hundred dollars a year. The County Clerk and ex officio County Treasurer may appoint one deputy for thirty days in each year, whose salary shall be four dollars per day for each day’s actual service.

Salaries county officers of Storey county.

Sheriff and ex officio Assessor.

Jailer.

Clerk and ex officio Treasurer.

County Recorder.

District Attorney.

Commissioners.

Justice of Peace of Virginia Township.

Constable of Virginia Township.

To take effect.

and ex officio County Treasurer may appoint one deputy for thirty days in each year, whose salary shall be four dollars per day for each day’s actual service. The County Recorder, for services as County Recorder and ex officio County Auditor, shall receive the sum of fifteen hundred dollars a year. The District Attorney and ex officio County Superintendent of Schools shall receive the sum of fifteen hundred dollars a year. The County Commissioners shall each receive the sum of three hundred and sixty dollars a year for performing all the duties imposed by law. The Justice of the Peace of Virginia Township shall receive the sum of nine hundred dollars a year, and such fees in civil cases only as are now allowed by law; provided, such Justice of the Peace shall have no claim against the county for services rendered in civil or criminal cases. The Constable of Virginia Township shall receive three hundred dollars a year, and such fees in civil cases as are now allowed by law; provided, such Constable shall have no claim against the county for services rendered in civil or criminal cases.

      Sec. 2.  This Act shall take effect from and after the first Monday in January A. D. nineteen hundred and one.

      Sec. 3.  All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.

Board of Capitol Commissioners to consist of.

Chairman.

Quorum.

Regular set of books shall be kept.

Chap. LIX.–An Act to amend an Act approved February 8, 1887, entitled “An Act to create a Board of Capitol Commissioners, and to define its duties and to repeal sections ten and eleven of an Act concerning the office of Secretary of State.”

[Approved March 11, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  A Board of Capitol Commissioners is hereby created to consist of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, State Controller and State Treasurer.

      Sec. 2.  The Governor shall act as Chairman of said Board and during his absence a Chairman shall be chosen to act in his stead and place. Three members of said Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business, and shall determine all questions that may come before said Board.

      Sec. 3.  A regular and itemized set of books shall be kept of the meetings and all business transactions of said Board. The Governor’s Private Secretary shall act as Clerk of said Board, and the State Treasurer is hereby empowered to appoint the watchman over the treasury vault in the Capitol Building.

      Sec. 4.  Said Board shall have the supervision over, and control of the State Capitol Building, the Capitol grounds and water works, the State Printing Office Building and grounds, and all other State buildings, grounds and properties not otherwise provided for by law.

and water works, the State Printing Office Building and grounds, and all other State buildings, grounds and properties not otherwise provided for by law.

      Sec. 5.  Said Board shall control the expenditure of all appropriations for furnishing, repairing and maintaining said buildings and grounds, offices and property connected therewith; for defraying all contingent expenses of all State and other officers about said buildings; for transportation of books and documents; storage and transportation of State property, and for salaries of porters, watchmen and laborers about said buildings and property, unless otherwise provided.

      Sec. 6.  Sections ten and eleven of an Act entitled “An Act concerning the office of Secretary of State,” approved February 14, 1865, are hereby repealed.

Supervision and control of buildings.

Control expenditures and appropriations.

Repealed.

Chap. LX.–An Act appropriating one thousand dollars for the support of bookbinding in the State Printing Office.

[Approved March 11, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  In addition to the sum already appropriated for the support of bookbinding during the fiscal years of 1899 and 1900, the further sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the General Fund of the State not otherwise appropriated, for use in the same service during said years 1899 and 1900.

Additional appropriation for bookbinding.

Chap. LXI.–An Act authorizing Washoe county to purchase reservoir sites for the storage of water.

[Approved March 13, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Washoe county is authorized and empowered to purchase for the use of the people of the County of Washoe such reservoir sites, situated east of the summit of the Sierra Nevada mountains, for the storage of water for irrigation, mechanical and domestic uses within said county, as the people may by vote determine.

      Sec. 2.  Before a purchase of any reservoir site shall be made, the price of such reservoir site shall be ascertained, and the question of purchase and the price required to be paid therefor shall be submitted to the people at the next general election.

      Sec. 3.  Any person or persons, copartnership or corporation desiring to dispose of any reservoir site, shall furnish to the Board of County Commissioners a detailed statement showing the extent, boundaries and location of such reservoir site, and shall, at the same time, furnish said Board with a statement of the price of such reservoir site, which detailed statement, showing the extent, boundaries, location and price of any site shall be furnished to the Board of Commissioners not less than six months before a general election to insure a submission of the question of purchase to the electors of the county at the next general election.

Relating to reservoir sites for water storage for Washoe county.

To be submitted to the people.

Statement to be furnished Board of County Commissioners.

Duty of Commissioners.

Notice to be published.

Duty of Commissioners relating to purchase.

Commissioners to have the right to borrow money.

Issue bonds.

the Board of County Commissioners a detailed statement showing the extent, boundaries and location of such reservoir site, and shall, at the same time, furnish said Board with a statement of the price of such reservoir site, which detailed statement, showing the extent, boundaries, location and price of any site shall be furnished to the Board of Commissioners not less than six months before a general election to insure a submission of the question of purchase to the electors of the county at the next general election.

      Sec. 4.  When a proposal to sell any reservoir site has been submitted to the Board of County Commissioners as provided and required in section three of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Board to cause to be submitted to the qualified electors of the County of Washoe, such proposal to sell at the next general election, and the electors shall vote “Yes” or “No” on the proposition, including the price named in the proposal to sell, submitted to the Board of Commissioners.

      Sec. 5.  Before any proposition to purchase any reservoir site shall be submitted to the electors of the county, a notice of such submission shall be given by the Board of Commissioners by published notice in all newspapers published in the county, for a period not less than six weeks preceding the general election at which the proposal to purchase is submitted to the electors. That notice given shall contain a description of the site named in the statement made to the Board of Commissioners. The costs of publication of notice shall be covered by a deposit made by the party who furnishes the statement with the County Treasurer, by order of the Board of Commissioners, sufficient to pay the charges of publication of notice.

      Sec. 6.  Should a majority of all the votes cast be in favor of purchasing the reservoir site, included in the proposal and submission thereof to the electors at such general election, then it will be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners to purchase the reservoir site, on the terms submitted to the Board and to the electors, in not less than two months after the general election, and upon such purchase and upon payment made therefor, the Board shall cause the title to any such reservoir site to be vested in the County of Washoe in trust for the people.

      Sec. 7.  The Board of County Commissioners shall have the right to borrow money, and when authority to do so is given to the Board of County Commissioners, to the sum required to purchase and pay for any reservoir site to the value thereof expressed in the submission voted upon by the electors of the county, and the Board may cause to be issued bonds of the County of Washoe, to the sum required to pay for the reservoir site, which bonds so issued shall be payable in lawful money of the United States, in thirty years from the dates of issue.

      Sec. 8.  The bonds issued by the Board for the county, as provided in section seven, may be graded as to time of payment, after five years from the date thereof.

provided in section seven, may be graded as to time of payment, after five years from the date thereof. The bonds shall bear interest, payable in lawful money of the United States, in any sum, not to exceed six per cent per annum, payable annually from the date thereof till paid.

Interest on bonds.

Chap. LXII.–An Act for the relief of Richard Savage, Chas. Bain and D. F. Abel.

[Approved March 13, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The following sums are hereby appropriated for the care of the committee rooms of the two houses of the Legislature, during the session of the year 1899: To Richard Savage the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25); to Charles Bain the sum of twenty-five ($25) dollars, to be paid out of the Legislative Fund, and the State Controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the same.

      Sec. 2.  The sum of twenty ($20) dollars is hereby appropriated out of the Legislative Fund of the State Treasury to be paid to D. F. Abel for services performed as Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, in the matter of the investigation of W. A. Gillespie and George W. Leidy, and the State Controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for said sum and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Relief of Charles Bain and R. Savage.

Relief of D. F. Abel.

Chap. LXIII.–An Act to provide relief for Dr. S. L. Lee.

[Approved March 13, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of sixty-four dollars ($64) is hereby appropriated out of any money in the General Fund of the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to Dr. S. L. Lee by the Governor of the State of Nevada, for examinations and medical attendance upon the volunteers of said State, the same having been contracted in aiding the United States to raise the volunteer army in the late war with Spain.

      Sec. 2.  The State Controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the Governor of the State of Nevada, for the aforesaid amount, and the State Treasurer is directed to pay the same.

Relief of Dr. S. L. Lee.

Repealed.

Shall constitute the Town of Reno.

Vested in the Town of Reno.

Valid claims against the Town of Reno.

How audited and paid.

Washoe County Commissioners to make tax levy.

Annulled.

Chap. LXIV.–Substitute for Senate Bill No. 67–An Act to disincorporate the City of Reno.

[Approved March 4, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  An Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Town of Reno,” approved March 8, 1897, is hereby repealed.

      Sec. 2.  The land and territory now included in the City of Reno, with the boundaries as they now exist, shall be and constitute the Town of Reno. All judicial proceedings by or against the City of Reno may be continued and prosecuted or defended by or against the Town of Reno; and all ordinances now in force in the City of Reno shall continue in force in the Town of Reno until changed as provided by law.

      Sec. 3.  All claims or demands now due or owing, or which may hereafter become due or owing, from the City of Reno shall be valid claims and demands against the Town of Reno, and all claims or demands against the Town of Reno shall be presented to and allowed, audited and paid by the same officers, within the same time, and in the same manner as claims or demands against the County of Washoe are presented, allowed, audited and paid; and all money, property or effects of every kind and character now or hereafter possessed, belonging, or owing to the City of Reno shall be immediately transferred and pass into the possession, and belong to and be the money, property and effects of the Town of Reno.

      Sec. 4.  The Board of Commissioners of Washoe county acting for the Town of Reno, shall forthwith meet and levy taxes for the year 1899 for town purposes for the Town of Reno, not exceeding the amount now authorized by law, and all levies of taxes made by the City Council of the City of Reno for the year 1899 are hereby vacated and annulled.

      Sec. 5.  All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Salary of Deputy State Treasurer.

Shall act as Clerk.

Chap. LXV.–An Act fixing the salary of the Deputy State Treasurer of the State of Nevada.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  From and after the passage of this Act the salary of the Deputy State Treasurer of Nevada shall be fourteen hundred dollars per annum, payable as other salaries are now paid.

      Sec. 2.  He shall act as the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners for the Care of the Insane, without further compensation.

Chap. LXVI.–An Act appropriating three hundred and sixty-six 66-100 dollars for the additional salary of the Deputy State Treasurer.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  In addition to the sum already appropriated for the salary of the Deputy State Treasurer during the fiscal years of 1899 and 1900, the further sum of three hundred and sixty-six 66-100 dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the General Fund of the State not otherwise appropriated, for the salary of the Deputy State Treasurer during the years 1899 and 1900.

Additional appropriation for salary of Deputy State Treasurer.

Chap. LXVII.–An Act to provide for the relief of George W. Cowing.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the General Fund of the State Treasury of Nevada, not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to George W. Cowing for services rendered as Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General, and a labor in State Arsenal, from August 1 to December 31, 1898.

      Sec. 2.  The State Controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant in favor of the said George W. Cowing for the sum of one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars, and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Relief of Geo. W. Cowing as Adjutant-General.

Chap. LXVIII.–An Act to pay deficiency in the appropriation for pay of Bailiff of Supreme Court for the fiscal years 1897 and 1898.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of one hundred dollars ($100) is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the General Fund of the State for the payment of the deficiency in the appropriation to pay the Bailiff of the Supreme Court during the fiscal years 1897 and 1898.

      Sec. 2.  The State Controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant in favor of William Kinney for the said sum of one hundred dollars and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Relief of William Kinney, Bailiff Supreme Court.

one hundred dollars and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Appropriation for copying Senate Journal.

Secretary of State to certify.

Chap. LXIX.–An Act to provide for the copying of the Journal of the Senate for the Nineteenth Session.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of one hundred ($100) dollars is hereby appropriated out of the Legislative Fund of the State Treasury, to be paid to Miss Maud Miller for the copying of the Journal of the Senate for the Nineteenth Session of the Nevada State Legislature, for the State Printer.

      Sec. 2.  Upon receipt of the certificate from the Hon. Eugene Howell, Secretary of State, that the Journal of the Senate for the Nineteenth Session of the Nevada Legislature has been correctly copied and delivered to the Secretary of the State, the Controller shall draw his warrant in favor of the said Miss Maud Miller, named in section one of this Act, for the said sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, and the State Treasurer shall pay the same.

Leave of absence granted Assessor of Eureka county.

Chap. LXX.–An Act granting leave of absence to J. C. Powell, Assessor of the County of Eureka.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Leave of absence from the County of Eureka, and the State of Nevada, is hereby granted to J. C. Powell, the Assessor of the County of Eureka, until June 1, 1899; provided, that he shall, in such absence, leave a competent deputy to discharge the duties of his said office.

To be nominated in same manner as State officers.

Chap. LXXI.–An Act to secure the election of United States Senator in accordance with the will of the people and the choice of the electors of the State, and to obtain an expression of such choice, and to prevent fraud and official dereliction of duty in connection with such election.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  At the general elections next preceding the expiration of the time for which any United States Senator was elected or appointed to represent the State of Nevada in Congress,

Congress, candidates for choice of the electors of this State for United States Senator may be nominated in the same manner as now provided for the nomination of State officers, and either by certificate of nomination by a party convention or by certificate of nomination signed by electors equal to ten per cent of the entire vote cast at the preceding election.

      Sec. 2.  Such certificates of nomination shall be filed with the Secretary of State, who shall certify the names of all candidates as shown therein to the various County Clerks as now required by law in case of candidates for State offices, and the several County Clerks in preparing the ballots to be voted at any such general election shall place thereon the names of all such candidates under words “Choice for U. S. Senator, vote for one,” and there shall be a margin at the right hand side of these names, at least one-half inch wide, where the voter may indicate his choice of said candidates by making a cross or X.

      Sec. 3.  The names of all candidates so nominated shall be submitted to the electors of the State for them to express their choice at every such general election, and the vote upon such choice shall be taken, returned, canvassed and certified by the same authority and in the same way as the vote for State officers is taken, canvassed, returned and certified, and in manner and form complying with the requirements and provisions of an Act relating to elections and to more fully secure the secrecy of the ballot, approved March 13, 1891, and of the various Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and the Secretary of State shall, within five days after the convening of the next session of the Legislature following any such election, transmit to each branch thereof the result of the official canvass of the vote upon said choice and candidates.

      Sec. 4.  The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the filling of any vacancy in the office of United States Senator which may occur by death, resignation or removal between the date sixty days prior to any general election and the adjournment of the next session of the Legislature.

      Sec. 5.  No person shall, either in aid of his own candidacy or election, or in aid of the candidacy or election of any other person for the choice of the electors for United States Senator, give, pay, expend or promise any money or reward to anyone whomsoever.

Certificate of nomination to be filed with the Secretary of State.

Ballot, how prepared.

Names of all nominated candidates to be submitted at general election.

To be canvassed.

Secretary of State to transmit to Legislature.

Not to apply to vacancies after sixty days prior to election.

No reward to be used in aid of candidate.

Chap. LXXII.–An Act to authorize the State Board of Education to issue special certificates to teach.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The State Board of Education, or a majority of said Board,

Board of Education authorized to issue special certificates.

Subjects.

Misdemeanor

said Board, are hereby authorized, and it shall be their duty, to issue special certificates, good for two years, authorizing persons to teach any of the following subjects, to wit: Music, drawing, penmanship, kindergarten work and any of the foreign languages, in the public schools of this State, when employed by the Trustees of any school district for that purpose; provided, that a person applying for a certificate to teach any of the above subjects, shall first satisfy, in such manner as they shall deem proper, a majority of said Board of Education that he or she is thoroughly qualified to teach that subject.

      Sec. 2.  It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars for any School Trustee to draw a voucher upon any school fund within this State in payment for services in teaching any branches of study not authorized by the certificate held by the teacher.

      Sec. 3.  All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are repealed to the extent of such confliction.

State Board of Medical Examiners created, to consist of five practicing physicians, to be appointed by Governor.

From what schools.

Term of office.

Vacancies.

Chap. LXXIII.–An Act providing for the creation of a State Board of Medical Examiners, and to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery in the State of Nevada.

[Approved March 15, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  A State Board of Medical Examiners, to consist of five practicing physicians, is hereby created, whose duty it shall be to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this Act. The members of said Board shall be appointed by the Governor; they shall each be a reputable practicing physician, duly licensed as such by some legally chartered medical college of the United States, and who shall have been actually engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in the State of Nevada at least five years immediately prior to their respective appointments. Three of whom shall be appointed from the school of medicine known as the “regular” physicians, and one of whom shall be of the school known as the “Homeopathic,” and one of whom shall be of the school known as the “Eclectic,” whenever the resident physicians of the State shall afford sufficient members of these respective schools. They shall be appointed by the Governor for the terms, respectively, one for five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, from the date of their appointments. In case of a vacancy occurring in said Board through death, resignation or permanent removal from the State, such vacancy shall be filled by the Governor by the appointment of a person duly qualified under this Act to fill the unexpired term of the person in whose stead the appointment is made.

of the person in whose stead the appointment is made. Each appointment, after the expiration of the terms for which appointments shall first be made, shall be for five years next ensuing the period for which the said first appointments are made.

      Sec. 2.  Said Board shall choose one of its members President and one thereof Secretary, who shall hold their offices for one year from the date of their selection. The first members appointed on said Board shall meet and organize at the State Capitol in Carson City, Nevada, on the first day of May, 1899, and thereafter they shall meet twice in each year, on the first Monday of May and November, at such place as shall be most convenient to the said Board and the applicants for authority to practice in this State. And due notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper of all such meetings.

      Sec. 3.  Said Board shall procure a seal and shall receive through their President or Secretary applications for examinations or certificates; the President and Secretary shall have authority to administer oaths and the Board to take testimony in all matters relating to its duties; it shall issue certificates to all who furnish satisfactory proof of having received diplomas or licenses from reputable and legally chartered medical institutions of the United States which are in good standing, or from the State Examining Board of any State of the United States, providing the holder of said State certificate has been practicing in this State for at least five years. It shall prepare two forms of certificates, one for persons who present to it satisfactory diplomas or licenses, and the other for candidates who may be examined by the Board, and whenever a certificate is issued by said Board, it shall notify the respective County Clerks of the several counties within this State of the issuance of such certificate or certificates; and it shall be the duty of said Clerks to keep and file said notices and also keep a list of the persons to whom issued.

      Sec. 4.  Said Board shall also issue a certificate to any person who shall have been regularly engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery within this State for five years immediately preceding the passage of this Act, and who, after an examination by said Board, shall be found to be qualified to practice medicine and surgery. It shall also issue a certificate to any person who has had issued to him a diploma or license from any reputable school or college of medicine and surgery which is located without the United States, upon the applicant being found competent after having passed a satisfactory examination by the said Board. When the Board is not in session its Secretary may issue a temporary certificate whenever an applicant shall have deposited the usual fee and filed his diploma or license with him, and such temporary certificate shall entitle the holder to practice until the next regular meeting of said Board.

Appointment for five years.

How organized.

Shall meet at State Capitol May 1, 1899.

Thereafter twice in each year, in place most convenient.

Shall procure seal, and receive applications for examination.

Power to issue certificates.

County Clerk notified of the issuance of certificates.

To issue certificates after five years’ practice and after having passed a satisfactory examination.

Relative to diplomas from colleges without the United States

Examinations held upon certain subjects.

Board may judge.

With each application a fee of $25 to be deposited.

Forged or fraudulent diplomas.

Misdemeanor

Penalty.

To whom a diploma or license has been issued from a reputable college.

Certificate to be recorded.

Board may refuse or revoke a certificate.

Within the meaning of this Act.

to practice until the next regular meeting of said Board. And all examinations of applicants to practice shall be thorough and searching, and shall be in the following branches: Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica, therapeutics, principles and practice of medicine, principles and practice of surgery, gynecology, obstetrics, opthalmology, pathology and all subjects relating to the practice of medicine and surgery. The Board may judge whether the college and institution which issued any diploma or license presented to it is reputable and legally chartered and worthy of recognition, subject to the action of the Courts in cases of abuse of its discretion in this respect.

      Sec. 5.  With each application for authority to practice medicine and surgery there shall be deposited with the Board, or its President or Secretary, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25), lawful money of the United States, and all money collected by said Board shall be used by it to defray its legitimate expenses.

      Sec. 6.  It shall be unlawful for any person to present to said Board any forged or fraudulent diploma or license, or one which was not issued to the person presenting the same, and any person who shall so present such a diploma or license shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred and eighty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each and every such offense.

      Sec. 7.  Any person to whom a diploma or license has been issued may present the same in person, by letter or by proxy, to the Board, accompanied by proof to the satisfaction of the Board that such diploma or license was issued to the person presenting the same, and if the Board shall be satisfied with such proof, and also satisfied as to the character and standard of the college or institution within the United States which issued said diploma or license, said Board shall thereupon issue its certificate to the applicant.

      Sec. 8.  Every person to whom a certificate from the Board of Examiners shall have issued, shall before he enters upon the practice of medicine or surgery in this State, have such certificate recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the county in which he resides.

      Sec. 9.  The Board may refuse a certificate to any individual guilty of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, and may revoke any certificate for a like cause. In all cases of refusal or revocation the party aggrieved may appeal to the Courts for adjudication of the controversy.

      Sec. 10.  Any person shall be regarded as practicing medicine, within the meaning of this Act, who shall profess publicly to be a physician or surgeon, or who shall prescribe for the sick or profess to cure the sick by the administration of drugs or other means,

drugs or other means, or shall append to his name the letters “M. D.,” but nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit any gratuitous services in cases of emergency, or to commissioned surgeons in the United States Army or Navy.

      Sec. 11.  All moneys received by this Board shall be paid out on its order for its actual necessary expenses and the expenses of its members incurred in attending its meetings, and in case the money received by said Board shall be insufficient to meet its actual expenses and the actual traveling expenses of its members in attending its meetings, then the Board shall certify to the State Controller, under its seal and over the signatures of its President and Secretary, the amount actually necessary to meet the remainder of the traveling expenses of its members for attending such meetings, and upon the receipt of such certificate the Controller shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the same, which shall be payable out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

      Sec. 12.  A majority of said Board shall constitute a quorum to transact all business. All certificates issued by said Board shall bear its seal and the signatures of the President and Secretary, and shall authorize the person to whom it is issued for that purpose to practice medicine or surgery in any and all counties in this State upon complying with the requirements of this Act.

      Sec. 13.  Any person practicing medicine or surgery in this State without first complying with the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than fifty days nor more than one hundred and eighty days for each and every such offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person may institute proceedings at law provided for in this Act, and it shall be the duty of the Board of Medical Examiners, or any member thereof, whenever satisfied that any of the provisions of this Act have been violated, to institute or cause to be instituted the proper proceedings for a punishment thereof.

      Sec. 14.  No member of the Board of Medical Examiners of this State shall receive any compensation for any service or services rendered under the provisions of this Act.

      Sec. 15.  All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

      Sec. 16.  This Act shall take effect, so far as the certificates provided for are concerned and be in force in that respect, on and after the first day of May, 1899, and in all other respects it shall take effect upon its approval.

How moneys shall be paid out.

Insufficiency of money, how met.

Majority to constitute a quorum.

Certificates to bear seal and signatures.

Non-compliance with provisions of this Act to be misdemeanor

Penalty.

Board may prosecute.

No member of Board to receive compensation.

Assessors to hold office for the term of two years.

Present incumbents not affected.

Repealed.

Chap. LXXIV.–An Act in relation to County Assessors, and to repeal sections one and two of “An Act in relation to County Assessors, their terms of office and compensation,” which became a law March 14, 1883.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The County Assessors elected in the several counties in this State, after the passage of this Act shall hold office for the term of two years.

      Sec. 2.  The provisions of this Act shall not affect the duration of the term of any County Assessor now in office.

      Sec. 3.  Sections numbered one and two of that certain Act entitled “An Act in relation to County Assessors, their terms of office and compensation,” which became a law March 14, 1883, are hereby repealed.

County Clerks to have ballots printed at newspaper or printing office within county.

When printed outside of county.

Chap. LXXV.–An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to elections and to more fully secure the secrecy of the ballot,” approved March 13, 1891, and to amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act relating to elections and to more fully secure the secrecy of the ballot,’ approved March 13, 1891,” approved March 19, 1891, and supplemental to said Acts, approved March 6, 1893.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section four of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section four.  The County Clerks of the several counties of this State shall supervise the printing of the ballots, and such ballots shall be printed at some newspaper or printing office in the county where the ballots are to be voted, and in case there is no newspaper or printing office in the county in which the work can be done, then said Clerk is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to have said printing done in any newspaper or printing office in the State; provided, that the cost of printing said ballots shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars per thousand.

Chap. LXXVI.–An Act to authorize the County Commissioners of any of the counties of the State of Nevada to purchase or construct telephone lines.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The County Commissioners of any of the counties of this State are hereby authorized, upon there being filed with them a petition signed by two-thirds of the taxpayers of the county, requesting them so to do, to purchase or construct a telephone line, or lines, within the limits of the county, if in their judgment it would be to the interest of the county to do so, and to pay for the same out of the General Fund of the county.

      Sec. 2.  The title to any telephone line or lines constructed or acquired by or under the authority of any Board of County Commissioners in this State as provided in this Act, shall be vested in said county, and under its control and management.

County Commissioners empowered to purchase or construct telephone lines.

Title, how vested.

Chap. LXXVII.–An Act amendatory of and supplemental to “An Act relating to the location, relocation, manner of recording lode and placer claims, mill sites, tunnel rights, amount of work necessary to hold possession of mining claims and the rights of co-owners therein,” approved March 16, 1897.

[Approved March 14, 1899.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section two of the above-named Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section two.  Before the expiration of one hundred and twenty days from the posting of the notice of location, the locator shall sink a discovery shaft upon the claim to a depth of at least ten feet from the lowest part of the rim of such shaft at the surface, or deeper if necessary, to show by such work a lode or deposit of mineral in place. A cut or crosscut, or tunnel, which cuts the lode at a depth of ten feet or more, or an open cut of at least ten feet in length along the lode from the point where the lode may be in any manner discovered, shall be equivalent to a discovery shaft. At the location point, and at each corner and angle of the claim, he shall distinctly mark a tree or rock in place, or shall set a stone, which shall be at least six inches wide and eighteen inches long, firmly in a mound or in the earth, so that at least six inches in height of said stone shall be plainly visible from all sides, or shall substantially build a monument which shall rise at least three feet above the surface, or shall erect a post at least four inches square or four inches in diameter, which must be firmly set in the ground, or in a mound of earth or rock, and must rise at least three feet above the surface.

Work to be performed within 120 days after posting notice.

Amount of work necessary.

Height and width of monument.

Boundaries, how made and defined.

Location of placer claim, how made.

Boundaries.

Relating to U. S. survey.

Labor to be performed upon placer claim within ninety days after posting notice.

To be recorded.

Certificate defined.

When void.

must be firmly set in the ground, or in a mound of earth or rock, and must rise at least three feet above the surface. The tree, rock, stone, post or monument at each corner shall be so marked by letters, figures or otherwise, as to indicate its purpose. The posting of location notice and descriptive memoranda of corners (if that method of marking be used) shall be by conspicuously displaying the same, where practicable, and in other cases by such posting as is in accord with the usage and custom of miners. Where it is impracticable or dangerous to life or limb to mark a tree or rock, or set a stone, or erect a post or monument precisely upon a corner or angle, then the marking of that corner or angle by means of tree, or rock, or stone, or post, or monument, may be done at the nearest practicable point, in such manner as to indicate the right place.

      Sec. 2.  Section thirteen of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section thirteen.  The location of a placer claim shall be made in the following manner: By posting thereon, upon a tree, rock in place, stone, post, or monument, a notice of location, containing the name of the claim, name of locator or locators, date of location, and number of feet or acres claimed, and by marking the boundaries and the location point in the same manner and by the same means as required by the laws of this State for marking the boundaries of lode claim locations; provided, that where the United States survey has been extended over the land embraced in the location, the claim may be taken by legal subdivisions, and, except the marking of the location point as hereinbefore prescribed, no other markings than those of said survey shall be required.

      Sec. 3.  Section fourteen of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section fourteen.  Within ninety days after the posting of the notice of location of a placer claim, the locator shall perform not less than twenty dollars worth of labor upon the claim for the development thereof, and shall have recorded by the Mining District Recorder and the County Recorder of the district and county in which the claim is situated a certificate which shall state the name of the claim, designating it as a placer claim, name of locator or locators, date of location, number of feet or acres claimed, a description of the claim with regard to some natural object or permanent monument, so as to identify the claim, and the kind and amount of work done by him as herein required, and the place on the claim where said work was done. This certificate, or the record thereof, or a duly certified copy of said record, shall be prima facie evidence of the recitals therein. But if such certificate do not state all the facts herein required to be stated, it shall be void.

      Sec. 4.  Two new sections are hereby added to said Act which shall be known as section twenty-four and section twenty-five, and section twenty-four of said Act shall be known as and numbered section twenty-six.