Chapter 1–An Act to create a legislative fund.

[Approved January 20, 1917]

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 the per diem of 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 money now in the general fund not otherwise especially appropriated, the sum of sixty thousand ($60,000) dollars, which shall constitute the legislative fund.

      Sec. 2.  The state controller is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrants on said fund in favor of the members and attaches of the senate and assembly, for per diem, mileage, stationery allowance, compensation and incidental expenses of the respective houses, when properly certified to, 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.

Legislative appropriation, $36,000

Duties of controller and treasurer

Residue to revert

Chap. 2–An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to amend section three as amended March 16, 1897, of an act entitled an act to create a board of county commissioners in the several counties of this state, and to define their duties and powers, approved March 8, 1865,’ approved March 24, 1909,” approved March 5, 1915.

[Approved January 22, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 1 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 3 of an act entitled “An act to create a board of county commissioners in the several counties of this state and to determine their duties and powers,”

Relating to boards of county commissioners

Date of meetings

Special meetings

Temporary appointments

Election canvass

a board of county commissioners in the several counties of this state and to determine their duties and powers,” approved March 8, 1865, and amended March 16, 1897, and further amended March 5, 1915, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 3.  The meetings of the board of county commissioners shall be held at the county-seats of their respective counties on the fifth day of each month and every calendar month; provided, that when such day falls upon a Sunday or legal holiday, the board shall meet upon the next succeeding judicial day. Special meetings may be held at the county-seat for the transaction of business pertaining to the county, whenever said meeting shall be authorized by the board by resolution duly adopted and entered upon its minutes at a regular meeting; provided, that when there shall be in any county, township or precinct office, no officer duly authorized to execute the duties thereof, and it is necessary that a temporary appointment be made to fill such office, as otherwise provided by law, the board of county commissioners shall be authorized and empowered, and it shall become its duty to forthwith hold a special meeting for such purpose. Said meeting may be held by unanimous consent of the said board, or, if for any cause such consent be not obtainable, it shall thereupon become the duty of the chairman or any other member of the board having knowledge of such necessity, to forthwith call such special meeting and to notify the other members thereof, and such meeting shall be held as soon as practicable, but not less than three days, except by unanimous consent, after actual notice to all members of said board, whereupon a majority thereof shall proceed to act upon such appointment as provided by law. The board shall also meet on the tenth day after each general election to canvass election returns.

Bonds to pay indebtedness of town of Elko

Chap. 3–An Act to authorize the county commissioners of Elko County, Nevada, to authorize and empower and direct the board of county commissioners of Elko County, Nevada, acting as a town board for the town of Elko, in said county of Elko, to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off the outstanding indebtedness of said town of Elko, incurred on account of completing the sewer system in said town and on account of other emergencies.

[Approved January 24, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  For the purpose of providing funds to pay the outstanding indebtedness of the town of Elko, in Elko County, Nevada, incurred in completing the sewer system in said town,

in said town, and on account of other emergencies, the board of county commissioners of said Elko County, Nevada, is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to authorize, empower and direct the board of county commissioners of said Elko County, acting as a town board for the said town of Elko, in Elko County, Nevada, to issue the negotiable coupon bonds of said town of Elko for an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars.

      Sec. 2.  The board of county commissioners of Elko County, Nevada, acting as a town board for the said town of Elko, shall cause said bonds to be prepared and issued. Such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board, and the county clerk of Elko County, Nevada, acting as the clerk of said board, and be countersigned by the county treasurer of said Elko County, Nevada. Coupons for interest shall be attached to each bond, so that the same may be removed without injury to the bonds. Each of said coupons shall be consecutively numbered and be signed by the chairman of said board, said clerk and said county treasurer, or by their facsimile signatures lithographed thereon.

      Sec. 3.  The clerk of said board of county commissioners, acting as such town board, shall keep an accurate and full record of all proceedings had under the provisions of this act; and shall also keep a record showing the number, amount, and date of each bond, and to whom issued or sold. The county treasurer of Elko County, Nevada, shall also keep a record of the number, amount and date of each bond and to whom issued or sold.

      Sec. 4.  The board of county commissioners of said Elko County, acting as a town board for the said town of Elko, is hereby authorized to negotiate the sale of said bonds; the same to be sold at public sale, after notice for sealed proposals for the purchase of said bonds has been advertised for not less than three weeks in some newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in said town of Elko. Said board may reject any and all bids, and provided that none of said bonds shall be sold for less than par.

      Sec. 5.  Said bonds shall be known as town of Elko funding bonds, and shall each be of the denomination of one thousand dollars. They shall be numbered consecutively commencing with number one, and shall bear interest at the rate of not to exceed six per cent per annum. Said interest, except as to the first payment, shall be payable semiannually on the first day of January and July of each year. Two of said bonds shall be redeemed on the first day of July, 1918, and annually thereafter two of said bonds shall be redeemed until all of said bonds shall have been redeemed and retired. None of said bonds shall run for more than twenty-six years. The first interest coupon shall be due and payable on January 1, 1918, and the amount of said coupon shall be the interest upon the bond to which it is attached from the date of the bond until said first day of January, 1918.

County commissioners authorized to issue bonds

County commissioners, acting as town board of Elko, to issue bonds for town of Elko

Full record kept

Sale of bonds

Denomination of bonds

Interest limited

How redeemed

Town of Elko Funding Fund

County treasurer responsible

Fund created

Duty of county treasurer

Bonds canceled

Tax to cease, when

attached from the date of the bond until said first day of January, 1918.

      Sec. 6.  All money derived from the sale of said bonds shall be paid to the county treasurer of said Elko County, and said county treasurer is required to receive and safely keep the same in a fund hereby created and to be known as the town of Elko funding fund, and pay out said money only to pay off the outstanding indebtedness of said town of Elko, as evidenced by the promissory notes heretofore given in connection with said indebtedness.

      Sec. 7.  The county treasurer of said Elko County shall be liable on his official bond for the safe keeping of all money that shall come into his hands under the provisions of this act, and for the faithful discharge of all of his duties in relation thereto.

      Sec. 8.  For the purpose of creating a fund for the payment of the bonds authorized under this act, and the interest thereon, the board of county commissioners of Elko County, Nevada, is hereby authorized, and required to levy and collect annually, until all of said bonds and the interest thereon, shall have been fully paid, a special tax on all of the property, both real and personal, subject to taxation, including the net proceeds of mines, within the boundaries of said town of Elko, sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds, and to pay and redeem two of said bonds annually; said redemption to commence on the first day of July, 1918, and to continue until all of said bonds have been paid and redeemed. Such tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time, as other taxes are assessed and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall be kept in a special fund to be known as “The Town of Elko Funding Bond Redemption Fund.”

      Sec. 9.  It shall be the duty of the said county treasurer to use the money in said fund to pay the interest on said bonds and to redeem said bonds as they severally become due.

      Sec. 10.  Whenever the said county treasurer shall redeem any of the bonds or interest coupons issued under the provisions of this act, he shall cancel the same, by writing across the face thereof “Paid,” together with the date of such payment, sign his name thereto, and turn the same over to the auditor of said Elko County, taking his receipt therefor, and the said auditor shall credit the treasurer on his books for the amount so paid.

      Sec. 11.  Whenever the bonds and interest provided for in this act shall have been fully paid, the tax authorized by this act shall cease; and all moneys remaining in said bond redemption fund, shall, by the order of the board of county commissioners of said Elko County, be transferred to the general fund of said town of Elko, and be used thereafter for the payment of any legal claim against said fund.

      Sec. 12.  Should the holder of said bonds or of any of them, for any cause whatever, fail to present said bonds to the said county treasurer of said Elko County for payment, when they shall become due, all interest on such bonds shall thereafter immediately cease.

      Sec. 13.  The principal and interest on all bonds issued under this act shall be payable at the office of the county treasurer of Elko County, Nevada, at Elko, Elko County, Nevada.

      Sec. 14.  The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby pledged that this act shall not be repealed, nor the taxation thereby imposed be omitted, until all the bonds and coupons issued under and by virtue hereof shall have been paid in full, as in this act specified.

Interest ceases, when

Payable, where

Faith of state pledged

Chap. 4–An Act for the relief of the Carson Valley Bank.

[Approved January 31, 1917]

      Whereas, During the year 1916, as an outgrowth of the raid upon Columbus, New Mexico, the President of the United States made a call upon the governor of this state for two troops of cavalry for service at the Mexican border; and

      Whereas, There was no appropriation to pay the expenses of organizing, enrolling, and maintaining said troops; and

      Whereas, In view of the aforesaid circumstances the state board of examiners, pursuant to section 4466, Revised Laws of the State of Nevada, by virtue of a resolution in writing, did create a deficiency, and did authorize the adjutant-general to contract for such expenses; and

      Whereas, Pursuant thereto the adjutant-general of the State of Nevada did contract for expenses in the total sum of eighteen hundred and one dollars and fifty-six cents ($1,801.56); and

      Whereas, Claims for said expenses to said amount have been passed upon and allowed by the state board of examiners, which said claims have been duly assigned to the Carson Valley Bank, and the claim of said bank for said sum is a just and legal claim against the State of Nevada; now, therefore,

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of eighteen hundred and one dollars and fifty-six cents ($1,801.56) is hereby appropriated, out of the general fund of the state treasury, to be paid to said Carson Valley Bank in satisfaction of its claim as aforesaid.

      Sec. 2.  The state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant in behalf of said Carson Valley Bank for the amount specified in this act, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Relief of Carson Valley Bank

Appropriation, $1,801.56

Fees of Churchill County clerk

Chap. 5–An Act fixing and establishing the fees to be charged in certain cases by the county clerk of Churchill County and ex officio clerk of the Eighth judicial district court, in the State of Nevada, and providing for the disposition of such fees.

[Approved February 1, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The county clerk of Churchill County and ex officio clerk of the Eighth judicial district court of the State of Nevada shall charge and collect fees as follows:

      On the commencement of any action or proceeding in the district court (except a probate or guardianship proceeding), to be paid by the party commencing such action or proceeding, seven dollars;

      On filing of a petition for letters testamentary, or of administration or guardianship, fifteen dollars, to be paid by the petitioner; provided, that at the time of filing the inventory and appraisement in any such proceeding there shall be an additional deposit of fifty cents for each additional one thousand dollars of the appraised value in excess of two thousand dollars;

      On filing a petition to contest any will or codicil, five dollars, to be paid by the petitioner;

      On the appearance of any defendant, or any number of defendants answering jointly, to be paid upon the filing of the first paper in the action by him or them, five dollars; for every additional defendant appearing separately, two dollars and fifty cents; and for every paper so filed containing a cross-complaint or county-claim, five dollars additional;

      For filing a complaint in intervention, five dollars.

      The foregoing fees shall be paid in full for all services rendered by such clerk in the case, to and including the making up of the judgment roll.

      For all services after judgment roll is made up, pending appeal to the supreme court (not including the making of copies), two dollars and fifty cents, to be paid by the party moving for a new trial or to set aside judgment; for filing notice and undertaking and all services, including indexing, on appeal to the supreme court, three dollars and fifty cents.

      The clerk shall also be entitled to charge and collect the following fees and compensation not above provided for:

      For any copy of any record, proceeding or paper on file in the office of the clerk, when such copy is made by him, per folio, twenty cents;

      For each certificate of the clerk under the seal of the court, fifty cents;

      For entering judgment by confession, three dollars;

      For filing and indexing all papers to be kept by him, other than papers filed in actions and proceedings in court, and official bonds and certificates of appointment, twenty-five cents each;

official bonds and certificates of appointment, twenty-five cents each;

      For services performed in an adoption case, five dollars;

      For filing remittitur from supreme court, one dollar, and for recording judgment entered thereon, twenty cents per folio;

      For issuing execution or order of sale, one dollar; and for copying decree and return, twenty cents per folio;

      For services performed in an action appealed from a justice’s court, six dollars and fifty cents;

      For services performed in an action transferred from the district court of another county, four dollars;

      For transmission of files and papers on the granting of change of venue to the district court of another county or to the United States court, exclusive of express charge or postage, two dollars and fifty cents;

      For services performed in proceedings to perpetuate testimony, one dollar;

      For certificates for dismissal of appeal, when prepared by the clerk, two dollars and fifty cents; and when prepared and furnished by the attorney, one dollar;

      For filing any paper in any case after judgment, not otherwise provided for, twenty-five cents;

      For issuing transcript of judgment, twenty cents per folio;

      For taking and certifying depositions, for each folio, twenty cents, besides four dollars for each day’s attendance;

      For filing objections or cross-petitions to the appointment of an executor, administrator, or guardian, or objections to the settlement of accounts or any other proceedings in an estate or guardianship matter, five dollars, to be paid by the moving or objecting party;

      For all services not herein enumerated, such fees as are now or may hereafter be fixed by law; provided, that no fee shall be allowed to or charged by the clerk for any services rendered in any criminal case.

      Sec. 2.  The foregoing fees shall be collected in addition to the fees provided for and known as “special court fees” in sections 2030 and 2031 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912.

      Sec. 3.  The clerk shall on the first Monday of each and every month pay to the county treasurer the amount of all fees charged by the said clerk during the next preceding month.

      Sec. 4.  This act shall take effect on May 1, 1917; provided, that in all proceedings begun, or for acts performed, previous to this act becoming a law, such fees and charges as were provided by law at the time such action or proceeding was begun or acts performed shall be charged and collected until the termination thereof.

Fees of Churchill County clerk

No fees in criminal cases

Clerk to pay all fees to treasurer

In effect May 1, 1917; proviso

Relief of Reno National Bank

Appropriation, $9,606.05

Chap. 6–An Act for the relief of the Reno National Bank of Reno, Nevada.

[Approved February 7, 1917]

      Whereas, During the year 1916 a violent outbreak of rabies occurred in the State of Nevada, threatening and seriously menacing public health, the livestock industry, and our commerce with other commonwealths, which were threatening rigid quarantine against out livestock exports; and

      Whereas, Such outbreak was unanticipated and no appropriation for the suppression thereof was made by the legislature at the session of 1915; and

      Whereas, It became necessary that funds should be raised for the suppression of said outbreak in order that it might not spread throughout the state with serious injury to the public health, cattle, sheep, and other interests of the state; therefore the state board of examiners by resolution in writing did declare a deficiency appropriation for the purpose of suppressing said outbreak of rabies; and

      Whereas, Acting upon said deficiency appropriation the state board of stock commissioners contracted certain indebtedness to the amount of nine thousand six hundred six dollars and five cents ($9,606.05), which said claims have been duly examined, approved, and allowed by the said board of examiners, and have been assigned to the said Reno National Bank of Reno, Nevada; and

      Whereas, The claim of the said Reno National Bank of Reno, Nevada, is a just and legal claim against the State of Nevada; now, therefore,

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of nine thousand six hundred six dollars and five cents ($9,606.05) is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not heretofore appropriated, in payment of said claim of said Reno National Bank of Reno, Nevada, and the state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant for said amount in favor of said bank, and the state treasurer is directed to pay the same.

Witness fees in criminal cases in Humboldt County

Chap. 7–An Act fixing the fees and compensation of witnesses in criminal cases in and for the county of Humboldt, State of Nevada, and providing payment therefor.

[Approved February 7, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  All witnesses subpenaed in criminal cases to appear before the district court of Humboldt County, State of Nevada, shall receive as fees two and one-half dollars per diem, from the date of their appearance at court (as per subpena) until excused.

per diem, from the date of their appearance at court (as per subpena) until excused. The clerk of said court shall keep a pay-roll, enrolling therein all names of witnesses, the number of days in attendance and the actual number of miles traveled by the most practical route in coming to and returning from said court, for which such witnesses shall receive ten cents for each mile so traveled. The clerk of said court shall forthwith give a statement of such amount to the county auditor of said Humboldt County, who shall draw warrants upon the county treasurer for the payment of such witnesses; provided, however, that not more than two witnesses shall be subpenaed to prove the same fact, at the expense of the county, and that the judge before whom the hearing or trial is had shall certify at the conclusion of the testimony of said witnesses that the testimony of said witnesses was material and relevant in the matter tried.

Clerk shall keep pay-roll

Chap. 8–An Act to establish assembly districts in the county of Washoe, and providing for the election therefrom of members of the assembly for the State of Nevada.

[Approved February 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The county of Washoe is hereby divided into three assembly districts, as follows: All that portion of Washoe County lying north of Reno, and including the voting precinct of Wadsworth, shall be known as assembly district No. 1, with one assemblyman to be elected at large. Voting precincts of Sparks, as established by the county commissioners of Washoe County, shall be known as assembly district No. 2, with one assemblyman to be elected at large. All that portion of Washoe County known as the voting precincts of Reno and Verdi, and all that portion of the county of Washoe south of the city of Reno, shall be known as assembly district No. 3, with five assemblymen to be elected at large.

      Sec. 2.  At each election held hereafter at which assemblymen are to be elected, or nominated for election, from said county, there shall be elected or nominated by the qualified electors of assembly district No. 1, one assemblyman at large; assembly district No. 2, one assemblyman at large; assembly district No. 3, five assemblymen at large.

      Sec. 3.  The county commissioners of Washoe County shall, prior to all elections and as provided by law, establish the polling places within said county in such manner that each and every polling place for all elections at which any assemblymen are to be elected, or nominated for election, shall be wholly within some one of said assembly districts, and any establishment of a polling place for any such election which lies partly in two or more assembly districts shall be wholly null and void.

Assembly districts established in Washoe County

Apportionment of assemblymen

County commissioners to establish polling places

Change in number of assemblymen to abrogate this act

lies partly in two or more assembly districts shall be wholly null and void.

      Sec. 4.  This act shall become operative from and after its passage and approval and shall continue in effect as long as the number of assemblymen to be elected from Washoe County shall continue to be seven, and shall ipso facto, and without further legislative action, be abrogated and repealed by any change in the number of assemblymen to which Washoe County is entitled.

Amending law regarding uttering false checks, etc.

Felony

Chap. 9–An Act to amend section 407 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, effective January 1, 1912.

[Approved February 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 407 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, effective January 1, 1912, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 407.  Every person who shall make, pass, utter or publish with the intention to defraud any other person or persons, firm, corporation or body politic, any bill, note, check or other instrument in writing for the payment of money or the delivery of other valuable property, directed to, or drawn upon, any real or fictitious person, bank, firm, partnership, or corporation, when in fact such person shall have no money, property or credit or shall have insufficient money, property, or credit with the drawee of such instrument to meet and make payment of the same, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison not less than one nor more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. If payment of money is refused on any instrument mentioned above when the instrument calls for the payment of money, because the maker has insufficient money with the drawee to meet and make payment of same, and the person who shall make, pass, utter or publish said instrument shall fail to deposit with the person, bank, firm, partnership or corporation upon which the paper is drawn within ten days from the date the said instrument was presented for payment, a sufficient sum to pay the amount called for in the instrument or pay to the person holding the instrument the amount thereof, together with any protest fees that have been paid thereon, it shall be prima facie evidence that the person who made, passed, uttered or published the instrument intended to defraud.

ment intended to defraud. And, provided further, that if any person shall sign his name to a check or draft which has inscribed over his signature the words “I hereby represent that the amount called for in this instrument is on deposit to my credit free of any claim, and acknowledge that this amount has been paid to me upon representation of such fact” and payment of such check or draft is refused by the person or persons, firm, corporation, partnership, or bank upon which it is drawn, because such person shall have no money, property, or credit, or shall have insufficient money, property, or credit with the drawee of the said instrument to meet and make payment of the same, it shall be prima facie evidence that the person who made, passed, uttered or published said instrument intended to defraud. All acts or parts of acts that conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Proviso

Chap. 10–An Act to amend section 2 of an act entitled “An act to regulate the fees and compensation of the county clerk of Washoe County, State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 23, 1909, as amended March 25, 1911.

[Approved February 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 2 of an act entitled “An act to regulate the fees and compensation of the county clerk of Washoe County, State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 23, 1909, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 2.  The county clerk of Washoe County, State of Nevada, shall be allowed to charge, and to collect, the following fees; provided, however, that said clerk shall neither charge, nor collect, any fees for services by him rendered to the State of Nevada or the county of Washoe or any city or town within said Washoe County, or any officer thereof in his official capacity:

      On the commencement of any action or proceeding in the district court, except probate proceedings, or on an appeal thereto, to be paid by the party commencing such action or proceeding, or taking such appeal, seven dollars; said fee to be in addition to the court fee now provided for by law;

      On the filing of a petition for letters testamentary, or of administration, or guardianship, eight dollars and fifty cents, to be paid by the petitioner;

      On filing a petition to contest any will or codicil, five dollars, to be paid by the petitioner;

      On the appearance of any defendant, or any number of defendants answering jointly, to be paid upon the filing of the first paper in the action by him or them, five dollars; for every additional defendant, appearing separately, two dollars and fifty cents.

Fees of Washoe County clerk

Exceptions

Fees of Washoe County clerk

No fees in criminal cases

the first paper in the action by him or them, five dollars; for every additional defendant, appearing separately, two dollars and fifty cents.

      The foregoing fees shall be in full for all services rendered by such clerk in the case, to and including the making up of the judgment roll.

      On the filing of any notice of motion to move for a new trial of any civil action or proceeding, the party filing same shall pay to the clerk, in full for all services to be rendered in connection with said motion, two dollars and fifty cents;

      For issuing an execution or order of sale, in any action, one dollar;

      For filing a notice of appeal, and appeal bonds, each, fifty cents;

      In all proceedings begun, or for acts performed, previous to this act becoming a law, such fees and charges as were provided by law at the time such action or proceeding was begun or acts performed. The clerk shall also be entitled to charge and collect the following fees and compensations not above provided for:

      For any copy of any record, proceeding, or paper on file in the office of the clerk, relating to any civil action theretofore tried or pending in said court, when such copy is made by him, per folio, fifteen cents;

      For each certificate of the clerk, under the seal of the court, fifty cents;

      For filing each claim, in probate or insolvency proceedings, to be paid by the party filing such claim, fifteen cents.

      No fee shall be allowed to, or charged by, the clerk for any services rendered in any criminal case.

      For services rendered by the clerk, not in connection with civil actions or proceedings in the court, he shall be entitled to charge and collect the following fees:

      For issuing marriage licenses, one-half to be paid to the county recorder, two dollars;

      For filing, indexing, and recording articles of incorporation, ten dollars;

      For filing, indexing, and registering certificates of copartnership, one dollar;

      For filing and indexing all papers to be kept by him, other than papers filed in actions and proceedings in court, and official bonds and certificates of appointment, each, twenty-five cents;

      For issuing any license required by law, other than marriage licenses, one dollar;

      For examining and certifying to a copy of any paper, record, or proceeding, prepared by another, and presented for his certificate, two dollars, and two cents per folio for comparing said copy with the original;

      For making satisfaction of or credit on judgment, twenty-five cents;

      For filing and receiving remittitur from supreme court, fifty cents;

      For administering each oath, without certificate, except in a pending action or proceeding, twenty-five cents;

      For taking any affidavit, except in criminal cases, twenty-five cents;

      For taking and approving each undertaking, and the justification thereof, except in criminal cases, fifty cents;

      For searching records of files in his office, for each year (but not to charge suitors or attorneys), fifty cents;

      For taking acknowledgment of any deed, or other instrument, including the certificate, one dollar.

      Sec. 2.  All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Fees of Washoe County clerk

Repeal

Chap. 11–An Act to amend section two of an act entitled “An act to provide for the partial support of mothers who are dependent upon their own efforts for the maintenance of their children, and giving county commissioners of the State of Nevada jurisdiction in such matters, and prescribing penalties for those who fraudulently obtain the benefit thereof,” approved March 15, 1915.

[Approved February 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 2 of an act entitled “An act to provide for the partial support of mothers who are dependent upon their own efforts for the maintenance of their children, and giving county commissioners of the State of Nevada jurisdiction in such matters, and prescribing penalties for those who fraudulently obtain the benefit thereof,” approved March 15, 1915, is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 2.  The allowance to each of such mothers shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars per month when she has but one child under the age of fifteen years, and if she has more than one child under the age of fifteen years, it shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars a month for the first child and fifteen dollars a month for each of the other children under the age of fifteen years, but in no case shall the entire allowance for mother and children be more than fifty-five dollars per month.

Amending indigent mothers’ relief law

Allowances specified

Maximum of $55 per month

Fixing salaries of certain justices of the peace and constables in Churchill County for 1917 and 1918

Same salaries fixed after January 1, 1919

Chap. 12–An Act fixing the salaries of certain justices of the peace and constables in the county of Churchill, State of Nevada, and other matters relating thereto.

[Approved February 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  From and after the first day of April, 1917, to and including the 31st day of December, 1918, the justice of the peace of Wonder township in the county of Churchill, State of Nevada, shall be allowed and shall receive a salary of $480 per annum. The justice of the peace in and for Fairview township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $240 per annum. The justice of the peace in and for Stillwater township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $240 per annum. The justice of the peace in and for New River township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $600 per annum. The justice of the peace in and for Hot Springs township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $600 per annum. The constable in and for Wonder township shall be allowed and receive a salary of $720 per annum. The constable in and for Fairview township shall be allowed and receive a salary of $300 per annum. The constable in and for Stillwater township shall be allowed and receive a salary of $300 per annum. The constable in and for New River township shall be allowed and receive a salary of $300 per annum. The constable in and for Hot Springs township shall be allowed and receive a salary of $1,500 per annum.

      Sec. 2.  From and after the first day of January, 1919, the justice of the peace of Wonder township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $240 per annum. The justice of the peace in Fairview township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $240 per annum. The justice of the peace of New River township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $600 per annum. The justice of the peace of Hot Springs township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $240 per annum. The constable of Wonder township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $300 per annum. The constable of Fairview township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $300 per annum. The constable of New River township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $300 per annum. The constable of Hot Springs township in said county and state shall be allowed and receive a salary of $1,500 per annum.

      Sec. 3.  The above-mentioned salaries shall be considered in full payment for all services rendered by the above-named officers in criminal proceedings,

officers in criminal proceedings, and shall be paid in twelve equal monthly installments, and the county auditor shall each month draw his warrants in favor of said officers for the salaries due for the last preceding month, and the county treasurer shall pay said warrants in like manner as the salaries of county officers are paid.

      Sec. 4.  That certain act entitled “An act fixing the salaries of justices of the peace and constables in and for Wonder, Fairview, Stillwater, New River, and Hot Springs townships, in the county of Churchill, State of Nevada, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 10, 1913, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

      Sec. 5.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of April, 1917.

All fees in criminal cases included in salaries named

Previous act repealed

In effect April 1, 1917

Chap. 13–An Act authorizing the sale, lease or option of mines, mining claims or mining property owned or held by estates, and providing for the conveyance thereof.

[Approved February 12, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  When all or any portion of the estate of any deceased person, or of any ward under guardianship, consists of mines, mining claims or mining property, whether patented or unpatented, or of interests in mines, mining claims, and mining property, the administrator or executor of the estate of such deceased person, or the guardian of the property of the ward, may petition the court having jurisdiction of the estate for leave to lease such mines, mining claims, or mining property, or such interests in mines, mining claims or other mining property, belonging to the estate of the deceased, or to the ward, with an option to the lessee to purchase the same; and if upon the hearing it appears to the satisfaction of the court that it is for the best interest of the estate or of the ward, the court may make an order authorizing the administrator, executor or guardian to lease all or any portion of such mines, mining claims or other mining property, or all, or any portion, of the interests therein belonging to the estate or to the ward, as he shall designate in the order, and to give an option to the lessee to purchase the same within a specified time at a stipulated price; and when such order has been made, the executor, administrator, or guardian may lease the property or the interests in the property specified in said order, and give the lessee an option to purchase the same within the time, at the price, and on the terms specified in the order.

      Sec. 2.  If the lessee complies with the terms of the lease and accepts the option and tenders the stipulated price,

Guardian or administrator may sell, lease or grant option on mining property of ward or estate

When deed may be executed

Repeal

and accepts the option and tenders the stipulated price, he shall be entitled to a deed to be executed and delivered by the administrator, executor or guardian in the name of the interested heirs or wards for the mines, mining claims or other mining property, or the aforesaid interest therein upon which the option was given, and title shall pass upon execution and delivery of such deed acknowledging payment of such price without further order by the court.

      Sec. 3.  All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Females not to work more than 8 hours in one day or 56 hours in one week

Certain exceptions

Seats to be provided for female workers

Chap. 14–An Act limiting the hours of labor of females employed in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, laundry, hotel, or restaurant, or by any express or transportation company; compelling each employer in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, laundry, hotel, or restaurant, or other establishment employing any female, to provide suitable seats for all female employees, and to permit them to use such seats when they are not engaged in the active duties of their employment; and providing a penalty for failure, neglect, or refusal of the employer to comply with the provisions of this act, and for permitting or suffering any overseer, superintendent, foreman, or any other agent of any such employer to violate the provisions of this act.

[Approved February 14, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  No female shall be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, laundry, hotel, public lodging-house, apartment house, place of amusement, or restaurant, or by any express or transportation company in this state, more than eight hours during any one day, or more than fifty-six hours in one week. The hours of work may be so arranged as to permit the employment of females at any time so that they shall not work more than eight hours during the twenty-four hours of one day, or fifty-six hours during any one week; provided, however, that the provisions of this section in relation to hours of employment shall not apply to nor affect the harvesting, curing, canning, or drying of any variety of perishable fruit or vegetable, nor to nurses, nor to nurses in training in hospitals.

      Sec. 2.  Every employer in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, laundry, hotel, or restaurant, or other establishment, employing any female, shall provide suitable seats for all female employees, and shall permit them to use such seats when they are not engaged in the active duties of their employment.

      Sec. 3.  The district attorneys of the respective counties of this state, and the attorney-general of this state, shall enforce the provisions of this act, and said district attorneys, and said attorney-general and their deputies and agents, shall have all powers and authority of sheriffs or other peace officers to make arrests for violations of the provisions of this act, and to serve all processes and notices thereunder throughout the state.

      Sec. 4.  Any employer who shall permit or require any female to work in any of the places mentioned in section one more than the number of hours provided for in this act during any day of twenty-four hours, or who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to so arrange the work of females in his employ so that they shall not work more than the number of hours provided for in this act during any day of twenty-four hours, or who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to provide suitable seats as provided in section two of this act, or who shall permit or suffer any overseer, superintendent, foreman, or other agent of any such employer to violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished for a first offense, by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars; for a second offense, by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars; or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. All fines imposed and collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the state permanent school fund of this state.

District attorneys and attorney-general to enforce this act

Employers fined or imprisoned for non-compliance

Penalties

Fines go to state school fund

Chap. 15–An Act to provide for bonding counties for building and equipping county high schools and dormitories or for either one of these purposes, and other matters properly connected therewith.

[Approved February 16, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Whenever the county board of education in any county having a county high school shall certify to the board of county commissioners of such county that a new county high-school building or dormitory, or both of these are needed, or that it is necessary to enlarge one or more of the buildings in use, or to acquire a new building site or additional land for necessary school purposes or to purchase or acquire other necessary high-school equipment, and that the cost of the same is such that a bond issue for the purpose is advisable, and shall furnish the board of county commissioners with a definite statement of the amount of money needed therefor,

Question of bonds for high-school equipment submitted to voters, when

Special election, when

Notice of election

What notice must contain

Bond issue decided by election

needed therefor, said board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to submit the question of bonding the county for the amount and purposes named to the voters of the county at the next general election; or said board may, in its discretion, order a special election if so requested by the county board of education.

      Sec. 2.  The board of county commissioners may make an order for the bond election provided for in this act at any regular meeting or at a special meeting held not less than eight weeks before any general or special election, which election shall be noticed, held and conducted, and returns thereof made as and in the manner now provided by law for holding elections in the several counties of the state.

      The election notice must contain:

      First-The time and places of holding such election.

      Second-The hours during the day in which the polls will be opened, which hours shall be the same as at general elections.

      Third-The amount of the bonds, the rate of interest, not exceeding six per centum, and the number of years, not exceeding twenty, the bonds are to run.

      Fourth-In what time or city the proposed new buildings or enlargements are to be erected or where a new building site or additional land is to be acquired, or where the proposed equipment is to be placed and used.

      Fifth-The purpose or purposes for which the money realized from the sale of the bonds is to be used.

      Sixth-Such other facts as may be necessary to fully inform the voters of the nature and purposes of the proposed bond issue.

      There shall be placed upon one line of the printed ballots for such election the words “For the bonds,” and immediately below upon another line on the ballot, the words “Against the bonds.”

      The method of indicating choice thereof shall be the usual method prescribed in this state.

      Sec. 3.  If upon the official determination of the result of such election it shall appear that a majority of all the votes cast are “For the bonds” the board of county commissioners, as soon as practicable thereafter, shall issue the negotiable coupon bonds of the county in such form and denomination as the county board of education may direct, but not in conflict with the election notice thereof, said bonds to run for a period not to exceed twenty (20) years from the date of issue and to bear interest at a rate not exceeding six (6) per cent per annum, payable semiannually, both principal and interest payable at such place as the board of county commissioners may direct. Before any of the bonds provided for in this act are sold, notice of the proposed sale must be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county for at least three weeks,

by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county for at least three weeks, inviting sealed bids to be made for said bonds, and the bonds shall be sold to the highest and best bidder, but in no event shall be sold for less than their par value.

      Sec. 4.  All bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, attested by its clerk, sealed with the seal of the county, and countersigned by the county treasurer; and each of the interest coupons attached to said bond shall be signed by the original or engraved facsimile signature of said chairman, clerk and treasurer.

      Sec. 5.  Before any county shall sell any bonds under the provisions of this act, all such bonds shall be delivered to the treasurer of the county to be duly registered by him in a book kept for that purpose in his office, which shall show the amount, the place and time of payment, and the rate of interest; and all such bonds shall bear the certificate of the county treasurer to the effect that they are issued and registered under the provisions of this act. After such registry the bonds shall be advertised for sale and sold by the county board of education for the purpose of raising funds for the objects designated in this act. All moneys derived from the sale of such bonds shall be paid to the county treasurer, and the said treasurer is hereby required to receive and safely keep the same in a fund hereby created and known as the “County High-School Building Fund,” and to pay out said moneys in the manner now provided by law for payments from the “County High-School Fund” and for the purposes provided for in this act. The county board of education is hereby authorized and directed to use the money derived from the sale of said bonds, or such portion thereof as they may deem necessary, for the construction or enlargement of the high-school building or dormitory, or both, as the case may be, and for the purchase of property for a building site, agricultural gardens and other necessary school purposes; and any balance remaining in such fund after the accomplishment of the said purpose or purposes for which said bonds are issued shall be converted into and become a part of the “County High-School Fund.” Said county board of education shall determine as to the character and location, within the town or city as advertised, of said building or improvements and the materials and plans to be used therefor; or of the building site, additional land or high-school equipment; said board shall advertise for bids for the construction thereof and let the construction thereof by contract to the lowest responsible bidder, said board to have authority to reject any and all bids and to readvertise until a satisfactory bid is obtained. Should the holder of any bond or bonds issued under this act, for any cause whatever, fail to present the same to the county treasurer for payment when due, all interest thereon shall thereupon immediately cease.

Particulars regarding bonds

Bonds to be registered by county treasurer

“County High-School Building Fund”

Interest on bondssceases, when

Special county tax for interest and redemption of bonds

General county fund used, when

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same to the county treasurer for payment when due, all interest thereon shall thereupon immediately cease.

      Sec. 6.  Whenever a county shall issue and sell any bonds under the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to annually levy and assess a special tax on all the taxable property of such county, including the net proceeds of mines, in an amount sufficient to pay the interest accruing thereon promptly when and as same becomes due, according to the tenor and effect of said bonds, and the county treasurer shall collect the same as other taxes are collected, in cash only, keeping the same separate from other funds received by him, and shall cause said interest to always be promptly paid at the place of payment specified in the bonds; if there be any surplus after paying said interest, the treasurer shall without delay pass the same to the credit of the county high-school fund, and such money so passed to the credit of said fund, shall be subject to the disposal of the county board of education; and annually thereafter, provided the board of county commissioners so determine, until the full payment of such bonds has been made, the board of county commissioners shall levy and assess a special tax, and shall cause such special tax to be collected on all the taxable property of the county, including the net proceeds of mines, sufficient to raise annually a proportion of the principal of said bonds equal to a sum produced by taking the whole amount of said bonds outstanding and dividing it by the number of years said bonds then have to run, which amount shall be levied and assessed as aforesaid, and shall be collected by the county treasurer in the same manner as the tax for the payment of the interest coupons, and when collected shall be known as the “County High-School Bond Sinking Fund” and shall be used only for the payment of said bonds which said county treasurer shall cause to be paid at the place of payment specified in such bonds. The sinking fund thus created may be applied to the purchase and cancelation of the outstanding bonds provided for in this act before the same become due. At the maturity of such bonds the county treasurer shall call in and pay them with the interest accrued thereon, and shall duly cancel each bond and certify his action to the board of county commissioners and county board of education. In the event the funds to pay interest are not collected in time to permit the payment of the interest on said bonds when the same shall become due, the county treasurer shall pay the amount due out of the general county fund and then reimburse said fund for the amount so borrowed from it when said interest funds are collected.

      Sec. 7.  The maximum bonding limit of counties for county high-school purposes under the provisions of this act shall be as follows:

      1.  For counties having a total assessed valuation of two million five hundred thousand ($2,500,000) dollars or less, two and one-half per cent of such valuation.

      2.  For counties having an assessed valuation of over two million five hundred thousand ($2,500,000) and less than five million ($5,000,000) dollars of assessed valuation, two per cent of such valuation.

      3.  For counties having an assessed valuation of five million ($5,000,000) dollars and less than ten million ($10,000,000) dollars of assessed valuation, one and one-half per cent of such valuation.

      4.  For counties having ten million ($10,000,000) dollars or over of assessed valuation, one per cent of such valuation.

      Sec. 8.  No change in the boundary lines of any county shall release the taxable real property of the county from assessment and levy of the taxes to pay the interest and principal of such bonds, and if there shall be any change in the boundary of such county so as to leave out any portion of the taxable real property of the county which was subject to taxation in the county at the time of the issue of such bonds, the assessment and levy of taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds shall be made on such property as if it were still within the county, and shall be collected in like manner, and if there shall be any change of the boundary lines of such county so as to annex or include any taxable or real property, after the issue of such bonds, the real property so included or annexed shall thereafter be subject to the assessment and levy of a tax for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds.

      Sec. 9.  All taxes levied and assessed as in this act provided shall constitute a lien on the property charged therewith, from the date of the levy thereof by the county commissioners, or the entry thereof on the assessment roll of the county auditor, until the same are paid, and thereafter, if allowed to become delinquent, shall be enforced in the same manner as is now provided by law for the collection of state and county taxes. And no additional allowance, fee, or compensation whatever shall be paid to any officer for carrying out the provisions of this act.

      Sec. 10.  All bonds authorized or issued under the provisions of law existing prior to the passage of this act are hereby declared to be valid and the county board of education is hereby authorized to use the proceeds derived from the sale thereof for any or all of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned.

      Sec. 11.  All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Maximum bonding limits

Change in lines of county not to release property from taxation

Taxes a lien on property

Bonds declared valid

Repeal

What articles of incorporations, etc., must specify

Chap. 16–An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the creation of corporations sole, and defining the powers thereof, and other matters relating to such corporations,” approved March 2, 1915.

[Approved February 16, 1917]

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 to read as follows:

      Section 3.  The articles of incorporation shall specify:

      1.  The name of the corporation by which it shall be known;

      2.  The object of said corporation;

      3.  The estimated value of the property at the time of making the articles of incorporation;

      4.  The title of the person making such articles, and the manner in which any such vacancy occurring in the incumbency of such archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, or clergyman is required by the rules, regulations, or discipline of such church, society, or denomination to be filled.

Appropriation for salaries and wages in state printing office

Chap. 17–An Act making an appropriation for the payment of wages and salaries of the employees of the state printing office.

[Approved February 16, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available, for the payment of the wages and salaries of the employees of the state printing office for the year 1917 in the manner and form provided by law.

City council of Reno authorized to convey certain real estate

Chap. 18–An Act authorizing and empowering the city council of the city of Reno, in the county of Washoe, State of Nevada, to dispose of certain parcels of real estate.

[Approved February 16, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The city council of the city of Reno is hereby authorized and empowered to act as follows: To grant, bargain, and sell to the Riverside Mill Company, a corporation organized and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nevada, with its principal place of business in the city of Reno, the following-described property, in the city of Reno,

in the city of Reno, county of Washoe, State of Nevada: Starting at the southeast corner of block “W” of Reno townsite, thence westerly along the south line of said block “W” one hundred and ten one-hundredths (100.10) feet; thence northerly parallel to the easterly line of said block “W” seventy-three and thirty-three one-hundredths (73.33) feet to the southeast corner of the land to be described and sold; thence westerly at right angles twenty-nine and twenty-five one-hundredths (29.25) feet; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly bank of the Riverside Mill Company’s ditch commonly known as the “Riverside Mill Ditch” thirty-three (33) feet; thence southerly parallel to the easterly line of said block “W” to the point of beginning; said property to be granted, bargained, and sold as aforesaid for and in consideration of the Riverside Mill Company’s granting, bargaining, and selling to the city of Reno its surface rights over and above the Riverside mill ditch, in the city of Reno, county of Washoe, owned by it, where said ditch crosses, or may cross, the east one hundred feet of lot twelve and the south half of lot eleven in block “W,” Reno townsite; further granting, bargaining, and selling the right, privilege, and power to said city of Reno to keep the surface of said ditch in the east one hundred feet of lot twelve and the south half of lot eleven as aforesaid covered and bridged over on a level with the surface of the contiguous property of said city of Reno.

Conditions of transfer

Chap. 19–An Act for the relief of William McKnight.

[Approved February 19, 1917]

      Whereas, In September, 1916, it became necessary to renew the insurance policies on the pavilion, grand-stand and stables belonging to the Nevada State Agriculture Society, which said buildings are the property of the State of Nevada; and

      Whereas, The appropriation in favor of the said Nevada Agricultural Society was exhausted and it was, therefore, impossible to pay said payment out of said appropriation; and

      Whereas, The amount of said premiums being the sum of $413.76 was advanced and paid by Wm. McKnight, and the same is a just and legal claim against the State of Nevada; now, therefore,

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of $413.76 is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant in payment of the said Wm. McKnight for the said sum, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Relief of William McKnight

Appropriation, $413.76

Florence Crittenton Mission

Appropriation, $4,800

Chap. 20–An Act appropriating four thousand eight hundred dollars for the support and maintenance of the Florence Crittenton Mission of Nevada, Incorporated, located at Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.

[Approved February 19, 1917]

      Whereas, A number of the citizens of the State of Nevada have incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada the Florence Crittenton Mission, Incorporated, and a branch of the National Crittenton Mission; and

      Whereas, Among other things, the purposes for which said corporation is formed are: To aid and encourage destitute, homeless, and friendless women to lead lives of respect, and to reach positions of honorable self-support; to provide a temporary home and employment for women and girls who have been led from the path of virtue and who sincerely desire to reform, and to aid and encourage them to seek respectability and reformation of character; to provide shelter for young and unprotected mothers with their children, and to encourage and assist young mothers in caring for their children, etc.; and

      Whereas, Said corporation has no capital stock nor shares of stock; and its members consist of men and women who are in sympathy with, and who voluntarily contribute to, its purposes, and the contributions of said corporation since its organization have been very small; and

      Whereas, Said corporation has cared for many who have sought shelter, and the demands of said corporation are continually increasing, and it is without funds to properly care for those seeking its protection, and carrying out the great objects and purposes for which it was organized; 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 eight hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes of assisting the Florence Crittenton Mission of Nevada, Incorporated, in carrying out the objects and purposes for which it was organized; provided, that said money shall be used for the purposes ordered, and with the consent of the state board of examiners.

      Sec. 2.  Said four thousand eight hundred dollars thus appropriated shall be paid to the treasurer of said corporation in installments of two hundred dollars per month for a period of twenty-four (24) months.

      Sec. 3.  The state controller is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant in favor of the treasurer of said corporation for the sums named in this act, and the state treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay the same.

Chap. 21–An Act to amend section 594 of an act entitled “An act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in this state, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 17, 1911.

[Approved February 19, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 594 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 594.  Whenever any fugitive from justice shall be returned to this state under interstate or international extradition, and shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county in which the fugitive is charged with having committed a crime against the laws of this state, the board of county commissioners of every such county is authorized to provide for the payment by the county of such reasonable sum of money to defray the expenses of the extradition and delivery aforesaid as the board may deem just and reasonable; provided, that a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners shall have consented, by order of the board entered on its minutes, to the extradition of the fugitive before extradition proceedings are instituted, and not otherwise.

County commissioners to provide for reasonable expenses in extradition proceedings

Proviso

Chap. 22–An Act empowering the board of trustees of school district No. 1, of Ormsby County, Nevada, to borrow money and issue its notes as security for the payment thereof, and directing the board of county commissioners of said county to levy a special tax for the payment of the same and matters relating thereto.

[Approved February 19, 1917]

      Whereas, School district No. 1, Ormsby County, State of Nevada, has a floating indebtedness, represented by outstanding warrants bearing seven (7%) per cent interest per annum, amounting to the sum of $8,242.03; and

      Whereas, The trustees of said school district are able to secure the said sum of money so owed for interest at the rate of five (5%) per cent per annum, and it is for the best interests of said district that the said trustees be authorized to borrow such amount and to retire the said outstanding warrants; now, therefore,

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. 1, of Ormsby County, Nevada, is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow a sum of money not to exceed six thousand ($6,000) dollars, with interest at a rate not to exceed five (5%) per cent per annum, payable semiannually, and to issue promissory notes of said school district No. 1,

Ormsby County authorized to issue notes to meet indebtedness of schools

To borrow $6,000 at 5 per cent interest

To issue promissory notes

Tax authorized to redeem notes

Interest and redemption fund created

Faith of state pledged

issue promissory notes of said school district No. 1, Ormsby County, Nevada, as security therefor. Said notes shall be numbered consecutively and one retired semiannually, in accordance with the numbers, beginning with December, 1917; the date of maturity shall be indicated on each note and shall be fixed by the trustees before issuance. Said money to be used for the sole purpose of retiring and paying outstanding unpaid warrants.

      Sec. 2.  To provide for the payment of the principal and interest on said notes herein authorized to be issued, the board of county commissioners of Ormsby County, Nevada, shall in the year 1917, and annually thereafter until the said notes and interest are fully paid, 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. 1, sufficient to pay the interest due upon all outstanding notes, and retire one-fourth of the original issue of said notes.

      Sec. 3.  Said property shall be assessed and said taxes collected the same as other taxes, and shall be paid to the county treasurer and by him assigned to the school district No. 1 “Special Interest and Redemption Fund.” At the maturity of said notes they shall be paid by the county treasurer out of said fund, upon the presentation and surrender of said notes. No interest shall be paid on said notes after maturity unless presented for payment.

      Sec. 4.  The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby pledged that this act shall not be repealed, nor taxation imposed omitted, until all the notes issued under and by virtue thereof shall have been paid in full, as in this act specified.

Sections repealed

Chap. 23–An Act to repeal certain sections of an act entitled “An act creating a Lincoln highway commission and to provide for the construction and repair of the public highway known as the Lincoln highway in the counties of White Pine, Eureka, Lander, Churchill, Washoe, and Ormsby, in the State of Nevada, and other matters relating thereto, and making an appropriation therefor,” approved March 26, 1915.

[Approved February 20, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the above-entitled act are hereby repealed.

Chap. 24–An Act to amend section 8 of an act entitled “An act to regulate the sale and use of poisons in the State of Nevada, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof,” approved March 24, 1913, as amended by act approved March 12, 1915.

[Approved February 20, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section eight of said act is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 8.  It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, furnish or give away, or offer to sell, furnish or give away, or to have in their or his possession any cocaine, opium, yen shee, morphine, codeine, heroin, alpha eucaine, beta eucaine, nova caine, anhalonium (peyote or mescal button), cannabis sativa (Indian hemp or loco weed), or chloral hydrate, or any of the salts, derivatives, or compounds of the foregoing substances, or any preparation or compound containing any of the foregoing substances or their salts, derivatives, or compounds excepting upon the written order or prescription of a physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon licensed to practice in this state, which order or prescription shall be dated and shall contain the name of the person for whom prescribed, written in by the person writing said prescription, or if ordered by a veterinary surgeon it shall state the kind of animal for which ordered and shall be by the person giving the prescription or order. Such order or prescription shall be permanently retained on file by the person, firm, or corporation who shall compound or dispense the articles ordered or prescribed, and it shall not be again compounded or dispensed if each fluid or avoirdupois ounce contains more than eight grains of opium, or one grain of morphine, or two grains of codeine, or one-half grain of heroin, or one grain of cocaine, or one grain of alpha eucaine, or one grain of nova caine, or sixty grains of chloral hydrate, excepting upon the written order of the prescriber for each and every subsequent compounding or dispensing. No copy or duplicate of such written order or prescription shall be made or delivered to any person, but the original shall be at all times open to inspection by the prescriber and properly authorized officer of the law, and shall be preserved for at least three years from the date of the filing thereof; provided, that the above provisions shall not apply to sales at wholesale by jobbers, wholesalers and manufacturers to pharmacies legally licensed and doing business under the laws of the State of Nevada, or physicians, nor to each other, nor to the sale at retail by pharmacies to physicians, dentists, or veterinary surgeons duly licensed to practice in this state; provided further, that all such wholesale jobbers, wholesalers, and manufacturers, in this section mentioned, shall before delivery to any person, firm, or corporation of any of the articles in this section enumerated,

Regulating traffic in poisons and narcotic drugs

Proviso

Wholesalers to keep record

Form of record

Open to inspection by officers and citizens

Preparations of certain strength not prohibited

Drug-store owners to keep record of orders on wholesalers

in this section enumerated, make or cause to be made in a book kept for that purpose only, an entry of the sale of any such article, stating the date of such sale and quantity and name of the article and form in which sold, the true name and true address of the purchaser, the name of the person by whom such entry and sale was made, also a statement showing how delivery was had, whether delivered personally or forwarded by mail, express or freight, which book shall be substantially as follows:

And said books shall always be opened for inspection by any peace officer or citizen, or any member of the board of pharmacy, or any inspector by them authorized, and such books shall be preserved for at least five years after the date of the last entry therein. It shall be unlawful for any practitioner of medicine, dentistry, or veterinary surgeon to furnish to, or prescribe for the use of, any habitual user of the same, any cocaine, opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, anhalonium, cannabis sativa, or chloral hydrate, or any salt, derivative, or compounds, and it shall be unlawful for any practitioner of dentistry to prescribe any of the foregoing substances for any person not under his treatment in the regular practice of his profession, or of any veterinary surgeon to prescribe any of the foregoing substances for the use of any human being; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent any duly licensed physician from furnishing or prescribing in good faith as their physician by them employed as such, for any habitual user of any narcotic drugs who is under his professional care, such substances as he may deem necessary for their treatment, when such prescriptions are not for substances furnished for the purpose of evading the purposes of this act; provided, that the above provisions shall not apply to prescriptions sold or dispensed without a physician’s prescription containing less than two grains of opium, or one-fourth grain of morphine, or one-half grain of codeine, or one-sixth grain of nova caine, or one-sixth grain beta eucaine, or ten grains chloral hydrate in one fluid ounce, or if a solid preparation in one avoirdupois ounce, or to the sale of strychnine or other poisons for the purpose of destroying noxious wild animals; and it is further provided, that it shall be the duty of every proprietor or manager of a pharmacy or drug store, within the State of Nevada, to keep a true and correct record of all orders forwarded to wholesalers, jobbers or manufacturers or traveling salesmen for the purchase of, in any manner, any cocaine, opium, yen shee, morphine, codeine, heroin, alpha eucaine, beta eucaine, nova caine, anhalonium, cannabis sativa or chloral hydrate, or any salt, derivative or compound thereof, within the meaning of the provisions of this act; provided further,

this act; provided further, that a true and correct copy of all orders, forwarded by U. S. mail or otherwise, or given personally any traveling salesman, for narcotic drugs as specified in this section, shall be forwarded by registered mail to the secretary of the Nevada state board of pharmacy, within twenty-four hours after the forwarding of such order direct or through a representative or traveling salesman; and provided further, the taking of any order, or making of any contract or agreement, by any salesman or representative, or any employee of person, firm or corporation, for future delivery in this state, for any of the articles or drugs mentioned in this section shall be deemed a sale of said articles or drugs by said traveling representative or employee within the meaning of the provisions of this act; provided further, that a true and correct copy of all orders, contracts or agreements taken for narcotic drugs specified in this section by any traveling representative or employee shall likewise be forwarded by such traveling representative or employee by registered mail to the secretary of the Nevada state board of pharmacy within twenty-four hours after the taking of such order, contract or agreement, unless such order, contract or agreement is recorded by entry in a book used for that purpose only by some wholesale jobber, wholesaler or manufacturer permanently located in this state, as provided for in this section.

Copy of order must be sent state board of pharmacy within 24 hours

Order deemed sale

Drummer must send copy of order to state board

Exception as to Nevada wholesaler

Chap. 25–An Act to amend an act entitled “An act creating the office of inspector of mines; fixing his duties and powers; providing for appointment of a deputy and fixing compensation of both; requiring certain reports and notices of accidents to be made to said inspector, and defining the duties of the attorney-general and the district attorneys in relation to suits instituted by the inspector of mines,” approved March 24, 1909, as amended and approved March 27, 1911.

[Approved February 20, 1917]

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 6.  The inspector of mines shall be provided with a properly furnished office at the state house in Carson City, Nevada, in which he shall carefully keep a complete record of all mines examined, showing the date of examination, the condition in which the mines were found, the manner and method of working, the extent to which the laws are obeyed, and what recommendations, if any, were ordered by the inspector. It is hereby made the duty of the owner, lessor, lessee, agent, manager or other person in charge of each and every mine, of whatever kind or character,

Amending inspector of mines law

Mine operators to send reports to inspector of mines

Two deputies authorized

Employees not to ride on rim, bail or cable

lessee, agent, manager or other person in charge of each and every mine, of whatever kind or character, within the state, to forward to the inspector of mines at his office, not later than the first day of June in each year, and in all cases when commencing operations, a detailed report showing the character of the mine, the number of men then employed and the estimated maximum number of men to be employed therein during the ensuing year, the method of working such mine and the general condition thereof, and such owner, lessor, lessee, agent, manager, or other person in charge of any mine within the state must furnish whatever information relative to such mine as the inspector of mines may from time to time require for his guidance in the proper discharge of his official duties.

      Sec. 2.  Section 9 of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 9.  The inspector of mines shall have power to appoint two deputy inspectors, who shall each receive a salary of two hundred dollars per month, as full compensation for all services. Said deputies shall be allowed traveling expenses while in the discharge of their duties.

      Sec. 3.  Section 38 of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 38.  It shall be unlawful for any person to ride upon the rim, bail or cable of a hoisting bucket, cage or skip, and it is hereby made the duty of every operator to post notice of same in all stations and upon all gallows frames.

Court fees for certain proceedings

Chap. 26–An Act to amend section two 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.

[Approved February 20, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 2 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 2.  Whenever any appeal from the final judgment or any order of a district court shall be taken to the supreme court, or whenever any special proceeding by way of mandamus, certiorari, prohibition, quo warranto, habeas corpus, or otherwise, shall be brought in or to the supreme court, the party appealing or bringing such special proceeding shall at or before the filing of the transcript on such appeal or petition in such special proceeding in the supreme court pay the clerk of the supreme court the sum of twenty-five dollars lawful money of the United States, which such payment shall be in full of all fees of the clerk of the supreme court in such action or special proceeding, and shall include the five-dollar court fee provided for in section 30 of the above-entitled act.

five-dollar court fee provided for in section 30 of the above-entitled act. No such payment shall be required from, and no fees shall be charged by said clerk in any action brought in or to said court wherein the state or any officer or commission thereof is a party in his or its official capacity, against said officer or commission; provided, that in habeas corpus proceedings where the same are of a criminal or quasi-criminal nature, no fee shall be charged.

No fee in habeas corpus proceeding of criminal nature

Chap. 27–An Act to amend section 646 of an act entitled “An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this state and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, being section 5588, Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912.

[Approved February 20, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 646 of an act entitled “An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this state and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, being section 5588, Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912, is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 646.  A tenant of real property, for a term less than life, is guilty of an unlawful detainer:

      1.  Where he continues in possession, in person or by subtenant, of the property or any part thereof, after the expiration of the term for which it is let to him. In all cases where real property is leased for a specified term or period, or by express or implied contract, whether written or parol, the tenancy shall be terminated without notice at the expiration of such specified term or period; or

      2.  When, having leased real property for an indefinite time, with monthly or other periodic rent reserved, he continues in possession thereof, in person or by subtenant, after the end of any such month or period, in cases where the landlord, fifteen days or more prior to the end of such month or period, shall have served notice requiring him to quit the premises at the expiration of such month or period; or, in cases of tenancy at will where he remains in possession of such premises after the expiration of a notice of not less than five days.

      3.  When he continues in possession, in person or by subtenant, after default in the payment of any rent and after a notice in writing requiring in the alternative the payment of the rent or the surrender of the detained premises, shall have remained uncomplied with for the period of three days after service thereof. Such notice may be served at any time after the rent becomes due.

      4.  When he assigns or sublets the leased premises contrary to the covenants of the lease, or commits or permits waste thereon, or when he sets up or carries on therein or thereon any unlawful business, or when he suffers, permits, or maintains on or about said premises any nuisance, and remains in possession after service upon him of three days’ notice to quit.

Tenant guilty of unlawful detainer, when

Tenant guilty of unlawful detainer, when

Proviso

thereon, or when he sets up or carries on therein or thereon any unlawful business, or when he suffers, permits, or maintains on or about said premises any nuisance, and remains in possession after service upon him of three days’ notice to quit.

      5.  When he continues in possession, in person or by subtenant, after a neglect or failure to perform any condition or covenant of the lease or agreement under which the property is held, other than those hereinbefore mentioned, and after notice, in writing, requiring in the alternative the performance of such condition or covenant, or the surrender of the property, served upon him, and, if there be a subtenant in actual occupation of the premises, also upon such subtenant, shall remain uncomplied with for five days after the service thereof. Within three days after the service, the tenant, or any subtenant in actual occupation of the premises, or any mortgagee of the term, or other person, interested in its continuance, may perform such condition or covenant and thereby save the lease from forfeiture; provided, that if the covenants and conditions of the lease, violated by the lessee, cannot afterwards be performed, then no notice as last prescribed herein need be given.

Defective

Chap. 28–[This bill, after being numbered, was found defective and returned to the Governor. Chapter 52 is the same bill in correct form.]

Certain persons exempt from grand or trial juror duty

Chap. 29–An Act to amend an act to amend section 9 of an act entitled “An act concerning juries,” approved March 5, 1873; approved March 5, 1875; approved March 5, 1877; approved March 7, 1881; approved March 12, 1895, the same being section 4932, Revised Laws, 1912, approved March 6, 1915.

[Approved February 21, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 9 of an act entitled “An act concerning juries,” approved March 5, 1873, approved March 5, 1875, approved March 5, 1877, approved March 7, 1881, approved March 12, 1895; the same being section 4932, Revised Laws, 1912, approved March 6, 1915, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 9.  Upon satisfactory proof, made by affidavit or otherwise, the following-named persons, and no other, shall be exempt from service as grand or trial jurors: Any federal or state officer, judge, justice of the peace, county clerk, sheriff, constable, assessor, recorder, attorney at law, physician, nurse, married woman or school teacher, dentist, minister of the gospel, telegraph and telephone operator, locomotive or stationary engineer,

or stationary engineer, locomotive fireman, conductor, brakeman, mail carrier, engaged in the actual carrying of the United States mail, on a regular mail route, and one-half of all members of each regularly enrolled fire company in the state, said half to be determined by the several fire companies respectively, and all officers of such fire companies, not exceeding ten for each company, and also in all cities and towns wherein there is a paid fire department, after such paid fire department shall have been organized and put in operation, all members of said fire department, and all persons who are now or may hereafter become members of any exempt fireman’s association, society, or organization within this state; but such exemption shall not extend to any member of such association, society, or organization, unless prior to becoming a member of the same, such member shall have served as an active fireman in some regularly organized fire department in this state for the period of three years, and also in all cities and towns in this state wherein there are volunteer fire departments, after such volunteer departments shall have been organized and put in operation all members thereof; and also, all members thereof who may hereafter become members of any exempt fireman’s association, society, or organization, within this state; but such exemption shall not extend to any member of such association, society, or organization, unless prior to becoming a member of the same such member shall have served as an active fireman in some regularly organized volunteer fire department in this state, for the period of five years; provided, that the entire exemption of such exempt firemen, where there is a paid fire department, shall not exceed in one town or city one hundred and fifty; and where there is a volunteer fire department the entire exemption shall not exceed, in any one town or city, fifty; and provided further, that any person liable to grand or trial jury duty residing sixty or more miles distant from the county-seat of his county shall be exempted from service on either grand or trial juries for the period of one year upon making affidavit to the fact that he so resides, and filing the same with the clerk of the district court of the district in which his county is situated, and paying to such clerk the sum of twenty-five dollars. Upon the receipt of such affidavit and such sum, the said clerk shall deliver to such person a certificate stating the fact of such receipts, and thereafter, for the period of one year from the date of such payment, the name of such person shall not be placed in the jury box, nor shall such person be selected as a grand or trial juror. It shall be the duty of said clerk, upon the receipt of said sum, to deliver the same to the county treasurer of his county, and the said treasurer shall immediately place the same to the credit of the general fund of said county.

Certain persons exempt from jury duty

Exempt firemen

Proviso; limitation of number exempt

Certain persons liable to jury duty, how may obtain exemption

Relief of Henderson Banking Co., Inc.

Appropriation, $2,750

Chap. 30–An Act for the relief of Henderson Banking Company, Inc.

[Approved February 28, 1917]

      Whereas, The legislature of the State of Nevada at its twenty-seventh session passed an act making an appropriation of eight thousand ($8,000) dollars for the purpose of maintaining the state agricultural experiment dry farm located at Pleasant Valley, Elko County, State of Nevada, for the years 1915 and 1916; and

      Whereas, It seemed expedient to the governor for the reasons stated in his veto message to veto the said bill, whereby there was no money for the maintenance of the said experiment dry farm; and

      Whereas, It became and was necessary for the board of control of said dry farm to incur claims against the State of Nevada for settlement with the superintendent of said dry farm for maintaining the same and providing for the care of stock on said dry farm, and other incidental expenses connected therewith; and

      Whereas, Upon application to the board of examiners of the State of Nevada by resolution in writing, deficiencies in favor of the board of control of said dry farm were declared; and

      Whereas, Under said deficiencies claims were incurred by said board of control in the sum of two thousand seven hundred and fifty ($2,750) dollars; and

      Whereas, Claims for said deficiencies amounting to said sum have been duly presented to, examined and approved by said board of control and by the board of examiners of the State of Nevada; and

      Whereas, The claims therefor have been duly assigned to Henderson Banking Company, Inc.; and

      Whereas, The claim of Henderson Banking Company, Inc., for said amount is a just and legal claim against the State of Nevada; now, therefore,

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of two thousand seven hundred and fifty ($2,750) dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the general fund of the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, in payment of the aforesaid claim of Henderson Banking Company, Inc., against the State of Nevada, and the state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant upon the state treasury for said amount in favor of Henderson Banking Company, Inc., and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Chap. 31–An Act to amend section 461 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, effective January 1, 1912.

[Approved March 2, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 461 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, effective January 1, 1912, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 461.  Any person who shall obtain food, lodging, or other accommodation at any hotel, inn, boarding, rooming, or eating house with intent to defraud the owner or keeper thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months. Proof that lodging, food, or other accommodations were obtained by false pretense, or by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property, or that the person refused or neglected to pay for such food, lodging, or other accommodations, or that he gave in payment for such food, lodging, or other accommodation negotiable paper on which payment was refused, or that he absconded without paying, or offering to pay, for such food, lodging, or other accommodation, or that he surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his baggage, shall be prima facie evidence of the fraudulent intent mentioned herein; but his act shall not apply where there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payment for a period to exceed ten days. All acts or other parts of acts that conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Misdemeanor to defraud hotel, inn, or any boarding or lodging house

Proof of guilt

Chap. 32–An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada, and to repeal certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 23, 1891, and of acts amendatory thereof.

[Approved March 2, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 39 of the above-entitled act, being section 3651 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 39.  Immediately after the second Monday in December of each year, the county treasurer and ex officio tax receiver shall advertise the property upon which delinquent taxes are a lien, for sale, in all cases where the delinquent tax, exclusive of poll taxes and penalties, does not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars, such sale to be made at the courthouse door of the county, on the third Monday in January next succeeding.

Sale of property for delinquent taxes

Notice, how published

What notice shall specify

Proviso as to redemption

Bids at said sales

Deed to be conclusive evidence of title

exceed the sum of three hundred dollars, such sale to be made at the courthouse door of the county, on the third Monday in January next succeeding. Such notice shall be published in a newspaper, if there be one in the county, at least once a week from the date thereof until the time of sale, and if there be no newspaper in the county, such notice shall be posted in at least three public places in each township where delinquent property is situate, such posting to be at least twenty days prior to the day of sale; provided, that the cost of such publication shall not exceed two dollars for each or any case of delinquency.

      Such notice shall specify and give:

      First-The name of the owner, if known.

      Second-The amount of taxes due from him, together with the penalty and costs.

      Third-The description of the property on which such taxes are a lien and which will be sold for the payment thereof.

      Fourth-And that ten per cent on such taxes and cost of advertising will be collected in addition to the original tax, or the property sold for all of said sums, specifying the time and place of said sale, and that such sale is subject to redemption within one year after the date of sale by payment of all of said sums with three per cent per month thereon from date of sale until paid; provided, that such redemption may be made in accordance with the provisions of the civil practice act of this state in regard to real property sold under execution, except as to percentage of redemption as in this section provided.

      The bidding at tax sales under the provisions of this section shall be for the smallest quantity of property that will pay the taxes, penalty, and costs.

      Sec. 2.  Section 54 of the above-entitled act, being section 3666 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 54.  An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in the courts of justice in the State of Nevada, approved March 9, 1869, and the several amendments thereto, or amendments which may hereafter be made thereto, or laws passed under the government of the State of Nevada, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby made applicable to the proceedings under this act, and any deed derived from the sale of real property under this act shall be conclusive evidence of the title, except as against actual frauds or the payment of the taxes by one not a party to the action or judgment in or upon which such sale was made, and shall entitle the holder thereof to possession of such property, which possession may be obtained by action in a justice’s court for the unlawful withholding thereof in the same manner as where tenants hold over after the expiration of their lease; provided, that the officer in selling such property shall sell only the smallest quantity that will pay the judgment and all costs.

the officer in selling such property shall sell only the smallest quantity that will pay the judgment and all costs. All sales of real estate sold for taxes shall be subject to redemption at any time within one year after date of sale by the payment of all costs connected with the suit and sale, together with interest at the rate of three per cent per month from date of sale up to time of redemption. When property is sold belonging to minors or persons under legal disability, they shall have one year after such disability is removed to redeem such property, as in other civil cases, by paying the whole amount of the judgment and all subsequent taxes and interests paid by and due to the purchaser at such sale, and fifty per cent in addition thereto. But this provision shall not apply when the executor or administrator of the estate, or the father, or, in case of his death, the mother or guardian of such minor children, or insane persons, has been personally served with process.

      Sec. 3.  The above amendments shall not apply to redemptions from tax sales heretofore held, but only to property sold after the passage and approval of this act.

Proviso; smallest quantity

Redemption within one year, how effected

Exception

Not to apply to tax sales

Chap. 33–An Act to amend section 259 of an act entitled “An act to regulate the settlement of the estates of deceased persons,” approved March 23, 1897, being section 6116 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

[Approved March 2, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 259 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 259.  When any person having title to any estate, not otherwise limited by marriage contract, shall die intestate as to such estate, it shall descend and be distributed, subject to the payment of his or her debts, in the following manner:

      First-If there be a surviving husband or wife, and only one child, or the lawful issue of one child, one-half to the surviving husband or wife, and one-half to such child or issue of such child. If there be a surviving husband or wife and more than one child living, or one child living and the lawful issue of one or more deceased children, one-third to the surviving husband or wife, and the remainder in equal shares to his or her children, and to the lawful issue of any deceased child by right of representation. If there be no child of the intestate living at his or her death, the remainder shall go to all of his or her lineal descendants, and if all of the said descendants are in the same degree of kindred to the intestate they shall share equally, otherwise they shall take according to the right of representation.

Distribution of estate of intestate

Distribution of estate of intestate

the intestate they shall share equally, otherwise they shall take according to the right of representation.

      Second-If he or she shall leave no issue, the estate shall go, one-half to the surviving husband or wife, one-fourth to the intestate’s father, and one-fourth to the intestate’s mother, if both are living; if not, one half to either the father or mother then living. If he or she shall leave no issue, nor father, nor mother, the whole community property of the intestate shall go to the surviving husband or wife, and one-half of the separate property of the intestate shall go to the surviving husband or wife, and the other half thereof shall go in equal shares to the brothers and sisters of the intestate, and to the children of any deceased brother or sister by right of representation. If he or she shall leave no issue, or husband, or wife, the estate shall go, one-half to the intestate’s father and one-half to the intestate’s mother, if both are living, if not, the whole estate shall go to either the father or mother then living. If he or she shall leave no issue, father, mother, brother, or sister, or children of any issue, brother or sister, all of the property, both community and separate, of the intestate shall go to the surviving husband or wife.

      Third-If there be no issue, nor husband, nor wife, nor father, nor mother, then in equal shares to the brothers and sisters of the intestate, and to the children of any deceased brother or sister by right of representation.

      Fourth-If the intestate shall leave no issue, nor husband, nor wife, nor father, nor mother, and no brother or sister living at his or her death, the estate shall go to the next of kin in equal degree, excepting that when there are two or more collateral kindred in equal degree, but claiming through different ancestors, those who claim through the nearest ancestors shall be preferred to those who claim through ancestors more remote; provided, however, if any person shall die leaving several children, or leaving one child and issue of one or more children, and any such surviving child shall die under age and not having been married, all of the estate that came to such deceased child by inheritance from such deceased parent shall descend in equal shares to the other children of the same parent, and to the issue of any such other children who may have died, by right of representation.

      Fifth-If at the death of such child, who shall die under age and not having been married, all the other children of this said parent being also dead, and any of them shall have left issue, the estate that came to such child by inheritance from his or her said parent shall descend to all the issue of the other children of the same parent, and if all the said issue are in the same degree of kindred to said child they shall share the said estate equally; otherwise they shall take according to the right of representation.

      Sixth-If there be no surviving husband, or wife, or kindred, except a child or children, the estate shall, if there be only one child, all go to that child; and if there be more than one child, the estate shall descend and be distributed to all the intestate’s children, share and share alike.

dred, except a child or children, the estate shall, if there be only one child, all go to that child; and if there be more than one child, the estate shall descend and be distributed to all the intestate’s children, share and share alike.

      Seventh-If there be no surviving husband, or wife, or kindred, except a child or children and the lawful issue of a child or children, the estate shall descend and be distributed to such child or children and lawful issue of such child or children by right of representation, as follows: To such child or children each a child’s part, and to the lawful issue of each deceased child, by right of representation, the same part and proportion that its parent would have received in case such parent had been living at the time of the intestate’s death; that is, the lawful issue of any deceased child shall receive the part and proportion that its parent would have received had such parent been living at the time of the intestate’s death.

      Eighth-If there be no surviving husband, or wife, or kindred, except the lawful issue of a child or children, all of the estate shall descend and be distributed to the lawful issue of such child or children by right of representation, and this rule shall apply to the lawful issue of all such children and to their lawful issue ad infinitum.

      Ninth-If the intestate shall leave no husband, nor wife, nor kindred, the estate shall escheat to the state for the support of the common schools.

Distribution of estate of intestate

To school fund, when

Chap. 34–An Act giving the clerk of the supreme court authority to appoint a deputy in his office.

[Approved March 2, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The clerk of the supreme court shall have the power, under his hand and seal, to appoint one deputy in his office, without compensation; the deputy so appointed may, during the absence or inability of the clerk of the supreme court, perform all the duties of a ministerial nature requisite and pertaining to the office.

Deputy for clerk of supreme court; no salary

Elko County dry farm abolished

Effects to be transferred to capitol commissioners

Disposition of effects

Land to be conveyed to Elko County

Repeal

Chap. 35–An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act to establish an agricultural experiment dry farm in the northeastern part of this state, creating a commission in connection therewith, providing for its expenses and conferring certain powers thereon, imposing certain duties on the governor and attorney-general in relation thereto, providing for the government thereof, and making an appropriation therefor,” approved March 2, 1909, and providing for the disposition of the records, property and effects of said agricultural experiment dry farm.

[Approved March 2, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The act entitled “An act to establish an agricultural experiment dry farm in the northeastern part of this state, creating a commission in connection therewith, providing for its expenses and conferring certain powers thereon, imposing certain duties on the governor and attorney-general in relation thereto, providing for the government thereof, and making an appropriation therefor,” approved March 2, 1909, is hereby repealed.

      Sec. 2.  Upon the taking effect of this act, the board of control of the state agricultural experiment dry farm, located at Pleasant Valley, Elko County, Nevada, shall deliver to the board of capitol commissioners of the State of Nevada all records, property and effects belonging to or theretofore in any manner acquired by said board of control of said state agricultural experiment dry farm.

      Sec. 3.  It shall be the duty of said board of capitol commissioners to accept and receive said property and effects and to make such disposition of the same as, in the judgment of said board, shall be for the best interest of the state, and any and all personal or movable property shall be handled in the manner outlined in sections 4417 and 4418 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912, and said board is hereby authorized to negotiate the sale of and sell any and all such real property, and to certify its action to the governor and secretary of state, who shall execute proper conveyances accordingly under the seal of the state; provided, however, that all of the real estate donated to the said state agricultural dry farm, located in Pleasant Valley, Elko County, Nevada, under the provisions of section 4 of the aforesaid act, shall be, by the said board of capitol commissioners, reconveyed to said Elko County.

      Sec. 4.  Any and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed.

Chap. 36–An Act to provide for the printing of the papers of the Nevada Historical Society.

[Approved March 2, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The superintendent of state printing shall cause to be printed fifteen hundred copies of each biennial volume of historical papers issued by the Nevada Historical Society, all of which shall be delivered to the secretary of said society to be sold for the benefit of said society, or used by it for distribution to its members or for exchange.

      Sec. 2.  All plates for illustrating any volume shall be furnished to the state printer by the Nevada Historical Society, and all binding of the historical papers other than paper shall be paid for by the society.

Papers to be printed at state printing office

Plates and binding paid for by society

Chap. 37–An Act to quiet title to real estate by defining when the lien of an attachment and mortgage and the notice of the pendency of an action expires.

[Approved March 2, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The lien upon real property heretofore or hereafter created by the levy of a writ of attachment shall, unless otherwise released and discharged of record, at the expiration of ten years from the time of such levy terminate and be conclusively presumed to have been regularly released and discharged.

      Sec. 2.  The lien heretofore or hereafter created of any mortgage upon any real estate, appearing of record, and not otherwise satisfied and discharged of record, shall at the expiration of ten years after the debt secured by said mortgage according to the terms thereof become wholly due, terminate, and it shall be conclusively presumed that said debt has been regularly satisfied and said lien discharged.

      Sec. 3.  Notice of the pendency of any action shall not constitute notice or be of any force or effect after the expiration of ten years from the time of the filing of such notice.

      Sec. 4.  All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Attachment liens on real property expire in 10 years

Mortgage liens, same

Notice of no effect after 10 years

Repeal

Notary public connected with bank may take acknowledgment of instruments of said bank, unless direct party

Chap. 38–An Act concerning notaries public who are stockholders, directors, officers, or employees of banks or other corporations.

[Approved March 2, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  It shall be lawful for any notary public who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a bank or other corporation to take the acknowledgment of any party to any written instrument executed to or by such corporation, or to administer an oath to any other stockholder, director, officer, employee, or agent of such corporation, or to protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment of bills of exchange, drafts, checks, notes and other negotiable instruments which may be owned or held for collection by such corporation; provided, it shall be unlawful for any notary public to take the acknowledgment of an instrument by or to a bank or other corporation of which he is a stockholder, director, officer, or employee, where such notary is a party to such instrument, either individually or as a representative of such corporation, or to protest any negotiable instrument owned or held for collection by such corporation, where such notary is individually a party to such instrument.

Care of G. A. R. cemetery

$150 to be paid each year-1917 and 1918

Duties of controller and treasurer

Chap. 39–An Act appropriating three hundred dollars for watering and care of the Grand Army cemetery at Carson City.

[Approved March 2, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of three hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of watering and caring for the Grand Army cemetery at Carson City, Nevada.

      Sec. 2.  Annually on the first Mondays in September, 1917 and 1918, the state board of examiners shall audit and allow to the quartermaster of Custer Post No. 5, Department of California and Nevada, at Carson City, Nevada, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars on the filing with said board of examiners by said post quartermaster, the claim and sworn statement that the amount has been expended as provided in section 1 of this act.

      Sec. 3.  The state controller is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrants in favor of said post quarter-master for the sum named in this act, and the state treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay the same.

Chap. 40–An Act to amend section 2 of an act entitled “An act to segregate the offices of sheriff and county assessor of Lyon County, State of Nevada, and fixing the salaries of said officers; to take effect on the first Monday in January, A. D. 1913,” approved March 18, 1911.

[Approved March 2, 1917]

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 2.  From and after said date the sheriff of said Lyon County shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars, payable in twelve equal installments at the end of each calendar month. He shall pay into the treasury of said county each month all moneys collected by him as fees or to which he may be entitled as commissions. Said salary shall be in full compensation for all services and duties performed or to be performed by him as said sheriff. Said sheriff shall have authority to appoint a deputy, who shall act as jailer and janitor, and who shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars. Said sheriff may, when the public needs of the county may require it, and when authorized and directed by the board of county commissioners, appoint one or more extra additional deputy sheriffs for said Lyon County, whose appointments shall be for such time as said board of county commissioners shall deem necessary, and whose compensation shall be fixed by said board of county commissioners, but shall not be in excess of one hundred dollars per month for each extra deputy so appointed.

      Sec. 3.  From and after the first Monday in January, A. D. 1913, the county assessor of Lyon County shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars, payable in twelve equal installments at the end of each calendar month.

      Sec. 4.  This act shall take effect immediately after its passage and approval, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Salary of sheriff of Lyon County fixed

Sheriff may appoint deputies, when

Salary of assessor of Lyon County

In effect; repeal

Chap. 41–An Act to amend section 5, as the same has heretofore been amended, of an act entitled “An act to secure liens to mechanics and others, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 2, 1875, being section 2217, Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912.

[Approved March 3, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 5, as the same has heretofore been amended, of an act entitled “An act to secure liens to mechanics and others and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 2, 1875, is hereby amended as follows:

Relating to liens of mechanics and others

Error in names not to defeat liens

mechanics and others and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 2, 1875, is hereby amended as follows:

      Section 5.  Every person claiming the benefit of this chapter shall, not earlier than ten days after the completion of his contract, or the delivery of material by him, or the performance of his labor, as the case may be, and not later than fifty days after such completion of his contract or the delivery of material or performance of labor by him, file for record with the county recorder of the county where the property or some part thereof is situated, a claim containing a statement of his demand after deducting all just credits and offsets, with the name of the owner or reputed owner if known, also the name of the person by whom he was employed or to whom he furnished the material, with a statement of the terms, time given, and conditions of his contract, and also a description of the property to be charged with the lien sufficient for identification, which claim must be verified by the oath of himself or some other person. Upon the trial of any action or suit to foreclose such lien no variance between the lien and the proof shall defeat the lien or be deemed material unless the same shall result from fraud or be made intentionally, or shall have misled the adverse party to his prejudice, but in all cases of immaterial variance the claim of lien may be amended, by amendment duly recorded, to conform to the proof. No error or mistake in the name of the owner or reputed owner contained in any claim of lien shall be held to defeat the lien, unless a correction of the lien in this particular shall prejudice the rights of an innocent, bona fide purchaser or encumbrancer for value. But upon the trial, if it shall appear that an error or mistake has been made in the name of the owner or reputed owner, or that the wrong person has been named as owner or reputed owner, in any such claim of lien, the court shall order an amended claim of lien to be recorded with the recorder where the original claim was recorded, and shall issue to the person who is so made to appear to be the original or reputed owner, a notice directing such person or persons to be and appear, within the same time as is provided by law for the appearance in other actions after the service of summons, and said notice shall be served in all respects as a summons is required to be served, before said court and to show cause why he should not be substituted in said claim of lien and in said suit in lieu of the person so made defendant and alleged to be owner or reputed owner by mistake, and to further show why he should not be bound by the judgment or decree of the court. And such proceedings shall be had therein as though the party so cited to appear had been an original party defendant in the action or suit, and originally named in the claim of lien as owner or reputed owner, and the rights of all parties shall thereupon be fully adjudicated.

or suit, and originally named in the claim of lien as owner or reputed owner, and the rights of all parties shall thereupon be fully adjudicated.

Adjudication of rights

Chap. 42–An Act authorizing and empowering the city council of the city of Reno, in the county of Washoe, State of Nevada, to dispose of certain parcels of real estate.

[Approved March 5, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The city council of the city of Reno is hereby authorized and empowered to act as follows: To grant, bargain, and sell to the Riverside Mill Company, a corporation organized and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nevada, with its principal place of business in the city of Reno, the following-described property, in the city of Reno, county of Washoe, State of Nevada: Starting at the southeast corner of block “W,” Reno townsite; thence westerly along the south line of said block “W” one hundred and ten one-hundredths (100.10) feet; thence northerly parallel to Center street seventy-nine and thirty-three one-hundredths (79.33) feet to the point of beginning; thence westerly at right angles twenty-nine and twenty-five one-hundredths (29.25) feet; thence northeasterly along the south line of the Riverside Mill Company’s ditch, commonly known as the “Riverside Mill Ditch,” thirty-three (33) feet; thence southerly parallel to Center street sixteen (16) feet to the point of beginning; said property to be granted, bargained, and sold as aforesaid for and in consideration of the Riverside Mill Company’s granting, bargaining, and selling to the city of Reno its surface rights over and above the Riverside mill ditch, in the city of Reno, county of Washoe, owned by it, where said ditch crosses, or may cross, the east one hundred feet of lot twelve and the south half of lot eleven in block “W,” Reno townsite; further granting, bargaining, and selling the right, privilege, and power to said city of Reno to keep the surface of said ditch in the east one hundred feet of lot twelve and the south half of lot eleven as aforesaid covered and bridged over on a level with the surface of the contiguous property of said city of Reno.

      Sec. 2.  All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Reno city council to transfer certain property to Riverside Mill Co.

Conditions of transfer

Repeal

Capitol commissioners to employ engineer, two janitors, one gardener, two watchmen

May be transferred

Chap. 43–An Act to amend section number 10 of an act entitled “An act providing for a state board of capitol commissioners, defining their duties and powers, and repealing all acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 20, 1911.

[Approved March 6, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 10 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 10.  Said board is authorized to employ an engineer at a salary of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, and two janitors, one gardener, and two watchmen at a salary of one hundred and ten dollars per month each; provided, that the watchman whose duty it shall be to guard the vault of the state treasury shall be designated by the state treasurer. Said board is also empowered to employ such additional assistance as necessity may require. Said employees shall perform such duties as said board may direct, and may be transferred from one branch of employment to another, and they shall take care of all the buildings, grounds and offices under the control of said board.

Sheriff of Lincoln County to appoint deputy sheriffs

Chap. 44–An Act to amend section five of an act entitled “An act concerning Lincoln County officers and fixing their salaries;” approved March 25, 1915.

[Approved March 7, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  That section five of said act entitled “An act concerning Lincoln County officers, and fixing their salaries,” is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 5.  The sheriff of Lincoln County, Nevada, is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint two (2) deputies, one of said deputies to be stationed at Pioche, Lincoln County, Nevada, and the other to be stationed at Caliente, Lincoln County, Nevada, and each to receive a salary of not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month. The said sheriff may also appoint such other deputies as may be necessary, upon the approval of the board of county commissioners of Lincoln County, Nevada, but deputies appointed by the said sheriff, with the approval of the county commissioners, other than the two above-mentioned deputies stationed at said town of Pioche and said town of Caliente, shall each receive a salary not to exceed the sum of one hundred dollars per month; that the deputy stationed at Pioche shall also act as jailer, but shall receive no further compensation for services rendered as jailer other than that allowed for his services as deputy sheriff.

allowed for his services as deputy sheriff. Each of the salaries hereinbefore authorized shall be allowed and paid in the same manner and from the same fund as the salaries of other officers are paid.

      Sec. 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after the fifth day of March, 1917, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith shall then be repealed.

In effect March 5, 1917

Chap. 45–An Act regulating the breeding of cattle on open ranges within the State of Nevada; defining a standard of breeding for bulls running upon the open range; fixing responsibility and providing a penalty for the violation of any provision of this act.

[Approved March 7, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  It is hereby made unlawful to turn loose, range, or run at large, any cattle where the same may have access to a domain or range common to other cattle, without keeping therewith, between the first day of June and the first day of November of each year, one bull for every thirty head or fraction thereof of female breeding cattle so ranged; provided, however, that any person ranging or running at large no greater number than fifteen head of female breeding cattle may jointly provide and arrange with another for an interest in a bull running at large on the open range where such female breeding cattle may range or run. For the purposes of this act, any heifer of the age of twelve months or over shall be considered a breeding cow.

      Sec. 2.  It is hereby made unlawful to turn loose or allow to run at large upon a domain or range common to other cattle, any bull other than such as may be at least three-quarter pure blood of some recognized beef breed of cattle. A three-quarter pure blood bull, as contemplated by this act, must be a bull having a registration certificate from the breed association of its respective breed, or one whose breeder has issued a certificate or made an affidavit under oath stating therein that the bull is at least three-quarter pure blood and stating the breed to which it belongs. Such certificate or affidavit shall be filed with the county recorder of the county in which the owner of such bull or bulls resides; or if the owner thereof be a nonresident of this state, then such certificate or affidavit shall be recorded in the county or counties in which such bull or bulls are to be ranged; and the county recorder shall provide a book for the recordation of such certificate or affidavit. Such certificate or affidavit shall be filed with the county clerk, as herein provided, on or before the day on which any such bull or bulls are permitted to run at large.

Range cattle to have one bull for every 30 cows

Bulls must be at least three-quarters pure blood

Certificate of pedigree to be filed

Penalties for violation

In effect Jan. 1, 1918

Repeal

      Sec. 3.  The violation of any of the provisions of this act is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor; and any person or persons, firm, copartnership, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any manager, superintendent, foreman, or herdsman, or any other person having charge or supervision over the cattle or live stock of any corporation doing business or ranging cattle within this state, who knowingly ranges or runs or permits to be ranged or run at large upon any range of this state the cattle of such corporation without first having complied with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, as herein provided.

      Sec. 4.  This act shall take effect and become operative January 1, 1918.

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

Fees of clerk of Clark County

Chap. 46–An Act to regulate the fees of the county clerk of Clark County, State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith.

[Approved March 7, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The county clerk of the county of Clark, State of Nevada, as county clerk and ex officio clerk of the district court of the Tenth judicial district of the State of Nevada, in and for the county of Clark, shall, from and after the passage of this act, charge and collect the following fees:

      On commencement of any action or proceeding in the district court or on an appeal thereto or on the transfer of any case from a justice’s court, except probate proceedings, to be paid by the party commencing such action or proceeding or taking such appeal, or on the transfer of a case from a justice’s court, by the plaintiff therein, seven dollars; said fee to be in addition to the court fee now provided by law.

      On the filing of a petition for letters testamentary, or of administration or guardianship, eight dollars and fifty cents, to be paid by the petitioner; said fee to be in addition to the court fee now provided by law.

      On filing a petition to contest any will or codicil, five dollars, to be paid by the petitioner.

      On the filing of objection or cross-petition to the appointment of an executor, administrator, or guardian, or an objection to the settlement of account or any other proceedings in an estate or guardianship matter, five dollars, to be paid by the moving or objecting party.

an estate or guardianship matter, five dollars, to be paid by the moving or objecting party.

      On the commencement of proceedings in an adoption case, one dollar.

      On the appearance of any defendant or any number of defendants answering jointly, two dollars.

      On the appearance of every additional defendant, appearing separately, or any number of additional defendants, appearing jointly, one dollar and fifty cents.

      On the filing of a complaint in intervention, one dollar and fifty cents.

      The foregoing fees shall be in full for all services rendered by such clerk in the case, to and including the making up of the judgment roll.

      The clerk shall also be entitled to charge and collect the following fees and compensations not above provided for:

      For filing any notice of motion to move for a new trial of any civil action or proceedings, to be paid by the party filing same, two dollars and fifty cents, which shall be in full for all services to be rendered in connection with said motion.

      For issuing an execution or order of sale, in any action, one dollar.

      For filing a notice of appeal, and appeal bond, each, fifty cents.

      For filing remittitur from the supreme court, one dollar, and for recording judgment entered thereon, twenty cents per folio.

      For issuing transcript of judgment and certifying thereto, one dollar.

      For filing and docketing abstract of judgment of justice’s court and issuing execution thereon, one dollar and fifty cents.

      For filing any paper in any case after judgment, not otherwise provided for, fifteen cents.

      For making satisfaction of or credit on judgment, twenty-five cents.

      For recording any instrument or paper required to be recorded in his office, other than an instrument or paper in an action or proceeding in court as otherwise specified in this act, twenty cents per folio.

      For certifying any copy of any record, proceedings, or paper on file in the office of the clerk, fifty cents, and when such copy is made by him, per folio, fifteen cents.

      For filing each claim in probate or insolvency proceedings, fifteen cents.

      For filing all papers to be kept by him, not otherwise provided for, other than papers filed in actions and proceedings in court and official bonds and certificates of appointment, each, fifteen cents; and for indexing, twenty-five cents.

      For filing, indexing and recording articles of incorporation, five dollars.

Fees of clerk of Clark County

Fees of clerk of Clark County

All fees paid in county treasury

Repeal

      For filing, indexing and registering certificates of copartnership, one dollar.

      For issuing marriage licenses, two dollars.

      For administering each oath, without certificate, except in a pending action or proceeding, twenty-five cents.

      For issuing any certificate under seal, not otherwise provided for, fifty cents.

      For taking any affidavit, except in criminal cases, twenty-five cents.

      For searching records or files in his office, for each year, fifty cents, but not to charge suitors or attorneys.

      For taking acknowledgements of any deed or other instrument, including the certificate, fifty cents.

      No fee shall be charged by the clerk for any services rendered in any criminal case or in habeas corpus proceedings.

      In all proceedings begun, or for acts performed, previous to this act become a law, such fees and charges as were provided by law at the time such action or proceeding was begun or act performed shall be charged and collected.

      Sec. 2.  All fees collected by said county clerk under the provisions of this act shall be by him turned into the general fund of said Clark County each month.

      Sec. 3.  All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Fees and mileage for witnesses in criminal cases in Lyon County

Proviso

Chap. 47–An Act fixing the fees and compensation of witnesses in criminal cases in and for the county of Lyon, State of Nevada, and providing payment therefor.

[Approved March 7, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  All witnesses subpenaed in criminal cases to appear before the district court of Lyon County, State of Nevada, shall receive as fees three dollars per diem from the date of their appearance at court (as per subpena) until excused. The clerk of said court shall keep a pay-roll, enrolling therein all names of witnesses, the number of days in attendance, and the actual number of miles traveled by the most practical route in coming to and returning from said court, for which such witnesses shall receive ten cents for each mile so traveled. The clerk of said court shall forthwith give a statement of such amount to the county auditor of said Lyon County, who shall draw warrants upon the county treasurer for the payment of such witnesses; provided, however, that not more than two witnesses shall be subpenaed to prove the same fact, at the expense of the county, and that the judge before whom the hearing or trial is had shall certify at the conclusion of the testimony of said witnesses that the testimony of said witnesses was material and relevant in the matter tried.

Chap. 48–An Act fixing the compensation of the justice of the peace of Las Vegas township, Clark County, Nevada.

[Approved March 7, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  From and after the first day of March, 1917, the duly elected, qualified and acting justice of the peace of Las Vegas township, Clary County, Nevada, shall receive the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month in lieu of all fees as are now allowed said officer by law.

      Sec. 2.  All fees received by the said justice of the peace in the performance of his official duties shall be paid into the county treasury of Clark County each month by said justice of the peace.

      Sec. 3.  The county commissioners of Clark County are hereby directed and required to allow the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month to said justice of the peace, as a just claim against the county. The county auditor is hereby required to draw his warrant for the said sum in favor of said justice of the peace, and the county treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

      Sec. 4.  All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Salary of justice of the peace of Las Vegas

Fees go to county treasury

Salary to be allowed monthly

Repeal

Chap. 49.  An Act to protect the people of the State of Nevada from the pollution of its public streams, making an appropriation therefor, and controlling the administration thereof.

[Approved March 8, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  It shall be the duty of the attorney-general, with the consent of the governor, to commence such action or actions, suit or suits, against any and all persons, municipalities, towns, cities, corporations, or associations, as may be necessary to prevent or restrain the pollution of any public stream or streams of the State of Nevada, or any public stream or streams running in, into or through the State of Nevada, whether the source of pollution be within or without the State of Nevada.

      Sec. 2.  The attorney-general is authorized, empowered, and directed, with the consent of the governor, to take such proceedings and commence and maintain such action or actions, suit or suits, as may be necessary or proper to prevent or restrain the pollution of any public stream or streams in the State of Nevada, or any public stream or streams running into, in or through the State of Nevada and to maintain and prosecute such action or actions, suit or suits, in the name of the State of Nevada, whether the source of pollution be within or without the State of Nevada.

To prevent pollution of public waters

Attorney-general authorized to institute suits

Appropriation, $10,000

Legislative hold-over committee to be appointed

Committee to act as advisory board

Majority may act

Examiners to approve all expenditures

and prosecute such action or actions, suit or suits, in the name of the State of Nevada, whether the source of pollution be within or without the State of Nevada.

      Sec. 3.  For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act there is hereby appropriated, from the general fund of the State of Nevada, the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars; provided, that not more than $1,000 of this amount be expended for attorney fees.

      Sec. 4.  Within ten (10) days after the passage and approval of this act, the president of the senate shall appoint one member of the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall appoint one member of the assembly, who shall constitute a committee of the legislature for the purposes hereinafter mentioned; they shall continue to exercise the duties of such committee until ten days after the convening of the next regular session of the legislature, within which ten days their successors shall be appointed in the same manner and the committee shall be perpetuated indefinitely in the same manner. Any vacancy in the committee which may occur from any cause, including failure of the proper officer to appoint, shall be filled by the governor.

      Sec. 5.  The committee hereby created, together with the governor and attorney-general, shall constitute an advisory board for the purpose of carrying out this act, which board shall have power to select, employ, and fix the compensation of such legal assistants, experts, chemists, stenographers, and other assistants to the attorney-general and to authorize such other expenses as they may deem necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this act.

      Sec. 6.  A majority of the advisory board may act upon all matters. In case of a tie vote the governor shall cast an additional deciding vote.

      Sec. 7.  All expenditures from the appropriation hereby made shall be subject to the approval of the board of examiners.

Powers and duties of regents of university

Chap. 50–An Act to amend section 3 of an act entitled “An act relating to the state university and matters properly connected therewith,” approved February 7, 1887.

[Approved March 8, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 3 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 3.  The powers and duties of the board of regents are as follows:

      First-To prescribe rules for their own government, and for the government of the university.

      Second-To prescribe rules for the reports of officers and teachers of the university.

      Third-To prescribe the course of study, the time and standard of graduation and the commencement and duration of the terms, and the length of the vacations of the university.

      Fourth-To prescribe the text-books, and provide apparatus and furniture for the use of pupils.

      Fifth-To appoint a president of the University of Nevada, who shall have a degree from a college or university recognized as equal in rank to those having membership in the Association of American Universities, who has had at least five years of practical experience as an educator in a college or university of good standing, three years of which must have been during the five years immediately preceding the date of his appointment, who is familiar with the modern methods of imparting instruction in the United States, and who shall be endorsed as to moral character and qualifications as an educator by the president and faculty of three institutions of learning authorized by law to confer degrees. The word “faculty,” as used in this section, shall be construed to mean any academic body of any college or university which shall include all department heads. A resolution adopted by any such faculty and signed by the president shall constitute a valid endorsement in the meaning of this act.

      Sixth-To prescribe the duties of the president, and fix his salary, and the salaries of all other teachers in the university.

      Seventh-To require the president, under their direction, to establish and maintain training or model schools, and require the pupils of the university to teach and instruct classes therein.

      Eighth-To control the expenditures of all moneys appropriated for the support and maintenance of the university, and all moneys received from any source whatsoever.

      Ninth-To keep open to public inspection an account of receipts and expenditures.

      Tenth-To annually report to the governor a statement of all their transactions, and of all other matters pertaining to the university.

      Eleventh-To transmit with such report a copy of the president’s annual report.

      Twelfth-To revoke any diploma by them granted, on receiving satisfactory evidence that the holder thereof is addicted to drunkenness, is guilty of gross immorality, or is reputably dishonest in his or her dealings; provided, that such person shall have at least thirty days’ previous notice of such contemplated action, and shall, if he or she asks it, be heard in his or her own defense.

Powers and duties of regents of university

State rabies commission created

How composed

Appropriation, $35,000 annually for 1917 and 1918

Duties of commission

Chap. 51–An Act creating the state rabies commission, prescribing its membership and duties, and making an appropriation for the control and eradication of rabies and noxious animals within the State of Nevada, in cooperation with the biological survey of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

[Approved March 8, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  That for the purpose of cooperating with the biological survey of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, for the control and eradication of rabies and noxious animals within the State of Nevada, there is hereby created the state rabies commission, consisting of the governor and four members to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be the director of the state veterinary control service, who shall act as secretary of the commission without extra compensation as such, and one each to be appointed from the state board of sheep commissioners, the state board of stock commissioners, and the state board of health. The governor shall be ex officio chairman of said commission. The members of said commission shall serve without salary, but shall be allowed their traveling and living expenses while attending meetings, or otherwise directly engaged in such control or extermination work.

      Sec. 2.  For the cooperative support of the work of control and eradication of rabies and noxious animals as aforesaid there is hereby appropriated thirty-five thousand ($35,000) dollars annually for each of the fiscal years 1917 and 1918, from any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. For said fiscal years 1917 and 1918 an ad valorem tax of two cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in the State of Nevada is hereby levied and directed to be collected upon all such taxable property in the state, including net proceeds of mines, the proceeds of which shall be placed in a special fund in the state treasury for the purpose of meeting the appropriation heretofore provided for in this section. All claims against said fund and appropriation shall be approved by the chairman and secretary of said commission and by said board of examiners.

      Sec. 3.  It shall be the duty of said commission to enter into a definite agreement with said biological survey, prescribing the manner, terms, and conditions of such cooperation, and the amounts which the state and federal government will respectively contribute thereto, for each of said fiscal years, and said commission in its work under the provisions of this act shall be governed by said agreement.

Chap. 52–An Act to amend an act entitled “An act in relation to public highways,” approved March 9, 1866.

[Approved March 9, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 5 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 5.  If twenty-four freeholders of any county shall petition the board of county commissioners of such county for the location, opening to the public use, reestablishment, change or vacation of any road or highway to connect with any highway heretofore established, or any street or alley in any unincorporated town in such county, setting forth in such petition the beginning, course and termination of such road, highway, street or alley proposed to be located, open to public use, reestablished, changed or vacated, together with the names of the owners or occupants of the land through which the same may pass, the auditor of such county shall lay such petition before the board of county commissioners at their next session thereafter, and thereupon such board of county commissioners may, within twenty days thereafter, proceed to locate, open to public use, reestablish, change or vacate such road, highway, street or alley; and the width of all public highways laid out or open under the provisions of this act shall be regulated and established by such boards of county commissioners; provided, no such highways shall exceed in width sixty feet. Before opening any new road, street or alley through any property, it shall be condemned to public use as follows: The board of county commissioners shall appoint two disinterested persons to view, lay out and locate such new road, street or alley, and such two persons in conjunction with two others, chosen by any owner or occupant, or by the several owners or occupants of the property to be traversed by such road, street or alley, shall ascertain the damage done to any property so traversed, after deducting any advantage arising from such road, street or alley, to the owner or occupant of such property. If such four persons cannot agree as to such damages, then they shall choose a fifth, and the decision of a majority of them shall govern, and be reported to the board of county commissioners. If the owner or owners or occupants of any property so condemned shall not acquiesce in the amount of damages so reported, an examination may be had before the board and witnesses be examined for the state and such owner or owners or occupants, and the decision of the board shall be final, unless such owner or owners or occupants appeal from the decision of the board within thirty days after such decision to the district court, which he or they may do in the same manner that appeals are taken from justices’ courts to the district court. Upon finally determining such damages, the board shall provide for the payment of such damages, either by the person interested in such road, street or alley, or pay the same out of the county treasury as other claims are paid, and after such payment is made the board shall then cause such road, street or alley to be opened.

Thorough-fares may be opened upon petition of 24 freeholders

Not to exceed 60 feet in width

Method of procedure

Duties of county commissioners

Proviso

such damages, the board shall provide for the payment of such damages, either by the person interested in such road, street or alley, or pay the same out of the county treasury as other claims are paid, and after such payment is made the board shall then cause such road, street or alley to be opened. The board of county commissioners in their respective counties in the state are hereby authorized and empowered to accept the grant of rights of way for the construction of highways over public land of the United States not reserved for public uses, contained in section 2477 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and such acceptance shall be by resolution of such county commissioners spread upon the records of their proceedings; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to invalidate the acceptance of such grant by general public use and enjoyment, heretofore or hereafter had. Such board of county commissioners are further authorized and empowered to locate and determine the width of such rights of way, provided the same shall not exceed in width sixty feet, and to locate, open for public use and establish thereon public roads or highways.

Creating office of state auditor

Qualifications of appointee

Duties of state auditor

Chap. 53–An Act to provide for the appointment of a state auditor, fix his compensation, prescribe his duties, to inspect and audit public accounts and to establish a uniform system of public accounting, cost-keeping and reporting, and matters relating thereto, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.

[Approved March 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Within thirty days after the approval of this act the governor shall appoint a state auditor, who shall hold office for the term of four years from and after his appointment or until his successor shall have been appointed. The governor may at any time, for cause, remove said state auditor. His successor shall, in all cases, have the qualifications hereinafter provided.

      Sec. 2.  The state auditor shall be a person duly qualified for the position. He shall be thoroughly versed in the science of bookkeeping and accounts, single and double entry, combination loose-leaf, and other systems in common use, auditing, and commercial law.

      Sec. 3.  It shall be the duty of the state auditor, at least once in each calendar year, to make a thorough audit of the books and accounts of all state offices, departments, and institutions required by law to keep books or accounts showing the receipt or payment of money by, for, or on account of the state, and report the result of such audit to the governor forthwith. It shall further be the duty of the state auditor, at least once in each calendar year, to make a thorough audit of the books and accounts of all county officials required by law to have and keep their offices at the county-seats of the several counties in this state; copies of such reports relating to the accounts of the officers of the different counties shall be furnished by the state auditor to the governor, the state controller, and the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the several counties.

auditor, at least once in each calendar year, to make a thorough audit of the books and accounts of all county officials required by law to have and keep their offices at the county-seats of the several counties in this state; copies of such reports relating to the accounts of the officers of the different counties shall be furnished by the state auditor to the governor, the state controller, and the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the several counties. The state auditor shall formulate and prescribe a uniform system of accounting, cost-keeping, and reporting for every state and county office, department, or institution which shall exhibit the true financial condition, correct accounts, and statements of funds collected, received, and expended for account of the public, for any purpose whatever and by all public officers, employees, or other persons; such accounts or statements to show the receipt, use, and disposition of all public property, and the income, if any, derived therefrom, and of all sources of public income and the amounts due and received from each source, all receipts, vouchers, and other documents kept, or that may be required to be kept, necessary to prove the validity of each transaction, and all statements and reports made or required to be made for the internal administration of the office to which they pertain, and all statements and reports regarding any and all details of the financial administration of public affairs.

      Sec. 4.  The system provided for in the preceding section shall be submitted by the state auditor in all of its detail to the state board of revenue and the state board of accountancy in joint session, and when approved by said boards and by the governor said system shall be installed under the supervision of said state auditor in any or all state and county offices, institutions and departments; provided, however, that the state auditor in making such installation shall give due consideration to the possibilities of confusion in business detail and may defer temporarily such installation in whole or in part if in his judgment the best interests of the public will be thereby served.

      Sec. 5.  All public officials, or other persons required to keep accounts or records of public financial affairs, shall, immediately upon being served with a copy of the order by the governor for the installation of any determined system of accounts or reports, proceed with the installation of such system under the supervision and direction of the state auditor. All necessary expense attached to such installation for books, records, and supplies, if for state offices, shall be paid from the general appropriation for capitol current expenses, upon approval of the state auditor and by authority of the state board of examiners, and the state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant therefor and the state treasurer to pay the same; if for other state departments of institutions, it shall be paid out of the regular appropriations for such departments or institutions upon the approval of the state auditor and by authority of the state board of examiners, and the state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrants therefor and the state treasurer to pay the same; if for county offices, departments or institutions, it shall be paid out of the county general fund upon order of the board of county commissioners.

Uniform system for state and county accounts

Certain boards and governor to approve system

All officials to cooperate with state auditor

Expenses, how paid

Definition of terms

Duties of state auditor

Officer refusing guilty of misdemeanor

State auditor to keep full record

Salary $3,000 a year

Appropriation for expenses, $2,500

institutions, it shall be paid out of the regular appropriations for such departments or institutions upon the approval of the state auditor and by authority of the state board of examiners, and the state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrants therefor and the state treasurer to pay the same; if for county offices, departments or institutions, it shall be paid out of the county general fund upon order of the board of county commissioners.

      Sec. 6.  For the purpose of this act the term “public accounts” shall mean any books, records or accounts, recording a financial transaction in which any claim, money, or property of the state, county, township, or school district is involved. The term “public official” or “officer” shall mean any state, county, township, or school district officer, employee, or other person having the care or custody of such records, money or property.

      Sec. 7.  The state auditor shall be and he hereby is authorized to examine all public accounts, administer oaths, and to examine under oath, when he shall deem it necessary, any public official in relation to or concerning his books and accounts, and any such officer refusing to allow the state auditor full access to and inspection of his books, or of the accounts therein contained, or any records or data pertaining to the conduct of his office, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than $100 nor more than $300, or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not to exceed six months, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment.

      Sec. 8.  The state auditor shall be required to keep a record of his investigations, together with a general summary of the detail and data of the affairs of the respective counties and state offices, departments and institutions, and shall be provided with office room in the state capitol building. The room herein specified shall be open to the public during the hours other state offices are open, and in the absence of the state auditor from the state capitol, while in performance of his official duty, said record shall be left with the state controller for such public inspection.

      Sec. 9.  The salary of the state auditor is hereby fixed at three thousand dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly installments, the same as other state officers are paid.

      Sec. 10.  The sum of twenty-five hundred dollars is hereby annually appropriated, out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purpose of this act, and which shall be available for all traveling and other necessary expenses. All such expenditures shall be certified to by the state auditor, and when approved by the state board of examiners shall be paid by the treasurer on warrants drawn by the controller.

      Sec. 11.  The state auditor shall make and publish annual reports for each calendar year, showing his activities during the year.

reports for each calendar year, showing his activities during the year.

      Sec. 12.  The state auditor shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe the usual oath of office and execute to the State of Nevada a bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties, bond to be approved by the governor and filed with the secretary of state.

      Sec. 13.  All forms, blanks, envelopes, letterheads, circulars, and reports required to be printed by said state auditor shall be printed at the state printing office under the general provisions of an act entitled “An act to designate and authorize the work to be done in the state printing office,” approved March 5, 1909.

      Sec. 14.  An act entitled “An act to provide for the appointment of a state auditor, fix his compensation and prescribe his duties,” approved March 26, 1907; an act entitled “An act providing for the examination and auditing of the books and accounts of certain officers, and providing penalties for its violation,” approved March 20, 1911; section 4 of an act entitled “An act to create a state board of accountancy, and prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for the examination of and issuance of certificates to applicants, with the designation of certified public accountants, to provide for examination of state, county, and city accounts, and to provide the grade of penalty for violations of the provisions hereof,” approved March 24, 1913, and reading as follows: “When required by law or otherwise that examination be made of the books, records, or accounts of any officer, department, or public institution of the State of Nevada, or of any city or county therein, such examination shall be made by a certified public accountant, duly qualified as such, under the provisions of this act,” and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

      Sec. 15.  This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

To make report

Auditor must take official oath and give bond

Printing to be done at state printing office

Repeal of certain acts and portions of acts

In effect immediately

Chap. 54–An Act to amend an act entitled “An act creating the office of commissary of the Nevada state police, prescribing his duties, fixing his compensation, and other matters relating thereto,” approved February 8, 1908, as amended Stats. 1909, 217.

[Approved March 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  An act entitled “An act creating the office of commissary of the Nevada state police, prescribing his duties, fixing his compensation, and other matters relating thereto,” approved February 8, 1908, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Amending act creating commissary of state police

Superintendent made commissary

Duties

Bills, how paid

No salary after Jan. 1, 1919

In effect Jan. 1, 1919

approved February 8, 1908, is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 1.  The office of commissary of the Nevada state police is hereby created.

      Sec. 2.  The superintendent of Nevada state police is hereby made ex officio commissary of the Nevada state police.

      Sec. 3.  It shall be the duty of the commissary of the Nevada state police to purchase all arms, ammunition, equipment, provisions, uniforms, badges, and all other necessary supplies required to be furnished to said Nevada state police, and no supplies of any kind shall be furnished to, or purchased for the use of, the Nevada state police, except upon requisition therefor issued by the commissary, and approved by the governor. As amended Stats. 1909, 217.

      Sec. 4.  All bills for supplies purchased in accordance with section 3 hereof shall be presented to the state board of examiners, to be audited, examined, and allowed, and shall be paid out of any funds now or hereafter appropriated for the maintenance of the said Nevada state police.

      Sec. 5.  The commissary of said Nevada state police shall receive no salary for his services. He shall, however, be allowed his necessary expenses when traveling upon business connected with the duties of his office; when the same shall have been audited, examined, and allowed by the state board of examiners, said expenses shall be paid out of any fund which may now or hereafter be appropriated for the maintenance of the said Nevada state police.

      Sec. 6.  This act shall take effect of the first of January, 1919.

Fixing salaries of certain justices of the peace and constables in Elko County

Chap. 55–An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to regulate the salary and compensation of the justices of the peace and constables of Elko, Star Valley, Montello townships, in Elko County, State of Nevada,” approved February 28, 1913.

[Approved March 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 1 of said act is hereby amended so as to read:

      Section 1.  From and after the passage of this act, the board of county commissioners of Elko County, Nevada, is hereby empowered and directed to appropriate from the treasury of said county and to pay to the justice of the peace of Elko township of said county, the sum of one hundred and fifty (150) dollars monthly as a salary; and to the justices of the peace of Star Valley and Montello townships of said county the sum of fifty (50) dollars each monthly as a salary; and to the constable of said Elko township the sum of one hundred and fifty (150) dollars monthly as a salary;

of one hundred and fifty (150) dollars monthly as a salary; and to the constable of said Star Valley township the sum of seventy-five (75) dollars monthly as a salary; and to the constable of said Montello township the sum of one hundred and twenty-five (125) dollars monthly as a salary; provided, that said justices of the peace and said constables shall be allowed to retain all fees in civil cases as now provided by law. The regularly elected or appointed justice of the peace of said townships shall pay into the county treasury each month all moneys collected by them as fees, save as hereinabove provided.

      Sec. 2.  All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Proviso

Repeal

Chap. 56–An Act to promote the horticultural interests of the state.

[Approved March 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  It shall be the duty of the county board of commissioners in each county, whenever they shall deem it necessary, or whenever complaint shall be made to them, to cause an inspection to be made of any premises, orchards or nurseries or trees, plants, vegetables, vines or fruits in their jurisdiction, and if found infested with infectious diseases, scales, insects or codling moths, or other pests injurious to fruits, plants, vegetables, trees or vines, or with their eggs or larvae, they shall notify the owner or owners of the said premises or orchards or nurseries or trees, plants, vegetables, vines or fruits that the same are infested with said diseases, insects, or other pests, or any of them, or their eggs or larvae, and they shall require said owner or owners to eradicate said insects or other pests or their eggs or larvae within a certain time to be specified in said notice. Said notices may be served upon the owner or owners, or either of them, by any commissioner or by any person deputed by the said commissioners for that purpose, or they may be served in the same manner as a summons in a civil action in a justice’s court. Any and all such places or orchards or nurseries or trees, plants, vegetables, vines or fruits thus infested are hereby adjudged and declared to be a public nuisance, and whenever any such nuisance shall exist at any place within their jurisdiction, and the owner or owners thereof, after due notification of the aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to abate the same within the time specified, it shall be the duty of the county board of commissioners to cause said nuisance to be at once abated by eradicating or destroying said diseases, insects, or other pests and their eggs and larvae. The expense thereof shall be a county charge and shall be allowed and paid out of the general funds of the county.

County commissioners may destroy orchards, nurseries trees, etc., where infectious diseases exist

Expenses a county charge

Charge a lien on property

Sale under foreclosure

general funds of the county. Any and all sums so paid shall be and become a lien on the property and premises from which said nuisance has been removed or abated in pursuance of this act and may be recovered by an action against such property and premises. A notice of such lien shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the said property and premises are situated within thirty days after the right to liens has accrued. An action to foreclose such lien may be commenced at any time within one year after the filing and recording of said notice or lien, which action shall be brought in the proper court by the district attorney of the county in the name and for the benefit of the county making such payment or payments, and when the property is sold enough of the proceeds shall be paid into the county treasury of such county to satisfy the lien and costs, and the overplus, if any there be, shall be paid to the owner of the property if he be known, and if not, into the court for his use when ascertained. All sales under the provisions of this act shall be made in the same manner and upon the same notice as sales of real property under execution from the justice’s court.

Certain law schools to be donated certain books

Chap. 57–An Act authorizing the secretary of state to furnish certain documents to certain institutions.

[Approved March 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The secretary of state is hereby authorized and directed to donate to the law school of Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and to the law school of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, each, one complete set of the appendices of the senate and assembly journals of this state, commencing with the first territorial session of the legislature and extending down to the present time; provided, the secretary of state shall incur no expense on behalf of the State of Nevada for the transportation of such appendices.

Relief of J. H. Stern

Chap. 58–An Act for the relief of J. H. Stern.

[Approved March 10, 1917]

      Whereas, Under the provisions of section 4888, Revised Laws, the sheriff of Ormsby County, Nevada, is the bailiff of the supreme court of the State of Nevada, and for his services as such bailiff he is entitled to receive from the state the sum of four ($4) dollars per day when actually in attendance upon said court, such sum to be paid by the state treasurer out of the biennial appropriation therefor; and

      Whereas, The general appropriation bill passed at the twenty-seventh session of the legislature provided an appropriation of three hundred ($300) dollars for the biennial period of 1915-1916 for the salary of bailiff of the supreme court (Stats. 1915, 233); and

      Whereas, Owning to the unusual amount of business in the supreme court, the said appropriation did not cover the biennial period for which it was intended; and

      Whereas, The services covered in the said claim of J. H. Stern have been actually rendered by him and the same has been approved by the clerk of the supreme court during the period for which said services were rendered, and said claim has been fully examined and approved by the state board of examiners and is a just and legal claim against the state; now, therefore,

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of one hundred and eighty-four ($184) dollars is hereby appropriated out of the moneys in the general fund in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, in payment of said claim of said J. H. Stern. The state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant in favor of said J. H. Stern for the said sum of one hundred and eighty-four ($184) dollars and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Relief of J. H. Stern

Appropriation, $184

Chap. 59–An Act for the relief of certain persons and institutions.

[Approved March 10, 1917]

      Whereas, Under the provisions of section 1702, Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912, the superintendent of public instruction is authorized to make arrangements with the directors of institutions for the deaf and dumb and the blind for the admission, support, education, and care of the deaf, dumb, and blind of this state, and for that purpose is empowered to make all needful contracts and agreements; and

      Whereas, For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the said act an appropriation of six thousand ($6,000) dollars was made in the general appropriation act passed at the twenty-seventh session of the Nevada legislature (Stats. 1915, 235); and

      Whereas, Under the provisions of section 1, act of 1915, page 576, Statutes of Nevada, the superintendent of public instruction is authorized to make arrangements with the director of any institution for the feeble-minded for admission, support, education, and care of feeble-minded children in this state, and for that purpose is empowered to make all needful contracts and agreements; and

      Whereas, To carry out the provisions of said act the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars for the care and education of feeble-minded children was appropriated in the general appropriation bill passed at the twenty-seventh session of the legislature of the State of Nevada (Stats. 1915, 235);

Relief for certain persons and institutions for care of wards of the state

Relief for certain persons and institutions

Deficiency, $560.60

Appropriation, $560.60

of five hundred ($500) dollars for the care and education of feeble-minded children was appropriated in the general appropriation bill passed at the twenty-seventh session of the legislature of the State of Nevada (Stats. 1915, 235); and

      Whereas, Pursuant to the provisions of the statutes above mentioned the said superintendent of public instruction did contract with certain deaf and blind, feeble-minded and adult blind institutions in the State of California for the care of the deaf and dumb and blind and feeble-minded of this state; and

      Whereas, The appropriations above mentioned were not sufficient to care for all such persons as were committed to such institutions; and

      Whereas, In view of the deficiency of such appropriation the said superintendent of public instruction applied to and received from the state board of examiners a resolution in writing declaring a deficiency in such appropriations for the reason that it was necessary to care for and maintain and support such persons; and

      Whereas, Relying on said deficiency resolution the state superintendent of public instruction did contract for claims in excess of the appropriation aforesaid in the sum of five hundred sixty dollars and sixty cents ($560.60), which said claims have been duly examined, allowed, and approved by the board of examiners of the State of Nevada, and are just and legal claims against the state; now, therefore,

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of five hundred sixty dollars and sixty cents ($560.60) is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the general fund of the treasury of the State of Nevada not otherwise appropriated, to be paid out and distributed as follows: To John Edwards Bray, seventeen dollars and five cents ($17.05); to Dr. A. E. Osborne, three hundred five dollars and seventy cents ($305.70); to the California School for the Deaf and the Blind, thirty-seven dollars and eighty-five cents ($37.85); and to the Industrial Home for the Adult Blind, two hundred ($200) dollars. The state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrants in favor of said persons and institutions for the respective amounts above set forth, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Chap. 60–An Act to regulate the salary and compensation of the justices of the peace and constables in the county of Elko, State of Nevada, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.

[Approved March 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  On petition to the board of county commissioners of Elko County, Nevada, of sixty per cent of the taxpayers of any judicial township in the county of Elko, State of Nevada, said number to be determined from the tax roll of said county, the board of county commissioners shall place the offices of justices of the peace and constable within that judicial township on a salary basis; the justice of the peace to receive not to exceed fifty dollars per month, and constable not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month, to be paid out of the general county funds of said Elko County; provided, however, that nothing in this act shall apply to judicial townships in which the registration is less than 150 voters, or affect present officers whose salaries are fixed by legislative enactment.

      Sec. 2.  All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

County commissioners of Elko County may place justices of the peace and constables on salary basis when properly petitioned

Exception

Repeal

Chap. 61–An Act exempting property of veterans.

[Approved March 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The property to the amount of one thousand dollars of every resident in this state who has served in the army, navy, marine corps, or revenue marine service of the United States in time of war, and received an honorable discharge therefrom, and not having an income to exceed $900 per annum, shall be exempt from taxation; provided, that this exemption shall not apply to any person named herein owning property of the value of three thousand dollars ($3,000) or more. No exemption shall be made under the provisions of this act of the property of a person who is not a legal resident of this state.

Property of resident army or navy veteran exempt to amount of $1,000

Exception

Relating to state board of embalmers

Record kept

Furnished, when

Board may revoke licenses for cause

Chap. 62–An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to establish a state board of embalmers; to provide a system of examination, registration, and licensing of embalmers; to provide for the better protection of life and health; to prevent the spread of infectious and contagious diseases in the state; and to impose penalties for the violation of its provisions,” approved February 20, 1909.

[Approved March 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 3 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 3.  (a) Said board shall meet at least once every year, and may also hold special meetings, if the proper discharge of its duties shall require, at a time and place to be fixed by the rules and by-laws of the board; and the rules and by-laws of the board shall provide for the giving of timely notice of all special meetings to all members of the board and to all applicants for licenses. Two of its members at any meeting may organize, and shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The secretary shall be required to keep a record of all the meetings of said board, and a register of the names, residence address and business address of all embalmers duly licensed under the provisions of this act, and the number and date of license, which register shall at all reasonable times be open to public examination; and a copy of such register shall be furnished to all those so registered, and to the various railroad, transportation, and express companies doing business in the State of Nevada; and said board shall cause the prosecution of all persons violating any of the provisions of this act.

      (b) The state board of embalmers shall have the power to revoke any license, issued in accordance with the provisions of this act, by a unanimous vote of said board, for gross incompetency, dishonesty, habitual intemperance, or any act derogatory to the morals or standing of the practice of embalming, as may be determined by the board; but before any license shall be revoked the holder thereof shall be entitled to at least thirty days’ notice in writing of the charge against him or her and of the time and place of hearing and determining such charge, at which time and place he or she shall be entitled to be heard. Upon the revocation of any license it shall be the duty of the secretary of the board to strike the name of the licensee from the register of licensed embalmers, and to notify all railroad, transportation and express companies doing business in the State of Nevada, and all licensed embalmers in this state, of such action.

      Sec. 2.  Section 9 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 9.  Any person holding a license as an embalmer from any other state, who shall show to the satisfaction of the board that he or she has passed an examination similar to that required by the provisions of this act, and that he or she is competent to engage in the business or practice of embalming, may, upon the payment of the fee of ten dollars to the secretary of said board therefor, receive a license and be registered as an embalmer of this state without examination; but in case of any doubt upon the part of said board an examination shall be had as herein provided.

      Sec. 3.  Section 10 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 10.  Any railroad, transportation or express company which shall receive for transportation and shipment any dead human body, unless said body has been prepared by a regularly licensed embalmer of the State of Nevada, with the removal permit, his or her name and the number of his or her embalmer’s license attached thereon, unless said body shall reach its destination within the boundaries of this state and within thirty hours from time of death, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. All laws in force in this state pertaining to the disposition, shipment, or burial of human dead bodies, or regulations of the state health department relating thereto, shall be and are in nowise affected by the provisions of this act.

Certificates of other states may be recognized

Fee

Penalties for noncompliance of common carriers

Chap. 63–An Act to amend sections 6 and 7 of an act entitled “An act relating to children who are now or may hereafter become dependent, neglected, or delinquent, to define these terms and to provide for the treatment, control, maintenance, protection, adoption, and guardianship of the person of such child or children,” approved March 24, 1909, and further approved March 27, 1911.

[Approved March 10, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 6 of an act entitled “An act relating to children who are now or who may hereafter become dependent, neglected, or delinquent, to define these terms and to provide for the treatment, control, maintenance, protection, adoption and guardianship of the person of such child or children,” approved March 24, 1909, and further approved March 27, 1911, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 6.  Probation Officers.  The district courts in this state shall have authority to appoint any number of discreet persons of good moral character to serve as probation officers during the pleasure of the court; said probation officers shall receive no compensation from the county treasury except as herein provided.

Relating to dependent, neglected or delinquent children

Probation officers

Duty of county clerk

How appointed

Salaries and expenses limited

receive no compensation from the county treasury except as herein provided. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, if practicable, to notify the said probation officer when any child is to be brought before the court; it shall be the duty of such probation officer to make investigation of such case; to be present in the court to represent the interests of the child when the case is heard; to furnish such court such information and assistance as the court or judge may require, and to take charge of any child before and after the trial as may be directed by the court. The number of probation officers to receive compensation from the county, named and designated by the district court, shall be as follows:

      The judge of the district court in and for each county, or city and county, of the state, or the judges where there are more than one judge of the said court, may appoint probation officers, in the number and under the conditions as in this act provided, whenever such appointments shall be deemed necessary to care for the dependent and delinquent children of the county; provided, such probation officers can be removed from office at any time by the said district judge, or judges. The salary of said probation officers shall be as follows:

      In counties having over fifteen thousand population, there may be one probation officer receiving a salary. An assistant probation officer may be appointed, in the discretion of the court, upon the request of the probation officer. The salary of the probation officer shall be fixed by the court appointing him, in any sum not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per month; and the salary of the assistant probation officer, where one is appointed, shall likewise be fixed by the court appointing him, in any sum not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month. The expenses of such probation officers for probation work shall not exceed seven hundred and fifty dollars per year.

      In counties having less than fifteen thousand population it shall be within the discretion of the district judge, or judges, of each of said counties to determine as to the necessity of appointing a probation officer; provided, that in counties having eight thousand population and under fifteen thousand there shall be no more than one probation officer receiving a salary, and such salary shall be fixed by the court appointing him, in any sum not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month; provided, further, that in counties of five thousand and under eight thousand there shall be no more than one probation officer receiving a salary, and such salary shall be fixed by the court appointing him, in any sum not to exceed one hundred dollars per month; and providing further, that in counties of under five thousand there shall be no more than one probation officer receiving a salary, and such salary shall be fixed by the court appointing him, in any sum not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month.

ing him, in any sum not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month.

      All probation officers whose expenses are not herein provided shall be allowed such necessary incidental expenses as may be authorized by the judge, or judges, of the district court of said county; provided, that the said probation officers can be appointed for any portion or part of a year as the said district judge or judges may determine, and can be paid for the time and periods said probation officer serves under such appointment. The salary and expenses of the probation officer shall be paid out of the county funds in the county treasury in monthly installments, in the same manner as other claims against the county.

      Any district judge, or judges, appointing such probation officer to receive a salary or other compensation from the county provided for under this act, shall transmit such appointment to the district superintendent of schools of the district of which the county in which said appointment is made is a part, the state superintendent of public instruction, and the governor of this state, who shall constitute a board to investigate the competency of such person so appointed to act as probation officer, and it shall be the duty of a majority of said board to approve or disapprove of such appointee, within thirty days after the submission thereof by the said district court, and a failure to act thereon within such time shall constitute an approval of such appointment. If a majority of such board are of the opinion that such appointee does not possess the qualifications for a probation officer, they shall notify the court of their conclusions within thirty days of such appointment to the respective members thereof, whereupon it shall be the duty of the district judge, or judges, to withdraw such appointment and appoint some one who shall receive the approval of said board.

      Probation officers receiving a salary or other compensation from the county, provided for by this act, are hereby vested with all the power and authority of police or sheriffs to make arrests and perform any other duties ordinarily required by policemen and sheriffs which may be incident to their office or necessary or convenient to the performance of their duties; provided, that other probation officers may be vested with like power and authority upon a written certificate from the district judge, or judges, that they are persons of discretion and good character, and that it is the desire of the court to vest them with all the power and authority conferred by law upon probation officers receiving compensation from the county.

      The appointment of probation officers and the approval thereof as to the qualifications of such officers by the board herein designated, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court. Probation officers shall take an oath such as may be required of other county officers to perform their duties, and file in the office of the clerk of the district court.

District judges may authorize salary and expenses of temporary officer

Governor and school officers to approve appointment of officer

Officers to have authority of police officers

Appointments filed with clerk of court

Further amendments

Probation officer to file report

Court may decide custody of minor

be required of other county officers to perform their duties, and file in the office of the clerk of the district court.

      Sec. 2.  Section 7 of an act entitled “An act relating to children who are now or who may hereafter become dependent, neglected, or delinquent, to define these terms and to provide for the treatment, control, maintenance, protection, adoption and guardianship of the person of such child or children,” approved March 24, 1909, and further approved March 27, 1911, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 7.  It shall be the duty of each probation officer receiving a salary in his respective county, prior to the first day of January in each year, to file with the clerk of the court a report in writing of the number and nature of the cases handled by him during the preceding year, together with such suggestions and comments as may be proper concerning probation work in his county, and the management of all societies, associations, and corporations, except state institutions, applying for or receiving any child under this act from the court of his respective county.

      If the court shall find any child under the age of eighteen years to be dependent or neglected within the meaning of this act, the court may allow such child to remain at its home subject to the friendly visitation of a probation officer, or to report to the court or probation officer from its home or school at such times as the court may require. And if parent, parents, guardian or custodian consent thereto, or if the court shall further find that the parent, parents, guardian or custodian of such child are unfit or improper guardians or are unable or unwilling to care for, protect, train, educate, correct or discipline such child, and that it is for the interest of such child and other people of this state that such child be taken from the custody of its parents, custodian or guardian, the court may make an order appointing as guardian of the person of such child, some reputable citizen of good moral character, and order such guardian to place such child in some suitable family, home or other suitable place which such guardian may provide for such child, or the court may enter an order committing such child to some suitable state institution, of this or any other state, organized for the care of dependent or neglected children, or to some training or industrial school or childrens’ home-finding society of this or any other state, or to some association embracing in its objects the purpose of caring for or obtaining homes for neglected or dependent children, which association shall have been accredited as heretofore provided.

Chap. 64–An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act to establish at the University of Nevada a public service department known as the department of engineering experimentation, to provide ways and means for aiding settlers, farmers, and other persons, in the development of the underground waters of the state by giving expert advice regarding the most probable location, the best method of developing the underground water systems by the testing of, and the recommendation of, the most efficient machinery and power for pumping, and providing an appropriation therefor,” approved March 11, 1915.

[Approved March 12, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The act entitled “An act to establish at the University of Nevada a public service department, known as the department of engineering experimentation, to provide ways and means for aiding settlers, farmers, and other persons in the development of the underground waters of the state by giving expert advice regarding the most probable location, the best method of developing the underground water systems by the testing of, and the recommendation of, the most efficient machinery and power for pumping, and providing an appropriation therefor,” approved March 11, 1915, is hereby repealed.

Repeal of act creating department of engineering experimentation at university

Chap. 65–An Act for the relief of The Gorham Company and Wells, Fargo & Company.

[Approved March 12, 1917]

      Whereas, Under the provisions of an act entitled “An act in relation to the presentation of a silver service to the battleship ‘Nevada’ and making an appropriation therefor,” approved March 20, 1913 (Stats. 1913, 182), the governor, lieutenant-governor and secretary of state were constituted a board to take all necessary steps to secure donations from producing gold and silver mines of precious metals, and to secure subscriptions from the citizens of the state, towards the cost of a silver-and-gold or exclusively silver service for presentation to the United States battleship “Nevada”; and

      Whereas, Said act authorized said board to select the design for such service and to contract for its manufacture; and

      Whereas, Said act provided an appropriation of five thousand ($5,000) dollars to supplement the contributions as aforesaid to meet the purposes of said act; and

      Whereas, Pursuant thereto the said board did contract with The Gorham Company for such silver service at and for the cost of four thousand nine hundred and ninety ($4,990) dollars; and

Relief of Gorham Co. and Wells-Fargo

Deficiencies named

Appropriation, $1,948.20

      Whereas, The gold- and silver-producing mines of the state did not contribute as much bullion for such silver service as was expected, and after allowing credit for such bullion as was contributed there was a balance due on such contract to said The Gorham Company of eighteen hundred and seventy-five ($1,875) dollars; and

      Whereas, The said board did also contract an indebtedness with Wells, Fargo & Company for the express charges on said silver service from Carson City to Providence, Rhode Island, in order that the said silver service might be delivered to the officers of said battleship “Nevada”; now, therefore,

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight dollars and twenty ($1,948.20) cents is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the general fund of the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid and distributed as follows:

      To The Gorham Company, eighteen hundred and seventy-five ($1,875) dollars; to Wells, Fargo & Company, seventy-three dollars and twenty ($73.20) cents. The state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrants in favor of said corporations for the respective amounts herein mentioned and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

County to pay bounties for certain noxious animals

Chap. 66–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, as amended by acts approved March 24, 1911, and February 28, 1913.

[Approved March 12, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 1 of the above act is hereby amended to read as follows:

      Section 1.  If any person shall take or 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 animals shall have been taken, the following bounties, to wit: For every lynx or wildcat, two dollars, and for every mountain lion, five dollars; all of which bounties shall be subject to the provisions of this act.

Chap. 67–An Act to amend an act entitled “An act regulating the fees of the office of surveyor-general, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1915.

[Approved March 12, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 1 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 1.  The surveyor-general shall charge the following fees:

      For making a certified copy of a contract to purchase state lands and for the renewal of a contract, one dollar each.

      For township diagrams showing forfeited lands for sale and price of same, when the number exceeds five in an order, twenty cents each.

      For a township diagram showing state entries only, fifty cents each.

      For a township plat showing entries, names of entrymen and agents, kinds of entries, also forfeited lands for sale, two dollars each plus ten cents per name or each entryman.

      For a complete tracing of a township plat showing entries, forfeited lands for sale, names of entrymen and agents, with number and date of entry, kinds of entries, topography, etc., five dollars per township plat plus ten cents per name for each entryman.

      For making a certified copy of any record or instrument not included in the above, twenty cents per folio for the original, and five cents per folio for each carbon copy.

      All fees charged and collected under this act shall be accounted for by the surveyor-general and paid into the state treasury for the state school fund.

      Sec. 2.  All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Fees of surveyor-general

All fees to state school fund

Chap. 68–An Act for the relief of certain persons.

[Approved March 12, 1917]

      Whereas, Hon. T. C. Hart, district judge of the Eighth judicial district, rendered his claim for traveling expenses for the last quarter of the year 1916, amounting to one hundred and thirty-one dollars and fourteen cents ($131.14), after the appropriation therefor had reverted; and

      Whereas, Hon. Peter Breen, district judge of the Third judicial district, rendered his claim for traveling expenses for the last quarter of the year 1916, amounting to twenty-six dollars and thirty cents ($26.30), after the appropriation thereof had reverted; and

      Whereas, Hon. J. E. Walsh, district judge of the Seventh judicial district, rendered his claim for traveling expenses for the last quarter of the year 1916, amounting to fifty-five dollars and ninety cents ($55.90), after the appropriation therefor had reverted; and

Relief of sundry persons

Relief of sundry persons

dollars and ninety cents ($55.90), after the appropriation therefor had reverted; and

      Whereas, The Carson City News rendered its claim for state printing for the month of December, amounting to one hundred ($100) dollars, after the appropriation therefor had reverted; and

      Whereas A claim of the Tonopah Bonanza Printing Company against the Tonopah School of Mines, amounting to $15.25, was duly examined, allowed and approved by the state board of examiners, and the same was not paid by the state controller by reason of the fact that the appropriation for the said Tonopah School of Mines had reverted; and

      Whereas, Wm. Kearney, state engineer, rendered his claim for observers’ salaries for the last quarter of the year 1916, amounting to two hundred twenty-two dollars and thirteen cents ($222.13), after the appropriation therefor had reverted; and

      Whereas, The following-named persons rendered their claims in the respective amounts hereinafter set forth for salaries and labor at the Clark County Experiment Farm for the month of December, 1916, after the appropriation therefor had reverted, to wit: E. H. Syphus, $10; Henry Rice, $10; John Tobler, $100; Walter Stevens, $60; Le Roy Tobler, $15; A. L. Egbert, $20; Wm. Calkins, $11.25; F. E. Larsen, $6.75; Eugene Parker, $4.50; and

      Whereas, Ed. Von Tobel Lumber Company rendered its claim for lumber furnished to the Clark County Experiment Farm during the month of December, 1915, amounting to the sum of seventy dollars and thirty cents ($70.30), after the appropriation therefor had reverted; and

      Whereas, Dr. T. F. Richardson was specially employed by the governor of the state during the year 1911 to perform certain services as state veterinary in the matter of eradication of the epidemic of anthrax in Churchill and Lyon Counties which said employment contained to and including January 31, 1913, and no appropriation was made by the twenty-sixth legislature for his salary for the month of January, 1913; and

      Whereas, Said Dr. T. F. Richardson died on August 22, 1914, and Mrs. T. F. Richardson has been appointed and has qualified as administratrix of his estate; and

      Whereas, The Tonopah School of Mines rendered its claim for seventy-four dollars and eleven cents ($74.11), after the appropriation therefor had reverted, and the same was paid out of the university revolving fund; and

      Whereas, All of said claims have been duly examined, allowed and approved by the board of examiners of the State of Nevada, and are just and legal claims against the State of Nevada; now, therefor,

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of one thousand eighty-two dollars and sixty-three cents ($1,082.63) is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the general fund of the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid out and distributed as follows: To the Hon. T. C. Hart, one hundred and thirty-one dollars and fourteen cents ($131.14). To the Hon. Peter Breen, twenty-six dollars and thirty cents ($26.30). To the Hon. J. E. Walsh, fifty-five dollars and ninety cents ($55.90). To the Carson City News, one hundred dollars ($100). To the Tonopah Bonanza Printing Company, fifteen dollars and twenty-five cents ($15.25). To Wm. Kearney, Esq., state engineer, two hundred twenty-two dollars and thirteen cents ($222.13). To E. H. Syphus, Esq., ten dollars ($10). To Henry Rice, Esq., ten dollars ($10). To John Tobler, Esq., one hundred dollars ($100). To Walter Stevens, Esq., sixty dollars ($60). To Le Roy Tobler, Esq., fifteen dollars ($15). To A. L. Egbert, Esq., twenty dollars ($20). To Wm. Calkins, Esq., eleven dollars and twenty-five cents ($11.25). To F. E. Larsen, Esq., six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75). To the University Revolving Fund, seventy-four dollars and eleven cents ($74.11). To Eugene Parker, Esq., four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50). To Ed. Von Tobel Lumber Company, seventy dollars and thirty cents ($70.30). To T. F. Richardson, administratrix of the estate of Dr. T. F. Richardson, deceased, one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

      Sec. 2.  The state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrants in favor of the persons mentioned herein, for the respective amounts above set forth, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

Appropriation, $1,082.63

Duties of controller and treasurer

Chap. 69–An Act appropriating two thousand dollars for the aid of the work of the student loan fund of the Federation of Women’s Clubs of the State of Nevada.

[Approved March 12, 1917]

      Whereas, The women of the Federation of Women’s Clubs of the State of Nevada, at their fifth annual convention at Goldfield, in October, founded the student loan fund; and

      Whereas, Among other things, the purposes for which said fund is formed are: To aid and encourage deserving and needy girls and boys of the State of Nevada who are desirous of educating themselves to be self-supporting; the money is loaned without interest to be repaid in small sums as the borrowers are able to do so, thereby creating a revolving fund; it is available only to residents of Nevada; not more than four hundred ($400) dollars shall be loaned to any one student,

Assisting student loan fund

Appropriation, $2,000

To be paid to Miss Emma Vanderlieth

Must report annually to governor

more than four hundred ($400) dollars shall be loaned to any one student, and not more than two hundred ($200) dollars to any such student in any one school year; and

      Whereas, Said fund has already aided seventeen girls and boys, and the demands of said work are continually increasing, and it is without sufficient funds to properly provide for those seeking its help and to carry out the great objects and purposes for which it is organized; now, therefore,

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars is hereby appropriated from the general fund in the treasury of the State of Nevada, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of assisting the said student loan fund in carrying out the objects and purposes for which it was organized.

      Sec. 2.  Upon written request of Miss Emma Vanderlieth, chairman of the student loan fund of the Federation of Women’s Clubs of Nevada, the controller of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the student loan fund of the Federation of Women’s Clubs of Nevada for the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, and upon presentation of the same to the treasurer of the State of Nevada the said treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay said sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars to the chairman of said student loan fund of the Federation of Women’s Clubs of Nevada.

      Sec. 3.  The chairman of the student loan fund of the Federation of Woman’s Clubs of Nevada shall make an annual report to the governor of the State of Nevada showing the disposition of said fund and transactions concerning the same.

Bonds for schoolhouse at Mina

Chap. 70–An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of Mineral County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of building and furnishing a schoolhouse in Mina school district No. 17, and matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved March 12, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The board of county commissioners of Mineral County is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to prepare and issue bonds of said county, such bonds to be issued on or before the first day of June, 1917, for the sum of eight thousand ($8,000) dollars, exclusive of interest, for the purpose of providing funds for the construction of a schoolhouse in the town of Mina of said county (upon a site to be chosen by the board of school trustees of Mina school district No. 17),

district No. 17), and for equipping and furnishing said building.

      Sec. 2.  The board of county commissioners of said Mineral County shall cause said bonds to be prepared and made ready for issuance. Said bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board, countersigned by the county treasurer, and authenticated by the seal of the county; coupons for interest shall be attached to each bond, so that the same may be removed without injury to the bond, and each of said coupons shall be consecutively numbered, and signed by the chairman of said board and the county treasurer.

      Sec. 3.  The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall keep a record of all proceedings under the provisions of this act, showing the number and date of each bond and to whom issued.

      Sec. 4.  The board of county commissioners of Mineral County is hereby authorized to negotiate the sale of said bonds, by advertising for sealed proposals or by private sales, as they may deem for the best interests of the county, and may reject any and all bids; provided, that the State of Nevada shall be given first preference in the purchase of said bonds from the state permanent school fund moneys; that no bonds shall be sold for less than par value; and provided, further, that all bonds shall be made payable in gold coin of the United States, and the interest thereon shall be payable in like gold coin.

      Sec. 5.  Said bonds shall be numbered consecutively from one to eight, and shall be redeemable at the rate of one each year, and the interest on the same shall not exceed six per cent per annum, payable semiannually on the first day of January and July respectively of each year at the office of the county treasurer of the said Mineral County. Said bonds shall be each for the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars.

      Sec. 6.  All moneys derived from the sale of said bonds shall be paid to the county treasurer of said county, and the said treasurer is hereby required to receive and safely keep the same in a fund hereby created and known as “Mina School District No. 17 Fund,” and to pay out said moneys only in the manner now provided by law and for the purpose for which the same was received.

      Sec. 7.  The board of trustees of Mina school district No. 17 is hereby authorized and directed to use said moneys arising from the sale of said bonds, or such number thereof as they may deem necessary, for the construction, equipment, and furnishing of a school building in the Mina school district No. 17, and any balance remaining in said fund, after the completion, equipment, and furnishing of said building, shall be turned over and converted into the proper fund provided for running and maintaining said school, in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of law pertaining to the establishment of schools in the various counties of this state.

Description of bonds

Record kept

Sale of bonds

Interest limited to 6%

“Mina School District No. 17 Fund”

Money to be used for Mina

Plans for building

Site to be selected

County treasurer responsible

Special tax for interest and redemption of bonds

ing to the establishment of schools in the various counties of this state.

      Sec. 8.  Said board of trustees of Mina school district No. 17 shall determine as to the character of said building, the materials to be used therefor, and the plans therefor, and when such determination is made said board shall advertise for bids for the construction thereof by contract to the lowest and most responsible bidder. The laws in force governing contracts by boards of county commissioners are hereby made applicable to, and the same shall govern, the action of the board of trustees of Mina school district No. 17 in carrying out the provisions of this act. All demands and bills contracted by said board of trustees of Mina school district No. 17 shall be paid in the manner now provided by law; provided, that no such bills shall be allowed until the plans for said school building shall have been approved by the state superintendent of public instruction.

      Sec. 9.  As soon as possible after the passage and approval of this act, or after this act shall become a law, the board of trustees of Mina school district No. 17 shall proceed to select an appropriate site for said school building in the town of Mina, in said county, and the board of trustees of said Mina school district No. 17 shall thereafter, with all expedient dispatch, proceed to the execution of the purposes of this act.

      Sec. 10.  The county treasurer of said Mineral County shall be liable on his official bond for the safe keeping of the moneys which shall come into his hands under the provisions of this act, and for the faithful discharge of all his duties in relation thereto.

      Sec. 11.  For the purpose of creating a fund for the payment of the bonds authorized by this act and the interest thereon, the board of county commissioners of said Mineral County is authorized and required to levy, at the time the said board of county commissioners make the annual levy for taxes for all purposes, and collect annually a special tax upon the assessment valuation of all property, both real and personal, subject to taxation, including the proceeds of mines, within the boundaries of said Mina school district No. 17, until said bonds and the interest thereon shall have been fully paid, sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds and retire, beginning with bond number one and consecutively thereafter, one of said bonds annually, beginning on the first day of July, 1919, until all of said bonds have been redeemed and retired. Such tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are assessed and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall be kept by the county treasurer in a special fund to be known as the “Mina School District No. 17 Bond Sinking Fund”; provided, however, that if the amount of the tax levied upon the property within said Mina school district No. 17 shall at any time be insufficient to pay the interest on said bonds and provide for the retirement as provided in this section,

insufficient to pay the interest on said bonds and provide for the retirement as provided in this section, the board of county commissioners of said Mineral County are hereby required to levy and collect annually a special tax on the assessment valuation of all property, real and personal, subject to taxation, including the proceeds of mines, within the boundaries of said Mineral County, and continue such levy from year to year to meet any deficit which may occur in said Mina school district No. 17 bond sinking fund, and the faith and credit of Mineral County is hereby pledged to the prompt and ready payment of said bonds and the interest thereon according to the terms, conditions, and tenor thereof.

      Sec. 12.  It shall be obligatory on the said county and on its proper officers to pay in full the accrued interest on said bonds beginning on the first day of July, 1917, and thereafter on the first day of January and July respectively, in each and every year, until all of said bonds shall have been redeemed and retired.

      Sec. 13.  Whenever the bonds and interest provided for in this act shall have been fully paid, the tax authorized by this act shall cease, and all moneys remaining in said bond sinking fund shall, by order of the board of county commissioners of said county, be transferred to the fund used for paying the contingent expenses of said Mina school district No. 17.

      Sec. 14.  Whenever the county treasurer shall redeem any of the bonds issued under the provisions of this act, he shall cancel the same by writing across the face thereof “Paid,” together with the date of such payment, sign his name thereto, and turn the same over to the county auditor, taking his receipt therefor, which receipt shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, and the auditor shall credit the treasurer on his books for the amount so paid.

      Sec. 15.  Should the holder of said bonds or any of them, for any cause whatever, fail to present said bonds to the said county treasurer for payment, when they become due, all interest on such bonds shall thereafter immediately cease.

      Sec. 16.  The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby pledged that this act shall not be repealed, nor the taxation thereby imposed be omitted, until all the bonds and coupons issued hereunder and by virtue hereof shall have been paid in full, as in this act specified.

Faith of county pledged

Interest must be paid promptly

Tax ceases, when

Treasurer to cancel paid bonds

Interest ceases, when

Faith of state pledged

Bonds authorized for paying indebtedness of Goldfield school district No. 4

Form of bond

Chap. 71–An Act to authorize and empower the board of county commissioners of Esmeralda County to issue bonds for the purpose of creating a fund for liquidating and paying the outstanding indebtedness of said county, incurred by virtue of issuing bonds for Goldfield school district No. 4, under the provisions of an act entitled “An act to enable the several school districts of the state to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the purpose of erecting and furnishing school buildings or purchasing ground or for refunding floating funded debts, and providing for the payment of the principal indebtedness thus authorized and the interest thereon,” approved March 12, 1907.

[Approved March 12, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  The board of county commissioners of Esmeralda County, State of Nevada, whenever they deem the same to be necessary and expedient, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue negotiable bonds of the said county for an amount not exceeding the sum of thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars, and in denominations of one thousand ($1,000) dollars each, having not more than six (6) years to run, and bearing interest at the rate of not exceeding six (6%) per cent per annum, payable semiannually on the first Mondays of July and January in each year, for the purpose of providing funds for paying any outstanding indebtedness of said county incurred by virtue of issuing bonds for Goldfield school district No. 4, under the provisions of an act entitled “An act to enable the several school districts of the state to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the purpose of erecting and furnishing school buildings or purchasing ground or for refunding floating funded debts, and providing for the payment of the principal indebtedness thus authorized and interest thereon,” approved March 12, 1907, which said bonds shall be consecutively numbered and shall be substantially in the following form:

      No........ The County of Esmeralda, State of Nevada, for value received, promises to pay to......................., or bearer, at the office of the treasurer of said county, in................., on or before the first day of..................., 19.... (six (6) years after date, or at any time before that date and after one (1) year from the date hereof) at the pleasure of the county, the sum of................ ($........) dollars, in United States gold coin, with interest at the rate of............... (......%) per cent per annum, payable at the office of the said treasurer semiannually on the first Mondays of July and January of each year, on presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached. This bond is issued by the county commissioners in conformity to a resolution of said board, dated the......day of .................., 19....., and under authority conferred upon said board by the provision of an act of the legislature of Nevada entitled “An act to authorize and empower the board of county commissioners of Esmeralda County to issue bonds for the purpose of creating a fund for liquidating and paying all outstanding indebtedness of said county, incurred by virtue of issuing bonds for Goldfield school district No. 4,

board by the provision of an act of the legislature of Nevada entitled “An act to authorize and empower the board of county commissioners of Esmeralda County to issue bonds for the purpose of creating a fund for liquidating and paying all outstanding indebtedness of said county, incurred by virtue of issuing bonds for Goldfield school district No. 4, under the provisions of an act entitled ‘An act to enable the several school districts of the state to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the purpose of erecting and furnishing school buildings or purchasing ground or for refunding floating funded debts, and providing for the payment of the principal indebtedness thus authorized and the interest thereon,’ approved March 12, 1907” (insert date of approval of this act).

      Sec. 2.  Whenever bonds issued under this act shall be duly executed, numbered consecutively and sealed, they shall be delivered to the county treasurer and his receipts taken therefor, and he shall stand charged on his official bond with all bonds delivered to him and with the proceeds thereof. The county treasurer, under the direction of the board of county commissioners, may exchange any of said bonds for the satisfaction of any indebtedness of said county incurred by virtue of issuing bonds for Goldfield school district No. 4, under the provisions of an act entitled “An act to enable the several school districts of the state to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the purpose of erecting and furnishing school buildings or purchasing ground or for refunding floating funded debts, and providing for the payment of the principal indebtedness thus authorized, and the interest thereon,” approved March, 12, 1907, and said treasurer shall, when directed by the board of county commissioners, sell any portion of said bonds for money at not less than the par value thereof, the proceeds of such sale or sales to be applied exclusively to the payment, satisfaction, and discharge of said bonds of Goldfield school district No. 4.

      Sec. 3.  For the purpose of creating a fund for the payment of the bonds authorized by this act and the interest thereon, the board of county commissioners of said Esmeralda County is hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect annually a special tax upon the assessed valuation of all property, both real and personal, subject to taxation, including the proceeds of mines, within the boundaries of said Goldfield school district No. 4, sufficient to pay annually at least 16 2/3 per cent of the bonds herein authorized to be issued, in addition to all taxes for other purposes, and the moneys arising from such assessment and levies shall be known as the “Redemption Fund, Goldfield School District No. 4 Bonds and Interest, Series 1907-1908,” and shall be used only for the payment of such bonds and interest; provided, however, that if the amount of tax so levied upon the property within the boundaries of said Goldfield school district No. 4 shall at any time be insufficient to pay the interest on said bonds,

County treasurer custodian of bonds

Special tax for payment and redemption of bonds

Redemption fund established

Interest ceases, when

on said bonds, and provide for their retirement as proposed in this section, the board of county commissioners of said Esmeralda County is hereby authorized and required to levy a special tax on the assessed valuation of all property, real and personal, subject to taxation, including the proceeds of mines, within the boundaries of said Esmeralda County, and continue such levy from year to year to meet any deficit which may occur in the Goldfield school district No. 4 fund, and the faith and credit of Esmeralda County is hereby pledged to the prompt and ready payment of said bonds and the interest thereon according to the terms, conditions, and tenor thereof.

      Sec. 4.  Whenever after one year after the date of said bonds the amount in the hands of the county treasurer belonging to said “Redemption Fund, Goldfield School District No. 4, Bonds and Interest, Series 1907 and 1908,” after setting aside the sum required to pay the interest maturing before the next levy is sufficient to redeem five or more of said bonds, the county treasurer shall notify the county auditor and the presiding officer of the board of county commissioners of such fact, and thereupon the said three officers shall draw by lot from the full list of all the then outstanding bonds issued hereunder, the numbers and amounts of sufficient of said outstanding bonds to absorb the money in the bond fund available for and applicable to payment upon the principal of said bonds, but not exceeding in number sixteen and two-thirds (16 2/3%) per cent of the total number of bonds issued under this act, and thereupon the county treasurer shall give notice by registered letter, demanding a return receipt, addressed to the holders of said bonds of Esmeralda County, Nevada, and stating the number of bonds so drawn, and all interest thereon to the date of the next interest payment, stating said date, will be paid in full by the county treasurer at his office in Esmeralda County upon presentation of said bonds and all unpaid coupons pertaining thereto. Said notice shall be sent by the county treasurer to said bondholders sixty days prior to the date fixed for the payment of such bonds. On and after the date fixed in said notice the interest on said several bonds bearing the numbers so drawn and specified in said notice shall cease and the amount of money to pay, satisfy and discharge the same with interest to said date shall be set aside from all moneys in the hands of the county treasurer to be held for the payment of said bonds and interest when the same shall be presented.

      If said bonds are not so presented, the interest thereon shall nevertheless cease. Upon presentation of said bonds and all unpaid coupons pertaining thereto, the county treasurer shall mark the same paid, and cancel, and thereupon make a complete record in his office of the transactions, and shall also furnish the county auditor and county commissioners with a full and detailed report of the transactions, including a list of the bonds and coupons by him paid and canceled.

including a list of the bonds and coupons by him paid and canceled. All redemptions and payments of bonds so drawn for payment shall be made in the order of the said notice, and out of the funds so set apart by said county treasurer for such person.

      Sec. 5.  Bonds to be issued thereunder may be dated on the.............day of........................, 19......., and settlements and exchanges of all existing valid evidences of indebtedness may be made and computed as of said date or upon any semi-annual interest date thereafter occurring.

      Sec. 6.  All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Bonds, how dated

Repeal

Chap. 72–An Act to amend section 20 of an act entitled “An act to regulate railroads, telegraph, and telephone companies and other common carriers in this state, creating a railroad commission, constituting the governor, the lieutenant-governor, and the attorney-general a railroad board for the appointment and removal of the railroad commissioners, prevent the imposition of unreasonable rates, prevent unjust discrimination, insure an adequate railway service, and fixing maximum freight charges,” approved March 5, 1907, and to repeal section 44 of an act entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies, and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 22, 1865.

[Approved March 12, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Section 20 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

      Section 20.  Every railroad company incorporated or doing business in this state, or which shall hereafter become incorporated or do business in this state shall, on or before the 15th day of March, 1917, and on or before the same day of each year thereafter, make and transmit to the commission in its office in Nevada, or such other person as the legislature by law directs, a full and true statement, under oath of the proper officer of such corporation, of the affairs of such corporation relative to the State of Nevada, for the year ending on the 31st day of December preceding, which statement for the State of Nevada shall be similar in character and detail to the annual report required to be made by railroad companies to the interstate commerce commission, and such other and further information as may be required by the commission. If any such railroad company shall neglect or fail to comply with the requirements of this act and shall fail to make, execute and return the reports hereby required of it by such demand of the state railroad commission of Nevada for more than thirty days after the first day of April in each year, said railroad company shall be liable for, and shall forfeit and pay to the State of Nevada for such neglect, a penalty of twenty thousand dollars.

Railroads to report transactions annually to railroad commission

Penalty for neglect

Attorney-general to prosecute delinquent railroads

Certain section repealed

than thirty days after the first day of April in each year, said railroad company shall be liable for, and shall forfeit and pay to the State of Nevada for such neglect, a penalty of twenty thousand dollars. And it shall be the duty of the attorney-general of the state to commence an action in the name of the State of Nevada for the recovery of such penalty, and the court shall render judgment therefor against such company and such action shall not be dismissed or compromised except upon the full payment of the sum of such penalty, together with all costs of such action, and execution shall issue against the property of such company until such judgment shall be fully satisfied.

      Sec. 2.  Section 44 of an act entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies, and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 22, 1865, including that portion thereof which appears in the “Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912,” numbered and subheaded “3556. Idem-Failure of Secretary of State to Furnish Forms-Penalty (Sec. 2),” is hereby repealed.

Vacation of town plats or portions of same for school or public improvements

Application to be published

City council to act

Chap. 73–An Act providing for the vacation of portions of city and town plats.

[Approved March 13, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  Any owner or owners of platted land in an incorporated city may make application in writing to the city council of the city wherein such land is situated for the vacation of the portion of the plat so owned by him or them, together with such portion of any and all streets, alleys and public ways as adjoin or abut the same, for public school, high school, or other public improvements, but for no other purposes. Such application shall particularly describe the portion of the plat and of the streets, alleys and public ways, sought to be vacated and shall be signed by the applicant or applicants. A copy of such application shall be published at the expense of the applicant or applicants in a newspaper of general circulation published in such city, at least once a week for three successive weeks, which said publication shall be deemed due and sufficient notice to all persons interested of the nature and purpose of such application. Upon the filing of such application and proof of publication with the city clerk, the city council shall, at its next regular meeting, proceed to hear, consider and dispose of the same, and if the said city council be satisfied that neither the public nor any person will be materially injured thereby, it shall order such portion of said plat, streets, alleys and public ways vacated in accordance with such application, a certified copy of which order shall be duly recorded in the office of the recorder of the county wherein such land is situated.

of which order shall be duly recorded in the office of the recorder of the county wherein such land is situated.

      Sec. 2.  Any person claiming material injury by any order so made by the city council may at any time within sixty days after the date of such order commence an action in the district court having jurisdiction to have such order set aside.

      Sec. 3.  This action is intended to supplement, and not to supersede, the existing laws relating to the vacation of city and town plats.

Person injured may begin action

To supplement existing laws

Chap. 74–An Act to amend an act entitled “An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies, and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 22, 1865, by adding an additional section thereto, to be known as section 17 1/2.

[Approved March 13, 1917]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

      Section 1.  An act entitled “An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies, and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 22, 1865, is hereby amended by adding an additional section to be known as section 17 1/2, which shall read as follows:

      Section 17 1/2. (a) That any railroad corporation, organized and existing under any of the laws of this state governing such corporation, may at any time before the expiration of the time limited for its existence, extend the term of its existence beyond the time specified in its original articles of incorporation, for any period of time, or perpetually; together with all its rights, privileges, and immunities, and subject to all its existing debts, obligations and liabilities and duties imposed by its existing charter, or amendments thereto, or by the law under which it was organized, or acts amendatory thereof, or supplemental thereto, or by any law of this state applicable to such corporation by filing a certificate of such extension with the secretary of state, duly sworn or affirmed to by the president and secretary of such corporation before any person authorized by the laws of this state to administer oaths or affirmations, or before any notary public; which certificate must be authorized by two-thirds in interest of the stock in writing, or by a resolution to that effect passed at any regular meeting or special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose, voting either in person or by proxy, such meeting to be called as provided by law, or the by-laws of such corporation; such certificate shall set forth: