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Statutes of the State of Nevada - Third Session, 1867 CONTENTS ________
No.	Title	Page
1	An Act to create Legislative Funds—approved January 26, 1867.	43
2	An Act to relation to Fines—approved January 28, 1867.	44
3	An Act to repeal an Act entitled “An Act to establish a Standard of Weights and Measures,” approved February 28, 1866—approved February 1, 1867.	44
4	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the formation of Corporations for certain purposes,” approved March 10, 1865, as amended by an Act approved March 1, 1866—approved February 1, 1867.	44
5	An Act authorizing the issuance and sale of certain State Bonds, and levying a Tax to provide means for the payment thereof—became a law February 3, 1867.	45
6	An Act to change the County Seat of the County of Nye—approved February 6, 1867.	47
7	An Act to provide for the Organization of the Assembly at the commencement of each session—approved February 6, 1867.	47
8	An Act supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act for securing Liens to Mechanics and others,” approved November twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one—approved February 6, 1867.	48
9	An Act to provide for the payment of Outstanding Warrants against the Transcript Fund of Churchill County—approved February 6, 1867.	48
10	An Act to authorize Married Women to transact business in their own Names as Sole Traders—approved February 6, 1867.	49
11	An Act authorizing a State Loan, and levying a Tax to provide means for the payment thereof—approved February 6, 1867.	50
12	An Act to regulate and make effectual the Power of the Governor, Justices of the Supreme Court, and Attorney-General to remit fines and forfeitures, commute punishments, and grant pardons after convictions—approved February 8, 1867.	53
13	An Act conferring jurisdiction on Justices’ Courts concurrent with the District Courts, in actions to enforce Mechanics’ Liens—approved February 8, 1867.	54
14	An Act to repeal an Act entitled “An Act concerning the location and possession of Mining Claims,” approved February twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six—approved February 9, 1867.	55
15	An Act providing for the Release of Sureties on Official Bonds and Undertakings—approved February 13, 1867.	55
16	An Act in relation to, and accepting the Lands granted to the State of Nevada by the Government of the United States—approved February 13, 1867.	57
17	An Act to regulate the business of Assaying within the State of Nevada—approved February 13, 1867.	57
18	An Act to enable a Defendant to testify as a Witness in Criminal Prosecutions—passed February 18, 1867.	58
19	An Act supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to create a Board of County Commissioners, in the several Counties of the State, and to define their duties and powers,” approved March 8th, 1865—approved February 19, 1867.	59
20	An Act to authorize District Judges in certain cases to sign Records and settle Statements—approved February 19, 1867.	59
21	An Act to repeal an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nevada, entitled “An Act authorizing the Private Secretary of the Governor to demand and receive certain Fees,” approved November 29th, 1861; also, to repeal an Act of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, entitled “An Act in relation to the collection of certain Fees heretofore collected by the Governor’s Private Secretary,” approved February 17th, 1866—approved February 19, 1867.	60
22	An Act for the relief of S. L. Baker, late Probate Judge of Nye County—approved February 21, 1867.	60
23	An Act to create three additional Commissioners to represent the State of Nevada at the World’s Fair, to be held at Paris, France, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven—passed February 21, 1867.	61
24	An Act to provide for properly taking care of the Indigent Insane of the State of Nevada, and to create a Fund for that purpose—approved February 23, 1867.	62
25	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate Fees and Compensation for Official and other services in the State of Nevada,” approved March 9th, 1865—approved February 23, 1867.	63
26	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to Sheriffs,” approved November twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one—approved February 23, 1867.	64
27	An Act to amend section twenty-four of an Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in the Courts of Justice in this Territory,” approved February twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four—approved February 23, 1867.	64
28	An Act to provide for the transfer of certain money from the Indigent Sick Fund of Churchill County to the General Fund of said County—approved February 23, 1867.	65
29	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing a State Loan, and levying a Tax to provide means for the payment thereof,” approved February 6th, 1867—passed February 25, 1867.	65
30	An Act to prohibit carrying of Concealed Weapons—approved February 27, 1867.	66
31	An Act to transfer certain Moneys in the State Treasury, to the County School Funds—approved February 27, 1867.	67
32	An Act to provide for the payment of James Cochran for certain services rendered and expenses incurred, in arresting and conveying one W. S. Broadwater, a refugee from justice, from Trinity County, California, to this State—approved February 27, 1867.	67
33	An Act to compensate J. F. Hatch for services in the State Library—approved March 2, 1867.	68
34	An Act entitled An Act in relation to Public Highways—approved March 2, 1867.	68
35	An Act for the protection of Proprietors of Hotels and Lodging Houses—approved March 2, 1867.	69
36	An Act to provide for the Incorporation of Religious, Charitable, Literary, Scientific, and other Associations—approved March 2, 1867.	70
37	An Act to amend “An Act in relation to Public Highways,” approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six—approved March 2, 1867.	72
38	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors, and protection of Creditors,” approved March tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five—approved March 2, 1867.	72
39	An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nevada, entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Austin, approved February 20th, a.d. 1864, approved March 8th, 1865,” approved February 27th, a.d. 1866—approved March 2, 1867.	73
40	An Act to amend an Act authorizing Rufus Walton and Westley Lambert to complete and maintain a Toll Road—approved March 2, 1867.	74
41	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide Revenue for the support of the Government of the State of Nevada,” approved March ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five—approved March 2, 1867.	74
42	An Act to provide for the Payment of the Indebtedness of Esmeralda County—approved March 2, 1867.	76
43	An Act providing for the removal of County Seats, and the permanent location of the same—approved March 2, 1867.	78
44	An Act for the Incorporation of Hospitals or Asylums in certain cases—approved March 4, 1867.	79
45	An Act to amend Chapter one hundred and thirteen of the Statutes of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, entitled “An Act to consolidate and pay certain indebtedness of the County of Ormsby,” approved March twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six—approved March 4, 1867.	81
46	An Act for the relief of R. Ranney, Sheriff of Nye County—approved March 5, 1867.	82
47	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act in relation to the distribution of the Reports of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada,” approved March first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six—approved March 5, 1867.	82
48	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in Civil Cases in the Courts of Justice of the Territory of Nevada,” approved November twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one—approved March 5, 1867.	83
49	An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act defining the time of commencing Civil Actions,” approved November twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and to repeal Acts amendatory of said Act—approved March 5, 1867.	85
50	An Act entitled “An Act authorizing the County Commissioners of the several counties in this State to appoint additional Justices of the Peace—approved March 5, 1867.	87
51	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to marriage and Divorce,” approved November twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one—approved March 5, 1867.	88
52	An Act amendatory of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the Maintenance and Supervision of Public Schools,” approved March 20th, 1865—approved March 8, 1867.	89
53	An Act authorizing the Secretary of State to employ a Clerk in the State Library and Adjutant General’s Office—approved March 11, 1867.	96
54	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act concerning District Attorneys, approved March eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five,” approved February twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six—approved March 11, 1867.	96
55	An Act to amend an Act entitled “ An Act concerning the office of Secretary of State,” approved February 14, 1865—approved March 11, 1867.	97
56	An Act for the relief of A. Whitford—approved March 11, 1867.	98
57	An Act amendatory of an Act entitled “An Act in relation to the payment of Salaries and other Claims against the State,” approved February 27, 1866—approved March 11, 1867.	98
58	An Act to amend section fifty-two of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the settlement of the estates of deceased persons,” approved November twenty-ninth, a.d. eighteen hundred and sixty-one—approved March 11, 1867.	99
59	An Act relative to transcribing and indexing certain Records in Humboldt County—approved March 11, 1867.	99
60	An Act to provide for the liquidation and payment of certain Claims against the City of Virginia—approved March 11, 1867.	100
61	An Act concerning the Fees of Justices of the Peace—approved March 11, 1867.	101
62	An Act for the relief of Wallace Goodell, late County Treasurer of Churchill County—approved March 11, 1867.	102
63	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and their subordinate Lodges in this State,” approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five—approved March 11, 1867.	102
64	An Act to amend an Act of the Legislative [Assembly] of the Territory of Nevada, approved November 5th, 1861, entitled “An Act concerning Conveyances”—approved March 11, 1867.	103
65	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide Revenue for the support of the Government of the State of Nevada,” approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five—approved March 11, 1867.	104
66	An Act to amend “An Act to provide for organizing and disciplining the Militia of this State,” approved March 4th, 1865—approved March 12, 1867.	104
67	An Act defining the duties of the Attorney General of the State of Nevada—approved March 11, 1867.	106
68	An Act to provide for the contingent expenses of the Surveyor General’s office from December, 1864, to December, 1866, inclusive—approved March 12, 1867.	107
69	An Act making appropriations for the support of the Civil Government of the State of Nevada for the third and fourth fiscal years—approved March 12, 1867.	108
70	An Act to amend Section fifty-eight, of an Act entitled “An Act to provide Revenue for the Support of the Government of the State of Nevada,” approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five—approved March 12, 1867.	110
71	An Act to legalize the publication of Summons, in Suits for the Collection of Delinquent Taxes in the several Counties of this State—approved March 12, 1867.	111
72	An Act supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to provide Revenue for the Support of the Government of the State of Nevada,” approved March 9th, 1865, and other Acts amendatory and supplementary thereof—approved March 12, 1867.	111
73	An Act for the relief of W. M. Gillespie, late City Clerk of Virginia—approved March 12, 1867.	112
74	An Act to authorize the Board of County Commissioners of Lander County, to audit and allow certain claims—approved March 12, 1867.	112
75	An Act in relation to Enrolling Laws, Resolutions, and other Documents—approved March 13, 1867.	113
76	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act defining the duties of State Treasurer,” approved February second, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six—approved March 13, 1867.	113
77	An Act to provide for the publication of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada—approved March 13, 1867.	114
78	An Act to regulate the presentation and auditing of Demands against Counties—approved March 13, 1867.	115
79	An Act making appropriation to pay the rent of Adjutant General’s office, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six—approved March 13, 1867.	116
80	An Act amendatory of an Act entitled “An Act relating to the support of the Poor,” approved November 29th, 1861—approved March 13, 1867.	116
81	An Act to provide for payment to Kinkead and Harrington, for goods furnished the late Supreme Court of the Territory of Nevada—approved March 13, 1867.	117
82	An Act to create a Board of Commissioners to examine and report upon the amount of just claims existing, for property destroyed and losses sustained by Indian depredations in Lander County, in this State, in the years one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six—approved March 13, 1867.	118
83	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate proceedings in Civil Cases in the Courts of Justice of the Territory of Nevada, approved November twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one,” approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five—approved March 13, 1867.	119
84	An Act to enforce the payment of two per cent. of the gross proceeds of all Toll Roads and Bridges, as provided by law, to the General School Fund of this State—approved March 13, 1867.	120
85	An Act to further prescribe rules and regulations for the execution of the trusts arising under the Act of Congress, approved May 23, 1844, entitled “An Act for the relief of citizens of towns upon lands of the United States under certain circumstances”—approved March 13, 1867.	122
86	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the government of the State Prison of the State of Nevada,” approved March 4, 1865—approved March 13, 1867.	123
87	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend Section one of an Act to amend an Act, passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nevada, entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of Notaries and defining their duties, approved February ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, approved March twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five,” approved February ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six—approved March 13, 1867.	124
88	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate Proceedings in Criminal Cases in the Courts of Justice in the (Territory) State of Nevada, and making further provisions relating thereto”—approved March 13, 1867.	124
89	An Act for the Relief of John S. Childs—approved March 16, 1867.	128
90	An Act amendatory of and supplemental to an Act entitled “An Act to create the County of Lincoln, and provide for its organization,” approved February 26th, 1866—approved March 18, 1867.	129
91	An Act to provide for fostering and supporting the Nevada Orphan Asylum, a duly incorporated benevolent institution, located at Virginia City—approved March 19, 1867.	130