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Statutes of the State of Nevada - Eleventh Session, 1883

CONTENTS

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No.

Title

Page

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An Act to create a Legislative Fund.

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2

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act fixing the number of officers and employes of the Senate and Assembly, to define their duties and to establish their pay,” approved January 27, 1881.

10

3

An Act to transfer to the General Fund the surplus of the Legislative Fund of eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

12

4

An Act to consolidate the Counties of Washoe and Roop.

12

5

An Act ceding the jurisdiction of this State over certain lands owned by the United States.

13

6

An Act to repeal an Act entitled “An Act for the relief of sureties on o fficial bonds,” approved February 28, 1881.

13

7

An Act adopting the Common Law.

14

8

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in courts of justice of this State, and to repeal all other Acts in relation thereto,” approved March 8, 1869.

14

9

An Act to admit to probate a certain paper purporting to be the last will and testament of George G. Blair, deceased.

15

10

An Act to provide for the payment of moneys expended in the construction of the Nevada State Insane Asylum.

15

11

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act defining the rights of husband and wife,” approved March 10, 1873.

16

12

An Act to pay the deficiencies in the appropriations for the seventeenth and eighteenth fiscal years.

17

13

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to amend an Act to amend Section One of an Act passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nevada entitled An Act to provide for the appointment of Notaries Public and defining their duties,’ ” approved February 9, 1864; approved March 20, 1865; approved February 9, 1866; approved March 13, 1867; approved January 27, 1879; approved February 26, 1881.

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14

An Act concerning sureties on official bonds.

25

15

An Act to authorize fees and salaries of officers, and compensation of other persons, to be taken in attachment and execution, and to prohibit assignments to defraud creditors.

26

16

An Act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias and their subordinate Lodges in this State.

26

17

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to redistrict the State of Nevada,” approved March 3, 1881.

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18

An Act to regulate primary elections and to protect the same from fraud.

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19

An Act to provide for the free distribution of the Statutes and Legislative Journals of the present and future sessions of the Legislature of the State of Nevada to certain parties.

32

20

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in the courts of justice of this State and to repeal all other Acts in relation thereto,” approved March 8, 1869.

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21

An Act to amend Section Seven of an Act entitled “An Act fixing the salaries of the various county officers in the several counties in this State and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 11, 1879.

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22

An Act to require licenses to be posted up.

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23

An Act to more fully define the crime of larceny.

34

24

An Act to provide for the record of patents to lands issued either by the State of Nevada or the United States of America, and other matters relating thereto.

35

25

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act fixing the salaries of the District Judges in the several Judicial Districts, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 4, 1881.

36

26

An Act to provide for the purchasing of the portrait of Ex-Governor John H. Kinkead.

37

27

An Act for the payment of the per diem of Henry Schmidtlein, member of the Assembly from Lander county.

37

28

An Act to provide for the better observance of the first day of the week, commonly known as Sunday.

38

29

An Act providing for the employment of assistant counsel in the case of F. Livingston against the State of Nevada, and to provide for the payment of the same.

38

30

An Act to pay the claim of J. C. Powell, Assessor of Eureka county.

39

31

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to define the time for levying and assessing taxes for State and county purposes,” approved February 25, 1873.

39

32

An Act to refund to E. T. George moneys expended as Commissioner to the Denver Exposition in 1882.

40

33

An Act to define the duties of Lieutenant Governor when acting as an ex-officio officer.

41

34

An Act to amend an Act fixing the salaries of the various county officers in the several counties of this State and other matters relating thereto, approved March 11, 1879.

41

35

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in the courts of justice of this State, and to repeal all other Acts in relation thereto,” approved March 8, 1869.

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36

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act fixing the price of lands within the limits of the Central Pacific Railroad grant, and requiring applicants to pay United States Land Office fees; also, defining the amount of land allowed to each applicant, and in relation to issuing patents and the purchase of township plats, and authorizing the State Land Register to perform certain duties,” approved March 3, 1881.

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37

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Board of Examiners of this State to employ attorneys at the city of Washington, District of Columbia, to prosecute claims of this State against the General Government, and defining the mode and manner of paying the said attorneys,” approved February 28, 1881.

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38

An Act for the prevention of fraud and the better protection of miners in the sale and purchase of ores.

44

39

An Act to provide for the omission of the word “Seal,” the letters “L. S.,” and other words, letters or characters of like import on instruments in writing.

45

40

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate surveyors and surveying,” approved November 29, 1861.

45

41

An Act to enable mining corporations to consolidate, and defining the manner of such consolidation.

46

42

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to further amend an Act entitled An Act to provide revenue for the support of the Government of the State of Nevada,’ ” approved March 9, 1865; approved March 1, 1866; approved February 25, 1881.

48

43

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in the courts of justice of this State, and to repeal all other Acts in relation thereto,” approved March 8, 1869.

49

44

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in the courts of justice in this State, and to repeal all other Acts in relation thereto,” approved March 8, 1869.

50

45

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the settlement of the estates of deceased persons,” approved November 29, 1861.

51

46

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the government of the towns and cities of this State,” approved February 26, 1881.

51

47

An Act supplemental to an Act providing for the taxation of the net proceeds of mines, approved February 28, 1871.

54

48

An Act to regulate the fees and compensation of Justices of the Peace and Constables in townships having a certain number of voters at the general election of 1882.

54

49

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.

56

50

An Act to fund the indebtedness of Esmeralda county, other than the present bonded debt thereof.

69

51

An Act fixing the salaries of county officers in certain counties of this State, and other matters relating thereto.

73

52

An Act to authorize the County Commissioners of Washoe county to issue bonds for the construction of a bridge across the Truckee river near Verdi, in said county, and to provide for the same.

76

53

An Act authorizing the payment of G. W. James for teaching school in Lander county.

77

54

An Act to repeal an Act entitled “An Act fixing the salaries of the various county officers of this State, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 11, 1879.

78

55

An Act to provide for the publication and distribution of Nevada Reports.

78

56

An Act to prevent fraud and enforce official duty in certain cases.

80

57

An Act to provide for the taxation of mines that produce a ton or less of ore or mineral-bearing material per day, and to encourage the prospecting of undeveloped mines.

81

58

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment of Notaries Public and defining their duties,” approved February 9, 1864.

82

59

An Act to amend “An Act to provide for the payment of the floating indebtedness of Lincoln county, Nevada,” approved March 4, 1875.

82

60

An Act to authorize and direct the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe county to allow a certain claim of D. A. Bender & Co., and to re-levy, re-assess and collect certain taxes and assessments for the payment of the same.

84

61

An Act to procure meteorological reports for the State of Nevada, and to provide for the payment of the same.

85

62

An Act providing for the publication of bills allowed by the Boards of County Commissioners in this State.

86

63

An Act making appropriations for the support of the Civil Government of the State of Nevada for the nineteenth and twentieth fiscal years.

86

64

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act concerning the courts of justice of this State and judicial officers,” approved January 26, 1865, approved January 31, 1866.

90

65

An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to provide for organizing and disciplining the militia of the State,” approved March 4, 1865.

91

66

An Act relating to the duties of County Clerks regarding claims against a county.

92

67

An Act to provide for the issuance of bonds by the county of Ormsby in order to provide for the payment of thirty thousand dollars of the bonds of said county heretofore issued and now outstanding.

93

68

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act for the relief of insolvent debtors and protection of creditors,” approved March 3, 1881.

94

69

An Act to remove the county seat of Esmeralda county from the town of Aurora to the town of Hawthorne.

95

70

An Act to fix the number and limit the compensation of County Commissioners.

96

71

An Act supplementary to an Act concerning crimes and punishments, approved November 26, 1861.

96

72

An Act supplemental to an Act entitled “An Act to provide revenue for the support of the Government of the State of Nevada,” approved March 9, 1865.

97

73

An Act to provide support for illegitimate children, and other matters relating thereto.

98

74

An Act to detach a portion of Esmeralda county, and to annex the same to Lyon county.

99

75

An Act prescribing office hours for State Library, and defining the duties of Lieutenant-Governor as ex-officio State Librarian.

101

76

An Act to provide for the transfer of insane convicts to the State Insane Asylum.

102

77

An Act for the relief of Isaac P. Weaver.

103

78

An Act in relation to the sale of certain lands granted by the United States to the State of Nevada.

103

79

An Act to authorize the Funding Commissioners of Esmeralda county to issue bonds for the purpose of creating a fund for the erection of county buildings.

104

80

An Act defining the duties and privileges of Boards of County Commissioners and members of Boards of County Commissioners relative to the care of indigents, and to repeal an Act in relation thereto, approved February 14, 1881.

107

81

An Act requiring County Commissioners to give bonds and providing additional security for the proper disbursement of public money.

109

82

An Act for the relief of M. Kyle.

110

83

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the government of the towns and cities of this State,” approved February 26, 1881.

111

84

An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act fixing the salaries of the various county officers of this State, and other matters relating thereto, approved March 11, 1879.

113

85

An Act to appropriate money to pay for the printing of the Nevada Reports.

114

86

An Act fixing the salaries of certain county officers.

114

87

An Act forbidding certain county officers and their deputies from acting as notaries, and to prevent notaries from acting as such in the offices of certain county officers.

115

88

An Act relating to the office of Public Administrators, and prescribing their duties.

115

89

An Act providing for the licensing of traveling merchants or soliciting agents, commonly known as drummers.

119

90

An Act to provide for the consolidation of domestic and certain foreign corporations.

121

91

An Act to grant the right of way and provide for the construction of the Nevada and Northern Railroad.

122

92

An Act in relation to County Assessors, their terms of office and compensation.

123

93

An Act to grant the right of way and to provide for the construction of the Nevada Southern Railroad.

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