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Statutes of the State of Nevada - Fourteenth Session, 1889 CONTENTS ________
No.	Title	Page
1	An Act to create a Legislative Fund.	13
2	An Act to anthorize the Senate Judiciary Committee to appoint a Clerk.	13
3	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to make provision for the payment of certain indebtedness now existing, or which may hereafter accrue against White Pine county,” approved March 5, 1887.	14
4	An Act to provide for holding a special election in the State of Nevada, and at such election to submit to the people of the State proposed amendments to the Constitution thereof, and other matters pertaining thereto.	14
5	An Act in relation to compensation for official services in cases of pensioners.	18
6	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.	18
7	An Act to authorize the Trustees of School District No. 7 in the town of Winnemucca, Humboldt county, Nevada, to issue bonds for school purposes.	19
8	An Act to provide for the payment, by the State of Nevada, of the expenses of the special election to be held in this State on February 11, 1889.	21
9	An Act to authorize the Board of State Prison Commissioners to erect electric lights on the State Prison grounds.	21
10	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.	22
11	An Act relating to statements on appeal and motions for new trial.	22
12	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to restore lost records,” approved February 16, 1881.	23
13	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to and consolidating certain county officers in the State of Nevada,” approved February 23, 1887.	23
14	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in the courts of justice in the Territory of Nevada,” approved November 26, 1861.	24
15	An Act to prevent the pollution of the waters of the lakes, rivers and running streams of this State by sawdust.	24
16	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act fixing the salaries of the county officers of Lincoln county, and providing for the compensation of a Deputy Sheriff therein,” approved February 17, 1887.	25
17	An Act to exempt certain persons from duty as jurors on account of age.	26
18	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.	26
19	An Act to authorize and direct the Board of County Commissioners of Storey county, Nevada, to allow and pay the claim of Daniel T. Morrill for the sum of ninety-three dollars.	26
20	An Act for the relief of Company B, Nevada National Guard.	27
21	An Act to define the term “reasonable doubt.”	27
22	An Act authorizing and directing the Warden of the Nevada State Prison to employ convict labor in the construction of a monument and coping for the Soldiers’ Cemetery at Carson City, Nevada.	28
23	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.	28
24	An Act to repeal an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the destruction of certain noxious animals,” approved January 26, 1887.	29
25	An Act to repeal an Act to provide for the preservation of fish in the Humboldt river and its tributaries, approved February 18, 1887.	29
26	An Act in relation to the Agricultural Experiment Station of this State.	30
27	An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act regulating the compensation of county officers in the several counties of this State, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 11, 1885; approved March 5, 1887.	31
28	An Act to amend section thirty-one of an Act entitled “An Act relating to elections,” approved March 12, 1873; as amended by an Act approved February 16, 1881.	31
29	An Act relative to the proving of Indian war claims.	32
30	An Act to amend section eleven of an Act entitled “An Act concerning official bonds,” approved March 14, 1865.	34
31	An Act to grant aid to the several District Agricultural Associations of the State of Nevada.	34
32	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to elections,” approved March 12, 1873.	35
33	An Act to amend section twenty-three 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.	35
34	An Act for the relief of Company A, Nevada National Guard.	36
35	An Act to pay the deficiencies in the appropriations for the years 1887 and 1888.	36
36	An Act to provide for the copying of the Assembly Journal of the Fourteenth Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada.	38
37	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the maintenance and supervision of public schools,” approved March 21, 1887.	38
38	An Act to amend section sixteen 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.	39
39	An Act to further provide for the commitment of insane persons to the Insane Asylum.	40
40	An Act requiring insurance companies to make annual statements to the State Controller.	40
41	An Act to authorize the County Commissioners of Washoe county to issue bonds to pay for the construction of sewers in the town of Reno, and the completion of such sewers, and to provide for the payment of such bonds.	41
42	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to elections,” approved March 12, 1873.	42
43	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.	43
44	An Act to require foreign corporations and associations to name and keep agents in this State upon whom all legal process may be served.	47
45	An Act amendatory of and supplementary thereto of an Act entitled “An Act to form agricultural districts, to provide for the organization of agricultural associations therein, and for the management and control of the same by the State,” approved March 7, 1885.	48
46	An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act regulating the compensation of county officers in the several counties in this State, and other matters relating thereto.” Act approved March 11, 1885; approved February 14, 1887.	49
47	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act regulating the compensation of county officers in the several counties in this State, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 11, 1885.	50
48	An Act defining and prohibiting the unlawful diversion and waste of water.	51
49	An Act for the relief of V. B. Cross.	51
50	An Act to amend section ninety-five and ninety-seven of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in the courts of justice in the Territory of Nevada,” approved November 26, 1861.	52
51	An Act in relation to County Superintendents of Schools.	53
52	An Act relating to County School Superintendents.	53
53	An Act for the relief of George I. Lammon.	54
54	An Act to require District Attorneys to make certain reports to the Attorney-General.	54
55	An Act to pay the claim of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company for transportation of troops.	55
56	An Act to pay the claim of E. P. Wilkins for rewards for the arrest of Charley Bob and Aleck Mitten, convicted of an assault to commit robbery in Elko county, in 1885.	55
57	An Act to authorize the Trustees of School District Number Thirteen, in the town of Hawthorne, Esmeralda county, Nevada, to issue bonds for school purposes.	56
58	An Act to provide for the copying of the Senate Journal of the Fourteenth Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada.	58
59	An Act to authorize the issuance of certain bonds by Washoe county, and to provide for the payment of the same.	58
60	An Act to appropriate money for the maintenance and improvement of the State University, for the improvement and care of the grounds thereof, and other matters relating thereto.	59
61	An Act for the aid and benefit of the State Agricultural Society.	60
62	An Act prescribing what shall constitute actual residence within the meaning of Article II. of the Constitution of the State of Nevada.	61
63	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; amended March 20, 1865; further amended February 9, 1866; further amended March 13, 1867; further amended January 27, 1879; further amended February 26, 1881; further amended January 30, 1883.	62
64	An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the payment of the outstanding and other indebtedness of Humboldt county,” approved February 27, 1869; approved February 6, 1885.	62
65	An Act to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Churchill county, Nevada, to provide for the storage and distribution of water, and the issuance of bonds for the payment of the same.	63
66	An Act granting leave of absence to John Roeder, Assessor of Lincoln county.	65
67	An Act granting leave of absence to A. W. Hesson, Assessor of Elko county.	66
68	An Act to authorize the County Commissioners of Churchill county to purchase telegraph line.	66
69	An Act providing for the closing of polls at elections in certain cases.	66
70	An Act to provide for the transmission of ballots, poll books and tally lists by mail in certain cases.	67
71	An Act to amend section ten of an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the City of Carson,” approved February 25, 1875; approved March 2, 1877; approved March 5, 1879.	68
72	An Act fixing the time for the opening and closing of saloons and gaming houses.	71
73	An Act to prohibit the shearing of sheep within the limits of any city or town in this State.	72
74	An Act to appropriate one thousand dollars for the benefit of the militia of the State.	72
75	An Act relating to elections.	73
76	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act concerning District Attorneys,” approved March 11, 1865.	73
77	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act concerning crimes and punishments,” approved November 26, 1861.	73
78	An Act to prevent the owners, superintendents or managing agents of any water ditches, flumes or artificial water-courses, to allow the water from the same to run into or upon any public road, highway, street or alley in this State.	74
79	An Act relating to the payment of expenses of the Sheriff of Lincoln county.	75
80	An Act to authorize the Board of Trustees of Carson City, Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a system of sewerage within the corporate limits of Carson City, Nevada.	75
81	An Act making appropriations for the support of the civil government of the State of Nevada for the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth fiscal years.	77
82	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a State Printing Office, and to create the office of Superintendent of State Printing,” approved March 11, 1879.	80
83	An Act fixing the salaries and defining the duties of certain county officers in Eureka county, and other matters relating thereto.	80
84	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the purchase of certain supplies for State officers and attaches of the Legislature,” approved March 2, 1887.	81
85	An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to restrict the sale of cigarettes, cigars aud tobacco,” approved February 23, 1887.	82
86	An Act to amend Section three hundred and forty of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in the courts of justice in the Territory of Nevada,” approved November 26, 1861.	83
87	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to encourage the sinking of artesian wells,” approved March 5, 1887.	84
88	An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in the courts of justice in the Territory of Nevada,” approved November 26, 1861; approved March 14, 1885.	85
89	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate houses of prostitution, dance houses and houses where beer, wine or spirituous liquors are sold,” approved February 26, 1887.	85
90	An Act authorizing a State loan.	86
91	An Act to transfer moneys from the interest account, State University Fund, ninety thousand-acre grant, to the Contingent University Fund.	87
92	An Act for the relief of John C. Dunlop, late County Clerk and ex-officio Treasurer of Storey county, Nevada.	87
93	An Act to authorize the issuance of certain bonds by Ormsby county and to provide for the payment of the same.	88
94	An Act relative to the preservation and protection of wild game.	90
95	An Act for the relief of Alf. Doten.	90
96	An Act to provide for making a catalogue of the Nevada State Library.	91
97	An Act providing for the care and mounting of astronomical instruments belonging to the General Government and furnished to the Nevada Weather Service.	92
98	An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act consolidating certain county and township offices in the State of Nevada, and fixing the salaries thereof, and all other matters relating thereto,” approved March 12, 1885.	92
99	An Act to pay the claim of T. J. Tennant.	94
100	An Act to provide for the payment of the expenses of the special election, held February eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, in excess of the amount heretofore appropriated for that purpose.	94
101	An Act to provide for the disposal and sale of duplicate copies of books in the State Library.	94
102	An Act for the aid and benefit of Agricultural District No. 1.	95
103	An Act to create the office of Road Supervisor, to define the manner of filling the same, together with powers, duties and compensation of said officer.	95
104	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to allow any person or persons to divert the waters of any river or stream and run the same through any ditch or flume, and to provide the right of way through the land of others,” approved March 3, 1866.	96
105	An Act to amend an Act entitled 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 9, 1865; approved March 6, 1879.	96
106	An Act to protect horse growers.	97
107	An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act regulating the compensation of county officers in the several counties of this State, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 11, 1885; approved February 19, 1887.	98
108	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate and license mutual life associations in this State,” approved February 26, 1887.	98
109	An Act to grant the right of way and to provide street railroads within the town of Reno, Washoe county, State of Nevada.	99
110	An Act to authorize the lighting of the State Capitol building and grounds by electricity.	100
111	An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the sale or disposal of opium and to prohibit the keeping of places of resort for smoking or otherwise using that drug,” approved February 9, 1877; approved March 8, 1879; approved March 4, 1881; approved February 27, 1885.	101
112	An Act to provide for the storage of water, to encourage milling, mining and internal improvements and to reclaim the arable desert lands and develop the agricultural resources of the State of Nevada, and to provide funds for the payment of the same.	102
113	An Act to regulate the use of water for irrigation and for other purposes; for settling the priority of rights thereto, and to punish the unlawful interference with such rights; to provide for the condemnation of land for reservoirs; for recording claims to water rights, and the appointment and duties of Water Commissioners.	107
114	An Act to amend an Act entitled 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; approved February 28, 1879.	117
115	An Act to amend section one of an Act entitled “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,” approved February 1, 1883.	118
116	An Act providing for the repayment of moneys illegally or erroneously collected by the State of Nevada.	119
117	An Act to amend section thirteen of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the selection and sale of lands that have been or may hereafter be granted by the United States to the State of Nevada,” approved March 12, 1885; as amended March 5, 1887.	120
118	An Act supplemental to and amendatory of an Act entitled “An Act to redistrict the State of Nevada, prescribe the number and salaries of District Judges, and fix the places of holding courts,” approved March 4, 1885.	122
119	An Act to amend sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ten, twelve, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, and twenty-one of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the selection and sale of lands that have been or may hereafter be granted by the United States to the State of Nevada,” approved March 12, 1885; as amended March 5, 1887.	123
120	An Act to prevent trespass upon real estate by live stock, and other matters relating thereto.	129