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Statutes of the State of Nevada - Twenty-Seventh Session, 1915

CONTENTS

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An Act to create a legislative fund. Approved January 22, 1915.

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An Act providing for the printing and enrolling of legislative bills and resolutions, and other matters relating thereto. Approved January 27, 1915.

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An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act authorizing and directing the board of county commissioners of Humboldt County to pay from the county general fund the sum of five hundred dollars monthly, to cover expenses incurred by the Humboldt County chamber of commerce in promoting the public good, and matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 24, 1913. Approved February 1, 1915.

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An Act repealing section thirteen 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, as amended February 21, 1877, as amended March 8, 1879, being section 1513, Revised Laws of Nevada. Approved February 2, 1915.

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An Act concerning claims and accounts against incorporated cities. Approved February 2, 1915.

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An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act to prohibit gift enterprises, and to provide punishment for a violation of the same,” approved March 13, 1913. Approved February 4, 1915.

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An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of the county of Mineral, State of Nevada, to issue bonds to provide for the maintenance of a county high school in the town of Hawthorne, Nevada. Approved February 8, 1915.

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An Act to amend “An act creating the office of inspector of mines, fixing his duties and powers; providing for the appointment of a deputy, and fixing the compensation for both; requiring certain reports and notices of accidents to be made to said inspector, and defining the duties of the attorney-general and district attorneys in relation to suits instituted by the inspector of mines,” approved March 24, 1909. Approved February 8, 1915.

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An Act authorizing and empowering the regents of the University of Nevada to receive grants of money appropriated under that certain act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled “An act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several states receiving the benefits of the act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and of acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture”; and to organize and conduct agricultural extension work in connection with the college of agriculture of the University of Nevada, in accordance with the terms and conditions expressed in said act of Congress. Approved February 10, 1915.

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An Act fixing and establishing the fees to be charged in certain cases by the county clerk of White Pine County and ex officio clerk of the Ninth judicial district court, in the State of Nevada, and providing for the disposition of such fees. Approved February 10, 1915.

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An Act for the relief of Wellington Bowen. Approved February 10, 1915.

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An Act authorizing the Nevada-California-Oregon railway, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of this state, to amend its articles of incorporation by increasing the number of its board of directors from five to eleven. Approved February 10, 1915.

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An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act creating and establishing a Nevada bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation, providing for a commission in charge thereof; creating the office of commissioner of industry, agriculture and irrigation, and fixing his compensation; defining the objects and purposes of said bureau; prescribing the powers and duties of said commission; appropriating funds for its support and maintenance, and to carry out its objects and purposes, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911; and providing for the disposition of the records, property, and effects of said bureau. Approved February 11, 1915.

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An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act to authorize and empower the board of county commissioners of Nye County to issue bonds for the purpose of creating a fund for liquidating and paying all outstanding indebtedness of said county, and for paying current expenses of Nye County, State of Nevada,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved February 11, 1915.

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An Act establishing a rule of evidence, and to amend section four hundred 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 11, 1915.

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An Act to amend section twenty 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; effective January 1, 1912. Approved February 12, 1915.

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An Act to amend section nine of an act entitled “An act providing for the prosecution and punishment of crimes, misdemeanors, and offenses by information,” approved March 24, 1913. Approved February 12, 1915.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act relating to the support of the poor,” approved November 29, 1861. Approved February 12, 1915.

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An Act to prohibit state, county, municipal and township officials from employing or keeping in their employ any person or persons related to them within the third degree of consanguinity, or affinity, and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act. Approved February 13, 1915.

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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. Approved February 13, 1915.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved February 13, 1915.

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An Act fixing the allowance for expenses of any state officer, commissioner, or other employee while traveling, or at destination, on official business. Approved February 13, 1915.

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An Act fixing the salaries and compensation of the officers of Eureka County, and repealing all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act. Approved February 13, 1915.

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An Act to create a legislative fund. Approved February 13, 1915.

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An Act for the relief of certain persons, firms, associations, and corporations, who advanced funds for the construction of the Nevada school of industry, in the town of Elko, State of Nevada, and authorizing the repayment of the same by the town of Elko, State of Nevada. Approved February 17, 1915.

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An Act to regulate the racing of horses in the State of Nevada, and to establish a state racing commission, and to define its powers and duties, and prescribing a penalty for violation thereof. Approved February 20, 1915.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the management and control of the state agricultural society by the state,” approved March 7, 1885, 77. Approved February 20, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 22 of an act entitled “An act relating to marriage and divorce,” approved November 28, 1861, as said section has heretofore been amended, and particularly as amended by act approved February 15, 1875, and by act approved February 20, 1913. Approved February 23, 1915.

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An Act to provide for the consolidation of school districts, for the transportation of children to and from school, and other matters relating thereto. Approved February 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 253 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, and as amended March 21, 1913. Approved February 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend section thirteen of an act entitled “An act to regulate banking, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 22, 1911. Approved February 26, 1915.

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An Act amending section 354 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 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend section two of an act entitled “An act for the incorporation of the Protestant Episcopal churches in the United States of America in the Territory of Nevada,” approved December 19, 1862. Approved February 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act providing for the incorporation of cities, their classification, the establishment and alteration of their boundaries, the government and disincorporation thereof, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 27, 1907. Approved February 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend section three of an act entitled “An act concerning wills,” approved December 19, 1862. Approved February 26, 1915.

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An Act relative to wills executed without this state, and to promote uniformity among the states in that respect. Approved February 26, 1915.

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An Act to regulate the salary and compensation of the justices of the peace and constables in the county of Elko, State of Nevada. Approved February 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend sections 2, 3, and 5 of article III, sections 3, 4, 5, 7, and 10 of article XII, section 1 of article XVI, and section 1 of article XIX of an act entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Reno, and to establish a city government therefor,” approved March 16, 1903, as amended March 13, 1905, and further amended on March 28, 1907, March 24, 1909, March 31, 1909, February 1, 1911, March 10, 1911, March 18, 1911, March 24, 1913, and March 25, 1913. Approved February 26, 1915.

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An Act to enable the board of county commissioners of White Pine County, Nevada, to fix the salaries and authorize the appointment of certain deputies. Approved February 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 197 of an act entitled “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 11, 1911, and adding thereto a new section to be known as section 197a. Approved February 26, 1915.

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An Act providing that any person, firm, association, or corporation, or agent, superintendent, or manager thereof employing special agents, detectives, or so-called spotters shall, before disciplining or discharging any employee upon a report by such special agent, detective, or so-called spotters, give notice and accord a hearing to such employee upon his request therefor, and providing that such accused employee shall have the opportunity to be confronted with the person making such report, and providing for the punishment for the violation thereof. Approved February 27, 1915.

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42

An Act to establish a board of commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States, and other matters relating thereto. Approved February 27, 1915.

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43

An Act to authorize the county commissioners of any of the counties of the State of Nevada to purchase or construct railway lines, and to issue bonds for that purpose. Approved February 27, 1915.

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An Act authorizing and empowering the boards of county commissioners of the several counties of this state to exploit and promote the agricultural, mining, and other resources, progress, and advantages of their respective counties; providing ways and means for this purpose, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 1, 1915.

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45

An Act to repeal that certain act entitled “An act giving the clerk of the supreme court authority to appoint a deputy in his office,” approved March 15, 1911. Approved March 1, 1915.

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46

An Act to amend section one of an act entitled “An act requiring nonresident joint-stock companies, associations, and corporations, doing a building and loan business, to furnish security before doing business in this state, and prescribing a penalty for a failure to do so,” approved March 20, 1911, being section 1361 of the Revised Laws of Nevada. Approved March 1, 1915.

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An Act to amend section thirty-six of an act entitled “An act providing for the incorporation of cities, their classification, the establishment and alteration of their boundaries, the government and disincorporation thereof, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 27, 1907, as amended by act approved March 25, 1911, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 1, 1915.

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48

An Act to amend sections 120 and 121 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911. Approved March 1, 1915.

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An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act requiring certain mining corporations to file statements with the county recorders and attorney-general, and to mail copies thereof to stockholders; regulating the issuance and sale of certain treasury and promotion stock, and defining the same for the purpose of this act; declaring certain acts to be unlawful; providing penalties for the violation thereof, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 5, 1909, as amended March 27, 1911. Approved March 2, 1915.

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50

An Act to repeal certain sections of an act entitled “An act to provide for the support of the government of the State of Nevada, and to repeal certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 23, 1891. Approved March 2, 1915.

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An Act making it unlawful for certain persons to accept fees, commissions, or gratuities for the employment of labor, prescribing certain penalties for the violation thereof, and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 2, 1915.

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An Act authorizing the county commissioners of Lander County, Nevada, to appropriate money for the payment of rent and maintenance of offices for the use of justices of the peace. Approved March 2, 1915.

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An Act to amend section twenty-one of 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, and making an appropriation for carrying out the purposes of this act. Approved March 2, 1915.

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An Act to provide for an oil painting of Abraham Lincoln for the state capitol building, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Nevada’s statehood. Approved March 2, 1915.

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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.

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An Act reapportioning senators and assemblymen of the several counties to the legislature of the State of Nevada. Approved March 5, 1915.

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57

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.

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An Act amendatory of and supplemental to an act entitled “An act to provide for the organization and government of drainage districts, and to provide for the acquisition, repair, and development of canals, drains, ditches, watercourses, and other property, and for the distribution of water thereby for drainage purposes, and to provide for the levying of taxes, and for the issuing and sale of bonds thereof,” approved March 31, 1913. Approved March 6, 1915.

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An Act to amend section three of an act entitled “An act concerning the granting of franchises by boards of county commissioners, prescribing the terms under which said franchises shall be granted, and repealing certain acts pertaining thereto, and allowing corporations, associations, and persons having franchises obtained under other laws of this state to obtain the benefits of this act, and providing for other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 23, 1909; said section three being also section 2131 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912. Approved March 6, 1915.

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An Act authorizing school trustees of school district No. 4, Churchill County, Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of improving the school grounds, buying additional school furniture, and completing and repairing the public school buildings of said district No. 4 in the city of Fallon, and owned by said district, and matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 6, 1915.

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An Act to amend section four and section five of an act entitled “An act to facilitate the giving of bonds and undertakings in certain cases, and prescribing conditions upon which surety companies may become liable thereon in this state; fixing penalties for the violation thereof, repealing conflicting acts, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 26, 1909. Approved March 6, 1915.

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An Act to prohibit any employer from making any rule or regulation against any of his or her employees on account of engaging in politics or running for public office, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof. Approved March 6, 1915.

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An Act to provide for the relief of H. C. Jepson, clerk and treasurer of Douglas County. Approved March 6, 1915.

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64

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, by adding a section thereto, to be known as section 22. Approved March 6, 1915.

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65

An Act providing for the nomination and election of United States senators, and repealing sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of chapter 9 of “An act relating to elections and removals from office,” approved March 31, 1913. Approved March 6, 1915.

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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.

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An Act to amend section eighty-two of “An act for the incorporation of cities, their classification, establishment, and alteration of their boundaries, the government and disincorporation thereof, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 27, 1907, as amended March 3, 1909, and as incorporated in the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912, as section 848. Approved March 6, 1915.

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An Act to amend “An act fixing the compensation of the justice of the peace and ex officio coroner and ex officio registry agent of Reno Township, Washoe County, Nevada,” approved March 25, 1913. Approved March 6, 1915.

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An Act appropriating three hundred dollars for watering and care of the Grand Army cemetery at Carson City. Approved March 6, 1915.

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An Act granting franchises for conducting and carrying on abattoirs, packing-houses, packing-house agencies, stockyards, renderies, tallow chandleries, tanneries, wool pulleries, bone, soap, and fertilizing factories, and conducting other factories and business incident or appurtenant to the foregoing; and other matters in connection therewith. Approved March 6, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 7 of an act entitled “An act concerning the insane of the state, creating a board of commissioners for the care of the indigent insane, and to provide for the care of the insane,” approved March 25, 1913. Approved March 6, 1915.

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An Act to repeal that certain act entitled “An act to provide a typewriter operator for the county clerk of White Pine County, Nevada, and fix the salary of said operator,” approved February 1, 1909. Approved March 8, 1915.

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An Act requiring that suitable drinking water and receptacles therefor be furnished in underground workings; and providing penalties for the violation thereof. Approved March 8, 1915.

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74

An Act to amend section 123 of 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 as amended and approved March 13, 1913. Approved March 8, 1915.

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An Act to provide for the completion of the county high-school building in the city of Ely, Nevada; for the completion of the furnishing and equipment of said building; for the issuance and payment of bonds for the creation of a fund for the completion of said building and the furnishing and equipment of same. Approved March 9, 1915.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act defining the duties of state controller,” approved February 24, 1866. Approved March 9, 1915.

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77

An Act to amend section one of an act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act fixing the compensation of county and township officers in Nye County, State of Nevada, and matters pertaining to the collections and disposition of fees arising from such offices, and regulating the conduct thereof, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts conflicting therewith,’ approved March 24, 1909,” approved March 25, 1913. Approved March 9, 1915.

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An Act to authorize county commissioners in counties not having high schools, to aid district high schools under certain conditions, and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 9, 1915.

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79

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 March 9, 1915.

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80

An Act for the relief of the Southern Pacific company. Approved March 9, 1915.

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81

An Act for the relief of the Nevada bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation. Approved March 9, 1915.

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82

An Act for the relief of the state agricultural experiment farm at Logan, Clark County, Nevada. Approved March 9, 1915.

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83

An Act to regulate the fees of the county clerk of Elko County, State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 9, 1915.

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84

An Act to provide for the construction and equipment of a high-school building in the city of Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada, the holding of an election, the issuing of bonds and the levying of a tax therefor. Approved March 10, 1915.

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85

An Act for the relief of Mrs. A. R. Shewalter. Approved March 11, 1915.

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86

An Act amending section five of an act entitled “An act to promote the public safety by requiring common-carrier railroads to provide adequate train crews, and defining such crews, and prescribing a penalty for the violation of the provisions thereof,” approved March 12, 1913. Approved March 11, 1915.

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87

An Act to appropriate five thousand dollars for the estate of T. F. Richardson. Approved March 11, 1915.

107

88

An Act for the relief of the Western Union telegraph company. Approved March 11, 1915.

108

89

An Act for the relief of the board of regents of the University of Nevada. Approved March 11, 1915.

108

90

An Act for the relief of E. E. Winters and E. J. L. Taber. Approved March 11, 1915.

109

91

An Act for the relief of Sam Caramella. Approved March 11, 1915.

109

92

An Act to amend section two hundred and eighty 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 7, 1911, the same being section 5222 of Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912. Approved March 11, 1915.

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93

An Act fixing the salaries of the county officers of Lander County, State of Nevada, and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 11, 1915.

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94

An Act to provide for relief to the people of the State of Nevada from, and to further the abatement and prohibition of, contamination and pollution of the waters of the Truckee river at and from points outside the State of Nevada, and making an appropriation therefor. Approved March 11, 1915.

112

95

An Act to amend section 1 of an act entitled “An act fixing and regulating the salaries of certain officers of Washoe County, Nevada, and the compensation of deputies and assistants in office,” approved March 23, 1909. Approved March 11, 1915.

113

96

An Act to establish at the University of Nevada a state veterinary control service, defining its duties, and providing for the conduct of the same, and stating its relation to the state quarantine laws. Approved March 11, 1915.

113

97

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.

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98

An Act providing for the consolidation of the various public service departments of the University of Nevada under the heading “Public Service Division of the University of Nevada,” and providing for a uniform method of administration and control, and for the making of rules and regulations whereby the work of these departments may be most effective, and stating the departments comprehended herein. Approved March 11, 1915.

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99

An Act relating to the office of the ex officio state insurance commissioner, and extending and further defining his powers and duties; requiring further licenses in connection therewith, other matters relating thereto, repealing acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, and providing penalties for the violation hereof. Approved March 12, 1915.

117

100

An Act to amend 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 12, 1915.

119

101

An Act to amend sections six and eight 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. Approved March 12, 1915.

119

102

An Act to provide for the maintenance and support of the Nevada school of industry for the years 1915 and 1916. Approved March 12, 1915.

122

103

An Act to provide for the preparation, printing, and distribution of a schedule showing the changes in the “Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912,” wrought by the laws enacted at the special session of 1912 and regular sessions of 1913 and 1915 of the legislature of the State of Nevada. Approved March 12, 1915.

122

104

An Act for the relief of Jonathan Payne. Approved March 12, 1915.

123

105

An Act for the relief of Nellie B. Milligan. Approved March 12, 1915.

123

106

An Act authorizing the appointment of certain officers and fixing their compensation in Humboldt County. Approved March 12, 1915.

124

107

An Act for the relief of certain employees of the state engineer’s office. Approved March 12, 1915.

124

108

An Act for the relief of the Verdi lumber company. Approved March 12, 1915.

124

109

An Act to amend section thirteen of an act entitled “An act making the railroad commission of Nevada ex officio a public service commission for the regulation and control of certain public utilities, prescribing the manner in which such public utilities shall be regulated and controlled, requiring such public utilities to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities, prohibiting unjust and unreasonable charges for services rendered by such public utilities, providing penalties for violation of the provisions of this act, authorizing such public service commission to appoint an expert engineer, and to employ clerks and assistants, and making an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of this act,” approved March 23, 1911, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 12, 1915.

125

110

An Act to provide for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of kindergarten departments in the public schools. Approved March 13, 1915.

126

111

An Act authorizing the expenditure of money by the state under certain conditions for the purpose of aiding counties in sinking artesian wells. Approved March 13, 1915.

127

112

An Act fixing the compensation of certain township officers of East Fork Township, Douglas County, State of Nevada, and matters relating thereto. Approved March 13, 1915.

128

113

An Act fixing the salaries and compensation of certain county officers of Douglas County, State of Nevada, and matters relating thereto. Approved March 13, 1915.

128

114

An Act authorizing the secretary of state to furnish certain printed documents to the school of law of the Catholic University of America. Approved March 13, 1915.

130

115

An Act to amend section one of an act entitled “An act to create judicial districts in the State of Nevada, provide for the election of district judges therein, and to fix their salary, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 22, 1913. Approved March 13, 1915.

130

116

An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of White Pine County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of building and furnishing a schoolhouse in Lund school district, and matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 13, 1915.

131

117

An Act to amend “An act concerning public schools and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 13, 1915.

134

118

An Act for the relief of Virginia City Miners’ Union Number Forty-six, Western Federation of Miners. Approved March 15, 1915.

135

119

An Act for the relief of the California school for the deaf and the blind. Approved March 15, 1915.

135

120

An Act to amend section four of an act entitled “An act consolidating certain county offices in Lyon County, and regulating the compensation of the county officers in said county,” approved March 16, 1891, approved February 18, 1893, approved March 10, 1897, approved March 13, 1905, approved March 20, 1907, approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 15, 1915.

136

121

An Act in relation to the keeping and preservation of the state museum of mineralogical, geological, and other historical specimens. Approved March 15, 1915.

137

122

An Act providing for the payment of legal services rendered by L. A. Gibbons to the board of prison commissioners of the State of Nevada. Approved March 15, 1915.

137

123

An Act for the relief of the J. I. Allenbach fuel company. Approved March 15, 1915.

138

124

An Act to regulate fees and compensation for official and other services in the county of Mineral, State of Nevada. Approved March 15, 1915.

138

125

An Act to establish commissioner districts in the county of Clark, and providing for the election therefrom of members of the board of county commissioners. Approved March 15, 1915.

146

126

An Act regulating the fees of the office of surveyor-general, and other matters relating thereto. Approved March 15, 1915.

147

127

An Act to amend an act reducing and regulating the salaries and compensation of certain state officers and attaches of the state government of Nevada, approved February 21, 1881. Approved March 15, 1915.

147

128

An Act to amend section one of an act entitled “An act to promote the public safety by requiring common-carrier railroads to provide and equip all locomotives in road service with headlights of lighting capacity of 1,500-candle power, and prescribing penalty for the violation of the provisions thereof,” approved February 28, 1913, and to repeal section 2 of said act. Approved March 15, 1915.

148

129

An Act to provide for the appointment of inspectors of hides, defining their duties and mode of compensation, and repealing a certain act. Approved March 15, 1915.

148

130

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled ‘An act to regulate the settlement of estates of deceased persons,’ approved March 23, 1897, and as amended and approved March 16, 1899, approved March 6, 1901,” and as amended March 11, 1913. Approved March 15, 1915.

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131

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.

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132

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act fixing the salary of the justice of the peace of Goldfield Township, Esmeralda County, State of Nevada, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 13, 1913. Approved March 15, 1915.

153

133

An Act to amend section 3 of an act entitled “An act allowing the payment of taxes in equal semiannual installments and regulating the collection of taxes on personal property,” approved March 16, 1897. Approved March 15, 1915.

154

134

An Act to remove the county-seat of Douglas County from Genoa to Minden, and matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 15, 1915.

154

135

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, and adding another section thereto, to be numbered 375 1/2. Approved March 15, 1915.

155

136

An Act relating to hotels, defining the same, providing regulations in connection therewith, providing for the sanitation of the rooms of such hotels, providing for the sanitary method and manner of conducting such hotels, providing for the enforcement of this act, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof. Approved March 15, 1915.

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137

An Act to provide for submitting local and special legislation for approval by the qualified electors of any county of the State of Nevada in accordance with the referendum provisions of the constitution. Approved March 15, 1915.

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138

An Act authorizing the attorney-general of the State of Nevada, with the consent of the governor of Nevada, to commence and maintain certain actions in the supreme court of the United States, or in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Approved March 15, 1915.

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139

An Act to authorize the board of school trustees of Winnemucca school district No. 7, Humboldt County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing a site for a school building in the town of Winnemucca, and for constructing a school building on the said site, or for purchasing any school building now situated on said site, and for equipping and furnishing said building, and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 15, 1915.

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An Act granting a franchise to H. C. Christensen and H. R. Lemaire, their heirs and assigns, to construct, maintain and operate a plant and distributing system for generating electricity, or electrical or other power, and distributing the same, and to construct, maintain, and operate an electric-light, heat, and power line, and a telephone line in connection therewith, in Lander County. Approved March 15, 1915.

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141

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend section seven 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 5, 1907, the same being section 4907 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912. Approved March 16, 1915.

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142

An Act supplemental to and to amend an act entitled “An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this state and to repeal all acts in relation thereto,” approved March 17, 1911. Approved March 16, 1915.

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143

An Act to amend sections 4 and 8 of an act entitled “An act concerning juries,” approved March 5, 1873, and as amended and approved March 14, 1879, and February 8, 1881, being sections 4930 and 4931 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912. Approved March 16, 1915.

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144

An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of White Pine County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of building and furnishing a schoolhouse in Preston school district, and matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 16, 1915.

169

145

An Act to amend section three of an act entitled “An act regulating the manner of drawing juries in the district courts of this state,” approved February 20, 1885. Approved March 16, 1915.

172

146

An Act to regulate the fees of the county clerk of Humboldt County, State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 16, 1915.

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147

An Act to amend section 1 of an act entitled “An act supplementary to an act entitled ‘An act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,’ approved March 23, 1891,” approved April 1, 1913. Approved March 16, 1915.

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148

An Act to amend section 2 of an act entitled “An act regulating the assessment and taxation of banks, and of the shares of stock therein,” approved March 20, 1907. Approved March 16, 1915.

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149

An Act to provide for the union of certain school districts for the purpose of securing instruction in manual training and domestic science, and matters properly related thereto. Approved March 16, 1915.

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150

An Act to regulate the salaries of certain county officials of Clark County. Approved March 16, 1915.

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151

An Act to amend section 8 of 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. Approved March 16, 1915.

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152

An Act to amend section 3 of an act entitled “An act to require school trustees to procure and hoist on public schoolhouses the United States flag,” approved March 13, 1909. Approved March 16, 1915.

180

153

An Act in relation to the public revenues, creating the Nevada tax commission and the state board of equalization, defining their powers and duties, and matters relating thereto, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 17, 1915.

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154

An Act to provide for the establishment of branch county high schools under certain conditions, in counties having a county high school, and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 17, 1915.

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155

An Act creating a school of mines to be located at Tonopah, Nevada. Approved March 17, 1915.

190

156

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to regulate banking and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 22, 1911. Approved March 17, 1915.

190

157

An Act to amend 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 March 17, 1915.

191

158

An Act to amend 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, as amended March 24, 1913, and to repeal certain sections of said amendatory act of March 24, 1913. Approved March 18, 1915.

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An Act to regulate sales of personal property, and to make uniform the law relating thereto. Approved March 18, 1915.

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160

An Act to pay the deficiency in the appropriation made to the state agricultural society for the year 1914. Approved March 18, 1915.

218

161

An Act to amend “An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this state, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 17, 1911. Approved March 18, 1915.

218

162

An Act to pay a deficiency in the appropriation for the support of the state fish commission, for the years nineteen thirteen and nineteen fourteen. Approved March 18, 1915.

219

163

An Act to amend section 405 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. Approved March 18, 1915.

219

164

An Act for the relief of the Gray, Reid, Wright company. Approved March 18, 1915.

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An Act regulating appropriations and to prevent state officials and the chiefs or heads of boards, bureaus, commissions, departments, or institutions of the State of Nevada from exceeding the appropriations made by the legislature for their support, or for the support and benefit of such boards, bureaus, commissions, departments, and institutions. Approved March 18, 1915.

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166

An Act to provide for the printing and distribution of the farmers’ and homeseekers’ bulletins hitherto issued by the bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation, and other matters relating thereto. Approved March 18, 1915.

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An Act appropriating fifty dollars out of the legislative fund of the twenty-seventh session of the Nevada legislature, to be paid to James Reid, porter of the senate, and William Lear, porter of the assembly, for cleaning and putting in order the legislative chambers after adjournment of said twenty-seventh session. Approved March 18, 1915.

223

168

An Act for the relief of Thomas J. Edwards. Approved March 18, 1915.

223

169

An Act concerning minor inmates of the Nevada state prison. Approved March 18, 1915.

224

170

An Act fixing the salaries and compensation of the deputy state controller, deputy state treasurer, and deputy surveyor-general, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 18, 1915.

224

171

An Act for the relief of sundry persons for expenses incurred by the Nevada tax commission during the years 1913-1914, under authority of the state board of examiners, by resolution dated April 2, 1914. Approved March 18, 1915.

224

172

An Act to transfer to the state general fund sundry items now standing to the credit of various other funds on the books of the state controller. Approved March 18, 1915.

225

173

An Act to create a fund to be known as the “University Revolving Fund,” and appropriating money therefor. Approved March 18, 1915.

225

174

An Act for the relief of the Nevada printing company, publishers Carson City Daily Appeal. Approved March 18, 1915.

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175

An Act for the relief of the board of school trustees of school district No. 1 of Storey County, in Gold Hill, Nevada. Approved March 19, 1915.

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An Act to provide for the maintenance and operating of the state agricultural experiment farm, situated at Logan, Clark County, Nevada, for the years 1915 and 1916. Approved March 19, 1915.

227

177

An Act making appropriations for the support of the civil government of the State of Nevada for the years 1915-1916. Approved March 19, 1915.

227

178

An Act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 22, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 17 of an act entitled “An act to create a state board of health, defining their duties, prescribing the manner of the appointments of its officers, fixing their compensation, making an appropriation for the support of said board, establishing county boards of health, requiring certain statements to be filed, defining certain misdemeanors, and providing penalties therefor, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 27, 1911. Approved March 22, 1915.

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An Act entitled an act to make it unlawful to buy or sell, or to offer or expose for sale, trout of less than a specified length, and to provide penalties for its violation, and to repeal all parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 22, 1915.

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181

An Act to fix the state tax levy for the fiscal years 1915 and 1916, and to distribute the same to the proper funds. Approved March 22, 1915.

251

182

An Act creating an official flag for the State of Nevada, and prescribing the words, letters, and devices to be contained thereon, and repealing all other acts in relation thereto. Approved March 22, 1915.

251

183

An Act requiring traveling merchants to procure a license, fixing the amount thereof, providing penalties for violation hereof, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 22, 1915.

252

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An Act to amend section one of article three, section one of article four, section one of article five, section two of article eight, sections one, two, three, ten and thirteen of article twelve, section two of article fourteen, and sections one and seven of article seventeen of an act entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Reno, and to establish a city government therefor,” approved March 16, 1903, as amended March 13, 1905, and further amended on March 28, 1907, March 24, 1909, March 31, 1909, February 1, 1911, March 10, 1911, March 18, 1911, March 24, 1913, March 25, 1913, and February 26, 1915. Approved March 22, 1915.

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185

An Act prescribing the official oath of the State of Nevada, and repealing a certain act. Approved March 22, 1915.

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186

An Act to amend section 517 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911. Approved March 22, 1915.

275

187

An Act to provide for the compiling, reporting, printing, and distribution of the decisions of the supreme court of the State of Nevada, and repealing certain acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 22, 1915.

276

188

An Act making it a misdemeanor to herd, graze, pasture, keep, maintain, or drive live stock upon, over, or across certain lands. Approved March 22, 1915.

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An Act granting aid to the state agricultural society for the purpose of holding state fairs during the years 1915 and 1916, and to erect, maintain, and improve the buildings and grounds of the society for the years 1915 and 1916. Approved March 22, 1915.

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190

An Act to amend sections one, four, eight, ten, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, thirty-two, forty, forty-one, and forty-three of an act entitled “An act relating to the compensation of injured workmen in the industries of this state and the compensation to their dependents where such injuries result in death, creating an industrial insurance commission, providing for the creation and disbursement of funds for the compensation and care of workmen injured in the course of employment, and defining and regulating the liability of employers to their employees; and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act,” approved March 15, 1913. Approved March 22, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 12 of an act entitled “An act regulating the sheep industry in the State of Nevada, creating a state board of sheep commissioners, defining their duties and prescribing their compensation,” approved March 26, 1907, being section 4597 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912. Approved March 22, 1915.

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192

An Act to provide for the commission form of government for cities and towns. Approved March 22, 1915.

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193

An Act to amend section 4 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 amended March 20, 1909, and amended March 27, 1911. Approved March 22, 1915.

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194

An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of the county of Elko, State of Nevada, to allow the appointment of certain deputy county officers under certain circumstances and fixing their compensation. Approved March 22, 1915.

300

195

An Act making it the duty of the several county assessors of the State of Nevada to report to the secretary of state the ownership of and other information concerning motor vehicles within their respective counties. Approved March 22, 1915.

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An Act for the relief of certain persons, firms, associations, and corporations who advanced funds for the construction of the Nevada school of industry, in the county of Elko, State of Nevada, and authorizing the repayment of the same by the county of Elko, State of Nevada. Approved March 22, 1915.

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197

An Act to amend section 807 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 5749 of the Revised Laws of Nevada. Approved March 22, 1915.

303

198

An Act to provide for the payment of retirement salaries to public school teachers of this state, and all matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 23, 1915.

303

199

An Act to amend section 9 of chapter 7 of “An act relating to elections and removals from office,” approved March 31, 1913. Approved March 23, 1915.

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200

An Act for the relief of Mrs. Joseph E. Stubbs, for money advanced by the late Joseph E. Stubbs for the construction of a house, known as the president’s house, upon the campus of the University of Nevada. Approved March 23, 1915.

309

201

An Act to amend section 2 of an act entitled “An act concerning certain county officers in the county of Churchill, State of Nevada, fixing the salaries and compensation, and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 13, 1913. Approved March 24, 1915.

309

202

An Act in relation to the state library, repealing certain acts in relation thereto, and amending section two of an act entitled “An act in relation to the state library,” approved February 14, 1865. Approved March 24, 1915.

310

203

An Act creating the office of labor commissioner of this state, providing for the appointment of such commissioner and other employees, defining their duties and fixing their compensation, and providing a penalty for the violation of its provisions, and other matters relating thereto. Approved March 24, 1915.

311

204

An Act to empower the board of regents of the University of Nevada to establish emeritus positions, establishing the conditions and qualifications of those who shall benefit thereunder. Approved March 24, 1915.

314

205

An Act to authorize and empower the board of county commissioners of Mineral County to issue bonds for the purpose of paying current expenses of Mineral County, State of Nevada. Approved March 24, 1915.

314

206

An Act to provide for the assessment of patented mines, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 24, 1915.

316

207

An Act to authorize and direct the commissioners of Douglas County, Nevada, to erect and construct a courthouse and jail at Minden, in said county, to issue bonds for the purpose of creating a fund for the payment thereof, and other matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 24, 1915.

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An Act to amend sections 74 and 376 of an act entitled “An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this state, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto” (being sections 5016 and 5318 of the Revised Laws of Nevada), approved March 17, 1911. Approved March 24, 1915.

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209

An Act to amend “An act fixing the compensation of certain county officers of Esmeralda County, in the State of Nevada; regulating their appointments, number, and compensation of their deputies and attaches, and requiring the said officers to make reports to the board of county commissioners of Esmeralda County, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, effective January 1, 1915,” approved March 25, 1913. Approved March 24, 1915.

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210

An Act to provide a law for the conservation of underground waters, providing for the casing and capping of artesian wells, defining the underground waters which are governed by the laws relating to the appropriation of the public waters of the state, providing a penalty for the violation of the provisions of this act, and prescribing the duties of the district attorneys in relation thereto. Approved March 24, 1915.

323

211

An Act to amend section 27 of an act entitled “An act relating to marriage and divorce,” approved November 28, 1861, the same being section 5843 of the Revised Laws. Approved March 24, 1915.

324

212

An Act for the relief of Dr. E. T. Krebs. Approved March 24, 1915.

325

213

An Act to amend section five of an act entitled “An act creating the office of mineral land commissioner, defining his duties, and fixing his compensation therefor, and constituting the attorney-general ex officio mineral land commissioner.” Approved March 24, 1915.

326

214

An Act for the relief of the Raycraft Realty company. Approved March 24, 1915.

326

215

An Act authorizing the State of Nevada to transfer to the different funds of the University of Nevada certain bonds and moneys, and authorizing the board of regents of the University of Nevada to ascertain the amount of bonds and moneys so to be transferred. Approved March 24, 1915.

327

216

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, being section 3638 of the Revised Laws of 1912. Approved March 24, 1915.

328

217

An Act for the relief of the Raycraft Realty company. Approved March 24, 1915.

330

218

An Act to grant the right of way to John McConnaghy, R. W. Hesson, J. A. McBride, and their associates, for the construction of a railroad, all in the county of Elko, State of Nevada, and matters pertaining thereto. Approved March 24, 1915.

330

219

An Act for the relief of Paul Gaston. Approved March 24, 1915.

331

220

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act providing for interstate and intrastate quarantine with respect to domestic animals and other live stock, poultry, bees, and agricultural and horticultural crops, products, seeds, plants, trees, or shrubs, or any article infected with, or which may have been exposed to, infectious, contagious, or destructive diseases, or infested with parasites, or insect pests, or the eggs or larva thereof, dangerous to any industry in the state, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 31, 1913. Approved March 24, 1915.

332

221

An Act to amend section 25 of an act entitled “An act in relation to the act of Congress known as the Carey act, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and governing the state commission of industry, agriculture and irrigation as heretofore or may be hereafter created and established by law in the control of the selection, management, and disposal of all lands granted the state under the provisions thereof,” approved March 17, 1911. Approved March 24, 1915.

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An Act authorizing and requiring the board of prison commissioners to cause the preparation of plans for a modern penitentiary, to approve said plans, and to provide for the cutting of the stone called for in the said plans, with an appropriation of moneys for the carrying out of the provisions of this act, and matters relating thereto. Approved March 24, 1915.

334

223

An Act amending section two of an act entitled “An act in relation to the act of Congress known as the Carey act, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and governing the state commission of industry, agriculture and irrigation as heretofore or may be hereafter created and established by law in the control of the selection, management, and disposal of all lands granted the state under the provisions thereof,” approved March 17, 1911. Approved March 24, 1915.

335

224

An Act to authorize and direct the board of county commissioners of Douglas County, Nevada, to erect and construct a county high school at Gardnerville in said county, to issue bonds for the purpose of creating a fund for the payment thereof, and other matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 24, 1915.

335

225

An Act making appropriation to pay bounty provided for by an act of March 19, 1901, entitled “An act to provide for the payment of a bounty to encourage the boring of wells in searching for oil, natural gas, and artesian water in the State of Nevada.” Approved March 24, 1915.

338

226

An Act to amend sections 4, 15, 41, and 49 of an act entitled “An act to regulate banking and other matters relating thereto.” Approved March 24, 1915.

339

227

An Act providing for the incorporation of domestic building and loan associations, the licensing of foreign building and loan associations, the examination and regulation of all building and loan associations doing business in this state by the state bank examiner, and other matters properly connected therewith, and repealing a certain act. Approved March 24, 1915.

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228

An Act authorizing the board of county commissioners of the county of Elko to issue bonds to provide for the construction, equipment, and furnishing of high-school dormitories in the towns of Elko and Wells, Elko County, Nevada, and providing for the ratification thereof, by special or general election, before the issuance of any bonds, and authorizing the county board of education of said county to construct, equip, and furnish said building. Approved March 24, 1915.

344

229

An Act authorizing the board of regents of the University of Nevada to lease a college farm, and appropriating the sum of ten thousand dollars therefor. Approved March 24, 1915.

347

230

An Act regulating automobiles or motor vehicles on public roads, highways, parks, or parkways, streets and avenues, within the State of Nevada; providing a license for the operation thereof, and prescribing penalties for its violation; designating the manner of handling the receipts therefrom, and the purpose for which it may be expended, and in what manner, and repealing an act of the same title approved March 24, 1913. Approved March 24, 1915.

348

231

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 24, 1915.

352

232

An Act to amend an act supplemental to 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 to all acts amendatory thereof, and to provide for a license upon the business of owning, raising, grazing, herding, and pasturing sheep in the several counties of the State of Nevada, and to declare a violation thereof a misdemeanor, and to provide a punishment therefor. Approved March 24, 1915.

353

233

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act fixing the salary of the constable in and for Goldfield Township, Esmeralda County, State of Nevada, and providing for payment thereof,” approved March 20, 1909, approved March 10, 1913, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 24, 1915.

354

234

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, by adding thereto a new section to be known as section 242a. Approved March 24, 1915.

355

235

An Act abolishing the office of road supervisor of White Pine County, authorizing the division of said county into road districts, and providing for the election of road supervisors for said districts, and fixing the duties and compensations for said road supervisors. Approved March 24, 1915.

355

236

An Act regulating the compensation of the chief engineer and other employees of the Goldfield fire department in Esmeralda County. Approved March 24, 1915.

356

237

An Act fixing and regulating the compensation of the constable of Ely Township No. 1, White Pine County, Nevada, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 24, 1915.

357

238

An Act to authorize the county commissioners of Washoe County, Nevada, to issue bonds to provide for the construction of a new bridge across the Truckee river in the city of Reno, and to provide for the payment of the same. Approved March 24, 1915.

357

239

An Act fixing the number of officers and attaches of the legislature of the State of Nevada, and to define their duties and specify their pay, and repealing all acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 25, 1915.

360

240

An Act to amend section one of an act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to prevent pollution or contamination of the waters of the lakes, rivers, streams, and ditches in the State of Nevada, prescribing penalties and making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act,’ approved March 20, 1903,” and further approved on March 12, 1907, March 24, 1909, March 10, 1911, and March 26, 1913. Approved March 25, 1915.

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241

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the establishment of a uniform system of road government and administration in each of the several counties of the State of Nevada; for the creation of a board of county highway commissioners in each of the several counties, and defining the duties of the members thereof; to provide for the appointment of a county road supervisor and defining his duties; to authorize the board of county commissioners of each county to issue bonds and levy and collect taxes to pay the same for the purpose of creating a county road and bridge fund; to authorize the expenditure of said fund for roads and bridges, and the purchasing of machinery and implements for road work; to classify the county roads of the counties, and other matters related thereto,” approved March 26, 1913. Approved March 25, 1915.

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An Act providing for the establishment of private breeding grounds for the propagation, culture, and maintenance of fur-bearing and food animals and game fowl, for their regulation and licensing, and for the sale, shipment, transportation, and disposition of such animals and fowl raised and propagated therein or thereby, and prescribing a penalty for the violation of the provisions thereof. Approved March 25, 1915.

363

243

An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of the county of Humboldt, State of Nevada, to issue bonds to provide for the construction, equipment, and furnishing of an additional story or additional stories to the county high-school building at Winnemucca, Nevada; or for the purchase of a new site for a county high-school building in the town of Winnemucca, Nevada; and for the construction, equipment, and furnishing of a county high-school building on said new site; and authorize the county board of education of said county to sell, in the manner provided in this act, the present site and county high-school building situated thereon, in the town of Winnemucca, Nevada, and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 25, 1915.

365

244

An Act to amend section 2 of an act entitled “An act making the railroad commission of Nevada ex officio a public service commission for the regulation and control of certain public utilities, prescribing the manner in which such public utilities shall be regulated and controlled, requiring such public utilities to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities, prohibiting unjust and unreasonable charges for services rendered by such public utilities, providing penalties for violation of the provisions of this act, authorizing such public service commission to appoint an expert engineer and to employ clerks and assistants, and making an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of this act,” approved March 23, 1911. Approved March 25, 1915.

369

245

An Act authorizing the state librarian to purchase and install shelving, central chandelier and fire-proof doors, for the state library. Approved March 25, 1915.

370

246

An Act to provide for a state educational survey by an unpaid commission, and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 25, 1915.

370

247

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act regulating the sheep industry in the State of Nevada, creating a state board of sheep commissioners, defining their duties, and prescribing their compensation,” approved March 26, 1907. Approved March 25, 1915.

371

248

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to protect public roads and highways from damage by water, and to provide a penalty for a failure to do so,” approved March 18, 1911, 96. Approved March 25, 1915.

373

249

An Act relating to and requiring the rerecording of brands upon live stock. Approved March 25, 1915.

373

250

An Act requiring school trustees to advertise for bids on contracts for the erection of new school buildings, or for the repairing or adding to an old school building, whenever the cost of such work is to exceed five hundred dollars. Approved March 25, 1915.

375

251

An Act to amend section six of an act entitled “An act to limit expenditures for campaign and election purposes to candidates, their political agents, and managing committees of political parties; to prescribe the manner of appointment of such agents; to limit the contributions, expenditures and liabilities of candidates, political agents and managing committees of political parties; to define, prohibit and punish corrupt and illegal practices in connection with or relative thereto at primary, special and general elections; to secure and protect the purity of the ballot; to prohibit the use of conveyances to carry voters to the polls; to prohibit the peddling or distributing of liquors and cigars by candidates for office; to prohibit and punish the making, publication and circulation of false charges and statements against candidates, the doing of any act tending to deceive or interfere with the voter; and to provide for furnishing information to electors,” approved March 31, 1913. Approved March 25, 1915.

376

252

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 25, 1915.

377

253

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide a water law for the State of Nevada; providing a system of state control; creating the office of the state engineer and other offices connected with the appropriation, distribution, and use of water; prescribing the duties and powers of the state engineer and other officers, and fixing their compensation; prescribing the duties of water users, and providing penalties for failure to perform such duties; providing for the appointment of water commissioners, defining their duties, and fixing their compensation; providing for a fee system, for the certification of records, and an official seal for the state engineer’s office; providing for an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act; and other matters properly connected therewith, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act, repealing an act to provide for the appropriation, distribution, and use of water, and to define and preserve existing water rights, to provide for the appointment of a state engineer, an assistant state engineer, and fixing their compensation, duties, and powers, defining the duties of the state board of irrigation, providing for the appointment of water commissioners and defining their duties,” approved February 26, 1907; also repealing an act amendatory of a certain act entitled “An act to provide for the appropriation, distribution, and use of water, and to define and preserve existing water rights, to provide for the appointment of a state engineer and assistant state engineer, and fixing their compensation, duties and powers, defining the duties of the state board of irrigation, providing for the appointment of water commissioners, and defining their duties, approved February 26, 1907, and to provide a fee system, for the certification of the records of, and an official seal for, the state engineer’s office, and other matters relating thereto,” approved February 20, 1909, approved March 22, 1913. Approved March 25, 1915.

378

254

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 26, 1915.

386

255

An Act to amend section one of an act entitled “An act to require district attorneys to make certain reports to the attorney-general,” approved March 1, 1889. Approved March 25, 1915.

387

256

An Act to amend section 16 of an act entitled “An act providing for the protection and preservation of game, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 24, 1909. Approved March 25, 1915.

388

257

An Act concerning Lincoln County officers, and fixing their salaries. Approved March 25, 1915.

388

258

An Act to make an appropriation for the reconstruction of the third floor of the main building of the Nevada hospital for mental diseases, and the rebuilding of the irrigation flume. Approved March 25, 1915.

389

259

An Act to amend section eight of an act entitled “An act to facilitate the giving of bonds and undertakings in certain cases and prescribing conditions upon which surety companies may become liable thereon in this state; fixing penalties for the violation thereof, repealing conflicting acts, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 26, 1909. Approved March 25, 1915.

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260

An Act to amend sections twelve, thirteen, sixteen, and seventeen of an act entitled “An act for the government and maintenance of the state orphans’ home,” approved March 1, 1873, as amended March 3, 1887, as amended March 9, 1903, as amended March 25, 1913. Approved March 26, 1915.

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261

An Act amendatory of and supplemental to an act entitled “An act authorizing owners of land to lay out and plat such lands into lots, streets, alleys, and public places, and providing for the approval and filing of maps or plats thereof,” approved March 13, 1905. Approved March 26, 1915.

392

262

An Act fixing the salary of the county recorder of Elko County, Nevada, and providing for a deputy county recorder, and fixing said deputy’s salary. Approved March 26, 1915.

393

263

An Act fixing the compensation of the deputy county recorder of the county of Humboldt. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act for the relief of Nevada industrial commission. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act to authorize any board of county commissioners to pass ordinances relating to certain animals running at large, making the violation thereof a misdemeanor, and fixing the punishment. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend “An act to prevent the unlawful destruction of fish and game; to provide for the appointment of fish and game wardens of the several counties of this state, and to define their duties and compensation,” approved March 12, 1901, being section 2052 of the Revised Laws, 1912. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act for the relief of the Remington Typewriter company, a corporation, doing business at San Francisco, California. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act relating to cattle, horses, and hogs, and regulating such stock, creating a state board of stock commissioners, defining their duties, and matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 139 of “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend section nineteen of an act entitled “An Act to incorporate the town of Sparks, in Washoe County, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto.” Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act defining and classifying transient live stock and providing for the assessment, collection, and distribution of taxes on the same, providing penalties for violation of its provisions, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 163 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, the same being section 6428 of the Revised Laws of Nevada. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act providing for the better prevention, control, and extermination of infectious, contagious and destructive diseases, parasites, and insect pests, affecting animals, poultry, bees, or agricultural or horticultural plants, trees or shrubs, injurious to any industry in the state, and other matters relating thereto; and to repeal an act entitled ‘An act providing for the appointment of a state veterinarian, defining his duties and fixing his compensation-governor to appoint,’ approved March 15, 1905, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act,” approved March 31, 1913. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act empowering the superintendent of public instruction, regents of the state university, and school trustees to dismiss certain employees and forbidding them to engage or employ in the educational department in a professional manner any person other than a citizen of the United States, and prohibiting the state controller and county auditors from issuing any warrants to any person other than a citizen of the United States, and providing a penalty therefor. Approved March 26, 1915.

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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.

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An Act fixing the compensation of the county clerk and ex officio clerk of the Fifth judicial district court of Nevada, in and for Nye County, and matters pertaining to the collection and disposition of fees arising from such office, and regulating the conduct thereof, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act to provide for the protection and preservation of wild game, and to repeal all other acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 26, 1915.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the organization and government of drainage, irrigation, and water storage districts, to provide for the acquisition of water and other property, and for the distribution of the water thereby for irrigation purposes, and for other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 29, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 11 of an act entitled “An act making the railroad commission of Nevada ex officio a public service commission for the regulation and control of certain public utilities, prescribing the manner in which such public utilities shall be regulated and controlled, requiring such public utilities to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities, prohibiting unjust and unreasonable charges for services rendered by such public utilities, providing penalties for violation of the provisions of this act, authorizing such public service commission to appoint an expert engineer and to employ clerks and assistants, and making an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of this act,” approved March 23, 1911. Approved March 29, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 21 of an act entitled “An act making the railroad commission of Nevada ex officio a public service commission for the regulation and control of certain public utilities, prescribing the manner in which such public utilities shall be regulated and controlled, requiring such public utilities to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities, prohibiting unjust and unreasonable charges for services rendered by such public utilities, providing penalties for violation of the provisions of this act, authorizing such public service commission to appoint an expert engineer and to employ clerks and assistants, and making an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of this act,” approved March 23, 1911. Approved March 29, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 13 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 amended March 20, 1909, and amended March 27, 1911. Approved March 29, 1915.

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An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to provide for the creation, organization, and maintenance of the Nevada state police, prescribing the powers and duties of the officers and members thereof in maintaining peace, order, and quiet in the State of Nevada, fixing their compensation, providing certain penalties, and other matters relating thereto, making an appropriation therefor, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved January 29, 1908; and making the superintendent of the Nevada state police ex officio warden of the state prison; fixing his salary; providing for an acting warden during vacancy or absence of the superintendent, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 29, 1915.

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An Act regulating the nomination of candidates by political parties, providing for the holding of primaries and conventions, and regulating the manner of nominating candidates by petition. Approved March 29, 1915.

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An Act to amend section 253 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, and all acts and parts of acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof. Approved March 29, 1915.

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An Act relating to elections. Approved March 29, 1915.

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An Act regulating the compensation of receivers of corporations in cases of involuntary dissolution or liquidation. Approved March 29, 1915.

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An Act to amend section six and section nine of an act entitled “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto.” Approved March 29, 1915.

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