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Statutes of the State of Nevada - Twenty-Eighth Session, 1917

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An Act to create a legislative fund. Approved January 20, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to amend section three as amended March 16, 1897, of an act entitled an act to create a board of county commissioners in the several counties of this state, and to define their duties and powers, approved March 8, 1865,’ approved March 24, 1909,” approved March 5, 1915. Approved January 22, 1917.

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An Act to authorize the county commissioners of Elko County, Nevada, to authorize and empower and direct the board of county commissioners of Elko County, Nevada, acting as a town board for the town of Elko, in said county of Elko, to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off the outstanding indebtedness of said town of Elko, incurred on account of completing the sewer system in said town and on account of other emergencies. Approved January 24, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of the Carson Valley Bank. Approved January 31, 1917.

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An Act fixing and establishing the fees to be charged in certain cases by the county clerk of Churchill County and ex officio clerk of the Eighth judicial district court, in the State of Nevada, and providing for the disposition of such fees. Approved February 1, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of the Reno National Bank of Reno, Nevada. Approved February 7, 1917.

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An Act fixing the fees and compensation of witnesses in criminal cases in and for the county of Humboldt, State of Nevada, and providing payment therefor. Approved February 7, 1917.

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An Act to establish assembly districts in the county of Washoe, and providing for the election therefrom of members of the assembly for the State of Nevada. Approved February 10, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 407 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, effective January 1, 1912. Approved February 10, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 2 of an act entitled “An act to regulate the fees and compensation of the county clerk of Washoe County, State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 23, 1909, as amended March 25, 1911. Approved February 10, 1917.

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An Act to amend section two of an act entitled “An act to provide for the partial support of mothers who are dependent upon their own efforts for the maintenance of their children, and giving county commissioners of the State of Nevada jurisdiction in such matters, and prescribing penalties for those who fraudulently obtain the benefit thereof,” approved March 15, 1915. Approved February 10, 1917.

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An Act fixing the salaries of certain justices of the peace and constables in the county of Churchill, State of Nevada, and other matters relating thereto. Approved February 10, 1917.

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An Act authorizing the sale, lease or option of mines, mining claims or mining property owned or held by estates, and providing for the conveyance thereof. Approved February 12, 1917.

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An Act limiting the hours of labor of females employed in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, laundry, hotel, or restaurant, or by any express or transportation company; compelling each employer in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, laundry, hotel, or restaurant, or other establishment employing any female, to provide suitable seats for all female employees, and to permit them to use such seats when they are not engaged in the active duties of their employment; and providing a penalty for failure, neglect, or refusal of the employer to comply with the provisions of this act, and for permitting or suffering any overseer, superintendent, foreman, or any other agent of any such employer to violate the provisions of this act. Approved February 14, 1917.

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An Act to provide for bonding counties for building and equipping county high schools and dormitories or for either one of these purposes, and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved February 16, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the creation of corporations sole, and defining the powers thereof, and other matters relating to such corporations,” approved March 2, 1915. Approved February 16, 1917.

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An Act making an appropriation for the payment of wages and salaries of the employees of the state printing office. Approved February 16, 1917.

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An Act authorizing and empowering the city council of the city of Reno, in the county of Washoe, State of Nevada, to dispose of certain parcels of real estate. Approved February 16, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of William McKnight. Approved February 19, 1917.

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An Act appropriating four thousand eight hundred dollars for the support and maintenance of the Florence Crittenton Mission of Nevada, Incorporated, located at Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. Approved February 19, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 594 of an act entitled “An act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in this state, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 17, 1911. Approved February 19, 1917.

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An Act empowering the board of trustees of school district No. 1, of Ormsby County, Nevada, to borrow money and issue its notes as security for the payment thereof, and directing the board of county commissioners of said county to levy a special tax for the payment of the same and matters relating thereto. Approved February 19, 1917.

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An Act to repeal certain sections of an act entitled “An act creating a Lincoln highway commission and to provide for the construction and repair of the public highway known as the Lincoln highway in the counties of White Pine, Eureka, Lander, Churchill, Washoe, and Ormsby, in the State of Nevada, and other matters relating thereto, and making an appropriation therefor,” approved March 26, 1915. Approved February 20, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 8 of an act entitled “An act to regulate the sale and use of poisons in the State of Nevada, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof,” approved March 24, 1913, as amended by act approved March 12, 1915. Approved February 20, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act creating the office of inspector of mines; fixing his duties and powers; providing for appointment of a deputy and fixing compensation of both; requiring certain reports and notices of accidents to be made to said inspector, and defining the duties of the attorney-general and the district attorneys in relation to suits instituted by the inspector of mines,” approved March 24, 1909, as amended and approved March 27, 1911. Approved February 20, 1917.

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An Act to amend section two of an act entitled “An act to regulate fees and compensation for official and other services in the State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved February 27, 1883. Approved February 20, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 646 of an act entitled “An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this state and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, being section 5588, Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912. Approved February 20, 1917.

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

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An Act to amend an act to amend section 9 of an act entitled “An act concerning juries,” approved March 5, 1873; approved March 5, 1875; approved March 5, 1877; approved March 7, 1881; approved March 12, 1895, the same being section 4932, Revised Laws, 1912, approved March 6, 1915. Approved February 21, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of Henderson Banking Company, Inc. Approved February 28, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 461 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911, effective January 1, 1912. Approved March 2, 1917.

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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, and of acts amendatory thereof. Approved March 2, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 259 of an act entitled “An act to regulate the settlement of the estates of deceased persons,” approved March 23, 1897, being section 6116 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. Approved March 2, 1917.

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An Act giving the clerk of the supreme court authority to appoint a deputy in his office. Approved March 2, 1917.

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An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act to establish an agricultural experiment dry farm in the northeastern part of this state, creating a commission in connection therewith, providing for its expenses and conferring certain powers thereon, imposing certain duties on the governor and attorney-general in relation thereto, providing for the government thereof, and making an appropriation therefor,” approved March 2, 1909, and providing for the disposition of the records, property and effects of said agricultural experiment dry farm. Approved March 2, 1917.

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An Act to provide for the printing of the papers of the Nevada Historical Society. Approved March 2, 1917.

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An Act to quiet title to real estate by defining when the lien of an attachment and mortgage and the notice of the pendency of an action expires. Approved March 2, 1917.

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An Act concerning notaries public who are stockholders, directors, officers, or employees of banks or other corporations. Approved March 2, 1917.

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An Act appropriating three hundred dollars for watering and care of the Grand Army cemetery at Carson City. Approved March 2, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 2 of an act entitled “An act to segregate the offices of sheriff and county assessor of Lyon County, State of Nevada, and fixing the salaries of said officers; to take effect on the first Monday in January, A. D. 1913,” approved March 18, 1911. Approved March 2, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 5, as the same has heretofore been amended, of an act entitled “An act to secure liens to mechanics and others, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 2, 1875, being section 2217, Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912. Approved March 3, 1917.

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An Act authorizing and empowering the city council of the city of Reno, in the county of Washoe, State of Nevada, to dispose of certain parcels of real estate. Approved March 5, 1917.

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An Act to amend section number 10 of an act entitled “An act providing for a state board of capitol commissioners, defining their duties and powers, and repealing all acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 6, 1917.

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An Act to amend section five of an act entitled “An act concerning Lincoln County officers and fixing their salaries;” approved March 25, 1915. Approved March 7, 1917.

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An Act regulating the breeding of cattle on open ranges within the State of Nevada; defining a standard of breeding for bulls running upon the open range; fixing responsibility and providing a penalty for the violation of any provision of this act. Approved March 7, 1917.

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An Act to regulate the fees of the county clerk of Clark County, State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 7, 1917.

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An Act fixing the fees and compensation of witnesses in criminal cases in and for the county of Lyon, State of Nevada, and providing payment therefor. Approved March 7, 1917.

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An Act fixing the compensation of the justice of the peace of Las Vegas township, Clark County, Nevada. Approved March 7, 1917.

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An Act to protect the people of the State of Nevada from the pollution of its public streams, making an appropriation therefor, and controlling the administration thereof. Approved March 8, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 3 of an act entitled “An act relating to the state university and matters properly connected therewith,” approved February 7, 1887. Approved March 8, 1917.

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An Act creating the state rabies commission, prescribing its membership and duties, and making an appropriation for the control and eradication of rabies and noxious animals within the State of Nevada, in cooperation with the biological survey of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Approved March 8, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act in relation to public highways,” approved March 9, 1866. Approved March 9, 1917.

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An Act to provide for the appointment of a state auditor, fix his compensation, prescribe his duties, to inspect and audit public accounts and to establish a uniform system of public accounting, cost-keeping and reporting, and matters relating thereto, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 10, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act creating the office of commissary of the Nevada state police, prescribing his duties, fixing his compensation, and other matters relating thereto,” approved February 8, 1908, as amended Stats. 1909, 217. Approved March 10, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to regulate the salary and compensation of the justices of the peace and constables of Elko, Star Valley, Montello townships, in Elko County, State of Nevada,” approved February 28, 1913. Approved March 10, 1917.

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An Act to promote the horticultural interests of the state. Approved March 10, 1917.

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An Act authorizing the secretary of state to furnish certain documents to certain institutions. Approved March 10, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of J. H. Stern. Approved March 10, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of certain persons and institutions. Approved March 10, 1917.

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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, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 10, 1917.

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An Act exempting property of veterans. Approved March 10, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to establish a state board of embalmers; to provide a system of examination, registration, and licensing of embalmers; to provide for the better protection of life and health; to prevent the spread of infectious and contagious diseases in the state; and to impose penalties for the violation of its provisions,” approved February 20, 1909. Approved March 10, 1917.

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An Act to amend sections 6 and 7 of an act entitled “An act relating to children who are now or may hereafter become dependent, neglected, or delinquent, to define these terms and to provide for the treatment, control, maintenance, protection, adoption, and guardianship of the person of such child or children,” approved March 24, 1909, and further approved March 27, 1911. Approved March 10, 1917.

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An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act to establish at the University of Nevada a public service department known as the department of engineering experimentation, to provide ways and means for aiding settlers, farmers, and other persons, in the development of the underground waters of the state by giving expert advice regarding the most probable location, the best method of developing the underground water systems by the testing of, and the recommendation of, the most efficient machinery and power for pumping, and providing an appropriation therefor,” approved March 11, 1915. Approved March 12, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of The Gorham Company and Wells, Fargo & Company. Approved March 12, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the destruction of noxious animals and to repeal an act relating thereto,” approved February 3, 1887, as amended by acts approved March 24, 1911, and February 28, 1913. Approved March 12, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act regulating the fees of the office of surveyor-general, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1915. Approved March 12, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of certain persons. Approved March 12, 1917.

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An Act appropriating two thousand dollars for the aid of the work of the student loan fund of the Federation of Women’s Clubs of the State of Nevada. Approved March 12, 1917.

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An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of Mineral County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of building and furnishing a schoolhouse in Mina school district No. 17, and matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 12, 1917.

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An Act to authorize and empower the board of county commissioners of Esmeralda County to issue bonds for the purpose of creating a fund for liquidating and paying the outstanding indebtedness of said county, incurred by virtue of issuing bonds for Goldfield school district No. 4, under the provisions of an act entitled “An act to enable the several school districts of the state to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the purpose of erecting and furnishing school buildings or purchasing ground or for refunding floating funded debts, and providing for the payment of the principal indebtedness thus authorized and the interest thereon,” approved March 12, 1907. Approved March 12, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 20 of an act entitled “An act to regulate railroads, telegraph, and telephone companies and other common carriers in this state, creating a railroad commission, constituting the governor, the lieutenant-governor, and the attorney-general a railroad board for the appointment and removal of the railroad commissioners, prevent the imposition of unreasonable rates, prevent unjust discrimination, insure an adequate railway service, and fixing maximum freight charges,” approved March 5, 1907, and to repeal section 44 of an act entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies, and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 22, 1865. Approved March 12, 1917.

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An Act providing for the vacation of portions of city and town plats. Approved March 13, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies, and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 22, 1865, by adding an additional section thereto, to be known as section 17 1/2. Approved March 13, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to amend section nineteen as amended March 26, 1915, 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 15, 1905,” approved March 26, 1915. Approved March 13, 1917.

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An Act to amend sections 7 and 10 of article XII 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, February 26, 1915, and March 22, 1915. Approved March 13, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act defining the rights of husband and wife,” approved March 10, 1873. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the publication of the decisions of the supreme court of the State of Nevada, and such other official advertising as is required by the state,” approved March 29, 1907. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to amend 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. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to regulate the practice of chiropody, and provide for the requirements for a certificate to practice same. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act entitled an act to regulate the herding, grazing and driving of live stock. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to amend 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 the 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 14, 1917.

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An Act to amend 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 14, 1917.

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An Act to incorporate the town of Elko, in Elko County, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 3 of article IX 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. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of certain persons. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to provide for the consolidation of two one-teacher rural school districts adjoining each other, but situated one in each of two adjoining counties. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to promote efficiency in the public schools by payment of transportation expenses of teachers to and from teachers’ institutes. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act regulating the manner of procedure for obtaining refund of state, county and other taxes which have been twice paid, and making an appropriation therefor. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to fix the salary and compensation of the justice of the peace of Jarbidge township, Elko County, State of Nevada. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 3266 of chapter 4 (section 28 of chapter 4, School Code of 1915) of an act entitled “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1911, and as amended March 13, 1915. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act fixing and establishing the fees to be charged in certain cases by the county recorder of Lincoln County, in the State of Nevada, and providing for the disposition of such fees. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of White Pine County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds in the amount of fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars for the purpose of providing funds to purchase sites, erect buildings, furnish and equip the same for school purposes in Ely school district No. one, of said county, and to liquidate certain indebtedness of said district, and matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act making the assignment of wages, salary, or earnings under certain conditions conclusive evidence of fraud. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to provide for the erection and equipment of an agricultural building at the University of Nevada; providing for the issuance and sale of bonds therefor and the redemption thereof. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to amend section sixty-five of an act entitled “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1911 (being section 3303 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912). Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to regulate the fees of the county clerk of Lincoln County, State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to provide for the distribution of property remaining after the Panama-Pacific and Panama-California expositions to certain departments of the University of Nevada. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to provide for the publication of bulletins, circulars, and periodicals of the agricultural extension division, University of Nevada, at the state printing office. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to appropriate funds for use in case of emergencies affecting the public health and safety. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act providing an appropriation for payment of abstracts of title to state lands. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act fixing the salary of the constable of Goodsprings township, Clark County, State of Nevada, and providing for the payment thereof. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act fixing the salaries of certain justices of the peace in the county of Nye, in the State of Nevada, and other matters relating thereto. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to authorize and direct the board of school trustees of Lyon County school district number eighteen, of Lyon County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of liquidating, canceling, and retiring floating indebtedness outstanding prior to date of present bond issue. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act fixing the compensation of county officers in Nye County, and matters pertaining to the collection and disposition of fees arising from such offices, regulating the conduct thereof, and abolishing certain offices, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 14, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “An act providing a general corporation law,” approved March 16, 1903. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act defining the duties of the secretary of state in regard to the disposition of certain publications, and other matters in relation thereto. Approved March 15, 1917.

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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 15, 1917.

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An Act to create the office of state inspector of apiaries, to provide for the appointment of state inspector of apiaries, and to define his duties and compensation; to prevent the dissemination of diseases among apiaries, and to provide for a system of inspection of apiaries by the state inspector of apiaries, and the treatment and extermination of diseases therein; making appropriations for the expense of the office of state inspector of apiaries; and providing penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing all other acts or parts of acts in relation thereto. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act fixing and regulating the salary and fees of the justice of the peace of Salt Marsh township, Washoe County, Nevada, and providing for the payment of the same. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of H. W. Johns-Manville Company. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act appropriating the sum of fifty dollars out of the legislative fund of the twenty-eighth session of the Nevada legislature, to be paid to James Reid, porter of the senate, and August Glanzman, porter of the assembly, for cleaning and putting in order the legislative chambers after adjournment of said twenty-eighth session. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act segregating certain county offices in the county of Churchill, and fixing the salaries of and imposing certain duties on certain officers in said county. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act to amend “An act to segregate certain county offices in White Pine County, State of Nevada, and fixing the salaries, to take effect on the first Monday in January, 1909,” approved March 29, 1907. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act to make the sheriff of White Pine County ex officio constable of Ely township number one, and defining his compensation as such ex officio constable, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 15, 1917.

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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 15, 1917.

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An Act fixing and regulating the compensation of the district attorney and ex officio public administrator in and for White Pine County, Nevada, and providing for the payment of his necessary traveling expenses and providing for help in his office, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of Anna M. Warren. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of the railroad and public service commissions of the State of Nevada. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of Mineral County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of repairing and furnishing a schoolhouse in Hawthorne school district No. 7, and matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act to appropriate funds for use in case of a national military emergency. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of T. J. O’Brien. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act to amend section 6 of an act entitled “An act to create the office of road supervisor of Humboldt County, to fill the same by appointment, to prescribe the duties and compensation of said office, and other matters in relation thereto,” approved March 14, 1907. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act creating commissioner districts in the county of Lincoln, State of Nevada, and providing for the election therefrom of members of the board of county commissioners of said county of Lincoln. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of certain persons. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act fixing and regulating the compensation of the district attorney in and for Clark County, Nevada, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds of the town of Lovelock for the construction, maintenance and completion of a water system for said town and other matters relating thereto. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act authorizing the coroner of Reno township, Washoe County, Nevada, to employ a stenographer to report and transcribe testimony at inquests. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act regulating the salary of the chief of police and other peace officers of the town of Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, and other matters relating thereto. Approved March 15, 1917.

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An Act making appropriations for the support of the civil government of the State of Nevada for the years 1917-1918. Approved March 19, 1917.

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An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to incorporate Carson City,” approved February 25, 1875; providing for the paving of a portion of Carson street in said city and authorizing and directing the board of city trustees of said Carson City to issue bonds on account of the expense of such improvement and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act creating a school of mines to be located at Goldfield, Nevada, and a school of mines to be located at Ely, Nevada. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act to provide for the extradition of persons of unsound mind, and to make uniform the laws of the states which enact the same. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act authorizing the ex officio insurance commissioner to employ a clerk, and establishing the compensation therefor. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act to amend sections 151 and 152 of an act entitled “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act authorizing the board of county commissioners of Eureka County to pay certain expenses and matters relating thereto. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of Edna Sinclair. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of U. M. Slater, trustee for stockholders of Nevada Packing Company. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act to grant the right of way to Walter E. Trent and his associates and assigns for the construction of a railroad from Ely, Nevada, or Eureka, Nevada, westerly, southerly or southwesterly to a connection with other railroad or railroads. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act to fix the state tax levy for the fiscal years 1917 and 1918 and to distribute the same to the proper funds. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of Thomas J. Edwards. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act for the relief of T. A. Lotz. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act to provide for the preparation, printing, and distribution of a schedule showing the change in the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912, wrought by the laws enacted at the special session of 1912, and regular sessions of 1913, 1915, and 1917, of the legislature of the State of Nevada. Approved March 20, 1917.

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An Act for the advancement of agriculture, horticulture, the livestock industry and home economics, and for the dissemination of knowledge and information in relation thereto, in southern Nevada; creating the southern Nevada agricultural board and prescribing its duties; providing for cooperative agricultural extension work in southern Nevada by agreement with the agricultural extension division, University of Nevada; making an appropriation therefor; repealing “An act to establish an agricultural experiment farm in the southern part of this state and making an appropriation therefor,” approved March 2, 1905, and all acts amendatory and supplemental thereto, and for other purposes. Approved March 21, 1917.

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145

An Act to authorize the University of Nevada to purchase an experiment farm, and providing for the issuance and sale of bonds therefor and the redemption thereof. Approved March 22, 1917.

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146

An Act to provide for civic and physical training and instruction in the high schools of Nevada, and matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 21, 1917.

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147

An Act authorizing and directing the board of county commissioners of Churchill County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of providing means for the erection and maintenance of a high-school building in the city of Fallon, county of Churchill, State of Nevada, and the purchase of a site therefor, providing for the expenditure of the moneys realized from the sale of such bonds, and providing for the payment of such bonds upon maturity. Approved March 22, 1917.

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148

An Act to define judicial officers and offices and school officers and offices, and to declare them nonpartisan, and to provide that the names of candidates for such offices shall appear alike upon all ballots at primaries and general elections. Approved March 22, 1917.

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149

An Act regulating the fiscal management of counties, cities, towns, school districts, and other governmental agencies. Approved March 22, 1917.

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150

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, as amended by chapter 278 of the Statutes of Nevada of 1915, approved March 29, 1915. Approved March 22, 1917.

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151

An Act regulating the sale or exchange, for human consumption, of butter and ice-cream; defining the same as “wholesome” or “impure”; making it unlawful to sell or exchange, or offer for sale or exchange, impure butter or ice-cream, and providing penalty therefor; providing for the inspection and determination of butter and ice-cream as “wholesome” or “impure” by the department of food and drug control, and for other purposes. Approved March 23, 1917.

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152

An Act to make uniform the law of acknowledgments to deeds or other instruments taken outside the United States. Approved March 23, 1917.

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153

An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of the county of Humboldt, State of Nevada, to allow the appointment of a deputy or deputies by the county assessor of said county under certain circumstances and fixing their compensation. Approved March 23, 1917.

275

154

An Act fixing the compensation of the county commissioners of Humboldt County, Nevada, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 23, 1917.

275

155

An Act regulating the nomination of candidates for public office in the State of Nevada. Approved March 23, 1917.

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156

An Act to authorize and direct the board of county commissioners of the county of Lander, State of Nevada, to acquire a site for and to erect and construct and equip a branch county jail and justice courtroom at Battle Mountain, in said county, to issue bonds or other security for the purpose of creating a fund for the payment thereof, and other matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 23, 1917.

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157

An Act providing that the county commissioners of Clark County may fix the wages for teams and all employees used in the construction and maintenance of the roads and highways of said county. Approved March 23, 1917.

291

158

An Act making it unlawful to sell or offer for sale any cream which shall contain less than a specified percentage of butter-fat, and providing penalties for the violation of this act. Approved March 23, 1917.

291

159

An Act for the relief of Julius Jungblut and C. L. Deady. Approved March 23, 1917.

292

160

An Act for the relief of Volney B. Cross, of Carson City, Nevada, appropriating $1,800 for injuries sustained by him while in the employ of the State of Nevada. Approved March 23, 1917.

293

161

An Act fixing the compensation of the county officers of Elko County, Nevada, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 23, 1917.

295

162

An Act to amend section 1 of 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 23, 1917.

297

163

An Act fixing the salaries of the county officers of Lander County, State of Nevada, and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 23, 1917.

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164

An Act authorizing and directing the board of county commissioners of Lyon County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of establishing, constructing and maintaining high schools in the said county of Lyon, State of Nevada, and other matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 23, 1917.

299

165

An Act to establish commissioner districts in the county of Esmeralda, and providing for the election of the members of the board of county commissioners thereof. Approved March 23, 1917.

304

166

An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of the county of Mineral, State of Nevada, to issue bonds to provide for the erection of a county high-school building in the town of Hawthorne. Approved March 23, 1917.

305

167

An Act to facilitate the building of rural school-houses and to standardize them by supplying plans and specifications to rural school boards, and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 23, 1917.

307

168

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act for preventing the manufacture, sale or transportation of adulterated, mislabeled or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating the manufacture and traffic therein, and providing penalties, and making an appropriation for the carrying out of this act,” approved March 13, 1909. Approved March 23, 1917.

307

169

An Act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada. Approved March 23, 1917.

309

170

An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to incorporate Carson City,” approved February 25, 1875, empowering the board of city trustees of said city by ordinance to fix a salary for the president and other members of the board of city trustees for the year 1917, and providing for the submission of such ordinance to the electors of said city for approval. Approved March 23, 1917.

321

171

An Act to provide for the administration of vocational education funds. Approved March 23, 1917.

322

172

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act authorizing Lincoln County to fund and refund its existing indebtedness, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 5, 1907. Approved March 23, 1917.

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173

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend section seven of an act entitled ‘An act providing for a state loan and the refunding of the outstanding indebtedness of the state,’ approved March 11, 1913,” approved March 20, 1913. Approved March 23, 1917.

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An Act to amend an act entitled “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 therefor,” approved February 20, 1915. Approved March 23, 1917.

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175

An Act to authorize the state board of examiners to issue bonds for the purpose of providing revenue to meet certain appropriations made in the general appropriation bill for the years 1917-1918; and other matters in relation thereto. Approved March 23, 1917.

325

176

An Act to authorize the state board of examiners to issue bonds in certain emergencies during the years 1917-1918; and other matters in relation thereto. Approved March 23, 1917.

326

177

An Act in relation to 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 23, 1917.

328

178

An Act to amend an act entitled “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. Approved March 23, 1917.

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An Act to grant the right of way to John T. Reid and his associates, their successors and assigns, for the construction and operation of a railroad within Churchill County, State of Nevada, from either the town of Hazen or Parren station therein, on or near the track of the Central or Southern Pacific Railway Company, as said trustees may select, to the Nevada United Mining Company’s mines at Copper-Reid, in Churchill County; and from any point on said railroad to a point at or near Battle Mountain or Argenta station in Lander County, State of Nevada, and from the town of Hazen or Parren station, as may be selected, to a point on the Western Pacific Railroad Company’s track, not yet named, in Washoe or Humboldt County, State of Nevada, and a branch line extending into the Silver Range for a distance of twenty-five miles in a general northeasterly direction from Copper-Reid or any other point on the main line of railroad, and a branch line extending in a generally northerly direction for fifty miles from Copper-Reid, and a branch line extending from said Copper-Reid, or other point on the main line of railroad, to the town of Lovelock, in Humboldt County, State of Nevada, and matters relating thereto. Approved March 24, 1917.

339

180

An Act to provide surety bonds for state, district, county, city, and township officers at public expense. Approved March 24, 1917.

340

181

An Act to amend sections 2, 9, 11, 24, 25, and 27 of an act entitled “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. Approved March 24, 1917.

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182

An Act authorizing and empowering the city council of the city of Reno, in the county of Washoe, State of Nevada, to dispose of certain parcels of real estate. Approved March 24, 1917.

343

183

An Act defining certain duties of county auditors, county treasurers, and the state controller, and providing penalties for the violation thereof. Approved March 24, 1917.

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184

An Act amendatory of and supplemental to an act entitled “An act to create a state board of accountancy and prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for the examination of and issuance of certificates of applicants, with the designation of certified public accountants, to provide for examination of state, county and city accounts, and to provide the grade of penalty for violations of the provisions hereof,” approved March 24, 1913. Approved March 24, 1917.

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185

An Act to provide for extending the use of the state library. Approved March 24, 1917.

347

186

An Act granting aid to the State Agricultural Society for the purpose of holding state fairs during the years 1917 and 1918, and to erect, maintain and improve the buildings and grounds of the society. Approved March 24, 1917.

348

187

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend section 8 of an act entitled ‘An act to regulate the sale and use of poisons in the State of Nevada, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof,’ approved March 24, 1913, as amended by act approved March 12, 1915,” approved February 20, 1917. Approved March 24, 1917.

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188

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act in relation to money of account and interest,” approved November 28, 1861. Approved March 24, 1917.

351

189

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act relating to the state university and matters properly connected therewith,” approved February 7, 1887. Approved March 24, 1917.

352

190

An Act to amend section eight of 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 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 24, 1917.

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An Act to provide for the establishment of evening schools. Approved March 24, 1917.

354

192

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to regulate the settlement of the estate of deceased persons,” approved March 23, 1897, and to repeal all acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 24, 1917.

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193

An Act requiring the examination of all school children to ascertain if they have defective eyesight or hearing, or diseased teeth, or if they are addicted to mouth-breathing. Approved March 24, 1917.

355

194

An Act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors outside of the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town; creating a liquor board in the several counties of this state; prescribing the duties and declaring the powers of such board. Approved March 24, 1917.

356

195

An Act to provide for the maintenance of fences along railroads and for damages for the killing of live stock. Approved March 24, 1917.

357

196

An Act to provide for the holding of a state elimination shoot between members of Nevada civilian rifle clubs affiliated with the national rifle association of America, including life and annual members of said association, to provide funds to meet the expense thereof, and to provide funds for the incidental expenses of the Nevada state rifle team attending the national matches for the years 1917 and 1918. Approved March 24, 1917.

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197

An Act relating to elections. Approved March 24, 1917.

358

198

An Act to provide for the establishment of county agricultural farms and agricultural plots, and state aid thereto. Approved March 24, 1917.

386

199

An Act to authorize the county commissioners of Washoe County to issue bonds for improvement of county public roads, in Washoe County, Nevada. Approved March 24, 1917.

387

200

An Act to amend section 77 of an act entitled “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 24, 1917.

389

201

An Act to prohibit false advertising, and providing a penalty therefor. Approved March 24, 1917.

390

202

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, 1917.

391

203

An Act to amend sections 6 and 7 of an act entitled “An act relating to officers, their qualifications, times of election, terms of office, official duties, resignations, removals, vacancies in office, and the mode of supplying the same, misconduct in office, and to enforce official duty.” Approved March 24, 1917.

391

204

An Act authorizing the incorporation of the assets of insolvent banks and providing for the distribution of the stock of such corporation to the creditors and depositors of such banks. Approved March 24, 1917.

392

205

An Act to amend sections 6 and 7 of an act entitled “An act to create the office of road inspector, to provide for work on public roads, and to limit the compensation therefor,” approved February 27, 1897. Approved March 24, 1917.

393

206

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 all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 22, 1915. Approved March 24, 1917.

394

207

An Act creating the Northeastern Nevada Agricultural Board; defining its purpose, and prescribing its duties; providing for cooperation with the agricultural extension division, University of Nevada, and other matters relating thereto, and making an appropriation therefor. Approved March 24, 1917.

395

208

An Act to provide for the establishment and erection of a state’s prison on the present prison farm property; providing for the construction of a cell-house; providing for the issuance and sale of bonds therefor; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 24, 1917.

396

209

An Act to accept the benefits of an act passed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, to provide for the promotion of vocational education, approved February 23, 1917. Approved March 24, 1917.

397

210

An Act to amend section 104 of an act entitled “An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 24, 1917.

398

211

An Act requiring railroads to construct livestock guards on their rights of way. Approved March 24, 1917.

399

212

An Act to create a state board of investments of the state permanent school fund, defining its powers and duties, and other matters properly connected therewith, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 24, 1917.

399

213

An Act for the better protection of motor vehicle dealers, garage keepers, and automobile repairmen, and giving them a lien on motor vehicles for supplies, accessories, repairs, and labor, and making it a misdemeanor to incur a bill on a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner. Approved March 24, 1917.

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214

An Act regulating private fish hatcheries in the State of Nevada, and providing penalties for violation hereof. Approved March 24, 1917.

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215

An Act to amend section 10 of an act entitled “An act to enable the unincorporated cities and towns of the State of Nevada to acquire by construction, purchase, or otherwise, sewerage systems, light systems, water systems, or combined water and light systems, or combined water, light, and sewerage systems, and to issue bonds for the construction or purchase of the same, and to provide for the fixing and collections of rates for the service thereof, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 23, 1911. Approved March 24, 1917.

405

216

An Act creating the Nevada state bureau of mines, and prescribing its duties. Approved March 24, 1917.

406

217

An Act for the protection of elk within the State of Nevada. Approved March 24, 1917.

406

218

An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of Washoe County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds to provide for deepening the Truckee river channel in section 13, T. 19 N., R. 20 E., and section 18, T. 19 N., R. 21 E., M.D.B.&M.; directing the payment of said bonds; providing for the organization of a drainage district or districts in the lower Truckee valley, as a condition precedent thereto; providing for cooperation in the further deepening, if necessary, of said Truckee river channel; and for other purposes. Became a law, March 13, 1917.

407

219

An Act to amend sections 200 and 202 of an act entitled “An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911. Approved March 27, 1917.

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220

An Act to amend section 97 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 27, 1917.

411

221

An Act to prevent pollution or contamination of the waters of lakes, rivers and streams in the State of Nevada, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing certain acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 27, 1917.

412

222

An Act to amend sections 2 and 7 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, and amended March 22, 1915, and amended March 29, 1915. Approved March 27, 1917.

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223

An Act relating to trespasses of live stock upon cultivated land, and specifying what shall constitute a legal fence for the purposes of this act. Approved March 24, 1917.

415

224

An Act to amend sections 5, 6, 8, 9, and 21 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 11, 1889, as amended March 21, 1891, as amended January 26, 1899, as amended March 10, 1909, and adding a new section to section twenty-one to be known as section 21a. Approved March 27, 1917.

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225

An Act relating to the use of stamps, coupons, tickets, certificates, cards or other similar devices, for or with the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, and providing a penalty for violation thereof, and repealing all acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 27, 1917.

420

226

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 March 27, 1917.

421

227

An Act relating to barber-shops, defining the same, providing regulations in connection therewith, protecting the health of barbers and their patrons, and fixing a penalty for the violation thereof. Approved March 27, 1917.

422

228

An Act to amend 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 to repeal certain other acts relating thereto,’ approved March 23, 1891.” Approved March 27, 1917.

423

229

An Act to amend section 384 of an act entitled “An act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in this state and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 17, 1911. Approved March 27, 1917.

423

230

An Act to amend section 870 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 27, 1917.

424

231

An Act regulating the registration of electors for general, special, and primary elections. Approved March 27, 1917.

425

232

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to secure liens to mechanics and others, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto,” approved March 2, 1875, by amending section 9 thereof, also designated as 1 Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912, section 2221. Approved March 27, 1917.

435

233

An Act to amend 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, and as amended by an act approved March 22, 1915. Approved March 27, 1917.

436

234

An Act creating the office of state assayer and inspector and providing for the appointment of such officer, defining his duties and other matters relating thereto. Approved March 27, 1917.

449

235

An Act to amend sections two, three, and four of an act entitled “An act to license and regulate insurance business in this state,” approved February 23, 1881, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto, or in conflict herewith. Approved March 27, 1917.

452

236

An Act to create the office of purchasing agent of the county of Esmeralda, and providing for the duties and compensation of such purchasing agent. Became a law, March 22, 1917.

453

237

An Act to amend 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 27, 1917.

454

238

An Act for the relief of L. G. Couture. Approved March 27, 1917.

458

239

An Act to provide for the protection and preservation of fish and game, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 27, 1917.

459

240

An Act to provide a board of fish and game commissioners, defining their duties and powers; providing for a state fish and game warden and deputies; providing for the use and distribution of fish and game licenses, and other matters relating thereto, and repealing all acts in conflict herewith. Approved March 27, 1917.

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