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Statutes of the State of Nevada - Forty-Sixth Session, 1953

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Initiative Petition — AN ACT relating to employment; prohibiting the denial of employment because of nonmembership in a labor organization; prohibiting agreements excluding any person from employment because of nonmembership in a labor organization; prohibiting strikes or picketing to induce violation of this act; making illegal compelling or attempting to compel a person to join a labor organization or leave his employment against his will; prohibiting conspiracies to cause the discharge of any persons because of nonmembership in a labor organization; and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof.  [Enacted Pursuant to Direct Vote of the People, General Election, November 4, 1952]

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AN ACT to create a legislative fund. Senate Bill No. 1–Senator Johnson.  Approved January 26, 1953

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AN ACT to provide an additional and supplemental appropriation for benefit payments aiding the blind as provided by law. Senate Bill No. 3–Committee on Finance.  Approved February 12, 1953

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AN ACT to provide an additional and supplemental appropriation for the general support of the Nevada school of industry for the biennium ending June 30, 1953. Senate Bill No. 9–Committee on Finance.  Approved February 12, 1953

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AN ACT to provide an additional and supplemental appropriation for the Nevada school of industry for the care of girl students for the biennium ending June 30, 1953. Senate Bill No. 10–Committee on Finance.  Approved February 12, 1953

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AN ACT to provide an additional and supplemental appropriation for the support of the motor vehicle operators’ and chauffeurs’ license division of the public service commission for the biennium ending June 30, 1953. Assembly Bill No. 18–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved February 12, 1953

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AN ACT to provide an additional and supplemental appropriation for the support of the motor vehicle division of the public service commission for the biennium ending June 30, 1953. Assembly Bill No. 19–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved February 12, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the county commissioners of Nye county to transfer certain funds, and specifying the duties of certain county officers in connection therewith. Assembly Bill No. 49–Select Committee of the Nye County Delegation.  Approved February 17, 1953

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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, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 13–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 17, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the board of trustees of Golconda school district, and the county treasurer and county auditor of Humboldt county, Nevada, to transfer certain funds belonging to the district now in the treasury of the county. Assembly Bill No. 52–Select Committee of the Humboldt County Delegation.  Approved February 17, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act 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; relating to the compensation of injured workmen and the compensation of their dependents where such injuries result in death; making premium payments by certain employers compulsory; authorizing the commission created by the act to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary; authorizing the commission to invest the funds provided for; 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 27, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 47–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved February 23, 1953

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AN ACT to provide an additional and supplemental appropriation for the support of the Nevada historical society for the biennium ending June 30, 1953. Assembly Bill No. 20–Mr. Ruedy.  Approved February 23, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act fixing the compensation of the county officers of Elko county, Nevada, and regulating the employment and compensation of deputies and other employees of said officers, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 26, 1949. Assembly Bill No. 92–Elko County Delegation.  Approved February 23, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act creating a board to be known as the state planning board, defining its duties, powers and jurisdiction, and making an appropriation for the expenses thereof, and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 22, 1937, as amended. Senate Bill No. 45–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved February 23, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act reapportioning senators and assemblymen of the several counties to the legislature of the State of Nevada, establishing assembly districts in certain counties of the state, and providing for the election therefrom of members of the assembly,” approved March 27, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 50–Messrs. Revert and Beko.  Approved February 23, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning juries,” approved March 5, 1873, as amended. Senate Bill No. 51–Senator Lemaire.  Approved February 23, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “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, as amended. Senate Bill No. 27–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 25, 1953

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AN ACT to amend “An act to establish a state printing office, and to create the office of superintendent of state printing,” approved March 11, 1879, as amended. Senate Bill No. 23–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 25, 1953

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AN ACT requiring the director and employees of the commission for revision and compilation of Nevada laws to prepare and assist in the preparation and amendment of legislative measures when requested, defining the duties of the director, providing for the employment of legislative bill drafters and stenographers, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 22–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 25, 1953

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AN ACT to repeal an act entitled, “An act concerning subdivisions of real property; giving certain powers to the state real estate board, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 18, 1931. Senate Bill No. 20–Senator Whitacre.  Approved February 25, 1953

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AN ACT relating to wills, their probate, and providing for a self-proving affidavit to be attached to a will. Senate Bill No. 28–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 25, 1953

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AN ACT relating to the administration of trusts, conferring jurisdiction upon the district courts of this state in reference thereto and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 30–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 25, 1953

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AN ACT fixing the compensation of the county officers of Eureka county, Nevada, and regulating the employment and compensation of deputies and other employees of said officers and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Senate Bill No. 69–Senator Murray.  Approved February 25, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act defining the duties of cemetery corporations or associations receiving funds for the perpetual care of a plot or plots, authorizing the investment of such funds in certain classes of securities, providing a penalty for the violation thereof, and repealing all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 3, 1931. Senate Bill No. 32–Senator Lovelock.  Approved February 25, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to incorporate Carson City,” approved February 25, 1875, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 54–Mr. Waters.  Approved February 26, 1953

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AN ACT fixing the compensation of certain officers in Nye county, and other matters properly relating thereto; and repealing certain acts and parts of acts. Assembly Bill No. 98–Messrs. Beko and Revert.  Approved February 26, 1953

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AN ACT fixing the compensation of the county officers of Humboldt county, Nevada, and regulating the employment and compensation of deputies and other employees of officers. Senate Bill No. 96–Senator Black.  Approved February 26, 1953

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AN ACT to repeal an act entitled, “An act to make unlawful the running at large of livestock upon the enclosed public roads or highways of certain counties, or the straying, feeding or picketing of livestock thereon; to provide for the disposal of such animals and for the punishment of violations of this act,” approved March 26, 1913. Senate Bill No. 75–Senator Settelmeyer.  Approved February 26, 1953

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AN ACT fixing the compensation of county officers in White Pine county, State of Nevada, and matters pertaining to the collection and disposition of fees arising from such offices, regulating the conduct thereof, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Assembly Bill No. 45–White Pine County Delegation.  Approved February 27, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the board of county commissioners of Pershing county, the board of directors of Pershing county water conservation district of Nevada and the board of supervisors of the Lovelock valley drainage district No. 1 to exchange certain county owned land for certain land owned by Brayton Wilbur, and to do all acts in connection therewith necessary to effect such exchange. Senate Bill No. 73–Senator Munk.  Approved March 2, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to the appointment and salaries of deputies, clerks, stenographers, typists, and other employees in the various state offices, departments, boards, and agencies, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 22, 1951. Assembly Bill No. 151–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved March 2, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An Act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911. Assembly Bill No. 16–Mr. Beko.  Approved March 3, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the state highway department to sell, on behalf of the State of Nevada, and convey to Steven O. Potter certain real property held in fee simple for the department of highways by the State of Nevada, and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 144–Committee on Roads and Transportation.  Approved March 3, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the department of highways of the State of Nevada to convey certain state property to Herbert E. Nuttall and Josephine M. Nuttall in exchange for property now owned by said Herbert E. Nuttall and Josephine N. Nuttall, all in the city of Wells, State of Nevada. Assembly Bill No. 162–Committee on Roads and Transportation.  Approved March 3, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the department of highways of the State of Nevada to convey certain state property to V. D. Eachus and Ann Eachus in exchange for property now owned by said V. D. Eachus and Ann Eachus in Clark county, Nevada. Assembly Bill No. 145–Committee on Roads and Transportation.  Approved March 3, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the state highway department to expend a sum of money not to exceed $15,000 for an additional cost of construction of a certain test highway. Senate Bill No. 84–Committee on Aviation, Transportation and Highways.  Approved March 3, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the board of county commissioners of Storey county to lease for a term not to exceed twenty years the fourth ward school property; permitting any member of said board to vote on any agreement for the lease of said property; and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 72–Senator Reid.  Approved March 3, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to regulate traffic on the highways of this state, to provide punishment for violation thereof, to make exceptions in certain cases, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 21, 1925. Senate Bill No. 86–Senator Reid.  Approved March 3, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning the Nevada state library, providing for the administration and organization of the Nevada state library, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 19, 1951. Senate Bill No. 65–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved March 3, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the directors of the Nevada state bureau of mines to enter into cooperative agreements with the United States geological survey for the purpose of investigating mineral and geological conditions within the state and in the topographic and geologic mapping thereof. Senate Bill No. 11–Committee on Mining.  Approved March 3, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act designating the various classes of bonds and other securities in which the funds of the state and its various departments, institutions, and agencies, and of the state insurance funds, except those whose investment is expressly governed by the Nevada constitution, and except those which are received from the federal government or pursuant to federal law and whose investment is governed thereby, may be lawfully invested, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 29, 1943, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 61–White Pine County Delegation.  Approved March 4, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act regulating procedure in juvenile cases; providing for the establishment of detention homes in certain counties; providing juvenile divisions of the district courts of the state; and other matters properly relating thereto and repealing all acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 15, 1949. Senate Bill No. 29–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 64–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide for the government of the state prison of the State of Nevada,” approved March 7, 1883, as amended. Senate Bill No. 66–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to repeal an act entitled, “An act providing for the establishment and maintenance of a state postwar reserve fund; making an appropriation therefor; providing for transfers to said fund; making and fixing a tax levy to provide therefor, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 24, 1943, as amended. Senate Bill No. 67–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to and providing for the general welfare of the State of Nevada and of the people thereof by providing for compulsory old-age assistance to needy aged persons in this state, as defined and provided for in this act; defining certain terms; designating the single state agency of this state to supervise the administration thereof, and defining the authority and duties thereof; providing for cooperation with the government of the United States in furnishing such pensions or assistance pursuant to the provisions of the so-called social security act of Congress, approved August 14, 1935; designating the boards, and other agencies, authorized to administer and supervise the administration of such assistance and defining the authority and duties thereof; defining the minimum amount of such need and assistance to each such needy aged person and the qualifications for eligibility therefor; authorizing the making and promulgation of rules and regulations relating to the administration of this act; providing for the establishment of certain state and county funds and regulating the expenditures therefrom; providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; repealing a certain act and all other acts and parts of acts of this state in conflict herewith; and other matters relating thereto,” enacted November 7, 1944, as amended. Senate Bill No. 97–Senators Black and Frank.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the state librarian to expend the sum of $399.59 for books, magazines and general support of the state library during June, 1953. Senate Bill No. 98–Senator Johnson.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to limit the cost of state-owned automobiles, to provide for their labeling and use for official purposes only, and fixing a penalty for violation thereof,” approved February 6, 1933, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 125–Mr. Hawes.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to amend 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, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 134–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to make uniform the law on photographic copies of business and public records as evidence and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 113–Mr. Higgins.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the several county auditors and county treasurers of the State of Nevada to use facsimile signatures whenever the necessity may arise. Assembly Bill No. 99–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT making an appropriation of $2,500 for the purchase of a truck for the Nevada state prison. Assembly Bill No. 222–State Institutions and Building and Construction.  Approved March 6, 1953

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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. Assembly Bill No. 42–Mr. Ryan.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act in relation to courts of record, to prevent unnecessary delay in rendering judicial decisions, and repealing a certain act in conflict therewith,” approved March 24, 1913. Assembly Bill No. 70–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to establish a state board of pardon and parole commissioners; providing for a chief state parole and probation officer together with assistant parole and probation officers and other employees; providing salaries, including traveling and other expenses; providing duties for said personnel; providing a system of probation for defendants in criminal actions found guilty thereof in the district courts; providing that such courts may fix definite terms of imprisonment; providing for modification of probation; providing for a sytsem of withdrawing pleas of guilty upon termination of probation period; providing for an appropriation therefor, and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 23, 1951. Assembly Bill No. 44–Mr. Hawes.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the board of county commissioners of Churchill county to issue and sell bonds for the expansion and improvement of the Churchill county telephone and telegraph system; providing for the payment of interest and the retirement of said bonds; providing for the duties of certain officers in connection therewith, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 111–Senator Lattin.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to require the registration of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, and to require the payment of fees thereupon, imposing certain duties and obligations upon the owners of motor vehicles rented without drivers, to provide for the transfer of interest in and to motor vehicles, providing for the registration of manufacturers and dealers in motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, regulating the use of motor vehicles by nonresidents, making and constituting county assessors officers of the department and imposing certain duties upon them, creating a ‘motor vehicle fund,’ and providing for the disposition thereof, to prevent the taking or injury of any vehicle without the consent of the owner; to provide for the duties and powers of vehicle commissioner and for the motor vehicle department; to regulate court proceedings in certain civil actions arising under this act; to provide penalties for violations of this act and to make uniform the law relating to the subject matter of this act; and to repeal all acts in conflict or inconsistent therewith,” approved March 27, 1931, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 126–Mr. Hawes.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to repeal section 21 of an act entitled, “An act defining the duties of the state controller,” approved February 24, 1866, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 140–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the creation of insurance recovery funds in the treasury of the State of Nevada, and other matters relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 135–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to amend, revise and reenact an act entitled ‘An act to authorize and regulate the deposit of state money in banks; to provide for the securing thereof; to provide for the conversion of securities and to repeal an act entitled ‘An act to authorize the deposit of state money in banks in this state, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act,’ approved February 6, 1928, as amended, being sections 7030 to 7041, inclusive, N.C.L., and all amendments thereto,’ approved March 30, 1935, being chapter 161 Statutes of Nevada 1935,” approved March 26, 1937. Assembly Bill No. 141–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 118–Senator Johnson.  Approved March 6, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the county commissioners of Washoe county, Nevada to grant certain designated property to Reno Bowl Recreation Association, Inc.; providing the term for which such grant shall be effective and providing for the payments and conditions thereof; empowering the county commissioners to make contracts for periods of time relating thereto; authorizing lessees to assign or sublease the premises in whole or in part and to grant concessions; declaring inconsistent acts not applicable insofar as they conflict; and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 170–Washoe County Delegation.  Approved March 7, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An Act authorizing the board of directors of any county fire protection district to issue and sell bonds not exceeding in amount twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the purchase of fire-fighting equipment; providing for an election therefor; providing for the payment thereof, and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 22, 1945, as amended. Senate Bill No. 16–Senator Orr.  Approved March 7, 1953

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AN ACT to repeal an act entitled, “An act providing for the division of Douglas county, Nevada, into three county boards of education districts,” approved March 26, 1937, as amended, and to provide for the composition and election of the board of education of Douglas county subsequent to the enactment hereof. Senate Bill No. 68–Senator Settelmeyer.  Approved March 7, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 87–Senator Orr.  Approved March 7, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “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. Assembly Bill No. 235–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 7, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the state controller to transfer the sum of $1,000 from the salaries expense item to travel item in the 1951 appropriation for the office of superintendent of banks. Assembly Bill No. 152–Mr. Swackhamer.  Approved March 7, 1953

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AN ACT to amend the title of and to amend an act entitled, “An act to prohibit the issuance of nonnegotiable acknowledgements of indebtedness in payment for wages due employees, and providing a punishment for the violation of the provisions of this act,” approved March 15, 1911. Assembly Bill No. 66–Mr. Swackhamer.  Approved March 7, 1953

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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. Assembly Bill No. 105–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 7, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act authorizing parents to compromise claims of minors against third persons and prescribing the procedure therefor,” approved February 13, 1931. Assembly Bill No. 72–Mr. Beko.  Approved March 7, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and empowering the city council of the city of Winnemucca, State of Nevada, to transfer certain sums of money from the bond redemption fund of the city of Winnemucca to a special improvement fund of said city, and other matters properly related thereto. Assembly Bill No. 224–Humboldt County Delegation.  Approved March 7, 1953

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AN ACT designating the single-leaf pinon as the official state tree of the State of Nevada. Assembly Bill No. 53–Mr. Waters.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An Act to provide a means of incorporating banks and trust companies; to authorize banks and trust companies to conduct certain kinds of business; to provide for the regulation and control of such business; to provide for the appointment of a superintendent of banks; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state board of finance relative to the business of banking; to conform the charters of banks and trust companies now operating under the laws of the State of Nevada to the provisions of this act; to incorporate herein the provisions of the general corporation law, as amended; to provide for the reorganization, incorporation of assets, and the liquidation of banks and trust companies in certain cases; to make the violation of the provisions hereof criminal offenses, and to prescribe the punishment therefor; to repeal certain acts and all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith; and other matters relating to banks and trust companies,” approved March 28, 1933. Assembly Bill No. 8–Mr. Hawes.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act authorizing and empowering the several boards of county commissioners within the State of Nevada to fix the amount of expense money for traveling and subsistence per day of county and township officers, representatives, and employees while traveling on official business,” approved February 3, 1928. Assembly Bill No. 270–Messrs. Revert, Christensen (Washoe), Covington, Walters, Tognoni, Berrum, Shuey, Palludan, Hawes, Robins, Hardenbrook, Baldy, Higgins and Embry.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An Act providing for a state budget, creating the position of director of the budget, making an appropriation, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 29, 1949. Senate Bill No. 19–Senators Lemaire and Settelmeyer.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning mortgages of personal property, providing for their filing and other matters relating thereto, and repealing certain sections, and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 8, 1923, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 194–Mr. Castle.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act regulating the fiscal management of counties, cities, towns, school districts, and other governmental agencies,” approved March 22, 1917, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 31–Mr. Beko.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning the estates of deceased persons,” approved March 26, 1941. Assembly Bill No. 195–Mr. Castle.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 137–Messrs. Hardenbrook and Shuey.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT to amend the title of and to amend an act entitled, “An act authorizing county treasurers to place county funds in bank on open account under certain restrictions, and authorizing the withdrawal thereof by treasurer’s check upon the counter-signature of the county auditor, and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 12, 1885, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 178–Mr. Carlson.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT to provide for the status of a person riding in an aircraft as a guest without payment of compensation with respect to liability on the part of the pilot, owner or owner’s employee or agent, for injury to, death of, or loss incurred by, such person in or as a result of an accident while so riding, and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 104–Mr. Rowntree.  Approved March 11, 1953

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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, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 29–Mr. Beko.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT prohibiting the creation or maintenance of unsanitary conditions in or upon public places or lands, defining certain terms, providing penalties for the violation hereof, and other matters appropriate thereto. Assembly Bill No. 155–Mr. Beko.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to regulate traffic on the highways of this state, to provide punishment for violation thereof, to make exceptions in certain cases, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 21, 1925. Assembly Bill No. 131–Mr. Wood.  Approved March 11, 1953

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AN ACT relating to Clark county, Nevada, and authorizing the enlargement and betterment of the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital of Las Vegas by the issuance of general obligation bonds authorized by a majority of the qualified electors voting at a general or special election to be held for that purpose; and prescribing certain details in connection therewith. Assembly Bill No. 277–Clark County Delegation.  Approved March 12, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the expenditure of appropriated funds for the support of Nevada wing 96 of civil air patrol. Senate Bill No. 4–Senators Lemaire and Lovelock.  Approved March 12, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning conveyances,” approved November 5, 1861, as amended. Senate Bill No. 124–Senator Brown.  Approved March 12, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947. Senate Bill No. 136–Committee on Education and State University.  Approved March 12, 1953

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AN ACT to provide an additional and supplemental appropriation for the tuition and care of the deaf, dumb or blind of the State of Nevada. Senate Bill No. 119–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 12, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the board of county commissioners of Elko county, Nevada, to levy a special tax to be used by the Elko county fair board. Assembly Bill No. 272–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 12, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the governor to accept and receive for the state from the Central Pacific Railway Company a quitclaim deed to a parcel of land in Washoe county, and to execute and deliver to the railway company a quitclaim deed to a like parcel of land in said county. Senate Bill No. 143–Committee on State Institutions.  Approved March 13, 1953

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AN ACT granting a franchise to the city of Ely, Nevada, to supply the unincorporated town of East Ely and the inhabitants thereof with water for municipal, domestic, agricultural and other purposes, for such period of time and upon such terms and conditions, with such provisions for renewal and subject to such rates and rentals as may be fixed and established by the municipal water department, an operating agency of the city of Ely, and ratified and adopted by the city council of the city of Ely, and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 310–White Pine County Delegation.  Approved March 13, 1953

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AN ACT creating the Nevada liquefied petroleum gas board and establishing its powers and duties; establishing safety standards in connection with liquefied petroleum gas; providing penalties for violation thereof; and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 231–Mr. Norris (by request).  Approved March 13, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the hospital advisory board of the Nevada state hospital to execute an easement for right-of-way over certain lands to the State of Nevada, department of highways, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 85–Committee on Aviation, Transportation and Highways.  Approved March 13, 1953

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AN ACT concerning Lincoln county officers, providing for the appointment of their deputies, defining the duties of said officers and deputies, and fixing their compensation; and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act. Assembly Bill No. 278–Lincoln County Delegation.  Approved March 13, 1953

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AN ACT fixing the compensation of the county officers of Lander county, Nevada, regulating the employment and compensation of deputies and other employees of said officers, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Senate Bill No. 147–Senator Lemaire.  Approved March 13, 1953

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AN ACT fixing the compensation of certain county officers of Esmeralda county, Nevada; authorizing and empowering the board of county commissioners of said county to regulate the appointment, number and compensation of their deputies and other county employees; and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Senate Bill No. 141–Senator Wiley.  Approved March 13, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to require dealers in motor vehicles, accessories or supplies, garage keepers and motor-vehicle repair men, to keep and exhibit a record of certain motor vehicles, and making any violation of the act a misdemeanor,” approved April 1, 1919. Senate Bill No. 78–Senator Lovelock.  Approved March 13, 1953

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99

AN ACT to repeal an act entitled, “An act creating an advisory board of regents of the Nevada state university, and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved April 1, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 167–Mr. Adams.  Approved March 13, 1953

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100

AN ACT making certain statements of fact or opinion evidence admissible in evidence in cases of contract or tort for malpractice, error or mistake against physicians, surgeons, dentists, hospitals and other persons and institutions. Senate Bill No. 133–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 13, 1953

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101

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide a means of incorporating banks and trust companies; to authorize banks and trust companies to conduct certain kinds of business; to provide for the regulation and control of such business; to provide for the appointment of a superintendent of banks; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state board of finance relative to the business of banking; to conform the charters of banks and trust companies now operating under the laws of the State of Nevada to the provisions of this act; to incorporate herein the provisions of the general corporation law, as amended; to provide for the reorganization, incorporation of assets, and the liquidation of banks and trust companies in certain cases; to make the violation of the provisions hereof criminal offenses, and to prescribe the punishment therefore; to repeal certain acts and all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith; and other matters relating to banks and trust companies,” approved March 28, 1933, as amended. Senate Bill No. 95–Committee on Banks, Banking and Corporations.  Approved March 16, 1953

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102

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act 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; relating to the compensation of injured workmen and the compensation of their dependents where such injuries result in death; making premium payments by certain employers compulsory; authorizing the commission created by the act to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary; authorizing the commission to invest the funds provided for; 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 27, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 129–Committee on Livestock.  Approved March 16, 1953

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103

AN ACT authorizing a state authority appointed by the governor to enter into certain agreements with the federal security administration concerning social security coverage for certain state and political subdivision workers, creating a certain revolving fund, and other matters properly connected therewith. Assembly Bill No. 28–Messrs. Byrne, Revert, Covington, and Adams.  Approved March 16, 1953

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104

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada; to control, license, and regulate the sale of cigarettes into and within the State of Nevada; to provide for the issuance of wholesalers’ licenses; to impose a stamp tax on the sale of cigarettes, to provide for state licenses, designating the type of licenses to be issued, the fee for such licenses, and persons to pay the same; the manner of collection thereof, and prescribing the duties to be performed by state and county officials in connection therewith; the disposition and apportionment of the funds derived therefrom; and all other matters properly relating thereto; to provide penalties for the violation thereof, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 27, 1947, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 264–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved March 16, 1953

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105

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to incorporate the town of Las Vegas, in Clark county, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 16, 1911. Assembly Bill No. 371–Clark County Delegation.  Approved March 16, 1953

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106

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to require the registration of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, and to require the payment of fees thereupon, imposing certain duties and obligations upon the owners of motor vehicles rented without drivers, to provide for the transfer of interest in and to motor vehicles, providing for the registration of manufacturers and dealers in motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, regulating the use of motor vehicles by nonresidents, making and constituting county assessors officers of the department and imposing certain duties upon them, creating a ‘Motor Vehicle Fund,’ and providing for the disposition thereof, to prevent the taking or injury of any vehicle without the consent of the owner; to provide for the duties and powers of vehicle commissioner and for the motor vehicle department; to regulate court proceedings in certain civil actions arising under this act; to provide penalties for violations of this act and to make uniform the law relating to the subject matter of this act; and to repeal all acts in conflict or inconsistent therewith,” approved March 27, 1931. Assembly Bill No. 269–Mr. Ryan.  Approved March 18, 1953

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107

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to require the registration of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, and to require the payment of fees thereupon, imposing certain duties and obligations upon the owners of motor vehicles rented without drivers, to provide for the transfer of interest in and to motor vehicles, providing for the registration of manufacturers and dealers in motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, regulating the use of motor vehicles by nonresidents, making and constituting county assessors officers of the department and imposing certain duties upon them, creating a ‘motor vehicle fund,’ and providing for the disposition thereof, to prevent the taking or injury of any vehicle without the consent of the owner; to provide for the duties and powers of vehicle commissioner and for the motor vehicle department; to regulate court proceedings in certain civil actions arising under this act; to provide penalties for violations of this act and to make uniform the law relating to the subject matter of this act; and to repeal all acts in conflict or inconsistent therewith,” approved March 27, 1931, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 97–Messrs. Houghton and Higgins.  Approved March 18, 1953

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108

AN ACT relating to the destruction of court and other public records. Assembly Bill No. 320–Washoe County Delegation.  Approved March 18, 1953

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109

AN ACT to provide the method of initiating and conducting a special election to approve or disapprove an act of the legislature abolishing a county in this state, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 43–Senator Reid.  Approved March 18, 1953

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110

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide local adoption of certain approved voting machines at any or all elections and all matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 17, 1951. Assembly Bill No. 202–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 18, 1953

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111

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to incorporate the city of Sparks, in Washoe County, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 28, 1949. Assembly Bill No. 311–Messrs. Christensen (Washoe) and Covington.  Approved March 18, 1953

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112

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide the method of voting at any general, special or primary election by qualified voters who reside in an election precinct where there were not more than twenty voters registered for the last preceding general election or in a precinct where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the board of county commissioners that there are not more than twenty qualified electors, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 26, 1923. Assembly Bill No. 201–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 18, 1953

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113

AN ACT to provide for notifying the state engineer of any attempt to produce snowfall or rainfall by artificial means, and providing a penalty for the violation hereof. Assembly Bill No. 1–Mr. Hendel.  Approved March 18, 1953

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114

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to marriage and divorce,” approved November 28, 1861. Assembly Bill No. 306–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 18, 1953

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115

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to authorize county commissioners in the several counties in this state, with the approval of the state board of finance, to transfer dormant balances in county funds, and repealing a certain act in conflict therewith,” approved March 27, 1947. Senate Bill No. 56–Senator Whitacre.  Approved March 18, 1953

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AN ACT ratifying, approving and confirming the proceedings heretofore taken by the board of county commissioners of Churchill county, Nevada, and by the Churchill public hospital trustees in submitting the question of issuing the bonds of Churchill county in the amount of $100,000 at the regular election held November 4, 1952, for the purpose of constructing and equipping an addition to the present Churchill public hospital at Fallon, Nevada, determining that said election resulted in the authorization of said bonds, and authorizing the board of county commissioners of Churchill county to issue and deliver said bonds. Assembly Bill No. 342–Messrs. Shuey and Palludan.  Approved March 18, 1953

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117

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to promote and encourage the protection of forest and other lands from fire and to authorize cooperation of the state with the federal government and with counties, municipalities, organizations and individuals in providing such protection; creating the office of state forester firewarden and assistant, creating a state board of fire control; providing for the appointment of district fire coordinators; defining the powers and duties of the respective boards; making an appropriation therefor, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 22, 1945, as amended. Senate Bill No. 53–Committee on State and County Affairs.  Approved March 18, 1953

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118

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 208–Mr. Ivers.  Approved March 18, 1953

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119

AN ACT to regulate the fees of the county clerk of Washoe county, State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Assembly Bill No. 279–Washoe County Delegation.  Approved March 18, 1953

124

120

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to enable counties to establish and maintain public hospitals, levy a tax and issue bonds therefor, elect hospital trustees, maintain a training school for nurses, and provide suitable means for the care of such hospitals and of disabled persons, and repealing a certain act,” approved March 27, 1929, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 89–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 18, 1953

126

121

AN ACT to repeal an act entitled, “An act to encourage and promote improvement in quality of live stock in the State of Nevada; to create the Nevada State livestock show board, and to provide for a state livestock show,” approved March 29, 1929, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 80–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 18, 1953

127

122

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act creating coroner districts, making the justices of the peace ex officio coroners, prescribing their duties and compensation, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act,” approved March 16, 1909. Assembly Bill No. 253–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 18, 1953

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123

AN ACT to provide an additional and supplemental appropriation of $725 for the state veterans’ service commission. Assembly Bill No. 250–Mr. Wood.  Approved March 18, 1953

128

124

AN ACT to repeal an act entitled, “An act creating a state rabies commission, and prescribing its membership and duties, and making an appropriation for the control and eradication of rabies and predatory and noxious animals within the State of Nevada in cooperation with the bureau of biological survey of the United States department of agriculture, and repealing an act entitled, ‘An act providing for the eradication of noxious animals in the State of Nevada; for the suppression of rabies; for cooperation between the state, the counties, and the bureau of biological survey, United States department of agriculture, in the administration thereof; for the levy of taxes therefor; for the creation of state and county boards for the purpose, and defining their duties,’ approved March 21, 1921; and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 8, 1923. Assembly Bill No. 81–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 18, 1953

129

125

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act establishing a system of retirement and of benefits at retirement or death for certain officers and employees of the state and its political subdivisions; creating the public employees’ retirement fund and board, and giving certain powers unto said board; providing and establishing the necessary funds and accounts; providing for the integration of other similar systems within this system; providing for the cost of the system; appropriating money therefor; providing for the superseding and repeal of acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith, and providing a savings clause, and matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 27, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 89–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 18, 1953

129

126

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act making all state warrants void if not presented for payment within ninety days from date of issuance; providing a method whereby persons affected thereby may renew their claims against the state; repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith; and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 26, 1929. Assembly Bill No. 84–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 18, 1953

133

127

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to fix the fees and mileage of witnesses and jurors, providing the manner of payment thereof, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 26, 1919. Assembly Bill No. 17–Mr. Beko.  Approved March 18, 1953

134

128

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act providing the manner of the nomination and election of presidential electors by state political conventions, and repealing sections 4768 and 4769 Nevada Compiled Laws 1929,” approved March 8, 1949. Assembly Bill No. 204–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 18, 1953

135

129

AN ACT authorizing and directing the State of Nevada, acting through its department of highways to execute and deliver to the Esmeralda water company, a Nevada corporation, a good and sufficient deed for certain lands and property. Assembly Bill No. 259–Messrs. Carlson and Castle.  Approved March 18, 1953

136

130

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act regulating the nomination of candidates for public office in the State of Nevada,” approved March 23, 1917, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 198–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 18, 1953

139

131

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada; to control, license, and regulate the sale of cigarettes into and within the State of Nevada; to provide for the issuance of wholesalers’ licenses; to impose a stamp tax on the sale of cigarettes, to provide for state licenses, designating the type of license to be issued, the fee for such licenses, and persons to pay the same; the manner of collection thereof, and prescribing the duties to be performed by state and county officials in connection therewith; the disposition and apportionment of the funds derived therefrom; and all other matters properly relating thereto; to provide penalties for the violation thereof, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 27, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 266–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved March 18, 1953

142

132

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada,” approved March 23, 1917. Assembly Bill No. 232–Messrs. Von Tobel and Mount.  Approved March 18, 1953

142

133

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada,” approved March 23, 1917. Assembly Bill No. 281–Mr. Swackhamer.  Approved March 18, 1953

145

134

AN ACT concerning the administration and organization of the legislative counsel bureau, repealing an act in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 60–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved March 18, 1953

146

135

AN ACT relating to use of microphotography; authorizing any department, commission, board or officer of the State of Nevada or its political subdivisions to photograph, microphotograph or film all or any part of the records kept by such department, commission, board or officer, providing that such photographs, microphotographs or films shall be deemed original records for all purposes and that they or certified copies thereof shall be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original thereof would have had, and authorizing upon the approval of the state board of examiners or the district court, the destruction of the original record or instrument when such photographs, microphotographs or film have been made and filed and provision made for preserving, examining and using the same; authorizing the recording of instruments by microphotography in lieu of recording in bound volumes; requiring indexing and filing, and other matters connected therewith. Senate Bill No. 123–Senator Brown.  Approved March 19, 1953

149

136

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to regulate the occupations and practices of hairdressers and cosmeticians, cosmetologists, and the branches of cosmetology; to create the state board of cosmetology, and to provide for the issuance by said board of certificates of registration and licenses entitling the holders thereof to engage in and to teach such occupations and practices; to insure the better education of hairdressers and cosmeticians; to provide for rules regulating the proper conduct and sanitation of cosmetological establishments, schools of cosmetology, and places where the occupations of hairdressers and cosmeticians are practiced; prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act,” approved March 27, 1931. Assembly Bill No. 171–Mr. Ruedy.  Approved March 19, 1953

150

137

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to regulate traffic on the highways of this state, to provide punishment for violation thereof, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 21, 1925, as amended. Senate Bill No. 145–Committee on Aviation, Transportation and Highways.  Approved March 19, 1953

152

138

AN ACT concerning the establishment and operation of endowment care cemeteries, defining the duties of cemetery corporations or associations receiving funds for endowment care of a plot or plots, authorizing the investment of such funds in certain classes of securities, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Senate Bill No. 140–Senator Johnson.  Approved March 19, 1953

154

139

AN ACT for the relief of Richfield Oil Corporation. Assembly Bill No. 326–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 19, 1953

158

140

AN ACT relating to the city of Sparks, Nevada, and authorizing and providing for financing of improvements, extensions and betterments to the municipal sewer system by bond issues; providing for the payment thereof and the interest thereon by levy and collection of taxes or by rates and charges for services; providing for the duties of certain officers in connection therewith; and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 223–Messrs. Christensen (Washoe) and Covington.  Approved March 19, 1953

158

141

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act in relation to public highways,” approved March 9, 1866. Senate Bill No. 135–Committee on Aviation, Transportation and Highways.  Approved March 19, 1953

161

142

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act creating an industrial insurance commission; providing for the creating and disbursement of funds for the compensation and care of workmen injured in the course of employment; relating to the compensation of injured workmen and the compensation of their dependents where such injuries result in death; making premium payments by certain employers compulsory; authorizing the commission created by the act to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary; authorizing the commission to invest the funds provided for; 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 27, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 80–Senators Munk and Orr.  Approved March 19, 1953

163

143

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to the recording of instruments in the offices of the various county recorders of the State of Nevada, and other matters relating thereto, and to provide for the filing of certain instruments, such filed instruments to constitute the record thereof, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 9, 1923, as amended. Senate Bill No. 171–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 19, 1953

164

144

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “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. Assembly Bill No. 351–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 19, 1953

165

145

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and to repeal certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 23, 1891, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 169–Mr. Adams.  Approved March 19, 1953

166

146

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act providing for the appointment of a legislative auditor, prescribing his qualifications and duties, requiring all state officers and employees to provide access to books and records, making an appropriation, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 28, 1949. Senate Bill No. 109–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 19, 1953

169

147

AN ACT to permit courts to enter judgment for arrearages in the payment of of alimony and support, and to enter judgment therein, and providing remedy for enforcement, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 152–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 19, 1953

169

148

AN ACT authorizing the board of county commissioners of White Pine county to order the transfer of certain dormant funds in the county treasury, and specifying the duty of certain officers in connection therewith. Assembly Bill No. 349–White Pine County Delegation.  Approved March 19, 1953

170

149

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning the estates of deceased persons,” approved March 26, 1941. Senate Bill No. 158–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 19, 1953

170

150

AN ACT to repeal those certain acts pertaining to the establishment, incorporation, management, and control of the state agricultural society. Senate Bill No. 130–Committee on State and County Affairs.  Approved March 19, 1953

171

151

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act providing for the appointment of a legislative auditor, prescribing his qualifications and duties, requiring all state officers and employees to provide access to books and records, making an appropriation, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 28, 1949. Senate Bill No. 61–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved March 19, 1953

171

152

AN ACT to prohibit the expenditure of public money for the payment of educational leave stipends to officers and employees of the State of Nevada. Senate Bill No. 18–Senators Lemaire and Settelmeyer.  Approved March 19, 1953

173

153

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 powers and duties, prescribing their compensation, and providing penalties for the violation hereof,” approved March 25, 1919. Assembly Bill No. 313–Mr. Oldham.  Approved March 19, 1953

173

154

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide for the survival of causes of action for personal injuries upon the death of the person injured or of the person liable for such injuries or of both, specifying the measure of damages in such action,” approved February 23, 1937. Senate Bill No. 125–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 19, 1953

177

155

AN ACT to repeal an act entitled, “An act authorizing and directing the governor of the State of Nevada to require inventories of all state property to be taken and maintained, defining the duties of certain persons in relation thereto, providing a penalty for violation hereof, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 25, 1929. Senate Bill No. 110–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved March 19, 1953

177

156

AN ACT providing for the transfer of certain funds in White Pine county, specifying the use to which such funds shall be put, specifying the duty of certain officers and other matters properly connected therewith. Assembly Bill No. 348–White Pine County Delegation.  Approved March 19, 1953

178

157

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, “An act concerning the estates of deceased persons,” approved March 26, 1941. Senate Bill No. 151–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 19, 1953

178

158

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning the estates of deceased persons,” approved March 26, 1941. Senate Bill No. 159–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 19, 1953

179

159

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act authorizing owners of land to lay out and plat such land into lots, streets, alleys and public places, and providing for the approval and filing of maps or plats thereof,” approved March 13, 1905, as amended. Senate Bill No. 148–Senator Brown.  Approved March 19, 1953

180

160

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act providing a general corporation law,” approved March 21, 1925. Senate Bill No. 156–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 19, 1953

180

161

AN ACT relating to the termination of parental rights over minors; providing a procedure therefor; defining the jurisdiction of courts in relation thereto, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 102–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 19, 1953

184

162

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide for the conservation and distribution of underground waters, providing for the designation of artesian well basins and defining such wells and providing the method of appropriating the waters thereof; defining the powers and duties of the state engineer in the administration hereof; providing for the casting and capping of artesian wells and for the prevention of waste of water therefrom; providing for the licensing of well drillers; providing a forfeiture clause and providing a method for determination of vested rights, and matters relating thereto; prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; adding hereto sections 7a, 9a, and 9b, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 25, 1939, as amended. Senate Bill No. 103–Senator Reid.  Approved March 20, 1953

188

163

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide for the conservation and distribution of underground waters, providing for the designation of artesian well basins and defining such wells and providing the method of appropriating the waters thereof; defining the powers and duties of the state engineer in the administration hereof; providing for the casing and capping of artesian wells and for the prevention of waste of water therefrom; prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 25, 1939, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 321–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 20, 1953

190

164

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to the licensing of persons operating motor vehicles upon highways and to make uniform the law relating thereto, providing for a board of examiners therefor, defining the duty of certain officers and other persons in relation thereto, and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 31, 1941. Senate Bill No. 113–Senator Reid.  Approved March 20, 1953

191

165

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An Act relating to the administration of state highway revenue-producing acts, consolidating under the public service commission of Nevada the administration of the motor vehicle registration act and the chauffeurs’ and drivers’ licensing act, the collection of motor carriers’ license fees and the excise taxes on gasoline and motor fuel, and certain functions of the state highway department concerning highway safety and safety education; creating a state highway patrol, defining the powers and duties of highway patrolmen and fixing their salaries, transferring certain records, equipment, and property to the public service commission, providing for the payment of costs of administration, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 24, 1949, as amended. Senate Bill No. 12–Senator Johnson.  Approved March 20, 1953

195

166

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide for a state board of registered professional engineers; creating their duties and granting their powers; requiring all persons who practice professional engineering to obtain certificates and seals; empowering the board of registered professional engineers to hold hearings and providing for forfeiture, revocation, or suspension of certificates; providing penalties for the violation of this act; repealing all acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 29, 1919, as amended. Senate Bill No. 170–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 20, 1953

196

167

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act creating a state department of buildings and grounds, providing for the appointment of a superintendent of buildings and grounds, defining powers and duties, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 29, 1949. Senate Bill No. 62–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved March 21, 1953

198

168

AN ACT fixing the compensation of the county officers of Lyon county, Nevada, and regulating the employment and compensation of deputies and other employees of said officers, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Senate Bill No. 120–Senator Whitacre.  Approved March 21, 1953

199

169

AN ACT making an appropriation to the city of Reno for street paving and installing curbs and gutters on Alameda avenue between Seventh street and Ninth street in the city of Reno, Washoe county, Nevada, abutting on the property and grounds of the University of Nevada. Assembly Bill No. 63–Washoe County Delegation.  Approved March 21, 1953

201

170

AN ACT transferring $5,000 from the State of Nevada scholarship fund to the general fund. Assembly Bill No. 405–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved March 21, 1953

202

171

AN ACT transferring $1,500 from the hydrographic survey fund to the general fund. Assembly Bill No. 404–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved March 21, 1953

202

172

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act authorizing and directing the boards of county commissioners of the State of Nevada to fix the salary or compensation of township officers, and repealing all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved February 21, 1929. Assembly Bill No. 393–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 21, 1953

202

173

AN ACT providing for the purchase of certain real property in Washoe county, Nevada; providing the duty of certain state officers; making an appropriation therefor, and other matters properly connected therewith. Assembly Bill No. 358–Committee on State Institutions and Building and Construction.  Approved March 21, 1953

203

174

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to regulate traffic on the highways of this state, to provide punishment for violation thereof, to make exceptions in certain cases, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 21, 1925. Assembly Bill No. 354–Mr. Ivers.  Approved March 21, 1953

203

175

AN ACT fixing the compensation of the county officers of Lyon county, Nevada, and regulating the employment and compensation of deputies and other employees of said officers, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Assembly Bill No. 289–Lyon County Delegation.  Approved March 21, 1953

204

176

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911. Assembly Bill No. 256–Mr. Adams.  Approved March 21, 1953

206

177

AN ACT fixing the compensation of the county officers of Storey county, Nevada, and regulating the employment and compensation of deputies and other employees of said offices, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Assembly Bill No. 77–Mr. Hardenbrook.  Approved March 21, 1953

207

178

AN ACT relating to taxation, to supplement the act imposing a tax on sale of cigarettes by imposing a use tax upon the use of cigarettes in this state upon which the cigarette tax has not been paid; to provide the procedure for collection of such tax; to provide for promulgation of rules and regulations by the Nevada tax commission, and other matters properly connected therewith. Assembly Bill No. 265–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved March 21, 1953

208

179

AN ACT relating to the equipment of rail track motor cars used or furnished by common carriers by railroad for transporting employees; providing for the extension of necessary time in which to equip said cars; and penalizing those carries who operate or furnish for operation such unequipped cars to their employees for transportation to or from their place or places of labor. Senate Bill No. 8–Committee on Labor.  Approved March 21, 1953

209

180

AN ACT concerning elected county officers of Ormsby county; fixing the salaries of all county officers in said county; providing for the appointment and salaries of clerks and deputies in said offices; repeals all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 352–Ormsby County Delegation.  Approved March 21, 1953

210

181

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act supplementary to and amendatory of an act entitled, ‘An act to incorporate Carson City,’ approved February 25, 1875, as amended, providing for an election by the qualified voters of Carson City to determine whether certain county officers shall be ex officio officers of such city, prescribing the duties of the board of city trustees relative thereto, and providing the duties of the ex officio officers and other matters connected therewith,” approved March 23, 1951. Assembly Bill No. 263–Mr. Baldy.  Approved March 21, 1953

211

182

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to incorporate Carson City,” approved February 25, 1875, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 353–Ormsby County Delegation.  Approved March 21, 1953

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183

AN ACT fixing the salaries and compensation of certain officers of Douglas county, Nevada, providing for the appointment and salaries of deputy sheriffs and other matters properly relating thereto, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Assembly Bill No. 377–Douglas County Delegation.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act regulating procedure in juvenile cases; providing for the establishment of detention homes in certain counties; providing juvenile divisions of the district courts of the state; and other matters properly related thereto and repealing all acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 15, 1949. Assembly Bill No. 238–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT to authorize and empower the board of county commissioners, county of Mineral, State of Nevada, to create a Mineral county courthouse construction fund, levy tax therefor and effect transfer of certain county funds in connection therewith. Senate Bill No. 202–Senator Seevers.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the city council of the city of Hawthorne, of Mineral county, Nevada, to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of installing curb and gutter and paving the streets of said city of Hawthorne; providing for the payment thereof and the interest thereon by levy and collection of tax; providing for the duties of certain officers in connection therewith and providing such bonds shall not be issued until approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon at the next city election in said city of Hawthorne, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 203–Senator Seevers.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 361–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to incorporate the town of Reno, in Washoe county, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 16, 1903. Assembly Bill No. 350–Washoe County Delegation, consisting of the Reno Delegation.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT making an appropriation to the state predatory animal and rodent fund for the control of predatory animals and rodents for the biennium ending June 30, 1955. Assembly Bill No. 340–Committee on Livestock.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the state controller to transfer $1,400 from the travel item in the 1951 appropriation for the Nevada school of industry to the general support item in the said appropriation. Assembly Bill No. 333–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act regulating the fiscal management of counties, cities, towns, school districts, and other governmental agencies,” approved March 22, 1917, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 179–Mr. Carlson (by request).  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing the labor commissioner of Nevada to enter into reciprocal agreements with the labor departments of other states for the collection of wages; authorizing such commissioner to take assignments; providing that the labor commissioner may maintain certain actions in the courts of this state; and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 291–Mr. Ryan.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT to provide temporary salary raises for the elective officers of Mineral county, State of Nevada; providing for the effective dates hereof; and suspending the operation of certain acts. Assembly Bill No. 369–Mineral County Delegation.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act regulating the hours of service, providing for a day of rest and recreation, and fixing the minimum compensation therefor of females employed in private employment in this state, and providing certain exceptions thereto; providing the mode of payment of the compensation of such female and providing compensation for female employees reporting for duty but not permitted to enter upon such duties; providing for special uniforms for female employees; defining the duties of certain persons in relation hereto; prescribing penalties for the violations thereof, and other matters properly relating hereto,” approved March 29, 1937, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 160–Mr. Ryan.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT appropriating the sum of $813.23 as an additional and supplemental appropriation for legislative bill drafting for the biennium ending June 30, 1953. Senate Bill No. 169–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947. Senate Bill No. 116–Committee on Education and State University.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT concerning minors adjudged delinquent, providing for the administration and organization of the Nevada school of industry, repealing an act in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 82–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT to provide for the establishment of dust control programs in milling, crushing, and mineral processing operations in Nevada, and prescribing a penalty for the violation hereof. Senate Bill No. 194–Committee on Mining.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the state controller to transfer the sum of $1,000 travel apportionment to operating expense apportionment in the 1951 appropriation for the office of the public service commission. Assembly Bill No. 363–Mr. Swackhamer.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT to provide for the allowance of the expenses of the elected or appointed assemblymen and senators of the Nevada State Legislature under certain conditions, and their payment from the legislative fund. Assembly Bill No. 429–Committee on Rules and Legislative Functions.  Approved March 21, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act defining the rights of husband and wife,” approved March 10, 1873. Senate Bill No. 160–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 23, 1953

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202

AN ACT defining and prohibiting the waste of oil and gas in the state of Nevada; creating the Nevada oil and gas conservation commission; placing the administration and enforcement of this act as a responsibility of the Nevada oil and gas conservation commission; defining powers and duties of the Nevada oil and gas conservation commission with respect to the conservation of oil and gas; providing for the enforcement of this act and the rules, regulations and orders of the Nevada oil and gas conservation commission; providing for the filing and hearing of complaints concerning the waste of oil and gas, and for oaths, subpenas, suits and appeals; providing for a tax on oil and gas produced in this state for the purpose of administering this act; providing penalties for violations thereof, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 5–Senators Lemaire and Settelmeyer.  Approved March 24, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act defining public utilities, providing for the regulation thereof, creating a public service commission, defining its duties and powers, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 28, 1919, as amended. Senate Bill No. 137–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 25, 1953

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AN ACT regulating the sale and distribution of petroleum products, establishing a standard for said products, requiring the inspection of said products, and assessing a penalty for the violation thereof, and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 359–Committee on Roads and Transportation.  Approved March 25, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning the writ of habeas corpus,” approved December 19, 1862. Senate Bill No. 165–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 25, 1953

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AN ACT to provide for the construction of a state office building in Las Vegas, Nevada, and to provide for the work and materials incident thereto; providing for the issuance of bonds therefor; providing the manner of their sale and redemption; providing for the levy and collection of taxes for the payment thereof, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 59–Senators Brown and Orr.  Approved March 25, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act granting a franchise to Wells Power Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Nevada, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain and operate electric light, heat and power lines, and a telephone in connection therewith, from Trout Creek and Boulder Creek in Elko county, to and into the city of Wells, Clover Valley, Wendover, Ruby Valley, Starr Valley and Metropolis, Elko county, along, across, and under state and county highways, city and town streets and alleys,” approved March 20, 1951. Assembly Bill No. 247–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 25, 1953

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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, as amended. Senate Bill No. 217–Senator Munk.  Approved March 25, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act for the government and maintenance of the state orphans’ home,” approved March 1, 1873, as amended. Senate Bill No. 77–Senator Lovelock.  Approved March 25, 1953

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AN ACT permitting the exploration, investigation and excavation of prehistoric ruins, archaeological sites, speleological sites, historic and prehistoric monuments and structures, objects of antiquity, historic landmarks and other marks of historic and scientific interest, fossilized footprints, hieroglyphics and all other archaeological features of Nevada, either on federal or state lands; providing for a penalty for the violation of the provisions of said act and other matters properly in connection therewith. Senate Bill No. 106–Senator Johnson.  Approved March 25, 1953

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AN ACT concerning the sale of used motor vehicles; providing that when such vehicles are not registered in the State of Nevada but are registered in another state, that the license plate thereon must be destroyed; providing a penalty for the violation hereof, and other matters properly connected herewith. Senate Bill No. 139–Senator Whitacre.  Approved March 25, 1953

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AN ACT providing for the construction of a new firehouse in Carson City, and for the participation therein by the State of Nevada; providing the manner thereof; providing an appropriation therefor; providing the duties of the board of trustees of Carson City, and the board of county commissioners of Ormsby County, and other matters properly connected therewith. Senate Bill No. 155–Senator Johnson.  Approved March 25, 1953

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AN ACT concerning the licensing and registration of motor vehicles and being supplementary to that certain act of the 1953 session of the legislature entitled, “An act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions; fixing the duties of certain officers; defining certain crimes and providing penalties therefor, and other matters properly connected therewith, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.” Senate Bill No. 198–Committee on Taxation.  Approved March 25, 1953

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AN ACT authorizing and directing the attorney general of the State of Nevada to intervene in the suit of the State of Arizona against the State of California relative to the rights to the waters of the Colorado river pending in the supreme court of the United States, providing additional legal counsel and assistance, and making an appropriation therefor. Senate Bill No. 168–Senator Lemaire.  Approved March 25, 1953

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215

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to insurance, defining certain words and terms, defining domestic companies, foreign or alien companies, unauthorized companies, and other companies, individuals, or corporations engaged in the business of insurance in the State of Nevada; providing for the regulation of insurance companies, insurance business, providing the manner in which insurance companies may operate and conduct business in the State of Nevada; designating the insurance commissioner of the State of Nevada, defining his powers and duties in respect to insurance companies and insurance business in the State of Nevada; defining the different forms of insurance, providing for consolidation thereof; providing for the licensing and qualification of agents of insurance companies, defining their powers, duties and limitations; providing for fees, costs, and expenses for the operation of insurance companies and their agents under the provisions of this act; providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act, repealing certain acts, and other matters properly connected herewith,” approved March 31, 1941. Assembly Bill No. 218–Mr. Walters.  Approved March 25, 1953

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216

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to require the registration of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, and to require the payment of fees thereupon, imposing certain duties and obligations upon the owners of motor vehicles rented without drivers, to provide for the transfer of interest in and to motor vehicles, providing for the registration of manufacturers and dealers in motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, regulating the use of motor vehicles by nonresidents, making and constituting county assessors officers of the department and imposing certain duties upon them, creating a “Motor Vehicle Fund,” and providing for the disposition thereof, to prevent the taking or injury of any vehicle without the consent of the owner; to provide for the duties and powers of vehicle commissioner and for the motor vehicle department; to regulate court proceedings in certain civil actions arising under this act; to provide penalties for violations of this act and to make uniform the law relating to the subject matter of this act; and to repeal all acts in conflict or inconsistent therewith,” approved March 27, 1931. Senate Bill No. 76–Senators Lovelock, Orr, Seevers, and Lemaire.  Approved March 25, 1953

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217

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to insurance, defining certain words and terms, defining domestic companies, foreign or alien companies, unauthorized companies, and other companies, individuals, or corporations engaged in the business of insurance in the State of Nevada; providing for the regulation of insurance companies, insurance business, providing the manner in which insurance companies may operate and conduct business in the State of Nevada; designating the insurance commissioner of the State of Nevada, defining his powers and duties in respect to insurance companies and insurance business in the State of Nevada; defining the different forms of insurance, providing for consolidation thereof; providing for the licensing and qualification of agents of insurance companies, defining their powers, duties and limitations; providing for fees, costs, and expenses for the operation of insurance companies and their agents under the provisions of this act; providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act, repealing certain acts, and other matters properly connected herewith,” approved March 31, 1941. Assembly Bill No. 217–Mr. Walters.  Approved March 25, 1953

286

218

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to insurance, defining certain words and terms, defining domestic companies, foreign or alien companies, unauthorized companies, and other companies, individuals, or corporations engaged in the business of insurance in the State of Nevada; providing for the regulation of insurance companies, insurance business, providing the manner in which insurance companies may operate and conduct business in the State of Nevada; designating the insurance commissioner of the State of Nevada, defining his powers and duties in respect to insurance companies and insurance business in the State of Nevada; defining the different forms of insurance, providing for consolidation thereof; providing for the licensing and qualification of agents of insurance companies, defining their powers, duties and limitations; providing for fees, costs, and expenses for the operation of insurance companies and their agents under the provisions of this act; providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act, repealing certain acts, and other matters properly connected herewith,” approved March 31, 1941. Assembly Bill No. 215–Mr. Walters.  Approved March 25, 1953

287

219

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to insurance, defining certain words and terms, defining domestic companies, foreign or alien companies, unauthorized companies, and other companies, individuals, or corporations engaged in the business of insurance in the State of Nevada; providing for the regulation of insurance companies, insurance business, providing the manner in which insurance companies may operate and conduct business in the State of Nevada; designating the insurance commissioner of the State of Nevada, defining his powers and duties in respect to insurance companies and insurance business in the State of Nevada; defining the different forms of insurance, providing for consolidation thereof; providing for the licensing and qualification of agents of insurance companies, defining their powers, duties and limitations; providing for fees, costs, and expenses for the operation of insurance companies and their agents under the provisions of this act; providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act, repealing certain acts, and other matters properly connected herewith,” approved March 31, 1941. Assembly Bill No. 216–Mr. Walters.  Approved March 25, 1953

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220

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act creating an industrial insurance commission; providing for the creating and disbursement of funds for the compensation and care of workmen injured in the course of employment; relating to the compensation of injured workmen and the compensation of their dependents where such injuries result in death; making premium payments by certain employers compulsory; authorizing the commission created by the act to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary; authorizing the commission to invest the funds provided for; 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 27, 1947, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 40–Mr. Ryan.  Approved March 25, 1953

292

221

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act defining occupational diseases; providing for the creation and disbursement of funds for the compensation and care of workmen disabled by occupational diseases in the course of employment and the compensation of their dependents where such occupational disease results in death; making premium payments by certain employers compulsory; imposing the administration of this act upon the Nevada industrial commission; authorizing the Nevada industrial commission to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary; authorizing the Nevada industrial commission to invest the funds provided for; defining and regulating the liability of the employers to their employees, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act,” approved March 15, 1947, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 38–Mr. Ryan.  Approved March 25, 1953

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222

AN ACT providing for the destruction of accumulated and noncurrent records on file in the offices of the Nevada industrial commission. Assembly Bill No. 347–Mr. Castle (by request).  Approved March 25, 1953

302

223

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act 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; relating to the compensation of injured workmen and the compensation of their dependents where such injuries result in death; making premium payments by certain employers compulsory; authorizing the commission created by the act to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary; authorizing the commission to invest the funds provided for; 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 27, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 35–Senator Lattin.  Approved March 25, 1953

302

224

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to create a state board of finance, defining its powers and duties, and other matters connected therewith, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 25, 1919. Senate Bill No. 34–Senator Lattin.  Approved March 25, 1953

303

225

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “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, as amended. Senate Bill No. 36–Senator Lattin.  Approved March 25, 1953

304

226

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, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 95–Messrs. Davis, Adams, and Houghton.  Approved March 25, 1953

304

227

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act 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; relating to the compensation of injured workmen and the compensation of their dependents where such injuries result in death; making premium payments by certain employers compulsory; authorizing the commission created by the act to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary; authorizing the commission to invest the funds provided for; 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 27, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 327–Messrs. Davis, Adams, and Houghton.  Approved March 25, 1953

305

228

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. Senate Bill No. 93–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 25, 1953

306

229

AN ACT relating to the conduct of court and ancillary proceedings under the jurisdiction of the court with respect to broadcasting, televising, and the taking of motion pictures thereof, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 134–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 25, 1953

307

230

AN ACT fixing the salaries of certain state officers; providing ex officio duties of certain state officers and compensation for the performance of the same. Senate Bill No. 14–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 25, 1953

307

231

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to define legal notices and newspapers in which such notices may be legally published,” approved March 11, 1925. Assembly Bill No. 226–Messrs. Waters and Davis.  Approved March 25, 1953

309

232

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to permit the state to assist, extend, and improve the care of persons in active stages of tuberculosis being cared for at public expense, outlining the powers and duties of the state board of health in controlling tuberculosis and designating approved hospitals for such care, establishing rules and regulations, making an appropriation therefor, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 27, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 54–Committee on Public Health.  Approved March 25, 1953

309

233

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947. Senate Bill No. 232–Committee on Education and State University.  Approved March 25, 1953

310

234

AN ACT to amend 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, providing for the impartial selection of personnel on the basis of merit, 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, as amended. Senate Bill No. 55–Senator Murray.  Approved March 25, 1953

311

235

AN ACT providing an appropriation for the relief of Joseph L. Sheeketski, former athletic director and head coach of the University of Nevada. Senate Bill No. 230–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 25, 1953

312

236

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, fix their salaries and compensation for expenses, and repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 27, 1929. Senate Bill No. 185–Senator Johnson.  Approved March 25, 1953

313

237

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act providing a general corporation law,” approved March 21, 1925. Assembly Bill No. 337–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 25, 1953

314

238

AN ACT to amend 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. Assembly Bill No. 330–Clark County Delegation.  Approved March 25, 1953

315

239

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act providing for the creation of a state barbers’ health and sanitation board, defining the powers and duties of said board, defining certain terms, prescribing the terms upon which licenses or certificates of registration, health and sanitation may be issued to practitioners of barbering, creating county boards and declaring their powers and duties, prescribing penalties for the violation hereof, repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 26, 1929. Assembly Bill No. 356–Mr. Higgins.  Approved March 25, 1953

317

240

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act creating an industrial insurance commission; providing for the creating and disbursement of funds for the compensation and care of workmen injured in the course of employment; relating to the compensation of injured workmen and the compensation of their dependents where such injuries result in death; making premium payments by certain employers compulsory; authorizing the commission created by the act to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary; authorizing the commission to invest the funds provided for; 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 27, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 201–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 25, 1953

319

241

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, as amended. Senate Bill No. 172–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 25, 1953

320

242

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to bond elections, providing for the manner of holding the same, defining the duties of certain persons in relation thereto, and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 16, 1937, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 203–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 25, 1953

322

243

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide for the licensing and regulation of private detectives, detective agencies, investigators, patrols, patrol agencies, guards, and watchmen; providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 18, 1947, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 300–Mr. Walters.  Approved March 25, 1953

323

244

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act regulating the advertising of petroleum products or other motor vehicle fuel, providing for the size, uniformity and contents and form of advertising medium, and assessing a penalty for the violation thereof and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 23, 1951. Senate Bill No. 192–Committee on Aviation, Transportation and Highways.  Approved March 25, 1953

326

245

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide an excise tax on the distribution of motor vehicle fuel and on the use of any other inflammable or combustible liquids, used to propel motor vehicles on the highways of this state; to provide for the payment and collection thereof; to provide for the licensing of dealers engaged in the distribution of motor vehicle fuel and the filing of bonds by such dealers; to provide for the keeping of records by dealers and retailers of motor vehicle fuel, and the examination thereof; to provide for reports of carriers of motor vehicle fuel and imposing duties on such carriers and on consumers; to provide for the administration and enforcement thereof by the Nevada tax commission and fixing its duties in relation thereto; to fix penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; to provide for the disposition of the said tax; to provide for refunds; to define certain words, terms and phrases herein; to prohibit political subdivisions from imposing similar taxes; and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 21, 1935, as amended. Senate Bill No. 121–Committee on Aviation, Transportation and Highways.  Approved March 25, 1953

326

246

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to require the registration of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, and to require the payment of fees thereupon, imposing certain duties and obligations upon the owners of motor vehicles rented without drivers, to provide for the transfer of interest in and to motor vehicles, providing for the registration of manufacturers and dealers in motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, regulating the use of motor vehicles by nonresidents, making and constituting county assessors officers of the department and imposing certain duties upon them, creating a ‘motor vehicle fund,’ and providing for the disposition thereof, to prevent the taking or injury of any vehicle without the consent of the owner; to provide for the duties and powers of vehicle commissioner and for the motor vehicle department; to regulate court proceedings in certain civil actions arising under this act; to provide penalties for violations of this act and to make uniform the law relating to the subject matter of this act; and to repeal all acts in conflict or inconsistent therewith,” approved March 27, 1931, as amended. Senate Bill No. 197–Committee on Taxation.  Approved March 25, 1953

330

247

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to regulate traffic on the highways of this state, to provide punishment for violation thereof, to make exceptions in certain cases, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 21, 1925, as amended. Senate Bill No. 149–Senator Murray.  Approved March 25, 1953

331

248

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to and providing for the general welfare of the State of Nevada and of the people thereof by providing for compulsory old-age assistance to needy aged persons in this state, as defined and provided for in this act; defining certain terms; designating the single state agency of this state to supervise the administration thereof, and defining the authority and duties thereof; providing for cooperation with the government of the United States in furnishing such pensions or assistance pursuant to the provisions of the so-called social security act of congress, approved August 14, 1935; designating the boards, and other agencies, authorized to administer and supervise the administration of such assistance and defining the authority and duties thereof; defining the minimum amount of such need and assistance to each such needy aged person and the qualifications for eligibility therefor; authorizing the making and promulgation of rules and regulations relating to the administration of this act; providing for the establishment of certain state and county funds and regulating the expenditures therefrom; providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; repealing a certain act and all other acts and parts of acts of this state in conflict herewith; and other matters relating thereto,” enacted pursuant to direct vote of the people, November 7, 1944. Assembly Bill No. 237–Mr. Crawford.  Approved March 25, 1953

332

249

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to public welfare, creating the state welfare department, defining its powers and duties, making an appropriation, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” as amended. Became a law March 30, 1949. Assembly Bill No. 176–Committee on Social Welfare.  Approved March 25, 1953

333

250

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act defining the rights of husband and wife,” approved March 10, 1873. Senate Bill No. 94–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 25, 1953

337

251

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act declaring the purpose and policy of the legislature relative to use of the public highways of the state in the carrying of persons and property thereon in motor vehicles, defining such vehicles and public highways, providing for the licensing and regulating of certain carriers thereon by the public service commission of Nevada, and providing and defining its duties in relation thereto, providing license fees for the operation of motor vehicles in carrier service for hire and other service on the public highways of the state, providing liability insurance in certain cases, providing for official inspectors and salary and allowances therefor, providing penalties for the violation thereof and other civil actions for the recovery of license fees herein, providing for refund in certain cases, providing for the weighing of motor vehicles for license purposes by public weighmasters, and repealing all acts and parts of acts, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 23, 1933, as amended. Senate Bill No. 144–Committee on Aviation, Transportation and Highways.  Approved March 26, 1953

338

252

AN ACT providing for the organization of water and sanitation districts; defining certain words and terms; providing for elections of boards of directors, their powers and duties; providing for the financial administration of districts, the levy and collection of taxes and levies to cover defaults and deficiencies; providing for inclusion and exclusion of real property and the liability of property included or excluded; empowering the boards of directors to issue bonds, and providing for interest thereon and maturity and denominations thereof; providing for elections in the creation of bonded indebtedness of districts; providing procedure for district dissolutions and other matters properly related thereto. Senate Bill No. 196–Senator Lovelock.  Approved March 26, 1953

345

253

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to regulate traffic on the highways of this state, to provide punishment for violation thereof, to make exceptions in certain cases, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 21, 1925. Assembly Bill No. 410–Special Committee on Public Service Commission.  Approved March 26, 1953

359

254

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act authorizing the state highway department, and the governing bodies of cities and counties, to permit the moving of certain types of vehicles and equipment over roads and highways, providing penalties for violation and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1951. Assembly Bill No. 293–Mr. Mount.  Approved March 26, 1953

360

255

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act for the protection of proprietors of hotels and lodging houses,” approved March 2, 1867. Assembly Bill No. 150–Mr. Walters (by request).  Approved March 26, 1953

361

256

AN ACT to limit the liability of owners and keepers of hotels, inns, motels, motor courts and boarding or lodginghouses, providing for certain rights and obligations, and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 190–Messrs. Embry and Byrne.  Approved March 26, 1953

362

257

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act defining and regulating the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene; providing for the appointment of a state board of dental examiners, defining its powers and duties; providing penalties for the violation of this act; repealing certain acts in conflict herewith and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 20, 1951. Assembly Bill No. 221–Mr. Mount.  Approved March 26, 1953

363

258

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to enable counties to establish and maintain public hospitals, levy a tax and issue bonds therefor, elect hospital trustees, maintain a training school for nurses, and provide suitable means for the care of such hospitals and of disabled persons, and repealing a certain act,” approved March 27, 1929, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 205–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 26, 1953

365

259

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to authorize the board of county commissioners of the county of Mineral, State of Nevada, to purchase, acquire and construct an electrical power and telephone line, extending from the Lundy generating plant of the Nevada-California power company situated in the county of Mono, State of California, to the town of Hawthorne, Nevada, and thence via Luning and Mina to the town of Simon in the county of Mineral, State of Nevada, and branches thereof; providing for the maintenance and operation of said line as a public utility; the issuance and sale of bonds therefor; the levy and collection of taxes for the payment of such bonds, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 4, 1921, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 430–Mineral County Delegation.  Approved March 26, 1953

367

260

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide an excise tax on the distribution of motor vehicle fuel and on the use of any other inflammable or combustible liquids, used to propel motor vehicles on the highways of this state; to provide for the payment and collection thereof; to provide for the licensing of dealers engaged in the distribution of motor vehicle fuel and the filing of bonds by such dealers; to provide for the keeping of records by dealers and retailers of motor vehicle fuel, and the examination thereof; to provide for reports of carriers of motor vehicle fuel and imposing duties on such carriers and on consumers; to provide for the administration and enforcement thereof by the Nevada tax commission and fixing its duties in relation thereto; to fix penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; to provide for the disposition of the said tax; to provide for refunds; to define certain words, terms and phrases herein; to prohibit political subdivisions from imposing similar taxes; and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 21, 1935, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 12–Mr. Hawes.  Approved March 26, 1953

368

261

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947. Senate Bill No. 209–Senators Gallagher, Lovelock and Lattin.  Approved March 27, 1953

369

262

AN ACT relating to the bonds of school districts issued under the authority of section 206 of that certain act of the legislature entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947; validating all such bonds now outstanding, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 208–Senators Gallagher, Lovelock and Lattin.  Approved March 27, 1953

370

263

AN ACT authorizing the governor to appoint an executive assistant, defining his duties, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 190–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved March 27, 1953

370

264

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act providing for a state budget, creating the position of director of the budget, making an appropriation, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 29, 1949. Senate Bill No. 191–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved March 27, 1953

371

265

AN ACT to authorize the Colorado river commission to employ additional engineers and engineering service for the purpose of safeguarding and protecting the water and water rights of the State in the Colorado river now jeopardized by the pending suit in the supreme court of the United States by the State of Arizona against the State of California, and to provide for the costs and expenses thereof from the Colorado river commission fund. Senate Bill No. 167–Senator Lemaire.  Approved March 27, 1953

372

266

AN ACT providing for remodeling and repair work at the state children’s home, specifying the duty of the superintendent thereof, making appropriations therefor, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 104–Committee on State Institutions.  Approved March 27, 1953

373

267

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911. Senate Bill No. 71–Committee on Federal Affairs.  Approved March 27, 1953

374

268

AN ACT to provide the order in which persons shall be qualified for appointment as guardians of the person and estate of incompetent persons. Senate Substitute to Senate Bill No. 21–Senator Murray.  Approved March 27, 1953

375

269

AN ACT requiring physicians to report to the state board of health the names, ages and addresses of persons diagnosed as cases of epilepsy; providing that the state board of health shall report the information received to the public service commission of Nevada; providing that such reports are to be confidential and to be used solely for purposes of determining eligibility of persons to operate vehicles on the streets and highways of this state; providing penalties for violation, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 42–Senator Reid.  Approved March 27, 1953

375

270

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act authorizing and empowering the state board of examiners to fix the amount of expense money for traveling and subsistence charges per day of district judges, state officers, commissioners, representatives, and all other employees of the state who, under the law, are required to file their claims with the board of examiners for allowance and approval, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved February 3, 1928, as amended. Senate Bill No. 13–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

376

271

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act for the better protection of motor-vehicle and aeroplane dealers, garage and airport keepers and automobile and aeroplane repairmen, and creating and giving to them a lien upon motor vehicles, aeroplanes, motorcycles, motor or aeroplane equipment, and trailers, for supplies, accessories, repairs, and labor; making it a misdemeanor to incur a bill on any motor vehicle, aeroplane, motorcycle, motor or aeroplane equipment, or trailer without the consent of the owner; reserving certain legal rights and remedies to lien claimants, owners, and others; and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and particularly repealing an act entitled, ‘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, being sections 3772 to 3779, both inclusive, of the N.C.L. 1929,” as approved March 13, 1943. Senate Bill No. 79–Senators Lovelock, Lemaire, Orr and Seevers.  Approved March 27, 1953

377

272

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation districts, for the irrigation and drainage of lands and other related undertakings thereby, and for the acquisition and distribution of water and other property, construction, operation and maintenance of works, diversion, storage, distribution, collection and carriage of water; cooperation with the United States; and matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 19, 1919, as amended. Senate Bill No. 105–Senator Reid.  Approved March 27, 1953

379

273

AN ACT to provide for annual leave, sick leave and leave of absence for elective officers, heads of departments and other employees of the State of Nevada who are not included in the classified service, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 50–Senator Johnson.  Approved March 27, 1953

382

274

AN ACT to provide an appropriation for the state board of pardon and parole commissioners for the return of parole and probation violators. Senate Bill No. 154–Senator Whitacre.  Approved March 27, 1953

383

275

AN ACT to provide for the service of process in actions or proceedings arising out of any motor vehicle accident or collision upon the public roads, streets or highways in this state, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 161–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 27, 1953

384

276

AN ACT relative to microfilming of records by banks, repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters pertaining thereto. Senate Bill No. 163–Committee on Banks, Banking and Corporations.  Approved March 27, 1953

385

277

AN ACT authorizing payment of F. V. Birbeck, executor of the estate of T. E. Birbeck, deceased, of $39.82 for a void state controller’s warrant. Senate Bill No. 164–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

385

278

AN ACT providing for the relief of Standard Oil Company of California. Senate Bill No. 181–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

386

279

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act establishing a system of retirement and of benefits at retirement or death for certain officers and employees of the state and its political subdivisions; creating the public employees’ retirement fund and board, and giving certain powers unto said board; providing and establishing the necessary funds and accounts; providing for the integration of other similar systems within this system; providing for the cost of the system; appropriating money therefor; providing for the superseding and repeal of acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith, and providing a savings clause, and matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 27, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 184–Senator Whitacre.  Approved March 27, 1953

386

280

AN ACT to amend the title of and to amend an act entitled, “An act establishing a permanent commission for the revision, compilation, annotation, and publishing of the laws of the State of Nevada and certain laws of the United States; prescribing certain duties of a temporary nature; prescribing certain duties of a permanent nature; making an appropriation therefor, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 22, 1951. Senate Bill No. 188–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 27, 1953

388

281

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to regulate traffic on the highways of this state, to provide punishment for violation thereof, to make exceptions in certain cases, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 21, 1925, as amended. Senate Bill No. 107–Committee on Aviation, Transportation and Highways.  Approved March 27, 1953

391

282

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide for the organization and governing of local improvement districts for the construction or acquisition of power plants, electrical transmission lines, sewer and water systems for rural communities and unincorporated towns, and for the acquisition and distribution of electrical energy of water or other property in connection therewith, and for the operation and maintenance of such works, and matters properly connected therewith,” approved February 4, 1928, as amended. Senate Bill No. 189–Senator Johnson.  Approved March 27, 1953

391

283

AN ACT to incorporate the city of North Las Vegas in Clark county, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishment of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 376–Clark County Delegation.  Approved March 27, 1953

393

284

AN ACT to amend the title of and to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning slot machines, gambling games, and gambling devices; providing for the operation thereof under county and state licenses; providing for certain license fees and the use of the money obtained therefrom; prohibiting minors from playing and loitering about such games; designating the penalties for violations of the provisions thereof; and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 19, 1931. Senate Bill No. 178–Committee on Public Morals.  Approved March 27, 1953

439

285

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide for the appointment of bailiffs for the district courts of the several judicial districts of this state in the counties polling forty-five hundred or more votes; defining the powers and duties of such bailiffs; fixing their compensation and repealing all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act,” approved February 24, 1909. Senate Bill No. 214–Senator Lovelock.  Approved March 27, 1953

443

286

AN ACT appropriating the sum of $57,300 for renovations, repairs, improvements, remodeling, reconstruction, replacements, installation of equipment by the state department of buildings and grounds for the period from the effective date of this act to June 30, 1955, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 234–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

443

287

AN ACT authorizing expenditures by various departments, boards, commissions and agencies of the state government for the two fiscal years beginning on July 1, 1953, and ending on June 30, 1955, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 235–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

444

288

AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation for the support of the 1953 session of the Nevada legislature. Senate Bill No. 239–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

447

289

AN ACT to fix the state tax levy for the years 1953 and 1954 and to distribute the said levy to the proper funds. Senate Bill No. 240–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

447

290

AN ACT to provide for the construction of a kitchen, bakery, commissary and dining room unit at the Nevada state hospital; defining the duties of the superintendent of the Nevada state hospital and the state planning board in respect thereto; providing for the issuance of bonds therefor, and the manner of their sale and redemption, and the duties of certain officers in connection therewith, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 233–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

448

291

AN ACT appropriating the sum of $300 for aid to rural schools for the biennium ending June 30, 1953. Senate Bill No. 199–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

450

292

AN ACT concerning certain county officers of the county of Pershing, State of Nevada, providing for their compensation, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 207–Senator Munk.  Approved March 27, 1953

451

293

AN ACT relating to the establishment of a civil defense agency and other organizations for civil defense within this state; granting certain executive powers with respect thereto and for related purposes. Senate Bill No. 213–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

452

294

AN ACT making appropriations from the general fund, the state highway fund and the county gas tax fund for the support of the civil government of the State of Nevada for the two fiscal years beginning July 1, 1953, and ending June 30, 1955; and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 236–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

460

295

AN ACT providing for salaries of elective state officers; providing for salaries, compensation and employment of other officers and employees in the various state offices, departments, boards, commissions and agencies of the State of Nevada; repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 237–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 27, 1953

465

296

AN ACT to provide for the issuance of deeds to correct public records in certain circumstances; providing the duty of county officers and of the board of county commissioners, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 224–Senator Whitacre.  Approved March 27, 1953

470

297

AN ACT authorizing the payment to the estate of Marco Raffeto, deceased, of $512.88 for a void controller’s warrant. Senate Bill No. 226–Senator Lovelock.  Approved March 27, 1953

470

298

AN ACT authorizing the board of regents and the president of the University of Nevada to accept funds bequeathed to the University of Nevada by the late Wesley Elgin Travis; providing for the expenditure of certain funds for the uses and purposes set forth in the last will and testament of said Wesley Elgin Travis; providing for the construction of a building on the campus of the University of Nevada; providing for the issuance of bonds therefor and the manner of their sale and redemption; defining certain duties of the Nevada state planning board, the president and regents of the University of Nevada and the state controller; and other matters relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 381–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved March 28, 1953

471

299

AN ACT to provide for the election of delegates to national political party conventions for participation in presidential primaries, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 229–Senators Brown, Seevers, Johnson, Black, Frank, Lattin, Gallagher, Lemaire, Lovelock, Munk, Murray, Orr, Robbins, Wiley and Whitacre.  Approved March 28, 1953

474

300

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act regulating the nomination of candidates for public office in the State of Nevada,” approved March 23, 1917. Senate Bill No. 228–Senators Brown, Seevers, Johnson, Black, Frank, Lattin, Gallagher, Lemaire, Lovelock, Munk, Murray, Orr, Robbins, Wiley and Whitacre.  Approved March 28, 1953

485

301

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An Act regulating the registration of electors for general, special and primary elections,” approved March 17, 1917, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 197–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 28, 1953

491

302

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide a method for voting at any general, special or primary elections by qualified voters who by reason of the nature of their vocation or business or other causes are unavoidably absent from the polls in the county of their residence on the day of election, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and other matters properly connected therewith,” approved March 11, 1921, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 200–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 28, 1953

500

303

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to elections,” approved March 24, 1917, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 199–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 28, 1953

502

304

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning the estates of deceased persons,” approved March 26, 1941. Senate Bill No. 157–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 28, 1953

505

305

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act fixing the compensation of the county officers of Elko county, Nevada, and regulating the employment and compensation of deputies and other employees of said officers, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 26, 1949. Assembly Bill No. 392–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 28, 1953

507

306

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 181–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 28, 1953

509

307

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to establish a state board of pardon and parole commissioners; providing for a chief state parole and probation officer together with assistant parole and probation officers and other employees; providing salaries, including traveling and other expenses; providing duties for said personnel; providing a system of probation for defendants in criminal actions found guilty thereof in the district courts; providing that such courts may fix definite terms of imprisonment; providing for modification of probation; providing for a system of withdrawing pleas of guilty upon termination of probation period; providing for an appropriation therefor, and other matters properly relating thereto,” approve March 23, 1951. Senate Bill No. 153–Senator Whitacre.  Approved March 28, 1953

518

308

AN ACT providing for the conveyance of land to the city of Sparks and the construction of a fire house, defining duties of the city of Sparks, making an appropriation, and other matters relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 15–Messrs. Christensen (Washoe) and Covington.  Approved March 28, 1953

519

309

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to create a state contractors’ board; defining the powers and duties of said board; defining contractors and providing for the licensing of contractors; fixing the fees for such licenses; providing the method of suspension and cancellation of such licenses; prescribing a penalty for the violation of this act and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 31, 1941. Assembly Bill No. 249–Messrs. Rudiak, Byrne, Embry, and Mount.  Approved March 28, 1953

521

310

AN ACT authorizing the superintendent of the state children’s home to sell certain land to Solomon Day; specifying the purchase price thereof; and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 200–Senator Johnson.  Approved March 28, 1953

522

311

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to the protection and health of employees and providing penalties for the violation of its provisions and other matters relating thereto,” approved April 1, 1919. Assembly Bill No. 428–Committee on Labor.  Approved March 28, 1953

523

312

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 17, 1911. Assembly Bill No. 427–Committee on Livestock.  Approved March 28, 1953

524

313

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to incorporate the town of Las Vegas, in Clark county, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 16, 1911. Assembly Bill No. 370–Clark County Delegation.  Approved March 28, 1953

525

314

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to incorporate the town of Las Vegas, in Clark county, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 16, 1911. Assembly Bill No. 360–Clark County Delegation.  Approved March 28, 1953

526

315

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act fixing the salaries of the justices of the supreme court of Nevada,” approved March 25, 1927, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 346–Mr. Ivers.  Approved March 28, 1953

540

316

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, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act. Assembly Bill No. 260–Messrs. Shuey and Palludan.  Approved March 28, 1953

540

317

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to incorporate the town of Reno, in Washoe county, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 16, 1903, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 252–Washoe County Delegation, consisting of the Reno delegation.  Approved March 28, 1953

541

318

AN ACT to provide for the destruction of obsolete papers and other county records, and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 417–Mr. Oldham.  Approved March 28, 1953

543

319

AN ACT providing for the establishment of certain colors on motor vehicle license plates, and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 399–Mr. Houghton.  Approved March 28, 1953

543

320

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to incorporate the town of Las Vegas, in Clark county, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 16, 1911. Assembly Bill No. 372–Clark County Delegation.  Approved March 28, 1953

544

321

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, fix their salaries and compensation for expenses, and repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith,” approved March 31, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 305–Mr. Von Tobel.  Approved March 28, 1953

545

322

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act declaring certain weapons and instruments when unlawfully carried, and also the carrying thereof, to be public nuisances, and providing for their confiscation and destruction,” approved March 13, 1913. Assembly Bill No. 328–Clark County Delegation.  Approved March 28, 1953

546

323

AN ACT appropriating the sum of $2,000,000 for additional teacher and pupil apportionments as provided in that certain act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947, for the biennium ending June 30, 1955. Assembly Bill No. 432–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved March 28, 1953

546

324

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “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. Assembly Bill No. 409–Special Committee on Public Service Commission.  Approved March 28, 1953

547

325

AN ACT authorizing a transfer of $135,000 from the general fund to the consolidated bond interest and redemption fund, and making an appropriation therefor. Assembly Bill No. 424–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved March 28, 1953

548

326

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. Assembly Bill No. 227–Mr. Coulthard (by request).  Approved March 28, 1953

548

327

AN ACT appropriating $1,000 for support and maintenance of the Genoa fort monument for the biennium ending June 30, 1955. Assembly Bill No. 315–Mr. Berrum.  Approved March 28, 1953

550

328

AN ACT making an appropriation for the support and maintenance of the Lost City museum in Clark County, Nevada. Assembly Bill No. 33–Mr. Embry.  Approved March 28, 1953

551

329

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “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. Assembly Bill No. 341–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved March 28, 1953

551

330

AN ACT to repeal an act entitled, “An act to provide for the compromise, adjustment or release of indebtedness, liability or obligation of any corporation, association, or person to the State of Nevada,” approved February 1, 1928. Assembly Bill No. 133–Mr. Coulthard.  Approved March 28, 1953

553

331

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to professional and business pursuits, and regulating the practice of dispensing opticians,” approved March 21, 1951. Assembly Bill No. 219–Messrs. Embry, Ryan and Coulthard.  Approved March 28, 1953

554

332

AN ACT to provide for the adoption of children, defining the methods of procedure therefor, defining the duties of certain persons in relation thereto, and other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 26–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved March 28, 1953

557

333

AN ACT to provide a code for the licensing, regulation and supervision of insurance adjusters by the insurance commissioner of the State of Nevada, and providing penalties for the violation thereof. Assembly Bill No. 47–Mr. Walters.  Approved March 28, 1953

561

334

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to insurance, defining certain words and terms, defining domestic companies, foreign or alien companies, unauthorized companies, and other companies, individuals, or corporations engaged in the business of insurance in the State of Nevada; providing for the regulation of insurance companies, insurance business, providing the manner in which insurance companies may operate and conduct business in the State of Nevada; designating the insurance commissioner of the State of Nevada, defining his powers and duties in respect to insurance companies and insurance business in the State of Nevada; defining the different forms of insurance, providing for consolidation thereof; providing for the licensing and qualification of agents of insurance companies, defining their powers, duties and limitations; providing for fees, costs, and expenses for the operation of insurance companies and their agents under the provisions of this act; providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act, repealing certain acts, and other matters properly connected herewith,” approved March 31, 1941, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 243–Mr. Walters.  Approved March 28, 1953

567

335

AN ACT regulating the fiscal management of counties, cities, towns, school districts, and other governmental agencies or political subdivisions of the State of Nevada; repealing certain acts and parts of acts, and other matters properly connected herewith. Senate Bill No. 37–Senator Munk.  Approved March 28, 1953

571

336

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “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, as amended. Senate Bill No. 216–Committee on Taxation.  Approved March 28, 1953

576

337

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to the election or appointment of officers and employees of the legislature of the State of Nevada, defining their duties and compensation, and repealing certain acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 22, 1951. Assembly Bill No. 403–Committee on Rules and Legislative Functions.  Approved March 28, 1953

583

338

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act creating a state department of purchasing, defining powers and duties, making an appropriation, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 24, 1951. Senate Bill No. 63–Senators Lemaire and Whitacre.  Approved March 28, 1953

585

339

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act designating the various classes of bonds and other securities in which the funds of the state and its various departments, institutions, and agencies, and of the state insurance funds, except those whose investment is expressly governed by the Nevada constitution, and except those which are received from the federal government or pursuant to federal law and whose investment is governed thereby, may be lawfully invested, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 29, 1943. Assembly Bill No. 329–Clark County Delegation.  Approved March 28, 1953

586

340

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to regulate the practice of pharmacy and the use and sale of poisons and drugs in the State of Nevada; exempting registered pharmacists from jury duty; providing for a State Board of Pharmacy, and defining its powers and duties, and fixing penalties for the violation thereof,” approved April 1, 1913, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 261–Messrs. Houghton and Castle.  Approved March 28, 1953

588

341

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to regulate the purchase, sale, transfer, and encumbrance of a stock of goods, wares, or merchandise, in bulk, or of any portion of a stock of goods, wares and merchandise, otherwise than in the usual course of trade, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof,” approved March 20, 1907. Assembly Bill No. 280–Messrs. Davis and Ruedy.  Approved March 28, 1953

591

342

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 182–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 28, 1953

593

343

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and to repeal certain acts relating thereto,” approved March 23, 1891, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 420–Messrs. Houghton, Shuey, and Castle.  Approved March 30, 1953

594

344

AN ACT to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions; fixing the duties of certain officers; defining certain crimes and providing penalties therefor, and other matters properly connected therewith, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. Senate Bill No. 182–Committee on Taxation.  Approved March 30, 1953

597

345

AN ACT authorizing the county commissioners of Washoe county, Nevada, to enter into agreements with the United States, its departments or agencies, respecting reef removal and channeling in the Truckee river, and empowering the county commissioners to make such agreements for periods of time extending beyond their terms of office; declaring inconsistent acts not applicable insofar as they conflict; and other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 62–Washoe County Delegation.  Approved March 30, 1953

625

346

AN ACT to regulate sales of certain vehicles and other matters appropriate thereto. Senate Bill No. 205–Committee on Banks, Banking and Corporations.  Approved March 30, 1953

625

347

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide for the licensing and registration of motor vehicles in the State of Nevada, defining the duties of certain officers in connection therewith, prescribing certain rules and regulations, defining certain powers and duties, and other matters properly connected therewith, and repealing all acts or parts of acts in conflict or inconsistent with this act,” approved March 19, 1925. Assembly Bill No. 193–Mr. Mount.  Approved March 30, 1953

628

348

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 74–Miss Frazier.  Approved March 30, 1953

631

349

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 128–Messrs. Covington and Christensen (Washoe).  Approved March 30, 1953

638

350

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning public schools of the State of Nevada, establishing and defining certain crimes and providing punishment therefor, and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating thereto,” approved March 15, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 426–Committee on Education.  Approved March 30, 1953

642

351

AN ACT creating a state department of personnel, defining its powers and duties, making an appropriation, prescribing penalties, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 2–Committee on Finance.  Approved March 30, 1953

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352

AN ACT providing for the transcription of testimony in certain designated cases, providing for the payment thereof, providing for the deposit of payments with the clerk of the court, further providing for the payment by the clerk to the reporter or to his estate, and matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 419–Mr. Coulthard (by request).  Approved March 30, 1953

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353

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act regulating the practice of medicine, surgery and obstetrics, and other systems or modes of treating the sick or afflicted, in the State of Nevada; defining the practice thereof; providing for the examination of applicants for license and the practice of those licensed to treat diseases, injuries, deformities, or other physical or mental conditions of human beings; providing for the appointment of a state board of medical examiners and defining their duties; defining certain misdemeanors and providing penalties therefor, and repealing all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 28, 1949, as amended. Senate Bill No. 175–Senator Gallagher.  Approved March 30, 1953

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to establish a state board of examiners in the basic sciences underlying the practice of the healing art, to provide for its organization and powers, to provide that certification by that board be a prerequisite to eligibility for examination for licenses to practice the healing art, and to define the healing art,” approved March 24, 1951. Senate Bill No. 128–Senator Gallagher.  Approved March 30, 1953

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355

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada,” approved March 23, 1917, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 395–Mr. Revert.  Approved March 30, 1953

665

356

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to and providing for the protection, propagation, restoration, domestication, introduction, purchase, and disposition of wild animals, wild birds and fish; creating the state fish and game commission, county game management boards, and certain other offices, providing the method of selecting the officers therefor, defining the powers and duties of certain officers, and other persons; defining certain terms; providing for the regulation and licensing of hunting, trapping, game farming and game fishing; authorizing the establishment, control and regulation of private fish hatcheries, state recreation grounds, sanctuaries and refuges, and the establishment, closing, opening and shortening of hunting and fishing seasons; regulating the taking, transportation and possession of wild animals, wild birds and fish; providing for the condemnation of property for certain purposes; providing for instruction in the game laws of this state in the public schools of this state; establishing certain funds and regulating expenditures therefrom; providing penalties for violation thereof; and repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 22, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 388–Committee on Fish and Game.  Approved March 30, 1953

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357

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to and providing for the protection, propagation, restoration, domestication, introduction, purchase, and disposition of wild animals, wild birds and fish; creating the state fish and game commission, county game management boards, and certain other offices, providing the method of selecting the officers therefor, defining the powers and duties of certain officers, and other persons; defining certain terms; providing for the regulation and licensing of hunting, trapping, game farming and game fishing; authorizing the establishment, control and regulation of private fish hatcheries, state recreation grounds, sanctuaries and refuges, and the establishment, closing, opening and shortening of hunting and fishing seasons; regulating the taking, transportation and possession of wild animals, wild birds and fish; providing for the condemnation of property for certain purposes; providing for instruction in the game laws of this state in the public schools of this state; establishing certain funds and regulating expenditures therefrom; providing penalties for violation thereof; and repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 22, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 185–Mr. Hawes.  Approved March 30, 1953

667

358

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to and providing for the protection, propagation, restoration, domestication, introduction, purchase, and disposition of wild animals, wild birds and fish; creating the state fish and game commission, county game management boards, and certain other offices, providing the method of selecting the officers therefor, defining the powers and duties of certain officers, and other persons; defining certain terms; providing for the regulation and licensing of hunting, trapping, game farming and game fishing; authorizing the establishment, control and regulation of private fish hatcheries, state recreation grounds, sanctuaries and refuges, and the establishment, closing, opening and shortening of hunting and fishing seasons; regulating the taking, transportation and possession of wild animals, wild birds and fish; providing for the condemnation of property for certain purposes; providing for instruction in the game laws of this state in the public schools of this state; establishing certain funds and regulating expenditures therefrom; providing penalties for violation thereof; and repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 22, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 184–Mr. Hawes.  Approved March 30, 1953

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359

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to and providing for the protection, propagation, restoration, domestication, introduction, purchase, and disposition of wild animals, wild birds, and fish; creating the state fish and game commission, county game management boards, and certain other offices, providing the method of selecting the officers therefor, defining the powers and duties of certain officers, and other persons; defining certain terms; providing for the regulation and licensing of hunting, trapping, game farming and game fishing; authorizing the establishment, control and regulation of private fish hatcheries, state recreation grounds, sanctuaries and refuges, and the establishment, closing, opening, and shortening of hunting and fishing seasons; regulating the taking, transportation and possession of wild animals, wild birds and fish; providing for the condemnation of property for certain purposes; providing for instruction in the game laws of this state in the public schools of this state; establishing certain funds and regulating expenditures therefrom; providing penalties for violation thereof; and repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 22, 1947. Senate Bill No. 215–Committee on Fish and Game.  Approved March 30, 1953

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360

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to and providing for the protection, propagation, restoration, domestication, introduction, purchase, and disposition of wild animals, wild birds and fish; creating the state fish and game commission, county game management boards, and certain other offices, providing the method of selecting the officers therefor, defining the powers and duties of certain officers, and other persons; defining certain terms; providing for the regulation and licensing of hunting, trapping, game farming and game fishing; authorizing the establishment, control and regulation of private fish hatcheries, state recreation grounds, sanctuaries and refuges, and the establishment, closing, opening and shortening of hunting and fishing seasons; regulating the taking, transportation and possession of wild animals, wild birds and fish; providing for the condemnation of property for certain purposes; providing for instruction in the game laws of this state in the public schools of this state; establishing certain funds and regulating expenditures therefrom; providing penalties for violation thereof; and repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 22, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 386–Committee on Fish and Game.  Approved March 30, 1953

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361

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to and providing for the protection, propagation, restoration, domestication, introduction, purchase, and disposition of wild animals, wild birds and fish; creating the state fish and game commission, county game management boards, and certain other offices, providing the method of selecting the officers therefor, defining the powers and duties of certain officers, and other persons; defining certain terms; providing for the regulation and licensing of hunting, trapping, game farming and game fishing; authorizing the establishment, control and regulation of private fish hatcheries, state recreation grounds, sanctuaries and refuges, and the establishment, closing, opening and shortening of hunting and fishing seasons; regulating the taking, transportation and possession of wild animals, wild birds and fish; providing for the condemnation of property for certain purposes; providing for instruction in the game laws of this state in the public schools of this state; establishing certain funds and regulating expenditures therefrom; providing penalties for violation thereof; and repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 22, 1947. Assembly Bill No. 391–Committee on Fish and Game.  Approved March 30, 1953

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362

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act relating to unemployment compensation, creating unemployment compensation and administration funds and providing for the administration thereof; making an appropriation therefor; defining unemployment and providing compensation therefor; requiring contributions by employers to the unemployment compensation fund; creating the office of director, a board of review, and providing for other officers and employees and defining their powers and duties; providing for the levy of assessments; and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 23, 1937, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 159–Mr. Ryan.  Approved March 31, 1953

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363

AN ACT to amend 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 and qualifications, defining certain duties of county auditors as regards their accountability to the boards of county commissioners, and prescribing the duties of such county auditors as regards a monthly detailed report to certain school districts as to the condition of the funds of such districts, prescribing certain duties of the district attorneys, and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 8, 1865, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 93–Elko County Delegation.  Approved March 31, 1953

681

364

AN ACT to provide an excise tax on the use of combustible liquids and gases to propel motor vehicles on the highways of this state; to provide for the issuance of licenses and permits to users and sellers of such liquids and gases; to provide for the levy, assessment, collection, payment and disposition of such tax; to provide for the keeping of records by users and sellers of such liquids and gases; to provide for the administration and enforcement thereof by the Nevada tax commission; to prescribe penalties for violation of the provisions thereof; to provide that such tax shall be in lieu of certain taxes imposed by chapter 74, Statutes of Nevada 1935; and to define certain words, terms and phrases used herein. Senate Bill No. 117–Committee on Aviation, Transportation and Highways.  Approved March 31, 1953

683

365

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act concerning the mentally ill of the state, providing for the administration and organization of the Nevada state hospital, providing for the admission and care of mentally ill persons, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 24, 1951. Senate Bill No. 195–Committee on State Institutions.  Approved March 31, 1953

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366

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, compensations and duties, and prescribing a penalty for the violation thereof, and repealing all acts in conflict therewith,” approved March 23, 1951. Senate Bill No. 101–Committee on Public Morals.  Approved March 31, 1953

698

367

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to license and regulate the operation of pari-mutuel betting, on licensed racing and competitive sports events, in certain enclosures only, in Nevada; limiting deductions from pari-mutuel betting pools; requiring certain sums so deducted to be paid into the state treasury; designating the state tax commission to administer this act; prohibiting certain other forms of betting; providing penalties; and other matters properly relating thereto,” approved March 29, 1949, as amended. Senate Bill No. 100–Committee on Public Morals.  Approved March 31, 1953

701

368

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act regarding the nomination of candidates for public office in the State of Nevada,” approved March 23, 1917. Senate Bill No. 221–Senators Whitacre and Lemaire.  Approved March 31, 1953

702

369

AN ACT to provide aid to blind persons; defining certain words and terms; providing certain conditions for elegibility for aid; providing that the Nevada state welfare department shall administer the provisions of this act; defining the powers and duties of the Nevada state welfare department; providing penalties for the violation of this act; and other matters relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 22–Messrs. Higgins and Coulthard.  Approved March 31, 1953

703

370

AN ACT to amend 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 9, 1866. Senate Bill No. 220–Senators Whitacre and Lemaire.  Approved March 31, 1953

711

371

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act 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; relating to the compensation of injured workmen and the compensation of their dependents where such injuries result in death; making premium payments by certain employers compulsory; authorizing the commission created by the act to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary; authorizing the commission to invest the funds provided for; 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 27, 1947, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 196–Mr. Ryan.  Approved March 31, 1953

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372

AN ACT authorizing the state department of highways to pave state highway route No. 81 from Gerlach to the Nevada-California boundary. Assembly Bill No. 334–Mr. Crawford.  Became a law April 1, 1953, without the Governor’s signature

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