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show "headings" for the general and municipal elections, designating, after the first year of registration, by some particular character, as by the letter "R," who are registered for that particular year, and under which the Inspectors may check off the names of those voting during that year by some particular character, as by the letter "V," as thus: "Registered for city election in 18......," "Voting at city election in 18......," "Registered for general election in 18......," " Voting at general election in 18......" When said certified copies have been so made, it shall be the duty of said Registry Agents to have one copy delivered. of the same, of each election precinct or district, delivered to the Inspectors of Elections of such precinct or district, at least by eight o'clock A. M. on the day on which said election takes place, or is held. Said certified copies of the names on the registers may be in the following form, or in such other form as certified to most conveniently economically carry out the provisions copies. of this Act:

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SEC. 13.

Any person moving from one election precinct or Persons

district to another, or out of the county, shall [may] appear may register before the Registry Agent of the precinct or district in which which they he is registered, at any time previous to the placing of the remove. certified copies of the registers in the hands of the Inspectors of Election, and have his name registered in the precinct or district to which he removes, if it be in the same county, and

Registry Agents to take oath.

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erased from the register of the precinct or district from which he removes.

SEC. 14. Before entering upon the duties prescribed by this Act, the Registry Agents of the respective counties of the State shall, severally, take and subscribe, before an officer legally authorized to administer oaths, the following oath or affirmation, which shall be filed in the office of the County Clerk for safe keeping, to wit: "I, A B, (inserting the name), Registry Agent for election precincts or districts Nos.

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(mentioning the precincts or districts), in the county of
(naming the county), and State of Nevada, do solemnly swear
(or affirm, as the case may be) that I will perform the duties of
Registry Agent, according to law and the best of my ability;
and that, in discharging the duties of the same, I will studiously
endeavor to prevent fraud, deceit and abuse. So help me God,'
(if an oath); 'under the pains and penalties of perjury,'" (if
an affirmation.)

SEC. 15. The Registry Agents shall have authority to admin to adminis- ister oaths and affirmations, and to do such other acts as may be necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this Act.

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Poll tax receipts.

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SEC. 16. The name of no person shall be registered, by any Registry Agent, until such person shall pay into the hands of said Registry Agent, the poll tax of four dollars, due from such person for the electoral year for which he shall offer to be registered, or in case said poll tax shall have been already paid for such year, until the person offering to be registered shall present to the Registry Agent his poll tax receipt therefor. The Registry Agents shall receive ten per cent. of all poll taxes so collected by them, as compensation for all services rendered under the provisions of this Act; and shall, on the first judicial day of each month, hand over to the County Auditor, of their respective counties, the aggregate poll tax so collected during the preceding month (after deducting the said ten per cent.) together with a list of the persons paying the same. The County Auditors shall deliver to the several Registry Agents, of their respective counties, such number of blank poll tax receipts as may be deemed necessary, which shall be receipted and accounted for by said Agents, in the same manner as the County Assessors are required to do by law. For the faithful performance of the duties herein imposed, each Registry Agent shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, file with the County Clerk, of his county, a good and sufficient bond, in such sum as the Board of County Commissioners shall determine.

SEC. 17. The County Commissioners of the several counties may appoint of the State may appoint a Registry Agent in precincts where Registry there is no Justice of the Peace, or where the person elected or certain cases, appointed Justice of the Peace fails to qualify or to act, who shall register the names of electors in such precincts, according to the provisions of this Act.

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SEC. 18. No person shall be entitled to vote at any election entitled to precinct, or district, unless his name shall, on the day of election, appear on the register furnished, as in this Act provided, for such precinct or district; provided, that in case any person

shall vote, or offer to vote, at any general, special or municipal Proviso. election, but who shall not be a qualified elector, such person shall be deemed guilty of illegal voting, or illegally offering to vote, and on conviction of either of such offenses, before Illegal any voting. court of competent jurisdiction, shall be imprisoned in the State Prison for any time not less than one, nor more than five years.

offenses.

SEC. 19. Any person who shall cause his name to be regis- Punishment tered in any other election precinct, or district, than that in for certain which he resides, or will reside by the next ensuing election, or who shall cause his name to be registered, knowing that he is not a qualified voter, or will not be by the then next ensuing election, in the precinct, or district, in which he causes such registry to be made, and any person causing, aiding or abetting any such person, in either of such acts, shall be punished for each offense, upon conviction thereof, by fine of not less than five hundred, nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the State Prison for not less than one, nor more than five years.

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SEC. 20. All willful, corrupt, and false swearing, and affirm- Perjury. ing, before any Registry Agent, shall be deemed perjury, and on conviction, shall be punished as such. If any Registry Punishment Agent, or any other person, in any manner concerned, shall where willfully and corruptly violate any of the provisions of this petry is Act, the penalty for which is not herein specifically prescribed, scribed, or be guilty of any fraud, deceit or abuse in the execution of the duties of his office, the penalty for which is not herein prescribed, he shall be punished for each and every offense whereof he shall be convicted, by imprisonment in the State Prison, for a term not less than one, nor more than seven years, or shall pay a fine of not less than fifty, nor more than one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 21. The Act entitled "An Act to provide for the regis. Repeal. tration of the names of electors, and for the ascertainment, by proper proofs, of the persons who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage," approved March eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, is hereby repealed.

CHAP. XXXIX.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to
Incorporate the City of Virginia, provide for the Government
thereof, and repeal all other Laws in relation thereto," approved
March 4, 1865.

[Approved February 24, 1866.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section seventeen of an Act to incorporate the city of Virginia, provide for the government thereof, and repeal all other laws in relation thereto, approved March 4, 1865, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

the Board of

Powers of Section Seventeen. The Board of Aldermen shall have Aldermen. power-first, to make by-laws and ordinances not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of the United States, or of the State of Nevada. Second, to levy and collect taxes on all property within the city, both real and personal, made taxable by law for State or county purposes, except the proceeds of mines, which shall not be subject to taxation-which tax shall not exceed, in the aggregate, one per cent. per annum upon the assessed value of all such property-and to use the labor of the prisoners imprisoned in the city jail in such manner as they may deem proper; provided, that nothing in this subdivision shall be so construed as to authorize said Board to establish a chain-gang within the limits of said city. Third, to lay out, extend and alter the streets and alleys, provide for the grading, draining, cleaning, widening, lighting, or otherwise improving the same; also, to provide for the construction, repair and preservation of sidewalks, bridges, drains and sewers, and for the prevention and removal of obstructions from the streets and sidewalks, and to condemn property for the public use in the following manner: The Board of Aldermen shall appoint one referee, and the owner or owners of such property so to be condemned shall appoint one referee, and in the event that the two referees so appointed shall not agree in the valuation of the property, then the two so selected shall choose a third referee, and a decision of a majority of such three referees, with regard to the valuation of the property appraised by them, shall be the decision of all. Any person aggrieved by the decision of such referees, may appeal from the same to the District Court of the First Judicial District, at any time within thirty days from the rendition thereof. Fourth, to provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires; also, to organize, regulate, establish and disband fire companies. Fifth, to regulate the storage of gunpowder, and other explosive or combustible materials. Sixth, to prevent and remove nuisances; also, to determine what are nuisances. Seventh, to create and establish a city police and jailers, to prescribe their duties and compensation, and provide for the regulation and government of the same; but the pay of the regular policemen and jailers employed at any one time shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars per annum. Eighth, to fix and collect a license tax on and regulate all theatres and theatrical performances, circuses, shows, billiard tables, bowling alleys, and all exhibitions and amusements; to fix and collect a license tax on and regulate all taverns, hotels, restaurants, saloons, bar-rooms, bankers, brokers, gold dust buyers, manufacturers, livery stables and livery stable keepers, express companies, and persons engaged in the business of transmitting letters or packages, and stage companies, or owners, whose place of business is in said city, or who shall have an agency therein; to license and regulate auctioneers and stock brokers; to license, tax and regulate, prohibit and suppress, all tippling houses, dram shops, raffles, hawkers, peddlers and pawnbrokers, refreshment or coffee stands, booths and sheds; also, to prohibit and suppress all gaming, gambling houses, disorderly houses, and houses of

ill-fame; to fix and collect a license tax upon all professions, Same.
trades or business not heretoforé specified, having regard to the
amount of business done by each person or firm thus licensed.
Ninth, to provide for all necessary public buildings for the use
of the city. Tenth, to establish a Board of Health to prevent
the introduction and spread of disease. Eleventh, to prevent
and restrain any riot or riotous assembly, or disorderly conduct
within said city. Twelfth, to fix and prescribe the punishment
for the breach of any city ordinance; but no fine shall be im-
posed for one offense in any sum greater than five hundred dol-
lars, and no term of imprisonment shall be prescribed of more
than six months. Thirteenth, to compel the attendance of ab-
sent members; to punish members for their disorderly conduct,
and to expel members for cause by a vote of three fourths of
its members elected, and also to fill all vacancies occurring in
their own number, or in the office of any city officer mentioned
in this Act. Fourteenth, to make all necessary contracts and
agreements for the benefit of the city; but no contract shall
be made, nor any debt contracted, nor liability incurred, unless
there is at the time actual cash in the treasury to meet such
liability; to appropriate money for any item of city expendi-
ture, and to appropriate to the use of the city all fines, penal-
ties and forfeitures for the breach of any city ordinances.

CHAP. XL.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Town of Gold Hill," approved March 7, 1865.

[Approved February 24, 1866.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section sixteen of an Act to Incorporate the Town of Gold Hill, approved March 7, 1865, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Sixteen. The Board of Trustees shall have power: Powers and First-To make by-laws and ordinances not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of the State of Nevada.

Second-To levy and collect taxes upon all property within the town, both real and personal, made taxable by the laws of the State of Nevada, for State and county purposes, which are now in force, or which may hereafter be enacted, except the proceeds of mines, which shall not be subject to taxation; which tax shall not exceed one half of one per cent. per annum upon the assessed value of all property; provided, that the said Board of Trustees shall have power to levy and collect, annually, a further tax of one fourth of one per cent. for the payment of interest and installments upon bonds by them issued in defraying the expenses of protecting said town against fire; which bonds, in the aggregate, shall not be considered to ex

duties of the

Board of
Trustees.

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