to raise the necessary money therefor by direct levy and that a bond issue for the purpose is advisable, and shall furnish the board of county commissioners with a definite statement of the amount of money needed therefor, said board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to submit the question of bonding the county for the amount named to the voters of the county at the next general election; or said board may, in its discretion, order a special election if so requested by the county board of education. missioners to SEC. 2. The board of county commissioners may make an County comorder for the bond election provided for in this act at any regu- order such lar meeting or at a special meeting held not less than eight election weeks before any general or special election, which election shall be noticed, held and conducted, and returns thereof made as and in the manner now provided by law for holding elections in the several counties of the state. The election notice must contain: First-The time and places of holding such election. notice, what Second-The hours during the day in which the polls will Election be opened, which hours shall be the same as at general elec- to contain tions. Third-The amount of the bonds, the rate of interest and the number of years, not exceeding twenty, the bonds are to run. There shall be placed upon one line of the printed ballots for such election the words "For the bonds" The method of indicating choice thereof shall be the usual method prescribed in this state. ers to issue SEC. 3. If upon the official determination of the result of Commissionsuch election it shall appear that a majority of all the votes bonds cast are "For the bonds" the board of county commissioners, as soon as practicable thereafter, shall issue the negotiable coupon bonds of the county in such form and denomination as the county board of education may direct, but not in conflict with the election notice thereof, said bonds to run for a period not to exceed twenty (20) years from the date of issue and to bear interest at a rate not exceeding six (6) per cent Interest per annum, payable semiannually, both principal and interest per cent payable at such place as the board of county commissioners may direct, said bonds not to be sold at less than their par value. Before any of the bonds provided for in this act are sold, notice of the proposed sale must be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county for at least three weeks, inviting sealed bids to be made for said bonds, and the bonds shall be sold to the highest and best bidder. limited to 6 signed SEC. 4. All bonds issued under the provisions of this act Bonds to be shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, attested by its clerk, sealed with its seal, and countersigned by the county treasurer; and each of the interest coupons To be registered for bonds attached to said bond shall be signed by the original or engraved fac simile signature of said chairman, clerk and treasurer. SEC. 5. Before any county shall issue bonds under the provisions of this act, all such bonds shall be presented to the treasurer of the county to be duly registered by him in a book kept for that purpose in his office, which shall show the amount, the time of payment, and the rate of interest; and all such bonds shall bear the certificate of the county treasurer to the effect that they are issued and registered under the provisions of this act. After such registry the bonds shall be sold for the purpose of raising funds for the objects designated in this act. SEC. 6. Whenever a county shall issue any bonds under the Special tax provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to annually levy and assess a special tax on all the taxable property of such county including the net proceeds of mines in an amount sufficient to pay the interest accruing thereon promptly when and as the same become due, according to the tenor and effect of said bonds, and the county treasurer shall collect the same as other taxes are collected, in cash only, keeping the same separate from other funds received by him, and shall cause said interest to always be promptly paid at the place of payment specified in the bonds; if there be any surplus after paying said interest, the treasurer shall without delay pass the same to the credit of the county high-school fund, and such money so passed to the credit of said fund, shall be subject to the disposal of the county board of education and in the tenth year after the year in which the bonds are issued or in the fifth year after the issue of said bonds provided the board of county commissioners so determine, and annually thereafter until the full payment of such bonds has been made, the board of county commissioners shall levy and assess a special tax, and shall cause such special tax to be collected on all the taxable property of the county including the net proceeds of mines, sufficient to raise annually a proportion of the principal of said bonds equal to a sum produced by taking the whole amount of said bonds outstanding and dividing it by the number of years said bonds then have to run, which amount shall be levied, and assessed and collected by the county treasurer in the same manner as the tax for the payment of the interest Sinking fund Coupons, and when collected shall be known as the "County High-School Bond Sinking Fund" and shall be used only for the payment of said bonds which said county treasurer shall cause to be paid at the place of payment specified in such bond. The sinking fund thus created may be applied to the purchase and cancelation of the outstanding bonds provided for in this act. At the maturity of such bonds the county treasurer shall call in and pay them with the interest accrued thereon, and shall duly cancel each bond and certify his action to the board of county commissioners and county board of education. In the event the funds to pay interest are not for redemption collected in time to permit the payment of the interest on said bonds when the same shall become due, the county treasurer shall pay the amount due out of the general county fund and then reimburse said fund for the amount so borrowed from it when said interest funds are collected. bonding SEC. 7. The maximum bonding limit of counties for county Maximum high school purposes under the provisions of this act shall be limits as follows: 1. For counties having a total assessed valuation of two million five hundred thousand (2,500,000) dollars or less, two and one-half per cent of such valuation. 2. For counties having an assessed valuation of over two million five hundred thousand (2,500,000) and less than five. million (5,000,000) dollars of assessed valuation, two per cent of such valuation. 3. For counties having an assessed valuation of five million (5,000,000) dollars and less than ten million (10,000,000) dollars of assessed valuation, one and one-half per cent of such valuation. 4. For counties having ten million (10,000,000) dollars or over of assessed valuation, one per cent of such valuation. released change in lines SEC. 8. No change in the boundary lines of any county Property not shall release the taxable real property of the county from from taxaassessment and levy of the taxes to pay the interest and prin- tion by cipal of such bonds, and if there shall be any change in the boundary boundary of such county so as to leave out any portion of the taxable real property of the county which was subject to taxation in the county at the time of the issue of such bonds, the assessment and levy of taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds shall be made on such property as if it were still within the county, and if there shall be any change of the boundary lines of such county so as to annex or include any taxable or real property, after the issue of such bonds, the real property so included or annexed shall thereafter be subject to the assessment and levy of a tax for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds. SEC. 9. All taxes levied and assessed as in this act provided shall constitute a lien on the property charged therewith, from the date of the levy thereof by the county commissioners, or the entry thereof on the assessment roll of the county auditor, until the same are paid, and thereafter, if allowed to become delinquent, shall be enforced in the same manner as is now provided by law for the collection of state and county taxes. And no additional allowance, fee, or compensation whatever shall be paid to any officer for carrying out the provisions of this act. Taxes lien on property SEC. 10. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act Repeal are hereby repealed. Fixing salary of justice of the peace, Reno Town ship CHAP. 245-An Act fixing the compensation of the justice of the peace and ex officio coroner and ex officio registry agent of Reno Township, Washoe County, Nevada. [Approved March 25, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The justice of the peace and ex officio coroner and ex officio registry agent of Reno Township, Washoe County, shall receive as full compensation for all services performed by him as such justice of the peace and registry agent of said township the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments, and in addition thereto he shall receive all fees collected by him for marriage ceremonies by him performed, such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law to coroners for and coroner services performed by him as ex officio coroner. To retain marriage fees copy SEC. 2. The said justice of the peace of Reno township may Assistants to appoint an assistant or assistants if it shall be necessary to registry list complete the copying of the registry lists within the time specified by law; provided, however, that the board of county commissioners shall have power and it shall be their duty to prescribe the time for which such assistant may be employed, and to fix the compensation for such assistant or assistants on a per diem basis at a rate sufficient to secure competent service. The board of county commissioners shall not allow any claims for such compensation for such service unless such claims are accompanied by an itemized statement as to the number of days employed, approved by the ex officio registry agent. The appointment of such assistant or assistants shall be subject to confirmation by the board of county commissioners. SEC. 3. All civil fees and all other fees of whatsoever charWhat fees to acter collected by the justice of the peace and ex officio registry be paid to county treasury Repeal In effect agent of the township of Reno, except as provided by law in section 1 of this act, shall be accounted for and paid over monthly on the first Monday of each month to the county treasurer of Washoe County, to be placed in the general fund of said county. SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirteen. CHAP. 246—An Act to amend section three hundred seventysix of an act entitled "An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 17, 1911, effective January 1, 1912. [Approved March 25, 1913] SECTION 1. Section three hundred and seventy-six of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: animals to be purchaser brands to be noncompli ance Section 376. It shall be unlawful for the keeper of any Hides of slaughter house, or persons engaged in slaughtering cattle for slaughtered sale in this state, to purchase any cattle for slaughter, or any shown to slaughtered bovine animal, without having exhibited to him the hide of such animal, and examining the brand and other marks upon such hide, and making and entering in a book Record of kept for that purpose a description of such brands and marks, kept together with the name of the person from whom the purchase was made, and the date of such purchase. Said book shall be kept at the slaughter house or business office of the person engaged in slaughtering cattle, and shall be open to the inspection of any person or persons during business hours. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be Penalties for guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than two hundred and fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. It shall be the duty of every keeper of any slaughter house, and engaged in the business of slaughtering any bovine animals, to keep at his slaughter house, or place of business, a book of record, in which shall be recorded and preserved a description of the brand and other marks upon the hides of each slaughtered bovine animal, together with the name of the person from whom the animal was purchased, and the date of the purchase. Said book shall Record open be opened to the inspection of any person or persons during business hours. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than two hundred and fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. CHAP. 247-An act to provide for a registration list of the names of electors in certain incorporated cities within the State of Nevada, prescribing certain duties and fixing the compensation of certain registration agents, providing for the method of nominating candidates to be voted for at municipal elections in such incorporated cities, and other matters properly appertaining thereto. [Approved March 25, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: to public registration SECTION 1. In all incorporated cities within this state poll- Concerning ing more than two thousand votes at the last general election of voters in incorporated preceding any special or regular municipal election it shall cities" |