No double membership Citizens SEC. 5. No person shall be a member of more than one unit of the national guard at the same time. SEC. 6. Every able-bodied male citizen of this state more than eighteen years and less than forty-five, not exempt by military duty law, shall be subject to military duty, and shall be enrolled and organized as is now provided by law. subject to Certain sections of statutes repealed Respecting ability of insane person, or relatives, to pay for maintenance in hospital at Reno SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. Sections three, eleven, sixteen, twenty-seven, and thirty-four of an act entitled "An act relating to the national guard and the enrolled militia,” approved March 6, 1893, and sections one, two, three, four, and five of an act entitled "An act relating to the Nevada national guard," approved March 6, 1899, and sections fifty-four and sixty-one of an act entitled "An act to provide for organizing and disciplining the militia of the state," approved March 4, 1865, are hereby repealed. CHAP. 52-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to pro- The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section three of the above-entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 3. The district judge shall cause inquiry to be made touching the ability of insane persons committed by him to bear the expenses attending the arrest, examination, transmission to the capital and such other charges as may be necessary in order to properly provide for his or her support. In any case where the insane person is able, by the possession of money or real or personal property, to pay said expenses, the district judge shall appoint a guardian for said insane person, who shall be subject to the general law in relation to guardians, as far as the same may be applicable; and when there is not sufficient money in hand, the judge shall order the sale of the property of such person, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and from the proceeds said guardian shall pay all proper costs and charges incidental to arrest, transmission and proper care and support of such insane person during the period of his or her insanity, or so long as there shall be sufficient means to meet said charges and expenses, and in case such insane person has no means applicable to his or her own support, but has kindred in the degree of husband or wife, or (if a minor) father or mother living within this state, of sufficient means and ability to support such insane person, the judge before whom the examination is had shall order that all expenses and charges be paid by the nearest of such kindred, or may assess the same among such kindred as he may deem just and equitable, causing such charges as the state may be obligated to pay to the directors of the asylum at Reno, to be paid quarterly in advance to the state treasurer, together with all costs and expenses necessarily incurred in transmitting said person to said asylum. And from the date of such order of the district judge, such expenses and charges shall be a lien against the property of such kindred and may be enforced as other liens against real or personal property. CHAP. 53-An Act appropriating four thousand eight hundred dollars for the support and maintenance of the Florence Crittenton Mission of Nevada, Incorporated, located at Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. [Approved March 7, 1913] Crittenton WHEREAS, A number of the citizens of the State of Nevada Florence have incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada the Florence Crittenton Mission, Incorporated, and a branch of the National Crittenton Mission; and WHEREAS, Among other things, the purposes for which said corporation is formed are: To aid and encourage destitute, homeless, and friendless women to lead lives of respect and to reach positions of honorable self-support; to provide a temporary home and employment for women and girls who have been led from the path of virtue and who sincerely desire to reform, and to aid and encourage them to seek respectability and reformation of character; to provide shelter for young and unprotected mothers with their children, and to encourage and assist young mothers in caring for their children, etc.; and, WHEREAS, Said corporation has had no capital stock nor shares of stock; and its members consist of men and women who are in sympathy with, and who voluntarily contribute to its purposes, and the contributions of said corporation since its organization have been very small; and, WHEREAS, Said corporation has cared for many who have sought shelter, and the demands of said corporation are continually increasing, and it is without funds to properly care for those seeking its protection and carrying out the great objects and purposes for which it is organized; now, therefore, The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of four thousand eight hundred dol- Approprialars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state tion, $4,800 treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes of Paid in monthly installments Duties of controller and treasurer artesian wells assisting the Florence Crittenton Mission of Nevada, Incorporated, in carrying out the objects and purposes for which it was organized; provided, that said money shall be used for the purposes ordered and with the consent of the state board of examiners. SEC. 2. Said four thousand eight hundred dollars thus appropriated shall be paid to the treasurer of said corporation in installments of two hundred dollars per month for a period of twenty-four (24) months. SEC. 3. The state controller is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant in favor of the treasurer of said corporation for the sums named in this act, and the state treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay the same. CHAP. 54-An Act to provide a law for the conservation of The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Every person sinking or boring an artesian Concerning well in the State of Nevada, shall cause to be placed in such well a proper and sufficient casing of strength sufficient and so arranged and placed as to prevent the caving in of such well, and to prevent the escape of water therefrom, when it is desirable to confine the same, and to provide the necessary valves and appliances to prevent or control the flow of water from such well. Water must not be wasted Duties of peace officers regarding waste of water SEC. 2. No person controlling an artesian well shall suffer or permit water thereof to flow to waste, unless, and so far, as reasonably necessary to prevent the obstruction thereof, or to flow or to be taken therefrom, save for beneficial uses. SEC. 3. Any police officer of a city, county or the State of Nevada, upon complaint of any person that the proprietor of any artesian well, or person controlling the same, allowed the waters thereof to unreasonably run to waste therefrom, or has failed to install proper casing, valves or appliances, may, at any reasonable hour of the day or night, enter upon any premises where such well is situated, for inspecting the same and for ascertaining whether there is sufficient cause for such complaint, and in order to institute or cause to be instituted criminal prosecution for noncompliance with the provisions of this act, and every person sinking or boring for an artesian well upon his own land or suffering others to do so, shall be deemed in law to expressly license such entry of the officers aforementioned, or any of them, for the purpose of such inspection and examination. SEC. 4. If any person, company or corporation, being the water proprietor of or controlling any artesian well, shall allow Penalties for the same to flow without causing it to be furnished with the waste of necessary valves or appliances for arresting or preventing the flow of water therefrom, as provided in section 1 of this act, or who shall knowingly permit the water thereof to flow to waste unnecessarily or to the injury of others, or being in possession of or controlling the premises where any artesian well is situated, shall wilfully prevent any officer entitled by the provisions of this act to visit and inspect the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court wherein conviction is had. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its pass- In effect age and approval. CHAP. 55—An Act for the relief of Wellington Bowen. [Approved March 7, 1913] Wellington WHEREAS, On the first day of December, one thousand Relief of eight hundred and seventy, Wellington Bowen displayed Bowen marvelous heroism in the defense of the state prison and, at the imminent peril of his own life, defended the officers from the infuriated convicts, thereby preventing a general outbreak of the prisoners, received a wound upon the head from a slungshot in the hands of a prisoner, which disabled him for life; and, WH HEREAS, Said Bowen, from the effects of said wound, now and for a long time past, has been unable to labor for his own support and is utterly helpless and indigent; and, WHEREAS, The legislature of the State of Nevada did, at its twenty-first session, and at various sessions thereafter, pass acts appropriating various sums of money for the benefit of said Wellington Bowen in appreciation of the services so rendered; and, WHEREAS, Said appropriation has been exhausted, now, therefore, The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of seven hundred and twenty ($720) Appropriadollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to be used and tion, $720 paid as hereinafter specified, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund of the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the benefit of the said Wellington Bowen. controller SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the state controller to draw Duties of his warrant on the state treasurer in favor of the said Wel- and lington Bowen for the sum of thirty ($30) dollars, for each treasurer and every month during the lifetime of the said Wellington Bowen, or until the said sum of seven hundred and twenty ($720) dollars shall be fully exhausted. Shares of stock deemed per How transferred CHAP. 56-An Act to amend section twenty-seven of an act entitled "An act providing a general corporation law," approved March 16, 1903, the same being section 1131 of the Revised Laws of Nevada. [Approved March 7, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section twenty-seven of an act entitled "An act providing a general corporation law," approved March 16, 1903, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 27. Whenever the capital stock of any corporation is divided into shares, and certificates thereof are issued, the stock of the company shall be deemed personal estate. Such sonal estate shares may be transferred by endorsement and delivery of the certificate thereof, such endorsement being by the signature of the proprietor, or his or her attorney, appointed by written power, or legal representative duly authorized; but such transfer shall not be valid against such corporation until the same shall have been so entered upon the books of the corporation as to show the names of the parties by and to whom transferred, the number or designation of the shares, and the date of the transfer, and the old certificate surrendered and canceled, which must be done in all cases, except in case of loss or destruction of original, before a new one issue. In all cases in which shares of stock in corporations now existing, or hereafter incorporated under any law of this state, are held or owned by a married woman, such shares may be transferred by her, her agent or attorney, authorized by writing, without the signature of her husband, in the same manner as if such married woman were a single woman. All dividends payable upon any shares of stock of a corporation held by a married woman, may be paid to such married woman, her agent, or attorney, in the same manner as if she were unmarried. And it shall not be necessary for her husband to join in receipt therefor; and any proxy or power given by a married woman, touching any share of stock of any corporation owned by her, shall be valid and be binding without the signature of her husband, the same as if she were unmarried. Married woman may transfer same as if single |