Bonds may be assessed, when and how Special election for bonds Regarding said election Election expenses Property may pay in full, when providing for the exercise of the right of eminent domain in force in this state. The expenses of the work provided for in this section shall be paid from moneys arising from assessments upon lands within the district or in any lawful manner acquired. SEC. 32. Whenever the board of supervisors deem it expedient it shall have power, for the purpose of constructing drains, drainage canals, and other required improvements, to issue bonds of the district to run not more than twenty (20) years and to bear interest, payable semiannually, at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum, to be called "Drainage District Bonds," and which said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value, and the proceeds of which shall be used for no other purpose than paying the cost of constructing such drain, drainage canal, or other like work; provided, that before such bonds shall be issued the board of supervisors shall request the board of county commissioners to, and the said board of county commissioners shall at once call a special election to be held within a time not less than thirty (30) nor more than forty-five (45) days from the date of filing such request, and due notice of such election which shall be held within the said district or at some convenient point adjacent to said district. Such notice shall require the electors to cast ballots, which shall contain the words "Drainage Bonds. District-Yes," or "Drainage Bonds District-No," or words equivalent thereto. No person shall be entitled to vote at any such election held under the provisions of this act unless he shall be a freeholder in the district. The board of county commissioners in the county where such district shall be, shall appoint the judges of election and shall provide for as many places of election as will be convenient. Such election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general laws of the state; provided, that no particular form of ballot shall be required. The said board of county commissioners shall meet on the second Monday next succeeding such election and proceed to canvass the votes cast thereat, and if upon such canvass it shall appear that a majority of all the votes are "Drainage Bonds District-Yes," the said board shall, by order to be entered upon its minutes, declare that such drainage bonds have been duly and affirmatively voted upon. The expenses of such election shall be paid out of the funds belonging to said drainage district. Any property owner may pay the full amount of the benefit assessed against his property before such bonds are issued and receive a receipt in full therefor. Such payments shall be made to the county treasurer, and it shall be the duty of the county clerk to certify to the treasurer the amount of any such assessment when requested to do so, and the county treasurer shall enter the same upon the tax lists in his hands in a separate place provided therefor, and shall fur bonds nish the county clerk with duplicate receipts given for all assessments so paid in full. The terms and times of payment of the bonds so issued shall be fixed by the board. Said Regarding bonds shall be issued for the benefit of the district numbered thereon, and each district shall be numbered by the board of supervisors and recorded by the county clerk, said record. showing specifically the lands embraced in said district and upon which the tax has not been previously paid in full. In no case shall the amount of bonds exceed the benefits assessed. Each bond issue shall show expressly upon its face that it is to be paid only by a tax assessed, levied and collected on the lands within the district so designated and numbered and for the benefit of which district such bond is issued; nor shall any tax be levied or collected for the payment of said bond or bonds, or the interest thereon, on any property outside the district so numbered, designated and benefited. The said board of supervisors shall, by resolution, provide for the issuance and disposal of such bonds and for the payment of interest thereon, the creation of a sinking fund for the ultimate redemption thereof, and for the date and manner of the redemption of said bonds. on bonds, SEC. 33. Whenever any such drainage district bonds shall Bonds or lien be issued in accordance with the provisions of this title, when such bonds shall constitute a lien upon all of the lands and improvements thereon within the boundaries of the district, and the board of supervisors of said district shall, from time to time, as hereinafter provided, levy a sufficient tax to pay the annual interest charge on such bonds, and in addition thereto such an amount as a sinking fund which shall, in the course of events and ultimately, amount to a sufficient sum to redeem said bonds. signed by SEC. 34. Each bond issued as provided for by section 32 Bonds of this act shall be signed by the president and secretary of supervisors the said board of supervisors and be attested by the county clerk, and said county clerk shall also make a certified statement thereon, affixing his seal of office thereto, of the total amount of assessments and rate of interest it bears, pledged for the payment of said bonds and other bonds, if any, issued; the date, number, denomination and time due of all bonds issued which are a lien upon the assessment or installments of assessments of the district; when the assessments were confirmed by the county commissioners, and the number of acres of land in the district against which said assessments were made. SEC. 35. This act shall take effect upon passage and In effect approval. Relating to purity of elections Candidate may appoint one agent in each county Agent may use only principal's money in limited amount Limited to CHAP. 282-An Act to limit expenditures for campaign and election purposes to candidates, their political agents, and managing committees of political parties; to prescribe the manner of appointment of such agents; to limit the contributions, expenditures and liabilities of candidates, political agents and managing committees of political parties; to define, prohibit and punish corrupt and illegal practices in connection with or relative thereto [at] primary, special and general elections; to secure and protect the purity of the ballot; to prohibit the use of conveyances to carry voters to the polls; to prohibit the peddling or distributing of liquors and cigars by candidates for office; to prohibit and punish the making, publication and circulation of false charges and statements against candidates, the doing of any act tending to deceive or interfere with the voter; and to provide for furnishing information to electors. [Approved March 31, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. In all political campaigns in this state conducted for the purpose of nominating or electing candidates to office, no sum of money shall be paid, and no expenses incurred, and no workers employed by any person except the candidate, or his duly appointed political agents, or the regularly constituted committees of the party, of which the candidate is a nominee. SEC. 2. A candidate may appoint a number of political agents not exceeding one for each county in the state. Such appointment shall be in writing, giving the full name of the agent, and his postoffice and residence address and state the maximum to be expended and liability to be incurred by such agent, and shall be signed by the candidate; such appointment by a candidate for a state office, including candidates for the office of senator of the United States, and representative in congress, shall be filed with the secretary of state. Such appointments by other candidates shall be filed with the county clerk or clerks of the counties wherein the candidates seek office. No political agent shall have authority to pay money, incur expenses, or employ workers, or do other acts for or on behalf of any candidate, until after his said appointment is made and filed as herein provided. SEC. 3. No political agent shall procure, or pay out, any money, except the money of his principal, nor incur any expenses, except on the credit of his principal, and then not in excess of an amount specially authorized in writing by said principal, in his said appointment. SEC. 4. No sums of money shall be paid, and no expenses 20 per cent of authorized, permitted or incurred, by or on behalf of any one year's candidate for nomination in his campaign for nomination to salary any public office in the state in excess of twenty per cent of one year's compensation, or salary of the office for which he seeks to be a candidate. For the purposes of this law the contribution, expenditure, or liability of a candidate's political agent, or other person, with the consent of the candidate, shall be considered as. and held to be, that of a candidate. to party SEC. 5. No sums of money shall be paid and no expenses Contribution authorized, permitted or incurred by or on behalf of any funds limited candidate, who has received the nomination for any public office, or position in this state, except such as may be contributed by him to the managing committee of his party, in excess of 20 per cent of one year's salary, or compensation of the office for which he is nominated, and no such candidate shall pay, or contribute, or become liable to the managing committee of his political party in any sum of money in excess of 20 per cent of one year's salary, or compensation of the office for which he is nominated; provided, that candidates for any office may expend the sum of $150. The word "Expense" expense or expenses in this bill shall not be construed to include and shall not include the personal traveling and living expenses of the candidate, or the postage, telegraph or telephone expenses of such candidate. defined restricted SEC. 6. No political party in any campaign in this state, Committees through its managing committees, or otherwise, shall pay, in expendidistribute or expend, any sums of money, or incur, authorize, tures or permit any expenses, or liabilities in excess of a sum equal to 20 per cent of the salary or compensation for one year of each and all candidates for state office, including senators and representatives in congress. construed SEC. 7. Terms used in this act shall be construed as fol- Terms lows, unless other meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context, or unless such construction is inconsistent with the manifest intent of the law. "Persons" shall apply to any individual, or number of "Persons” individuals, male or female, and, where consistent with collective capacity, to any committee, firm, partnership, club, organization, association, corporation, or other combination of individuals. "Candidate" shall apply to any person whose name is "Candidate" printed on an official ballot for public office, or whose name is expected to be or has been presented for public office, with his consent, for nomination or election. committee" "Political committee" shall apply to every combination "Political of two or more persons who shall aid or promote the success or defeat of a candidate, or a political party or principle, and the provisions of law relating thereto shall apply to any firm or partnership, to any corporation, and to any club, organization, association, or other combination of persons, whether incorporated or not, with similar purposes, whether primary or incidental. "Public office" "Give," etc. "Public office" shall apply to any national, state, county, city or precinct office to which a salary attaches and which is filled by the voters, as well as the office of presidential elector, United States senator, representative in congress, or presiding officer of either branch of the legislature. "Give," "provide," "expend," "contribute," "receive," "ask," "solicit," and like terms, with their corresponding nouns, shall apply to money, its equivalent, or any thing of value; shall include the promise, advance, deposit, borrowing or loan thereof, and shall cover all or any part of a transaction, whether it be made directly or indirectly. None of the provisions of this act shall be construed as Not to apply relating to the rendering of services by speakers, writers, publishers, or others, for which no compensation is asked or given. to services donated Sworn statements of various what officers filed with SEC. 8. Every candidate for nomination or election to public office, including candidates for the office of senator of the United States, and representative in congress, shall, five candidates, days before and fifteen days after the election at which he was a candidate, file with the secretary of state, if a candidate for senator of the United States, representative in congress, or for any state or district office in a district composed of one or more counties, and with the county clerk, if a candidate for state senator, or assemblyman, or for county and precinct offices, and with the city clerk if for a city office, an itemized sworn statement setting forth in detail all the moneys, or other valuable thing contributed, expended or promised by him to aid and promote his nomination or election, or both as the case may be, and for the election of his party candidate, including contributions to the managing committee, or other committee of the party, and all existing unfulfilled promises of every character, and all liabilities remaining uncanceled and in force at the time such statement is made, whether such expenditures, promises and liabilities were made or incurred before, during or after such election. If no money or other valuable thing was given, paid, expended, contributed, or promised, and no unfulfilled liabilities were incurred by a candidate for public office to aid or promote his nomination or election of his party candidates, he shall file a statement to that effect within fifteen days after the election at which he was a candidate. Any candidate who shall fail to file such statement shall be fined twenty-five dollars for every day on which he was in default, unless prevented from doing so by unavoidable circumstances, to the satisfaction of the court. Fifteen days after any such election, the secretary of state, or county clerk, as the case may be, shall notify the district attorney of any failure to file such a statement on the part of any candidate, and within ten days thereafter such prosecuting officer shall proceed to prosecute said candidate for such offense. |