bonding authorize and empower the board of county commissioners of Repeal of act Nye County to issue bonds for the purpose of creating a fund Nye County for liquidating and paying all outstanding indebtedness of said county, and for paying current expenses of Nye County, State of Nevada, approved March 20, 1911, is hereby repealed. immediately SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and In effect after its passage and approval. CHAP. 15-An Act establishing a rule of evidence, and to amend section four hundred of an act entitled "An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 17, 1911, effective January 1, 1912. The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Section 400 of an act entitled "An act concern- Crimes and punishments ing crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating act amended thereto, approved March 17, 1911, effective January 1, 1912, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: evidence Section 400. Every person who shall make, pass, utter, or Rule of publish, with an intention to defraud any other person or per- established sons, body politic or corporate, either in this state or elsewhere, regarding or with the like intention shall attempt to pass, utter, or pub- false paper lish, or shall have in his possession, with like intent to utter, pass, or publish, any fictitious bill, note, or check purporting to be the bill, note or check, or other instrument in writing, for the payment of money or property of some bank, corporation, copartnership, or individual, when in fact there shall be no such bank, corporation, copartnership, or individual in existence, the said person knowing the said bill, note, check, or instrument in writing for the payment of money or property to be fictitious, shall be deemed guilty of forgery, and on con- Deemed viction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the state forgeryprison for a term not less than one or more than fourteen years. Whenever such note, bill, check, or other instrument in writing is drawn upon any bank, proof that the purported drawer of the same had no account at said bank, shall be deemed sufficient evidence to sustain the allegation of the nonexistence of the drawer of such instrument. penalty Criminal CHAP. 16—An Act to amend section twenty of 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; effective January 1, 1912. [Approved February 12, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 20 of an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in this state, and to repeal all practice act other acts in relation thereto, approved March 17, 1911, effective January 1, 1912, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: amended Giving or refusing to give bond, effect Imprisonment limited to 6 months Section 20. If the bond required by the last section is given, the person complained of shall be discharged. If he does not give it, the magistrate must commit him to prison until he gives such bond, specifying in the warrant the requirement to give security, the amount thereof, and the omission to pay the same; provided, that in no event shall the person complained of be confined in prison for a period of longer than six months for a failure or omission to give such bond. CHAP. 17—An Act to amend section nine of an act entitled "An act providing for the prosecution and punishment of crimes, misdemeanors, and offenses by information," approved March 24, 1913. [Approved February 12, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 9 of an act entitled "An act providing Prosecution for the prosecution and punishment of crimes, misdemeanors, information and offenses by information, approved March 24, 1913, is of crime by how made hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 9. An information may be filed against any person Information, for any offense when such person has had a preliminary examination as provided by law before a justice of the peace, or other examining officer or magistrate, and has been bound over to appear at the court having jurisdiction, or shall have waived his right to such preliminary examination. If, however, upon such preliminary examination the accused has been discharged, or the affidavit or complaint upon which the examination has been held has not been delivered to the clerk of the proper court, the district attorney may, upon affidavit of any person who has knowledge of the commission of an offense, and who is a competent witness to testify in the case, setting forth the offense and the name of the person or persons charged with the commission thereof, upon being furnished with the Upon affi davit, when names of the witnesses for the prosecution, by leave of the CHAP. 18-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act relating to the support of the poor," approved November 29, 1861. The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 10 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: forth facts missioners or poor Section 10. The board of county commissioners of any County comcounty in this state may, if they think proper, cause to be may provide built or provide in their respective counties workhouses for workhouses the accommodation or employment of such indigents as may, farms from time to time, become a county charge, and such workhouse and indigents shall be under such rules and regulations as said board of county commissioners may deem proper and just; and said board of county commissioners may, if they think proper, purchase a suitable tract of land not to exceed eighty acres in extent, within four miles of said workhouse, or any county hospital heretofore or hereafter established, or any home for the indigent poor or sick heretofore or hereafter established, for a county poor-farm; and said board of county Purchase commissioners are hereby authorized to pay for the purchase paid from of said county poor-farm out of the general fund of the county. general fund CHAP. 19-An Act to prohibit state, county, municipal and township officials from employing or keeping in their employ any person or persons related to them within the third degree of consanguinity, or affinity, and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act. The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and county SECTION 1. From and after July 1, 1915, it shall be unlaw- Nepotism ful for any state, township, municipal, or county official, elected prohibited or appointed, to employ or to keep in his employ on behalf of the State of Nevada, or any county thereof, in any capacity, within third his wife, son, daughter, or any person or persons related to degree of him (by blood or marriage) within the third degree of con- guinity or sanguinity or affinity. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed consan affinity Payment prohibited Misde meanorfine or imprisonment to disqualify any widow as an employee of any state or county officer. SEC. 2. No person employed contrary to the provisions of this act shall be entitled to or allowed compensation for such employment. SEC. 3. Any violation of this act shall constitute a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall subject the person found guilty to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or to imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Amending revenue act Fortune tellers, etc., must pay license CHAP. 20—An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada and to repeal certain acts relating thereto," approved March 23, 1891. [Approved February 13, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The above-entitled act is hereby amended by adding a section numbered 1232, as follows: Section 1232. Every fortune-teller, clairvoyant, palmist, or medium charging, collecting, or receiving any consideration, or any thing of value, for his or her services, directly or indirectly, shall pay a license of $25 the month, or $50 the quarter; provided, that the terms herein used include every person or persons who read or purport to read, or to tell fortunes, or to predict or to tell the future or past by cards, palmistry, clairvoyancy, or other methods. Penalty for school teachers repealed CHAP. 21-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 20, 1911. [Approved February 13, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 109 of the above-entitled act, being section 3348 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, is hereby repealed. CHAP. 22-An Act fixing the allowance for expenses of any state officer, commissioner, or other employee while traveling, or at destination, on official business. The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and officials expenses SECTION 1. The maximum amount of expense money per Public day for personal uses, allowed to any individual officer or com- limited in missioner, or other employee of the state, while traveling, or at subsistence his destination, on official business for the State of Nevada, shall not exceed the sum of five dollars per day; provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to include the cost of Exceptions seats or sleeping-berths in railway trains, railroad fare, stage fare, automobile hire or fare, team or horse hire, bus, or streetcar fare, or transportation charges of any kind whatsoever. required SEC. 2. Paid vouchers for each item must accompany each Vouchers expense account when presented to the board of examiners for approval. SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are Repeal hereby repealed. SEC. 4. approval. This act shall take effect upon its passage and Immediate effect CHAP. 23-An Act fixing the salaries and compensation of the officers of Eureka County, and repealing all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act. The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and County SECTION 1. From and after the approval of this act the Salaries of county officers of Eureka County, State of Nevada, named in Eureka this act, shall receive the following salaries and fees, in full officers compensation for their services: The sheriff shall receive a salary of one thousand eight Sheriff hundred dollars per annum, and such fees in civil cases, wherein the State of Nevada or the county of Eureka is not a party, as are provided for by law; provided, that when in criminal cases it becomes necessary for the sheriff to travel a greater distance than twenty miles from the county-seat, but within the State of Nevada, he shall be allowed his necessary traveling expenses. The sheriff shall present to the board of county commissioners a bill of items of such necessary expenses actually incurred, and the board of county commissioners shall audit and may allow such claims in the same manner as other county expenses are audited and paid. He may appoint a deputy sheriff, who |