and for her support and for the support of the children of the parties during the pendency of such suit; and the court or Procedure judge may direct the application of specific property of the husband to such object, and may also direct the payment to the wife for such purpose of any sum or sums that may be due and owing the husband from any quarter, and may enforce all Orders orders made in this behalf, as provided in section 24 of this act. CHAP. 212—An Act for the relief of Dr. E. T. Krebs. [Approved March 24, 1915] WHEREAS, John F. Byrne, an assemblyman from Esmeralda Preamble County, in the month of January, 1911, while in the service of the state and in the actual performance of his duties as such assemblyman, slipped upon the steps of the state capitol building and suffered a fracture of the right leg therefrom; and WHEREAS, Dr. E. T. Krebs rendered medical services and furnished medicines in and about the treatment of said fracture to the amount of ninety-two ($92) dollars; and WE WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Nevada, at its twenty-fifth session, passed an act for the relief of said Dr. E. T. Krebs, on account of said medical services and medicines so furnished by him, in the amount of ninety-two ($92) dollars; and WHEREAS, The state controller of the State of Nevada refused to draw his warrant in payment of said claim because the same had not been passed on by the board of examiners of the State of Nevada before presentation to the legislature for relief; and WHEREAS, The said J. F. Byrne afterwards paid said Dr. E. T. Krebs the sum of thirty-two ($32) dollars, leaving a balance due of sixty ($60) dollars; and WHEREAS, The board of examiners has now passed upon said claim now, therefore, The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of sixty ($60) dollars is hereby Appropriaappropriated, out of any moneys in the general fund not other- tion, $60 wise appropriated, for the payment of said claim of Dr. E. T. Krebs, and to compensate him for medical services rendered as aforesaid. SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby directed to draw his Dr. Krebs to warrant in favor of Dr. E. T. Krebs for the sum of sixty ( ($60) dollars, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. be paid Amending mineral land commissioner act Salary of commis per year CHAP. 213-An Act to amend section five of an act entitled "An act creating the office of mineral land commissioner, defining his duties, and fixing his compensation therefor, and constituting the attorney-general ex officio mineral land commissioner." [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 5 of an act entitled "An act creating the office of mineral land commissioner, defining his duties and fixing his compensation therefor, and constituting the attorney-general ex officio mineral land commissioner" is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 5. The mineral land commissioner may appoint as many deputies as he may deem necessary for the carrying out sioner, $1,400 of the provisions of this act. All fees or charges of such deputies shall be paid out of the salary herein provided for the mineral land commissioner. The mineral land commissioner shall receive a salary of fourteen hundred dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly installments, the same as the salaries of other officers of the state are paid, and the state controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out of any money not otherwise then especially appropriated. The state mineral land commissioner shall make no charge nor shall he receive any other fees than the salary herein provided. Preamble Appropriation, $192.50 CHAP. 214-An Act for the relief of the Raycraft Realty company. [Approved March 24, 1915] WHEREAS, The Raycraft Realty company, during the administration of Ray Baker as warden of the state prison, supplied the said warden automobile services, supplies, and repairs amounting to the sum of one hundred ninety-two and fo% dollars; and 50 WHEREAS, Owing to the absence of said Baker from the State of Nevada, and from the United States, it is impossible to secure the approval of said Baker to said bill; and WHEREAS, The said claim is a just and legal claim against SECTION 1. The state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant in favor of said Raycraft Realty company in the sum of one hundred ninety-two and foo dollars, and the state treasurer is directed to pay the same. CHAP. 215-An Act authorizing the State of Nevada to transfer to the different funds of the University of Nevada certain bonds and moneys, and authorizing the board of regents of the University of Nevada to ascertain the amount of bonds and moneys so to be transferred. [Approved March 24, 1915] land grants university WHEREAS, The United States of America donated to the Moneys from State of Nevada certain public lands of the United States within to be transthe State of Nevada, known as the "90,000-Acre Grant" and ferred to "72-Section Grant, upon the condition that all moneys derived funds from the sale of said lands by the State of Nevada should be invested by said State of Nevada in stocks of the United States or of the states, or some other safe stocks, in such a manner that such funds so invested would yield not less than five per centum per annum upon the amount so invested, and that the principal thereof should forever remain unimpaired; and WHEREAS, The moneys so derived by the State of Nevada from the sale of said lands have not been so invested by said State of Nevada in stocks or bonds producing an income of five per centum, but have been invested in bonds producing an income of less than five per centum; and WHEREAS, Said State of Nevada accepted said grants of public lands so made to it by the United States, and agreed to the said condition imposed upon the State of Nevada by the terms of said grants; and WHEREAS, It is the desire of the State of Nevada that the contract so entered into between it and the United States be performed: The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: make records of "90,000 Section SECTION 1. The board of regents of the University of Nevada Regents to is hereby directed, authorized, and empowered to examine and abstract of make an abstract of all records of the State of Nevada apper- relating to taining or in any wise relating to the sale of public lands of the sale of lands United States donated to the State of Nevada under an act of Acre Grant" Congress approved July 2, 1862, and under an act of Congress and "72approved July 4, 1866, said lands being commonly known as Grant" the "90,000-Acre Grant, and the "72-Section Grant" and to ascertain and determine the amount of money received by the State of Nevada from the sale of said public lands, the disposition of the same by investment or otherwise, and the amount of interest or revenue received by the State of Nevada from the moneys so invested by it and to further ascertain and determine the difference, if any, between five per centum per annum on said principal sums so ascertained and the amount of interest received by the University of Nevada from the investments so made by the State of Nevada. SEC. 2. The state controller, state treasurer, surveyorgeneral, and all other officers of the State of Nevada, are officers to of regents Certain state hereby directed, authorized, and empowered to give to the assist board board of regents of the University of Nevada, or their duly authorized agent, free and unlimited access to all the records, books, papers, and files of their respective offices, for the purpose of making said examination and abstract, and are further directed, authorized, and empowered to assist said board of regents in making said examination and abstract. Certain bonds and securities to be transferred to university funds SEC. 3. When the principal sum derived by the State of Nevada from the sale of said public lands belonging to said "90,000-Acre Grant" and the said "72-Section Grant" shall have been ascertained by the board of regents as hereinbefore provided for, the State of Nevada is hereby directed, authorized, and empowered, by and through its proper officers or boards established or created by law, to transfer and deliver to the "University Fund, 90,000-Acre Grant, and the "University Fund, 72-Section Grant, bonds or other securities in the respective amounts of the principal sums derived from the sale of lands from said respective grants; said bonds or other securities so transferred to be such bonds or securities as produce a net income of five per centum per annum. Said bonds so to be transferred may be transferred from the state school fund. SEC. 4. Every officer of the State of Nevada, and every board created by any law of the State of Nevada, are hereby directed, officers and authorized, and empowered to do each and every thing necessary or appropriate to carry into effect the intent and purpose of this act. May be transferred from state school fund All state boards to cooperate Every assessor to taxpayers printed CHAP. 216-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, being section 3638 of the Revised Laws of 1912. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 16 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 16. It shall be the duty of the assessor in each of the respective counties of the state, on or before the third have list of Monday in July in each year, to prepare a printed list of all the taxpayers in the county and the total valuation of property on which they severally pay tax. A copy of said list shall be by the assessor delivered in person or mailed to each and every taxpayer in the county; provided, that the cost of printing the Limit of cost aforesaid list shall not exceed twenty cents for each name for as many copies as there are names on the list. The several boards of county commissioners in the state are authorized and empowered to allow the bill contracted by the assessor under this section and the several county auditors are authorized to draw their warrant in payment of the same. SEC. 2. Section 23 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: board of limited said board clerk regard Section 23. The board of county commissioners of each County county shall constitute board of equalization, of which board equalization the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall be the clerk. The board of equalization of each county shall meet on the fourth Monday of July in each year, and shall continue Meet in July in session from time to time until the business of equalization presented to them is disposed of; provided, however, that they Sitting shall not sit after the second Monday in August. The board shall have power to determine the valuation of any property Powers of assessed, and may change and correct any valuation, either by adding thereto or deducting therefrom such sum as shall be necessary to make it conform to the actual cash value of the property assessed, whether said valuation was fixed by the owner or assessor; except that in case where the person complaining of the assessment has refused to give the assessor his list under oath, as required by this act, no reduction shall be made by the board in the assessment made by the assessor. If the board finds it necessary to add to the assessed valuation of any property on the assessment roll, they shall direct the clerk Duty of to give notice to the person so interested, by letter, deposited in ing increased the postoffice, or express, or otherwise, naming the day when valuations they shall act in that case, and allowing a reasonable time to appear. As soon as possible after the adjournment of the board in August, its clerk shall make out a list of all persons who have not appeared before the board, the valuation of whose property has been added to on the assessment roll, and shall state the amount so added, and list of all property, the valuation on which has been added to on the assessment roll, with the amounts so added, the owners of which have not appeared before the board; and the board of county commissioners shall cause the same to be published in one newspaper Published in in the county, if there be any, and if not, then by posting one or by posting copy of the same in a public place in each election precinct in the county, and any person, to the assessed value of whose property there was an amount added, not appearing before the board of equalization, may appear before the state board of State board equalization at its next regular session, and upon making an tion affidavit that he had no knowledge of such increased valuation of his property, he shall be given a hearing and the final judgment of the state board, and the secretary of the state board shall note all changes made and certify them to the county auditor, who shall make the changes required on the assessment roll. The recorder of the county shall be present and attend all Recorder to meetings of the county board of equalization, with an abstract county of all unsatisfied mortgages and liens shown in the records of his office, arranged in alphabetical order, for which service he newspaper of equaliza attend on board |