Preamble Appropriation, $78.10 for railroad shall receive no compensation, and the county board of equalization shall make use of said abstract, and all other information that it can procure from the recorder or his office, or otherwise, in equalizing the assessment roll of the county, and may require the assessor to enter upon such assessment roll any other property which has not been assessed; and the assessment and equalizations so made shall have the same force and effect as if made by the assessor before the delivery of the assessment roll by him to the clerk of the board of county commissioners. CHAP. 217-An Act for the relief of the Raycraft Realty company. [Approved March 24, 1915] WHEREAS, The Raycraft Realty company, in the years 1912 and 1913, under the administration of George W. Cowing and D. S. Dickerson, as wardens of the state prison, rendered certain services on behalf of the state prison for said wardens, the claim therefor being in the sum of seventy-eight and for dollars; and WHEREAS, The said claim was not paid owing to failure to present the same in due time; and WHEREAS, The said claim has been duly approved by the said wardens, and has been examined and allowed by the board of examiners of the State of Nevada; 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 the sum of seventy-eight and dollars in favor of said Raycraft Realty company, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. CHAP. 218-An Act to grant the right of way to John McConnaghy, R. W. Hesson, J. A. McBride, and their associates, for the construction of a railroad, all in the county of Elko, State of Nevada, and matters pertaining thereto. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The right of way to locate, construct, maintain, Right of way and operate, either by steam, gas, or electric motive power, a narrow- or broad-gage railroad, with iron or steel rails, by such route as they may deem most feasible and advantageous, from in Elko County a point at or near Moleen, county of Elko, State of Nevada, to a point in or near the town of Bullion, county of Elko, State of Nevada, is hereby granted to John McConnaghy, R. W. Hesson, J. A. McBride, and their associates, for the term of fifty years; provided, that the construction of said railroad shall be com- Proviso menced within two years from the date of the passage of this act, and shall be completed within four years thereafter. named SEC. 2. The said John McConnaghy, R. W. Hesson, J. A. Parties McBride, their associates and assigns, shall have all the rights, privileges, and franchises conferred upon railroad companies Railroad act incorporated in this state by the provisions of "An act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto, approved March 22, 1865, and the acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, so far as the same are consistent with the provisions of this act; provided, however, that the legislature Legislature of the State of Nevada reserves the right to regulate fares and and revoke freights, and to revoke this franchise for what may be deemed by them good reasons. may regulate CHAP. 219—An Act for the relief of Paul Gaston. [Approved March 24, 1915] WHEREAS, Paul Gaston, under contract with the state board Preamble of examiners made in the year 1914, rendered services as expert accountant in the examination of accounts of state officers, institutions, etc., for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1914, at and for the contract price of twelve hundred dollars; and WHEREAS, Owing to the impossibility of completing the said work in the year 1914 the fund out of which said claim might have been paid reverted, and there is no fund for the payment of said claim; and WHEREAS, The said claim has been examined and approved for relief by the state board of examiners, and is a just and legal claim against the state: now, therefore, The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The state controller is hereby directed to draw Appropriahis warrant in the sum of twelve hundred dollars in favor of tion, $1,200 said Paul Gaston, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. Interstate and intrastate quarantine on animals when CHAP. 220-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act providing for interstate and intrastate quarantine with respect to domestic animals and other live stock, poultry, bees, and agricultural and horticultural crops, products, seeds, plants, trees, or shrubs, or any article infected with, or which may have been exposed to, infectious, contagious, or destructive diseases, or infested with parasites, or insect pests, or the eggs or larva thereof, dangerous to any industry in the state, and other matters relating thereto," approved March 31, 1913. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 2 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2. Whenever it shall appear to the state quarantine officer, by petition of any three citizens, or otherwise, that any industry in the state is endangered by importations from any other state of any commodity mentioned in section 1 of this and produce, act; or by exportations from any county, portion of any county, farm, nursery, or apiary within the state, to other parts of the state, of any such commodity, he shall at once take steps to ascertain the facts thereof, as hereinafter provided, and if in his opinion the facts so warrant, he shall by proclamation declare such state, or any portion of such state, in the first instance, quarantined from further importations into Nevada of any such commodity; or, any such county, or portion of such county, farm, nursery, or apiary, in the second instance, quarantined from exportations of any such commodity to other parts of the state; which quarantine shall remain effective unless vacated by order of the governor of the state within forty-eight (48) hours, or until said quarantine is raised by proper authority. Repeal authorities Powers of state quaran SEC. 2. Section 3 of the above-entitled act is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. Section 7 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 7. In so far as practicable, the governor, or state To cooperate quarantine officer, in directing the enforcement of quarantine, with federal shall cooperate with the federal authorities. The state quarantine officer is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise all needful authority required for the proper and efficient enforcetine officer ment of quarantine; to make arrests of persons violating the same, or suspected of such violation, and to examine any premises or any shipment or consignment suspected of containing any interdicted commodity within the meaning of this act, and may open any container thereof and inspect the same. If such shipment or consignment prove to be an interdicted commodity as aforesaid, he shall have power to require any railroad, express company, or other common carrier immediately to reship such consignment back to point of origin, if the same has not yet been delivered to the consignee, and the failure or refusal of any railroad company, express company, or other common carrier proinptly so to do shall render such company so offending liable to fine in any sum not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, and Penalty which may be collected by proceedings instituted by the state and prosecuted by the attorney-general in any court of competent jurisdiction, and any property of the defendant within the state may be levied on and sold in satisfaction of the judgment. SEC. 4. Sections 10, 11, and 13 of the above-entitled act Repeal are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. The above-entitled act is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section, to be known as section 15, to read as follows: administer designate Section 15. The president and board of regents of the President University of Nevada are hereby designated the authority to and board of administer this act. They shall have power to designate the regents to state quarantine officer, who shall be in charge of the labora- act and tory of the university, known as the state veterinary controlled quarantine service. They shall appoint a properly qualified entomologist officer to advise with the state quarantine officer in all matters in which the scientific knowledge of an entomologist is essential. The appointment of the state quarantine officer shall be effective when approved by the governor. CHAP. 221—An Act to amend section 25 of an act entitled "An act in relation to the act of Congress known as the Carey act, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and governing the state commission of industry, agriculture and irrigation as heretofore or may be hereafter created and established by law in the control of the selection, management, and disposal of all lands granted the state under the provisions thereof," approved March 17, 1911. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and act in rela SECTION 1. For the purpose of controlling its effect upon Amending any act which has been or may be enacted by the present tion to Carey session of the legislature or any subsequent session, section 25 act lands of an act entitled "An act in relation to the act of Congress known as the Carey act, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and governing the state commission of industry, agriculture and irrigation as heretofore or may be hereafter created and established by law in the control of the selection, management, and disposal of all lands granted the state under the provisions thereof, approved March 17, 1911, is hereby amended to read as follows: of Carey act lands State register of Carey act, surveyorgeneral is Section 25. There is hereby established as a department of Department the bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation, as is or may be created by law, the department of Carey act lands, and which shall be in charge of the state register of lands under the Carey act, subject to the general supervision and control of lands under the commission. Said state register may appoint a deputy and such clerical and other assistants as may be required in such department, at such compensation as the commission may fix. He shall be the custodian of all papers, documents, maps, and plats relating to such department, receive and receipt for all fees and payments required to be paid under the provisions of this act, or under any rule or regulation of the commission, and deposit the same with the state treasurer to the credit of the Carey act trust fund; conduct all correspondence relating to such department, perform such other duties as the commission may prescribe, and is hereby named as the authorized agent of the state to enter into and to execute, for and in behalf of the state, the agreement prescribed by the secretary of the interior binding the state in respect to the disposal of lands under the Carey act. For services performed under the provisions of this act said state land register shall receive no compensation. No additional compensation Modern penitentiary to be planned Plans for modern prison CHAP. 222-An Act authorizing and requiring the board of prison commissioners to cause the preparation of plans for a modern penitentiary, to approve said plans, and to provide for the cutting of the stone called for in the said plans, with an appropriation of moneys for the carrying out of the provisions of this act, and matters relating thereto. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The state board of prison commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to proceed without delay to secure plans and general specifications for the walls and buildings of a modern penitentiary; said walls and buildings to be constructed, when practicable, of stone from the quarries of the present state penitentiary. SEC. 2. In pursuance of the provisions of section 1 of this act the said board may employ an architect or draughtsman who shall, under the direct supervision of the said board, prepare plans showing the general arrangements of a modern prison, and, in full detail, the plans and specifications of the stonework to be employed in its construction. Upon the completion of such plans and specifications in a manner satisfactory to it, the said board shall approve the same. |