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39....An Act to enable the board of county commissioners of White Pine County, Nevada, to

fix the salaries and authorize the appointment of certain deputies. Approved

February 26, 1915....

40....An Act to amend section 197 of an act entitled "An act concerning public schools, and

repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 11, 1911, and adding

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41....An Act providing that any person, firm, association, or corporation, or agent, superin-

tendent, or manager thereof employing special agents, detectives or so-called spotters

shall, before disciplining or discharging any employee upon a report by such special

agent, detective, or so-called spotters, give notice and accord a hearing to such

employee upon his request therefor, and providing that such accused employee shall

have the opportunity to be confronted with the person making such report, and

providing for the punishment for the violation thereof. Approved February 27,

1915....

42....An Act to establish a board of commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legis-

lation in the United States, and other matters relating thereto. Approved February

27, 1915.....

43... An Act to authorize the county commissioners of any of the counties of the State of

Nevada to purchase or construct railway lines and to issue bonds for that purpose.

Approved February 27, 1915..

44....An Act authorizing and empowering the boards of county commissioners of the several

counties of this state to exploit and promote the agricultural, mining, and other

resources, progress, and advantages of their respective counties; providing ways

and means for this purpose, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict here-

with. Approved March 1, 1915...

45....An Act to repeal that certain act entitled "An act giving the clerk of the supreme

court authority to appoint a deputy in his office," approved March 15, 1911.

Approved March 1, 1915..

46... An Act to amend section one of an act entitled "An act requiring nonresident joint-

stock companies, associations, and corporations, doing a building and loan business,

to furnish security before doing business in this state, and prescribing a penalty

for a failure to do so," approved March 20, 1911, being section 1361 of the Revised

Laws of Nevada. Approved March 1, 1915...

47....An Act to amend section thirty-six of an act entitled "An act providing for the incor-

poration of cities, their classification, the establishment and alteration of their boun-

daries, the government and disincorporation thereof, and repealing all acts and

parts of acts in conflict therewith," approved March 27, 1907, as amended by act

approved March 25, 1911, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict there-

with. Approved March 1, 1915...

48...An Act to amend sections 120 and 121 of an act entitled "An act concerning crimes

and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 17,

1911. Approved March 1, 1915.

49....An Act to repeal an act entitled "An act requiring certain mining corporations to file

statements with the county recorders and attorney-general, and to mail copies

thereof to stockholders; regulating the issuance and sale of certain treasury and

promotion stock, and defining the same for the purpose of this act; declaring cer-

tain acts to be unlawful; providing penalties for the violation thereof, and other

matters relating thereto," approved March 5, 1909, as amended March 27, 1911.

Approved March 2, 1915....

50....An Act to repeal certain sections of an act entitled "An act to provide for the support

of the government of the State of Nevada, and to repeal certain acts relating

thereto," approved March 23, 1891. Approved March 2, 1915...

51....An Act making it unlawful for certain persons to accept fees, commissions, or gratui-

ties for the employment of labor, prescribing certain penalties for the violation

thereof, and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 2, 1915....

52....An Act authorizing the county commissioners of Lander County, Nevada, to appropri-

ate money for the payment of rent and maintenance of offices for the use of justices

of the peace. Approved March 2, 1915..

53....An Act to amend section twenty-one of an act entitled "An act regulating the compen-

sation of county officers in the several counties of this state, and other matters

relating thereto," approved March 11, 1885, and making an appropriation for carry-

ing out the purposes of this act. Approved March 2, 1915....

54....An Act to provide for an oil painting of Abraham Lincoln for the state capitol building,

in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Nevada's statehood. Approved

March 2, 1915..

55....An Act to provide for the creation of corporations sole, and defining the powers thereof,

and other matters relating to such corporations. Approved March 2, 1915...

56....An Act reapportioning senators and assemblymen of the several counties to the legisla-

ture of the State of Nevada. Approved March 5, 1915....

57....An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend section three as amended March 16,

1897, of an act entitled 'An act to create a board of county commissioners in the

several counties of this state, and to define their duties and powers,' approved March

8, 1865," approved March 24, 1909. Approved March 5, 1915...

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58....An Act amendatory of and supplemental to an act entitled "An act to provide for the

organization and government of drainage districts, and to provide for the acquisi-

tion, repair, and development of canals, drains, ditches, watercourses, and other

property, and for the distribution of water thereby for drainage purposes, and to

provide for the levying of taxes, and for the issuing and sale of bonds thereof,"

approved March 31, 1913. Approved March 6, 1915.

59....An Act to amend section three of an act entitled "An act concerning the granting of

franchises by boards of county commissioners, prescribing the terms under which

said franchises shall be granted, and repealing certain acts pertaining thereto, and

allowing corporations, associations, and persons having franchises obtained under

other laws of this state to obtain the benefits of this act, and providing for other

matters properly connected therewith," approved March 23, 1909; said section three

being also section 2131 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912. Approved March 6,

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60....An Act authorizing school trustees of school district No. 4, Churchill County, Nevada,

to issue bonds for the purpose of improving the school grounds, buying additional

school furniture, and completing and repairing the public school buildings of said

district No. 4 in the city of Fallon, and owned by said district, and matters prop-

erly connected therewith. Approved March 6, 1915.

61....An Act to amend section four and section five of an act entitled "An act to facilitate

the giving of bonds and undertakings in certain cases, and prescribing conditions

upon which surety companies may become liable thereon in this state; fixing penal-

ties for the violation thereof, repealing conflicting acts, and other matters relating

thereto," approved March 26, 1909. Approved March 6, 1915..

62....An Act to prohibit any employer from making any rule or regulation against any of

his or her employees on account of engaging in politics or running for public office,

and providing a penalty for the violation thereof. Approved March 6, 1915...

63....An Act to provide for the relief of H. C. Jepson, clerk and treasurer of Douglas County.

Approved March 6, 1915...

64....An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a state printing office, and to

create the office of superintendent of state printing," approved March 11, 1879, by

adding a section thereto, to be known as section 22. Approved March 6, 1915............

65....An Act providing for the nomination and election of United States senators, and repeal-

ing sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of chapter 9 of "An act relating to elections and removals

from office," approved March 31, 1913. Approved March 6, 1915..

66....An Act to amend section 9 of an act entitled "An act concerning juries," approved

March 5, 1873; approved March 5, 1875; approved March 5, 1877; approved March

7, 1881; approved March 12, 1895, the same being section 4932, Revised Laws, 1912.

Approved March 6, 1915.

67....An Act to amend section eighty-two of "An act for the incorporation of cities, their

classification, establishment, and alteration of their boundaries, the government

and disincorporation thereof, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict

therewith," approved March 27, 1907, as amended March 3, 1909; and as incor-

porated in the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912, as section 848. Approved March 6,

1915......

68....An Act to amend "An act fixing the compensation of the justice of the peace and ex

officio coroner and ex officio registry agent of Reno Township, Washoe County,

Nevada," approved March 25, 1913. Approved March 6, 1915..

69....An Act appropriating three hundred dollars for watering and care of the Grand Army

cemetery at Carson City. Approved March 6, 1915..

70....An Act granting franchises for conducting and carrying on abattoirs, packing-houses,

packing-house agencies, stockyards, renderies, tallow, chandleries, tanneries, wool

pulleries, bone, soap, and fertilizing factories, and conducting other factories and

business incident or appurtenant to the foregoing; and other matters in connection

therewith. Approved March 6, 1915.

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71....An Act to amend section 7 of an act entitled "An act concerning the insane of the state,

creating a board of commissioners for the care of the indigent insane, and to pro-

vide for the care of the insane," approved March 25, 1913. Approved March 6, 1915.... 88

72....An Act to repeal that certain act entitled "An act to provide a typewriter operator for

the county clerk of White Pine County, Nevada, and fix the salary of said operator,"

approved February 1, 1909. Approved March 8, 1915..

73....An Act requiring that suitable drinking water and receptacles therefor be furnished in

underground workings; and providing penalties for the violation thereof. Approved

March 8, 1915..

74....An Act to amend section 123 of an act entitled "An act to provide revenue for the sup-

port of the government of the State of Nevada, and to repeal certain acts relating

thereto," approved March 23, 1891, and as amended and approved March 13, 1913.

Approved March 8, 1915....

75....An Act to provide for the completion of the county high-school building in the city of

Ely, Nevada; for the completion of the furnishing and equipment of said building;

for the issuance and payment of bonds for the creation of a fund for the completion

of said building and the furnishing and equipment of same. Approved March 9,
1915..

76....An Act to amend an act entitled "An act defining the duties of state controller,"

approved February 24, 1866. Approved March 9, 1915..

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77.An Act to amend section one of an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An

act fixing the compensation of county and township officers in Nye County, State

of Nevada, and matters pertaining to the collections and disposition of fees arising

from such offices, and regulating the conduct thereof, and to repeal all acts or parts

of acts conflicting therewith,' approved March 24, 1909," approved March 25, 1913.

Approved March 9, 1915....

78....An Act to authorize county commissioners in counties not having high schools, to aid

district high schools under certain conditions, and other matters properly connected

therewith. Approved March 9, 1915..

79....An Act appropriating four thousand eight hundred dollars for the support and mainte-

nance of the Florence Crittenton Mission of Nevada, Incorporated, located at Reno,

Washoe County, Nevada. Approved March 9, 1915..

80....An Act for the relief of the Southern Pacific Company. Approved March 9, 1915..

81... An Act for the relief of the Nevada Bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation.

Approved March 9, 1915....

82....An Act for the relief of the state agricultural experiment farm at Logan, Clark

County, Nevada. Approved March 9, 1915.

83....An Act to regulate the fees of the county clerk of Elko County, State of Nevada, and

to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March

9, 1915.

84....An Act to provide for the construction and equipment of a high-school building in the

city of Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada, the holding of an election, the issuing of

bonds and the levying of a tax therefor. Approved March 10, 1915..

85....An Act for the relief of Mrs. A. R. Shewalter. Approved March 11, 1915.

86....An Act amending section five of an act entitled "An act to promote the public safety by

requiring common-carrier railroads to provide adequate train crews and defining

such crews, and prescribing a penalty for the violation of the provisions thereof,'

approved March 12, 1913. Approved March 11, 1915...

87....An Act to appropriate five thousand dollars for the estate of T. F. Richardson.

Approved March 11, 1915....

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89....An Act for the relief of the board of regents of the University of Nevada. Approved

March 11, 1915...

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90....An Act for the relief of E. E. Winters and E. J. L. Taber. Approved March 11, 1915.... 109

91....An Act for the relief of Sam Caramella. Approved March 11, 1915..

92....An Act to amend section two hundred and eighty of an act entitled "An act to regulate

proceedings in civil cases in this state, and to repeal all other acts in relation

thereto," approved March 7, 1911, the same being section 5222 of Revised Laws of

Nevada, 1912. Approved March 11, 1915..

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93....An Act fixing the salaries of the county officers of Lander County, State of Nevada,

and other matters properly connected therewith. Approved March 11, 1915...

94....An Act to provide for relief to the people of the State of Nevada from, and to further

the abatement and prohibition of, contamination and pollution of the waters of the

Truckee river at and from points outside the State of Nevada, and making an

appropriation therefor. Approved March 11, 1915..

95....An Act to amend section 1 of an act entitled "An act fixing and regulating the salaries

of certain officers of Washoe County, Nevada, and the compensation of deputies and

assistants in office" approved March 23, 1909. Approved March 11, 1915..

96... An Act to establish at the University of Nevada a state veterinary control service,

defining its duties, and providing for the conduct of the same, and stating its rela-

tion to the state quarantine laws. Approved March 11, 1915..

97....An Act to establish at the University of Nevada a public service department, known as

the department of engineering experimentation, to provide ways and means for

aiding settlers, farmers, and other persons in the development of the underground

waters of the state by giving expert advice regarding the most probable location,

the best method of developing the underground water systems by the testing of, and

the recommendation of, the most efficient machinery and power for pumping, and

providing an appropriation therefor. Approved March 11, 1915...

98....An Act providing for the consolidation of the various public service departments of the

University of Nevada under the heading "Public Service Division of the University

of Nevada," and providing for a uniform method of administration and control, and

for the making of rules and regulations whereby the work of these departments may

be most effective, and stating the departments comprehended herein. Approved

March 11, 1915..

99....An Act relating to the office of the ex officio state insurance commissioner, and extend-

ing and further defining his powers and duties; requiring further licenses in con-

nection therewith, other matters relating thereto, repealing acts and parts of acts

inconsistent herewith, and providing penalties for the violation hereof. Approved

March 12, 1915..

100....An Act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning crimes and punishments, and

repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 17, 1911; effective Janu-

ary 1, 1912. Approved March 12, 1915.

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101....An Act to amend sections six and eight of an act entitled "An act to regulate the sale

and use of poisons in the State of Nevada, and providing a penalty for the violation

thereof," approved March 24, 1913. Approved March 12, 1915..

102....An Act to provide for the maintenance and support of the Nevada school of industry

for the years 1915 and 1916. Approved March 12, 1915.

103....An Act to provide for the preparation, printing, and distribution of a schedule showing

the changes in the "Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912," wrought by the laws enacted at

the special session of 1912 and regular sessions of 1913 and 1915 of the legislature of

the State of Nevada. Approved March 12, 1915..

104....An Act for the relief of Jonathan Payne. Approved March 12, 1915...

105....An Act for the relief of Nellie B. Milligan. Approved March 12, 1915..

106....An Act authorizing the appointment of certain officers and fixing their compensation

in Humboldt County. Approved March 12, 1915...

107....An Act for the relief of certain employees of the state engineer's office. Approved

March 12, 1915..

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108....An Act for the relief of the Verdi lumber company. Approved March 12, 1915..

109....An Act to amend section thirteen of an act entitled "An act making the railroad com-

mission of Nevada ex officio a public service commission for the regulation and con-

trol of certain public utilities, prescribing the manner in which such public utilities

shall be regulated and controlled, requiring such public utilities to furnish reason-

ably adequate service and facilities, prohibiting unjust and unreasonable charges

for services rendered by such public utilities, providing penalties for violation of the

provisions of this act, authorizing such public service commission to appoint an

expert engineer and to employ clerks and assistants, and making an appropriation

for carrying out the provisions of this act," approved March 23, 1911, and repeal-

ing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved March 12, 1915...

110....An Act to provide for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of kindergarten

departments in the public schools. Approved March 13, 1915...

111....An Act authorizing the expenditure of money by the state under certain conditions for

the purpose of aiding counties in sinking artesian wells. Approved March 13, 1915.. 127

112....An Act fixing the compensation of certain township officers of East Fork Township,

Douglas County, State of Nevada, and matters relating thereto. Approved March

13, 1915...

113....An Act fixing the salaries and compensation of certain county officers of Douglas

County, State of Nevada, and matters relating thereto. Approved March 13, 1915.... 128

114....An Act authorizing the secretary of state to furnish certain printed documents to the

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115....An Act to amend section one of an act entitled "An act to create judicial districts in

the State of Nevada, provide for the election of district judges therein, and to fix

their salary, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto," approved March 22,

1913. Approved March 13, 1915.

116....An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of White Pine County, State

of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of building and furnishing a schoolhouse

in Lund school district, and matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 13,

1915.....

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117....An Act to amend "An act concerning public schools and repealing certain acts relating

thereto," approved March 20, 1911. Approved March 13, 1915..

118....An Act for the relief of Virginia City Miners' Union Number Forty-six, Western Fed-

eration of Miners. Approved March 15, 1915...

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119....An Act for the relief of the California school for the deaf and the blind. Approved

March 15, 1915....

120....An Act to amend section four of an act entitled "An act consolidating certain county

offices in Lyon County, and regulating the compensation of the county officers in

said county," approved March 16, 1891, approved February 18, 1893, approved

March 10, 1897, approved March 13, 1905, approved March 20, 1907, approved

March 20, 1911. Approved March 15, 1915...

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121....An Act in relation to the keeping and preservation of the state museum of mineralogi-

cal, geological, and other historical specimens. Approved March 15, 1915...

122....An Act providing for the payment of legal services rendered by L. A. Gibbons to the

board of prison commissioners of the State of Nevada. Approved March 15, 1915.... 137

123....An Act for the relief of the J. I. Allenbach fuel company. Approved March 15, 1915.... 138

124....An Act to regulate fees and compensation for official and other services in the county

of Mineral, State of Nevada. Approved March 15, 1915...

125....An Act to establish commissioner districts in the county of Clark and providing for

the election therefrom of members of the board of county commissioners. Approved

March 15, 1915.

126....An Act regulating the fees of the office of surveyor-general, and other matters relating

thereto. Approved March 15, 1915..

127....An Act to amend an act reducing and regulating the salaries and compensation of cer-

tain state officers and attachés of the state government of Nevada, approved Feb-

ruary 21, 1881. Approved March 15, 1915...

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128....An Act to amend section one of an act entitled "An act to promote the public safety

by requiring common-carrier railroads to provide and equip all locomotives in road

service with headlights of lighting capacity of 1,500-candle power, and prescribing

penalty for the violation of the provisions thereof," approved February 28, 1913, and

to repeal section 2 of said act. Approved March 15, 1915...

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129.....An Act to provide for the appointment of inspectors of hides, defining their duties

and mode of compensation, and repealing a certain act. Approved March 15, 1915.. 148

130...An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled 'An act

to regulate the settlement of estates of deceased persons,' approved March 23, 1897,

and as amended and approved March 16, 1899, approved March 6, 1901," and as

amended March 11, 1913. Approved March 15, 1915.

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131....An Act to provide for the partial support of mothers who are dependent upon their

own efforts for the maintenance of their children, and giving county commissioners

of the State of Nevada jurisdiction in such matters, and prescribing penalties for

those who fraudulently obtain the benefit thereof. Approved March 15, 1915.....

132....An Act to amend an act entitled "An act fixing the salary of the justice of the peace

of Goldfield Township, Esmeralda County, State of Nevada, and repealing all acts

and parts of acts in conflict herewith," approved March 13, 1913. Approved March

15, 1915..

133....An Act to amend section 3 of an act entitled "An act allowing the payment of taxes in

equal semiannual installments and regulating the collection of taxes on personal

property," approved March 16, 1897. Approved March 15, 1915...

134... An Act to remove the county-seat of Douglas County from Genoa to Minden, and mat-

ters properly relating thereto. Approved March 15, 1915...

135....An Act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning crimes and punishments, and

repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 17, 1911, and adding

another section thereto, to be numbered section 3753. Approved March 15, 1915........ 155

136....An Act relating to hotels, defining the same, providing regulations in connection there-

with, providing for the sanitation of the rooms of such hotels, providing for the

sanitary method and manner of conducting such hotels, providing for the enforce-

ment of this act, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof. Approved

March 15, 1915...

137....An Act to provide for submitting local and special legislation for approval by the quali-

fied electors of any county of the State of Nevada in accordance with the referendum

provisions of the constitution. Approved March 15, 1915.

138... An Act authorizing the attorney-general of the State of Nevada, with the consent of

the governor of Nevada, to commence and maintain certain actions in the supreme

court of the United States, or in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Approved

March 15, 1915...

139....An Act to authorize the board of school trustees of Winnemucca school district No. 7,

Humboldt County, State of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing

a site for a school building in the town of Winnemucca, and for constructing a school

building on the said site, or for purchasing any school building now situated on said

site, and for equipping and furnishing said building, and other matters properly

connected therewith. Approved March 15, 1915.....

140....An Act granting a franchise to H. C. Christensen and H. R. Lemaire, their heirs and

assigns, to construct, maintain and operate a plant and distributing system for gen-

erating electricity, or electrical or other power and distributing the same, and to

construct, maintain, and operate an electric-light, heat, and power line, and a

telephone line in connection therewith, in Lander County. Approved March 15,

1915...

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141....An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend section seven of an act entitled an

act to redistrict the State of Nevada, prescribe the number and salaries of district

judges, and fix the places of holding courts," approved March 5, 1907, the same

being section 4907 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912. Approved March 16, 1915.. 163

142....An Act supplemental to and to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings

in civil cases in this state and to repeal all acts in relation thereto," approved March

17, 1911. Approved March 16, 1915........

143....An Act to amend sections 4 and 8 of an act entitled "An act concerning juries," approved

March 5, 1873, and as amended and approved March 14, 1879, and February 8, 1881,

being sections 4930 and 4931 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912. Approved March

16, 1915...

144....An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of White Pine County, State

of Nevada, to issue bonds for the purpose of building and furnishing a schoolhouse

in Preston school district, and matters properly relating thereto. Approved March
16, 1915....

145....An Act to amend section three of an act entitled "An act regulating the manner of

drawing juries in the district courts of this state," approved February 20, 1885.

Approved March 16, 1915.

146....An Act to regulate the fees of the county clerk of Humboldt County, State of Nevada,

and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. Approved

March 16, 1915...

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