CHAP. XXXIII.-An Act to provide for the Payment of Certain [Approved February 20, 1879.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Commissioners of White Pine create a County to fund. Transfer money. SECTION 1. The Board of Commissioners of White Pine County are hereby authorized and directed, from and after the passage of this Act, to create in the County Treasury of said county a fund, to be known as the Redemption Fund of said county. As soon after the passage of this Act as may be practicable, said Board shall cause to be transferred into said Redemption Fund twenty per cent. of all revenues in the General Fund of said county, at the time of the taking effect of this Act; and the County Treasurer of said county is hereby expressly Treasurer prohibited from paying out any portion of said twenty per cent. to pay out. of said revenues from said Treasury until the order of transference to be made by said Board, as hereinafter provided for, is duly certified to such Treasurer; and said Board shall cause Money to be twenty per cent. of all county revenues, paid into the Treasury fund. of said county after the passage of this Act, to be placed in said Redemption Fund. As soon as paid into said Treasury, the money placed in the Redemption Fund created by this Act shall be disbursed as hereinafter provided. prohibited placed in disbursed posted. SEC. 2. Whenever, at any time, there shall be in said Redemp- How tion Fund the sum of five hundred dollars, or more, it shall be the duty of the County Treasurer of said county to give ten days' notice, by posting at the court-house door of said county Notice to be that sealed proposals, directed to him, will be received for the surrender of county certificates of indebtedness on the General Fund of said county, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, and that said proposals will be received by him until the next regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of said county thereafter. Proposals to be opened. of bids. SEC. 3. On the first day of such regular meeting of said Board of County Commissioners, they, together with the County Auditor and Treasurer, shall attend at the office of the latter, and there and then open all sealed proposals then received, and accept the lowest bid or bids for the surrender of county Acceptance certificates of indebtedness, as specified in the preceding section; provided, that no bid for more than par value shall be Proviso. accepted by them, nor any bid unless accompanied by the certificate or certificates proposed to be surrendered; and provided further, that said Board shall, if it shall deem it for the best interests of said county, reject all bids, and order the Treasurer Can reject to re-advertise, said Board shall, on opening and accepting bids, apply all funds then in said Redemption Fund, if there be accepted bids sufficient to cover the amount. SEC. 4. When any bid or bids are accepted, the County Auditor and County Treasurer shall each take a description of the certificate or certificates to be redeemed, specifying the amount bids. Auditor and duties. Treasurer's Board to order bids. duties. to be paid for each certificate surrendered, the date, number and amount thereof, and make a record thereof in their respective offices, and thereupon the Board of County Commissioners purchase of shall, by order entered on their minutes, direct the County Treasurer to purchase the certificate or certificates of indebtedness designated in the accepted bid or bids, and pay therefor out of said Redemption Fund; and all certificates so redeemed Treasurer's shall be canceled by the County Treasurer, who shall write across the face thereof, in red ink, "purchased and redeemed," adding thereto the time when, and the amount paid therefor, and signing the same officially. The order of the Board of Commissioners aforesaid, together with the record made by the County Auditor as herein required shall be sufficient vouchers for the County Treasurer in the settlement of his accounts. The bids specified in this Act being equal, preference shall be given to priority of date of allowance, and to the smallest amount. That shall be deemed the lowest bid which offers the largest amount of certificates for the least sum of money. The bids and amounts of certificates being equal, each shall be accepted and paid pro rata, as nearly as possible. The County Unaccepted Treasurer shall return all unaccepted bids to the owners on bids. demand. The County Treasurer shall keep a separate account, Treasurer's under the head of "Redemption Fund," of all moneys received Reference to bids. Lowest bids. duties. No fees allowed to officers. Acts repealed. therein, of all moneys paid out thereof, and when and to whom paid. He shall also, on the register of county certificates of indebtedness kept by him, write opposite each certificate redeemed under the provisions of this Act, the word "purchased,' when, and the amount paid therefor. SEC. 5. All officers of said county who shall render any services, official or otherwise, under the provisions of this Act, shall do so free of charge or fee. SEC. 6. An Act entitled "An Act to provide for the payment of certain indebtedness, accrued and to accrue, of White Pine County," approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and all other Acts and parts of Acts heretofore passed, so far only as in conflict with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed. Duties of County Commissioners. CHAP. XXXIV.-An Act to provide for the erection of Guide- [Approved February 21, 1879.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. It is hereby made the duty of the Board of County Commissioners in each County of this State, within ninety days. after the passage of this Act, to cause to be put up, and to be Erect guide thereafter kept up at each crossing or forks of any public roads or highways in such County, and at each place where a public boards. road or highway crosses or diverges from any private or toll road, a guide-board, having thereon an index or pointer, and the words "to (naming the place or first point of any import-bord. ance on such road, and the number of miles, as near as may be thereto) miles." Such number of guide-boards shall be put up and so placed at all such points as to enable travelers to readily understand therefrom the road they may wish to travel, in order to arrive at the desired destination. Owners of toll roads SEC. 2. The owner or owners of any toll road in this State, having one or more lateral branches, are hereby required, at to erect their own expense, to comply with the provisions of section one of this Act. posts. SEC. 3. Any willful neglect to carry out the provisions of this Penalties. Act on the part of any such owner or owners of toll road or roads, shall, upon conviction thereof, subject the offender to a fine of not less than twenty-five, nor more than one hundred dollars. CHAP. XXXV. An Act to authorize the construction of a Court-house in Eureka County, and to provide the means therefor. [Approved February 24, 1879.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Commis sioners to erect Court house. SECTION 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Eureka County County are hereby authorized and empowered to erect a Courthouse of suitable size and dimensions for the County of Eureka, in the town of Eureka, on the site now occupied for Courthouse purposes by the said County of Eureka; provided, that the cost of constructing and furnishing the same, the contract to be let to the lowest responsible bidder, shall in no event exceed the sum of fifty-three thousand dollars. Proviso Cost. created. moneys. SEC. 2. For the purpose of giving force and effect to the first Fund section of this Act, a fund is hereby established in Eureka County, to be known and designated as the "Court-house Fund." At the regular meeting of the Board of Commis- Transfer sioners in May, A. D. 1879, there shall be transferred from the General Fund of said County to the Court-house Fund, eight thousand dollars, and from the Current Expense Fund to the Court-house Fund, five thousand dollars. At the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners in July of the same year, there shall be transferred from the General Fund to the Court-house Fund seven thousand dollars, and from the Current Expense Fund to the Court-house Fund five thousand dollars. At the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners in December of the same year, there shall be transferred from the General Fund to the Court-house Fund seventeen thousand dollars, and from the Current Expense Fund to the Court-house Fund eleven thousand dollars. Loan to be negotiated. SEC. 3. Should the General and Current Expense Funds, from any cause, prove inadequate to supply the sums herein directed to be transferred, then, and not otherwise, the said Board of County Commissioners of Eureka County shall be authorized and empowered to negotiate a loan of fifteen thousand dollars, or any part thereof, in the name and on behalf of Time to run Eureka County, running not longer than three years, at a rate and interest of interest not to exceed twelve per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, pledging the good faith and credit of the County of Eureka to the prompt payment of both principal and interest at the date of maturity. The said Board of County Comsioners shall be fully authorized to issue the bonds of the County of Eureka, in form and manner to carry into effect the provisions of this section. Money remaining reverts to SEC. 4. Any money remaining in the Court-house Fund on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1880, shall revert to the the General General and Current Expense Funds, in such proportion as the Commissioners may deem expedient, and for the best interest of the county. Fund. In case of failure to house. SEC. 5. Should the Board of Commissioners, from any cause, erect Court fail to construct said Court-house during the year 1879, the dates fixed for the transfer of moneys, and all other times and dates specified in this Act, shall be made equally applicable to the corresponding times and dates in the year A. D. 1880. The time for re-transferring any money remaining in the Court-house Fund to the Current and General Expense Funds being in that case extended to the first Monday in January, A. D. 1881. Payment of President pro tem. CHAP. XXXVI. XXXVI.- An Act to provide for certain Legislative [Approved February 24, 1879.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The State Controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the Legislative Fund in favor of W. R. King, President, pro tem., of the Senate, and U. E. Allen, Speaker, pro tem., of the Assembly, for the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars each, for services rendered as such President, pro tem., and Speaker, pro tem., of the Senate and Assembly, respectively, and the State Treasurer is hereby directed and required to pay the same. CHAP. XXXVII.—An Act supplementary to an Act entitled an Act to provide for the maintenance and supervision of Public Schools, approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, approved March eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, approved March seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. [Approved February 24, 1879.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Districts formed. SECTION 1. School Districts may be formed of parts of two School or more counties; provided, there are not in such part of either county the number of heads of families required by law for the formation of School Districts. Proviso. sioners to SEC. 2. When the petition for such school shall be granted County and the district established, the County Commissioners of each Commis county in which parts of such district is located shall appoint appoint three Trustees, two from the county having, at the time of such trustees. application, the largest number of census children in its part of said district, their successors to be chosen at the next general when election on the same basis. SEC. 3. The County Superintendents of Public Schools of each county out of which such School Districts may be formed, shall apportion the Public School moneys in proportion to the number of census children of school age residing in such districts in their respective counties, as provided by law, upon the basis of the fractional part of the district contained in said county for every teacher assigned it, upon the basis of one hundred census children or fraction thereof. Successors, chosen. Apportion ment of moneys. CHAP. XXXVIII.—An Act to prevent the propagation and spread of contagious diseases. [Approved February 24, 1879.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Forbidding the removal of deceased persons. SECTION 1. Any person or persons, company, association or corporation in this State who shall exhume or disinter, or who shall cause to be exhumed or disinterred, any human remains, or any part of such remains which have been buried in the ground in this State, for the purpose of transporting the same to any other State or foreign country, except under the condi- Exceptions. tions hereinafter provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum Penalties. |