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dam for all expenses incurred by said county in constructing said weir, and may recover judgment on said right of action and satisfy the same in the manner now provided by law.

to permanent

SEC. 3. The provisions of this act shall not apply to dams Not to apply constructed or being constructed or hereafter to be con- dams structed for the purpose of permanently storing the waters of such river for beneficial purposes.

defined

SEC. 4. The term "water of such river," as used in this Terms act, shall be construed to mean the normal and natural flow of water in such river unaffected by flood, storm, or other abnormal natural causes.

SEC. 5. This act shall be in effect on and after its approval.

CHAP. 183-An Act for the relief of Zellerbach
paper company.

[Approved March 22, 1913]

Zellerbach

WHEREAS, In the year 1910, Zellerbach paper company fur- Relief of nished to the state printer supplies to the amount of $53.95 paper comand rendered bills therefor, which, through inadvertence, were pany not paid during that year; and

WHEREAS, This claim has been allowed by the state board

of examiners; now, therefore,

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

tion, $53.95

SECTION 1. The sum of fifty-three and ninety-five hun- Appropriadredths ($53.95) dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys of the general fund for the payment of Zellerbach paper company, to compensate it for the supplies furnished as aforesaid.

controller

SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby directed to draw his Duties of warrant in favor of said Zellerbach paper company for the and amount specified in this act, and the state treasurer is hereby treasurer directed to pay the same.

CHAP. 184-An Act relating to the compensation of county officers in Washoe County, State of Nevada, and to repeal all acts in conflict herewith.

[Approved March 22, 1913]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

salaries of

County

SECTION 1. The county recorder and ex officio auditor shall Fixing receive the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum as Washoe county recorder, and the sum of twelve hundred dollars per officers annum as county auditor, in full compensation as recorder Recorder and auditor. And he shall be allowed one deputy auditor,

Treasurer

Deputies, when

township

officers must make itemized statement of traveling

and other expenses

who shall receive the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per month; also one chief copyist who shall receive the sum of one hundred dollars per month; and also one copyist who shall receive the sum of seventy-five dollars per month.

SEC. 2. The county treasurer and ex officio tax receiver, shall receive the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars per annum in full compensation as treasurer and ex officio tax receiver, and he may appoint one chief assistant, who shall receive the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per month; and also one assistant, who shall receive the sum of one hundred dollars per month.

SEC. 3. The county recorder and county treasurer may, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, appoint additional deputies, assistants or copyists as they may deem proper; provided, the board of county commissioners shall fix the number and compensation of such deputies, assistants or copyists.

SEC. 4.

All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

CHAP. 185-An Act requiring all county officers to file vouchers for all expenses allowed by law, traveling or otherwise.

[Approved March 22, 1913]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Any county or township officer presenting a County and claim to the county for traveling or other expenses allowed by law, shall attach itemized vouchers and receipts for the same to their claims, and the county commissioners of the several counties in this state are hereby prohibited from allowing such claims unless accompanied by vouchers and receipts as required by this section, and in no case shall a greater sum be allowed for a private conveyance than is usually charged by public carriers or conveyances for a similar distance, and if the service is rendered by automobile, such amount shall always be Automobile determined by the board of county commissioners and shall in no case exceed the sum of fifty cents per mile one way only. Automobile service shall only be used in cases of emergency, or by and with the consent of the county commissioners.

hire

restricted

SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

CHAP. 186-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 March 22, 1913]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

County

SECTION 1. Section one hundred and twenty-nine of the above-named act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 129. On the first Monday in each month the sheriff Regarding shall pay over to the treasurer all moneys received by him licenses from licenses, and take from the treasurer duplicate receipts therefor; and he shall immediately on the same day return to the county auditor all licenses not issued or disposed of by him, and the county auditor shall credit him with the amount so returned; also, the receipts of money paid to the county treasurer, which receipts shall be filed with the county auditor. The county auditor shall charge the treasurer therefor, and open a new account with the sheriff for the next month; and it is hereby made the duty of each sheriff in his county to demand that all persons required to procure licenses in accordance with this act, take out and pay for the same, and he shall be held liable on his official bond for all moneys due for such licenses remaining uncollected by reason of his negligence.

CHAP. 187-An Act in relation to the sale of articles and products of state institutions not required for their own use and consumption.

[Approved March 22, 1913]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

tion may sell

state

SECTION 1. The products of any state institution, or any State instituarticle, not required for its own use or consumption, may be its products sold by the official in charge of such institution at its reasonable to other market value, and the proceeds of such sale shall be deposited institutions in the fund or appropriation for the support of such institution, and not in the general fund.

institutions

funds

SEC. 2. In the event that any state institution disposes of Selling any of its products, or any article not required by it, to any to receive other state institution, said state institution so selling the same credit in its shall present a claim for the selling price agreed against the institution purchasing the same, which shall be certified to by the proper officer of said purchasing institution, and on approval by the state board of examiners the state controller shall draw his warrant in favor of the fund or appropriation for the support of said selling institution; and the official in

charge of said selling institution is hereby authorized to receipt for such warrant, and on its presentation the state treasurer shall transfer the amount of such warrant to such fund or appropriation, and not to the general fund.

Fees of

recorder of White Pine County

CHAP. 188-An Act fixing the fees to be charged and collected by the county recorder in and for White Pine County, Nevada, and providing for the disposition thereof.

[Approved March 22, 1913]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The following are hereby fixed and established as the fees to be charged and collected by the county recorder in and for White Pine County, Nevada, to wit: For receiving, filing and entering documents required to be recorded, fifteen cents; for filing and entering any paper not to be recorded, thirty cents; for making all necessary indexes to each paper filed or recorded, for each name to be indexed, thirty cents; for recording any instrument, paper or document, for each folio, twenty cents; for every certificate under seal, seventy-five cents; for every entry of discharge or assignment of mortgage on the margin of the records, twenty-five cents; for abstract of title, for each document embraced thereby, seventy-five cents; for searching records and files, for each document necessarily examined, twentyfive cents, but this charge shall not be included in charge for abstract of title; for recording any survey or map other than town plat, for each corner, thirty cents; for recording town plat, for each lot or separate subdivision exhibited thereby, twenty cents; for each folio of lettering or figuring thereon, or in the certificate and description of the same, fifty cents; for recording certificates of marriage, death, divorce or birth, fifty cents; for copying of any document or record in his office, for each folio, twenty cents; for taking acknowledgment, including certificate and seal, for the first signature, seventy-five cents; for each additional signature, twenty-five cents; for recording or copying any paper in a foreign language, double the fees as when in English; no map or plat shall be recorded exceeding in size two folios of the usual sized records; for preparing the abstract of unsatisfied mortgages, when requested by the board of equalization, for each, twenty-five cents; and also all other fees which are now or may hereafter be fixed and established by law.

SEC. 2. The said recorder shall, on the first Monday of Fees paid to each and every month pay to the county treasurer of said White Pine County the amount of all fees charged by the said recorder during the next preceding month.

treasury monthly

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of April, In effect 1913.

CHAP. 189-An Act to amend section five of chapter two of act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Las Vegas, in Clark County, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto," approved March 16,

1911.

[Approved March 22, 1913]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

Las Vegas incorpora

county

officers

assessor,

SECTION 1. Section five of chapter two of the above-entitled Amending act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 5. Officers, Appointive and Ex Officio-Enumer- tion act ation of Compensation. The county treasurer and ex officio tax receiver of the county of Clark shall be ex officio Certain treasurer and tax receiver of the city of Las Vegas; the officers ex county assessor of the county of Clark shall be ex officio officio city assessor of the city of Las Vegas; the city clerk of the city of Las Vegas shall be ex officio license collector of the city of Las Vegas. Each of the above-mentioned officers in this section set forth shall perform the respective duties of their offices under said city without extra compensation, except as hereinafter provided, but for the performance of the duties as city assessor relative to special assessments as in this act provided the board of commissioners, upon the request of the city assessor, shall appoint, for such time as his services may be necessary, a deputy city assessor to per- Deputy city form such duties relative to special assessments, and the when board of commissioners shall fix and pay the deputy such compensation as they deem fit. The county treasurer and ex officio tax receiver of the county of Clark shall be entitled to receive for his services as ex officio treasurer and tax receiver of the city of Las Vegas a salary of not to exceed fifty ($50) dollars per month from the city of Las Vegas. Salaries The county treasurer and county assessor of the county of Clark shall be liable on their official bonds for the faithful discharge of the duties imposed on them by this act. The board of commissioners may appoint a city clerk with a salary not to exceed six hundred ($600) dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly installments; also a city attorney, with a salary not to exceed six hundred ($600) dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly installments; also a city marshal, with a salary not to exceed eighteen hundred ($1,800) dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly installments; also a judge of the municipal court at a salary not to exceed fifty ($50) dollars per month. The board of commissioners may appoint such other officers as such board

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