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Establishing Nevada school of industry

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CHAP. 254-An Act establishing a state institution for delinquent boys, providing for the purchase of a site, erection of buildings, organizing the government of said school, and providing for the maintenance thereof, and creating a tax levy to raise funds for such purposes.

[Approved March 26, 1913]

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

SECTION 1. There shall be established in the manner hereinafter provided a state institution to be known as "The Nevada School of Industry"

SEC. 2. Said school shall be designed and calculated to provide a suitable home for boys committed thereto under the laws of Nevada relating to the care of children who have been adjudged delinquent, and for the moral, industrial and general education of such boys; provided, that the permanent board of government hereinafter created shall be authorized to provide for the care of delinquent children of either sex properly committed thereto, either at this school, or by sending female delinquents to other institutions of a like kind for females, and are authorized to pay the expense of transportation and maintenance of children sent to such other institution out of the fund hereinafter created by this act.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the governor of Nevada, on Governor to or before the 31st day of March, 1913, to appoint two persons who, together with the governor shall constitute a commission for the establishment of a school of industry at the town of Elko, Elko County, Nevada, upon a ten-acre site to be deeded to the state without charge; conditioned upon the payment to the commission by the citizens of Elko of the sum of five thousand dollars to assist in the construction of suitable buildings for such home.

School in
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to secure plans for buildings

SEC. 4. Upon the choice of such site having been made, it Commission shall be the duty of such commission to advertise in such Nevada and other newspapers as to the commission shall seem best for the architectural designs and plans for such building or buildings as shall be deemed requisite by the commission for such school and for the carrying out of its purposes, and said commission shall include in such advertisement a brief description of the character, size and cost limit of the building or buildings to be constructed; said advertisement shall state that all designs, plans and estimates of the cost of construction thereof shall be received by the commission. The commission shall have the power to reject any and all designs and plans submitted.

SEC. 5. The said commission shall, after passing on said Commission designs, have power, in the event of no design having been may employ accepted, to employ an architect of their choice to make under their direction a proper design with plans and specifications, all to be approved by the commission and at a cost also approved

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by them. The commission shall likewise have power to modify any accepted plans or designs as they see fit.

SEC. 6. Immediately upon the acceptance or adoption of a Contracts to design and plans and specifications, with their modifications, if be let any, the said commission shall, under the advice of the attorney-general, let a contract or contracts for the construction thereof, with suitable indemnity bond or bonds to be approved by a majority of the commission and by the state treasurer. Said commission shall have full power to prescribe the course of procedure to be by them adopted for the securing, submission and opening of bids, and awarding of contracts thereon, or said commission may, if in their judgment deemed best, negotiate for the construction by contract without competitive bidding thereon.

SEC. 7. Said commission shall have authority to employ a Clerk to be clerk to keep its records and accounts, and to incur such expense appointed as may be necessary for architectural advice, stenographic service, and any other incidental expense as shall be approved as necessary by the commission.

expenditures published

SEC. 8. All expenditures made by said commission in the All performance of the duties in this act imposed, shall be audited ex by the state controller, and once every month said auditor shall publish in some newspaper of general circulation in Nevada, an abstract of expenditures to date, up to the time. of the completion of said building or buildings.

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SEC. 9. The permanent board of government of said insti- Governor tution shall consist of the governor of Nevada and four per- appointees sons to be appointed by him, and removable by a majority to constitute vote of the members of the board. The terms of office of such board members, other than the governor, shall expire one each year, beginning January 1, 1915, and in the appointments the times of expiration of the first appointees shall be designated in the respective appointments, and thereafter their terms of office shall be four years each. The members of said board shall serve without compensation, but necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. as members of said board shall be paid out of the appropriations made for the maintenace of said school, when approved by the board. They shall appoint a superintendent of the Superintendschool, whose salary shall be not more than $2,400 per year, ent; salary payable monthly, and who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board. The board of government is hereby authorized to accept gifts, and in order that the home herein provided for may be prepared as soon as possible, to borrow money at a rate not to exceed 6 per cent, to be repaid from the fund created by this act.

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SEC. 10. The superintendent shall give such bond for the Bond of faithful performance of his duties as shall be prescribed from superintendtime to time by the board, and shall, subject to the regulations prescribed by the board, be invested with the custody of the lands, buildings and other property belonging to the institu

Education and training of inmates

lations and rules

tion. He shall appoint, subject to the approval of the board, all teachers, officers and employees who shall hold office during his pleasure.

SEC. 11. The board shall cause to be organized and maintained a department of instruction for the inmates of said school, with a course of study corresponding, so far as practicable, with the course of study in the state public schools and not higher than the high-school courses. They shall adopt a system of government embracing such rules and regulations as are necessary for the guidance of the teachers, officers and employees, for the regulation of the hours of labor and study, for the preservation of order, for the enforcement of discipline, and for the industrial training of the inmates. The ultimate purpose of all such instruction, training, discipline and industries shall be to qualify inmates for profitable and honorable employment and to enable them to lead useful lives after their release from the institution rather than to make said institution self-supporting.

SEC. 12. The rules and regulations of said school and the School regu- conduct thereof by said board and said superintendent shall be in strict harmony with and obedience to the laws of the State of Nevada, and the judgments and orders of the district courts of the several judicial districts rendered and made in accordance with the laws of Nevada.

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clothing, etc.

SEC. 13. This act shall be construed in conformity with the Construction intent as well as the expressed provisions thereof, and shall conof this act fer upon the board authority to do all those lawful acts which it deems necessary to promote the prosperity of the school, and the well-being and education of its inmates, including the organization of trade schools, purchase of materials for use therein, and the doing of all other things, not prohibited, which are Inmates may required to carry out the purposes of this act. The board is moderate further authorized to pay those committed to said school small pay in lieu of weekly or monthly sums in lieu of clothing and other necessary articles, if, in its judgment, such a course would better promote discipline and training; and for this purpose and also to meet small current and incidental expenses the said board is hereby authorized to place in the hands of the superintendent of this industrial school, through requisitions approved by the state board of examiners and issued and paid by warrants as provided herein, sums of money, not to exceed five hundred dollars at any one time; provided, that the superintendent shall make a complete financial report each month to the board of trustees of all moneys handled by him.

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SEC. 14. When the premises are ready for occupancy, the Courts to governor shall make due proclamation thereof. Thereafter it commit boys shall be lawful for the courts to commit to said institution those boys whom they shall have found to be delinquents as provided by law.

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SEC. 15. For the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1913, and tax of 2 cents the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1914, an ad valorem tax

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of two cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property is hereby levied and directed to be collected, for the purposes of this act, upon all the taxable property in this state, including the net proceeds of mines and mining claims, except such property as is by law exempt from taxation, and all money derived from said taxes shall be paid into the treasury to the credit of the Nevada school of industry fund hereby created.

CHAP. 255—An Act prescribing the duties of public service water companies in the matter of furnishing water for fire protection.

[Approved March 26, 1913]

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

panies must furnish

SECTION 1. Any person, firm, association or corporation, Water comwho or which, as a public utility, is now, or may hereafter be, engaged in the business of furnishing for compensation, sufficient any city, town, village or hamlet within this state with water protection for domestic purposes, shall be lawfully bound to furnish said city, town, village or hamlet a reasonably adequate supply of water at reasonable pressure for fire protection and at reasonable rates, all to be fixed and determined by the public service commission of this state.

mains with

SEC. 2. The duty to furnish a reasonably adequate supply Must lay and of water provided for in section 1 shall be deemed to include maintain fire the laying of mains with all necessary connections for the good proper delivery of the water for fire protection and also the installing of such appliances as will assure a reasonably sufficient pressure for such purpose.

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make rules

SEC. 3. The public service commission of this state shall Public have full power and authority to fix and determine reasonable mission to fix rates for the service herein provided for, and to prescribe all rates and installations and appliances fairly adequate for the proper utilization and delivery of water for the purpose named. The said commission shall also have authority to prescribe rules, regulations and practices to be followed by any of the parties mentioned in section 1, in furnishing water for fire protection and shall have complete jurisdiction of all questions arising under the provisions of this act.

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ing public

SEC. 4. All proceedings under this act shall be in con- Proceedings formity with the provisions of that certain act entitled, "An to conform act making the railroad commission of Nevada ex officio a of act creatpublic service commission for the regulation and control of service comcertain public utilities, prescribing the manner in which such mission public utilities shall be regulated and controlled, requiring such public utilities to furnish reasonably 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

Application of act to all

water companies

Special

provisions

In effect

Enlarging capitol building

public service commission to appoint an expert engineer and to appoint clerks and assistants, and making an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of this act, approved March 23, 1911. All violations of any order made by the said public service commission under the provisions of this act shall be subject to the penalties for like violations of the provisions of the act, full title of which is in this section above set forth.

SEC. 5. This act shall be deemed to apply to and govern all public utilities now furnishing water for domestic use unless otherwise expressly provided in the charters, franchises, or permits under which such utilities are acting, and it is specifically provided that all persons, firms, associations or corporations hereafter engaging in the business of a public utility to supply any city, town, village or hamlet with water for domestic uses shall be subject to the provisions of this act, regardless of any conditions to the contrary in any charter, franchise or permit of whatsoever character granted by any county, city, town, village or hamlet within this state, or of any charter, franchise or permit granted by any authority outside the State of Nevada.

SEC. 6. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its approval.

CHAP. 256-An Act to provide for the enlargement of the state capitol building, making an appropriation therefor, and other matters properly connected therewith.

[Approved March 26, 1913]

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

SECTION 1. The board of capitol commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to extend the north and south wings of the state capitol building, and to provide for the heating, lighting and furnishing of the apartments in said extensions. Said extensions shall each have the same depth as the central Capitol com- part of the present building. Said board on or before the 5th missioners to day of May, 1913, shall employ a competent architect at an immediately expense not to exceed $800 to prepare and submit plans to the

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said board for the construction work herein provided for, the said plans to be delivered to, and approved and adopted by said board within sixty days thereafter, whereupon the board shall forthwith advertise for a period of six weeks for sealed bids for the construction of said extensions, in accordance with the Contract to specifications which shall be on file subject to inspection. Said board shall let said contract to the lowest responsible bidder; provided, that any and all bids may, for sufficient reason, be rejected.

lowest responsible bidder

Stone from prison quarry

SEC. 2. The specifications shall include a requirement that the walls shall be of stone from the state prison quarry, or like material, and shall provide that the contractor give notice at

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