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SEC. 2. The said special commissioner shall act without Residue to salary or compensation, and all moneys, if any, remaining in the fund hereby appropriated, after said special commissioner shall have concluded his labors as such, shall revert to the general fund without further legislative action; provided, that said special commissioner shall, upon the completion of his service as such, file written statements to that effect, one with the secretary of state, and one with the state controller.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon its In effect passage and approval.

CHAP. 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]

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

salary of

Washoe

SECTION 1. Section 1 of an act entitled "An act fixing and Fixing regulating the salaries of certain officers of Washoe County, assessor of Nevada, and the compensation of deputies and assistants in County office, approved March 23, 1909, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 1. From and after the approval of this act the assessor of Washoe County, Nevada, shall receive a salary of twenty-six hundred dollars per annum, and the further sum of forty-four hundred dollars per annum to be disbursed as compensation for deputies and traveling expenses.

CHAP. 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 relation to the state quarantine laws.

[Approved March 11, 1915]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

veterinary

university

SECTION 1. The president and board of regents of the Uni- State versity of Nevada are hereby instructed to establish at the control University of Nevada a laboratory to be known as the state service at veterinary control service, for the diagnosis of infectious diseases among animals and the conduct of research into the nature, cause, and control of such diseases.

etc.

SEC. 2. The regents of the university shall, from any moneys Equipment, appropriated therefor, purchase suitable equipment, apparatus, chemicals, and supplies for the maintenance of such veterinary control service at the university.

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SEC. 3. The regents of the university shall, upon the recomVeterinarian mendation of the president, appoint a qualified veterinarian, a bacteriologist, to conduct and direct said control service and shall grant him such assistants as they deem necessary. The individual thus appointed shall be known as the state quarantine officer.

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SEC. 4. In addition to his duties comprehended under the terms of this act, he shall be the official adviser and executive certain laws officer for the enforcement of the provisions contained in chapters 279 and 280 of the Session Laws of the State of Nevada, Twenty-sixth session, 1913; provided, however, that wherever in these acts the duties imposed upon such officer require the exercise of the police power of the state, he shall make his recommendation to the governor who shall take such action thereunder as he may deem wise.

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SEC. 5. The president and board of regents of the University of Nevada may make such rules and regulations for the conduct of the said veterinary control service and for the guidance of the state quarantine officer as they may deem wise for the proper conduct of the office of state quarantine officer, as herein provided. All moneys appropriated by the state provided for the expense of the enforcement of chapters 279 and 280 of the Session Laws of the State of Nevada, Twenty-sixth session, 1913, shall be expended with the approval of the president and board of regents of the University of Nevada.

SEC. 6. All other acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act shall become immediately effective when passed and approved.

CHAP. 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]

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

SECTION 1. There shall be established at the University of Department Nevada a public-service department known as the department engineering of engineering experimentation, which department shall devote tation at its efforts to the aiding of settlers, farmers, and other persons

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university

desiring to develop or who have already developed the underground waters of the State of Nevada, and for the support of which

the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) is hereby appropriated Appropriaout of the moneys of the state not otherwise appropriated.

tion, $5,000

appoint

SEC. 2. The board of regents of the University of Nevada, upon Regents to the recommendation of the president, shall designate and appoint competent a qualified individual who shall be known as the director of director engineering experimentation, and who, subject to the approval of the president and the board of regents, shall plan, supervise, and execute the work contemplated by this act.

advice to

water

SEC. 3. Any person, farmer, corporation, or association may Expert request expert advice or assistance relating to the most probable location, method of developing, the most feasible machinery seekers and power for pumping or the testing of the developed flow of the underground waters of the state, and it shall be the duty of the director appointed as herein provided, if in his opinion conditions justify it, to offer such aid as he shall deem proper to the end that the underground waters of the state may be developed, utilized, and conserved in a degree commensurate with the results of scientific investigations.

how paid

SEC. 4. The expenses thereof shall be allowed and paid out Expenses, of the moneys appropriated under this act upon certificate of the director of engineering experimentation as other state claims are allowed and paid.

keep

SEC. 5. The board of regents of the University of Nevada Director to shall require that the director of engineering experimentation records keep an accurate record of all investigations and results thereof, and shall require reports to be filed at the completion of each unit of experimentation, which reports shall be transmitted to the governor, and a concise statement of their results shall be prepared and shall be printed at the state printing office, and it shall be the duty of the treasurer of the county in which the experimentation has taken place to attach such concise report to the tax statement when it is mailed to the taxpayer.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage and In effect approval.

CHAP. 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]

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

"Public

SECTION 1. It is hereby provided that the several public- Service service departments of the University of Nevada be consolidated Division" of into a "Public Service Division" of the University of Nevada. of Nevada

University

Departments included

Regents to appoint heads of

SEC. 2. The public service division of the University of Nevada shall consist of the following public-service departments, which have been conducted heretofore by authority of statutes of the State of Nevada, enumerated as follows:

1. State analytical laboratory, provided for in sections 46604663, inclusive, of the Revised Laws of the State of Nevada, 1912; 2. State hygienic laboratory, provided for in sections 39413945, inclusive, of the Revised Laws of the State of Nevada, 1912; 3. Food and drug control, provided for in chapter 226, Session Laws of the State of Nevada, Twenty-sixth session, 1913;

4. Weights and measures, provided for in sections 4792-4823, inclusive, of the Revised Laws of the State of Nevada, 1912, as amended chapter 228, Session Laws of the State of Nevada, Twenty-sixth session, 1913;

5. Agricultural extension, as provided for in the Session Laws of the State of Nevada, Twenty-seventh session, 1915;

6. State veterinary control service, as provided for in the Session Laws of the State of Nevada, Twenty-seventh session, 1915;

7. Agricultural experiment station, as provided for in sections 456-464, inclusive, of the Revised Laws of the State of Nevada, 1912;

8. Engineering experimentation, as provided for in the Session Laws of the State of Nevada, Twenty-seventh session, 1915.

SEC. 3. The board of regents of the University of Nevada, upon recommendation of the president, shall designate and appoint a qualified individual to conduct each of these various departments departments of the public service division, and shall grant him such assistants as they deem necessary, and the powers and duties of these individuals appointed as herein provided shall be as stated in the statutes establishing each of these several departments of the public service division; provided, however, that in those instances wherein the statutes concerned impose upon the individual appointed as herein provided any police power, the appointment shall receive the approval of the governor of the state.

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SEC. 4. All rules and regulations necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of the statutes establishing the departments comprehended in this public service division of the University of Nevada shall be made by the president and board of regents of the University of Nevada.

SEC. 5. Wherever in any of these statutes establishing the departments comprehended in the public service division of the University of Nevada any individual, official, or department of the university is mentioned, there shall be substituted the words "President and Board of Regents of the University."

SEC. 6. All other acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. This act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval.

CHAP. 99-An Act relating to the office of the ex officio state insurance commissioner, and extending and further defining his powers and duties; requiring further licenses in connection therewith, other matters relating thereto, repealing acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, and providing penalties for the violation hereof.

[Approved March 12, 1915]

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

controller

SECTION 1. The state controller of Nevada, acting as ex State officio insurance commissioner, is hereby empowered to enforce ex officio all insurance laws at present on the statute books, and is insurance additionally empowered as follows:

commissioner

solicitors for

SEC. 2. It shall be his duty to issue a license to all author- License ized insurance solicitors upon a written request from the gen- from eral agents or other responsible officers of such companies as insurance shall have complied with the requirements of the insurance laws of Nevada, said license being good until February 1 of the succeeding year, unless revoked by the insurance commissioner; and any person soliciting insurance in the state, or taking it on behalf of any company without such license, or writing it for any company not authorized to do business in this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of $100, or imprisoned fifty days in the county jail, or both, and be debarred from transacting any more insurance business in the state.

Penalty

SEC. 3. The fee for such license shall be one dollar for Fee, $1 each company represented.

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SEC. 4. The state controller, acting as ex officio insurance Licenses commissioner, shall have the power to revoke or suspend the license of any insurance company that refuses, neglects or fails to settle any valid claim against it within sixty days after final judgment shall have been entered thereon and notice thereof filed with said state controller.

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state

SEC. 5. The state controller, acting as ex officio insurance Insurance commissioner, shall place all fire insurance required by the commisState of Nevada upon its property, dealing only with companies place all authorized to do business in the state; and shall also have insurance the power to inspect all state buildings and order such fireextinguishing and safety appliances as shall be deemed necessary for the protection of property against fire; and shall have the further power to order the removal of combustibles and rubbish from said property, or order such changes in the entrances or exits of the buildings as shall insure the safety of the inmates, together with such fire escapes as he may deem necessary.

SEC. 6. Should the commissioners or board in charge of such state property refuse to comply with the order of the state insurance commissioner within thirty days after such

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