Treasurer responsible County High Redemption shall be liable on his official bond for the safe keeping of the moneys which shall come into his hands under the provisions of this act, and for the faithful discharge of his duties in relation thereto. SEC. 11. For the purpose of creating a fund for the payment "Humboldt of the bonds authorized by this act and the interest thereon, School Bond the board of county commissioners of said Humboldt County Fund" are hereby authorized and required to levy and collect a special tax on all the property, both real and personal, subject to taxation, including the proceeds of mines, within the boundaries of said Humboldt County, until such bonds and the interest thereon shall have been fully paid, sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds, and to pay and retire, beginning with bond number one and consecutively thereafter, two of said bonds annually, beginning with the first Monday in July, 1916, until all of said bonds have been redeemed and retired. Such tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are assessed and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall be kept by the county treasurer in a special fund, to be known as the "Humboldt County High School Bond Redemption Fund" annually SEC. 12. It shall be obligatory on the said county and its Interest paid proper officers, annually, beginning on the first Monday in July, 1916, to fully pay the accrued interest on said bonds, beginning with the first number thereof, until all of said bonds are redeemed and retired. when SEC. 13. Whenever the bonds and interest provided for in Tax ceases, this act shall have been fully paid the tax authorized by this act shall cease, and all moneys remaining in said bond fund shall, by order of the board of county commissioners of said county, be transferred to the fund used to pay the contingent expenses of said county high school. of bonds SEC. 14. Whenever the county treasurer shall redeem any Cancelation of the bonds issued under the provisions of this act, he shall cancel the same by writing across the face thereof "Paid, together with the date of such payment, sign his name thereto, and turn the same over to the county auditor, taking his receipt therefor, which receipt shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, and the auditor shall credit the treasurer on his books for the amount so paid. Interest ceases, when Board of education may sell present SEC. 15. Should the holder of said bonds, or any of them, for any cause whatever, fail to present said bonds to the said county treasurer for payment when they become due, all interest on such bonds shall immediately cease. SEC. 16. The county board of education of Humboldt County is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to offer for sale and to sell the present county high-school site and the county building and high-school building situated thereon, at Winnemucca, Nevada, to the highest bidder for cash, gold coin of the United States, and to turn over to the county treasurer of the said Humboldt County all proceeds of such sale, which said proceeds of such site sale, together with the money derived from the sale of the bonds herein before specified, shall be applied by said board of county commissioners to the purchase of the said new site and the construction, furnishing, and equipping of the high-school Minimum building aforesaid thereon; provided, however, that no such sale $20,000 shall be made for less than twenty thousand dollars. sale price, sale to be SEC. 17. Said sale shall be made by giving notice thereof Notice of in a newspaper printed and published in said county, for a published period of three weeks, successively, immediately prior to the day specified in said notice for the holding of said sale, and the same shall be held at the time and place specified by said board of education and in said notice given, and the moneys derived therefrom shall be paid over to the county treasurer and kept by said county treasurer in the "Humboldt County High School Building Fund, and said treasurer shall pay out the same in the manner now provided by law for the payment of moneys out of the "County High School Fund, and by and through an order of the said board of county commissioners of said Humboldt County, and for the purposes for which the same are received. And the said county board of education Board of shall make, execute, and deliver a deed, in due legal form, to the purchaser of said site and building, upon the making of said sale. education to execute deed pledged SEC. 18. The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby pledged Faith of state that this act shall not be repealed and the taxation hereby provided be omitted until all the bonds and coupons issued under and by virtue of this act shall have been paid in full, as in this act specified. CHAP. 244-An Act to amend section 2 of an act entitled "An act making the railroad commission of Nevada ex officio a public service commission for the regulation and control of certain public utilities, prescribing the manner in which such 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 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. [Approved March 25, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 2 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. The railroad commission of Nevada shall be, ex Railroad commission to be, ex service com mission officio, the public service commission hereby created, and for the purposes of this act it shall be known as and styled "Public officio, public Service Commission of Nevada" It shall provide itself with a seal bearing these words, by which its official acts shall be authenticated in all cases where a seal is required; and in the name, as above set forth, it may sue and be sued in the courts of the state and of the United States. The secretary of the railroad commission of Nevada shall act as secretary of the commission hereby created, but the business of the public service commission shall be kept entirely separate from that of the railroad commission. For his services under the proSecretary's visions of this act, the secretary shall receive a salary of fifty dollars per month, payable in the same manner as the salaries of other state officers are paid. salary, $50 per month Shelving, and other equipment for state library; paid CHAP. 245-An Act authorizing the state librarian to purchase and install shelving, central chandelier and fire-proof doors, for the state library. [Approved March 25, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The state librarian is hereby authorized to use any moneys in the state library fund to purchase and install steel shelving, for the accommodation and arrangement of the books now stored in the basement and dome of the state capitol from library building, and he is further authorized to arrange for the purchase and installation of a central chandelier and for the purchase and installation of fire-proof doors between the capitol building and the library building, and the state controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant, and the state treasurer is directed to pay the same. fund tional survey CHAP. 246-An Act to provide for a state educational survey by an unpaid commission, and other matters properly connected therewith. [Approved March 25, 1915] PREAMBLE WHEREAS, The teachers of Nevada, in state institute assembled in December, 1914, adopted the following resolution: "Be it Resolved, That we do hereby petition the state board State educa of education to initiate action designed to secure for Nevada provided for an educational survey to be made under the direction of an unpaid commission of business men, educators, and other professional men and women to be appointed by the governor; such commission to consider all matters pertaining to the educational needs of the state, and to the efficiency of all educational agencies, and to make recommendations based on careful study, and designed to increase the efficiency of our educational system"; and WHEREAS, The state board of education has favorably considered the subject-matter of the foregoing resolution; and WHEREAS, Such surveys have been made in other states to the great educational advantage of the people, furnishing important information and data for the use and guidance of lawmakers; and WHEREAS, The conclusions of such a commission would be of large interest and benefit to the people of Nevada, and to the next legislature, involving among other important matters, consideration of the organization, equipment, and supervision of the public schools: now, therefore, The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: to appoint SECTION 1. Within thirty days after the passage of this act Governor the governor shall appoint a state educational survey commis- commission sion, which shall consist of ten members, including the state board of education, who shall be a part of the commission. This commission shall make an educational survey of the state along the lines set forth in the preamble to this act, including such other features of educational need as it may deem proper. to next SEC. 2. The commission shall report to the next session of To report the legislature its conclusions, together with a plan of general legislature constructive legislation for the schools of the state, proper to carry into effect said conclusions. ing expenses SEC. 3. The members of the commission shall serve without No compensation; $2,500 pay. There is hereby appropriated the sum of two thousand for clerical five hundred dollars ($2,500), or such part thereof as may be and travelnecessary, out of the moneys of the state not otherwise appropriated, to pay necessary clerical and traveling expenses of the commission. CHAP. 247-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act regulating the sheep industry in the State of Nevada, creating a state board of sheep commissioners, defining their duties, and prescribing their compensation," approved March 26, 1907. [Approved March 25, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 9 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 9. When sheep become infected with foot-and-mouth Infected sheep to be killed; not over $4 per sheep disease, or any incurable, infectious, or malignant disease, said. board has the authority, if necessary, to order such diseased owner paid sheep destroyed; provided, in case said board orders sheep killed, it shall pay to the owner thereof, out of any funds it has on hand, one-half the market price of said sheep; provided, further, said board shall not at any time pay more than four ($4) dollars the head for any one such sheep so killed or destroyed. SEC. 2. The above-entitled act is hereby amended by adding a section, numbered 91⁄2, to read as follows: Bounties for killing certain ani paid by sheep commission from its funds as to pelts of noxious animals Section 92. The board is authorized and empowered to offer and pay bounties out of its funds for the killing and destruction of the following-named animals, killed in the State of mals named; Nevada, to wit: For each coyote or coyote pup, seventy-five (75c) cents; for each wildcat or lynx, seventy-five (75c) cents; and for each mountain lion, five ($5) dollars. Any person killing any of the aforesaid animals in order to obtain the bounty provided for herein shall, within ninety (90) days of the date of the killing, present, or cause to be presented by his duly authorized agent, to the county clerk of the county in which said animal or animals have been killed, the entire skin of each of said animal or animals, which skin includes and must have attached thereto all four of the paws, or feet, the tail, and the skin of the head, eye-holes and skin to tip of nose; and shall at the same time make and file with the said county clerk an affiRegulations davit, which said affidavit shall state: first, the kind of animal or animals from which said skin or skins were taken and the number of skins presented; second, that the county in which said animal or animals were killed is the county in which their skins are presented for payment of a bounty; third, that said animal or animals from which said skins were taken were not bought or received, dead or alive, from any other county or state; fourth, that said animals were killed within ninety (90) days from the date of making said affidavit; fifth, that said animal or animals were killed in such county, and in the State of Nevada; and sixth, that the same were not fostered or whelped in captivity prior to the killing thereof. The said county clerk may, if he deems it advisable, require of such applicant for bounty such other corroborative testimony as to him seems proper concerning the truth set forth in such affidavit; provided, that when in doubt as to the kind of skin or skins presented, the order shall be issued for the lesser bounty. The county clerk shall cut off the four (4) paws or feet at the knee and also cut off the ears and scalp and destroy them. The said clerk shall then certify to the said board that he received the said hides, that the required affidavit or affidavits have been made, and that he has destroyed the four feet, scalp, and ears in conformity with law, and also certify the name of the animals killed, the number, where killed, and by whom, and the bounty due. The board shall forthwith remit the bounty due to the party presented. Lesser bounty paid in case of doubt |