CHAP. 91-An Act to amend section three hundred eightyseven of an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this state and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto," approved March 17, 1911, the same being section 5329 of Revised Laws of Nevada (1912). [Approved March 13, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and civil practice act SECTION 1. Section three hundred eighty-seven of the above- Amending mentioned act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 387. An appeal may be taken: time in which 1. From a final judgment in an action or special proceed- Limitation of ing commenced in the court in which the judgment is rendered, appeal may within six months after the rendition of the judgment. be taken 2. From an order granting or refusing a new trial, or grant- Same ing or refusing to grant or dissolving or refusing to dissolve an injunction, or appointing or refusing to appoint a receiver, or dissolving or refusing to dissolve an attachment, or changing or refusing to change the place of trial, and from any special order made after final judgment, within sixty days after the order is made and entered in the minutes of the court. 3. From an interlocutory judgment, order or decree here- Same after made or entered in actions to redeem real or personal property from a mortgage thereof or lien thereon, determining such right to redeem and directing an accounting, and from an interlocutory judgment in actions for partition which determines the rights and interests of the respective parties and directs partition, sale or division to be made, within sixty days after the rendition of the judgment or order. 4. If an order granting or refusing to grant a motion to Same change the place of trial of an action is not directly appealed from within the said sixty days, there shall be no appeal therefrom on appeal from the judgment in the case or otherwise, and on demand or motion of either party to an action the court or judge making the order changing or refusing to change the place of trial of an action shall make an order staying the trial of the action until the time to appeal from such order changing or refusing to change, shall have lapsed; or if an appeal from such order is taken until such appeal shall, in the appellate court, or in some other manner, be legally determined. 8 Cities may issue bonds for specified street improvements and interest limited CHAP. 92-An Act to amend sections one and two of an act entitled "An act to authorize municipalities to issue bonds for the purpose of paying the costs of municipal improvements for which special assessments are levied," approved March 13, 1909, and other matters relating thereto. [Approved March 13, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section one of an act entitled "An act to authorize municipalities to issue bonds for the purpose of paying the costs of municipal improvements for which special assessment are levied, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. Any incorporated town or city in the State of Nevada, whether incorporated under a general or special act, may, by ordinance, cause to be issued bonds of the town or city to be called "(insert name of street) Street Improvement Life of bonds Bonds, payable in annual periods of one to not more than ten years from date, and to bear interest payable annually, not exceeding the rate of seven per cent per annum; and said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. Such bonds shall be issued for the purpose of paying the cost of laying the cement sidewalks, paving, macadamizing or otherwise improving the streets and alleys in said town or city, exclusive of the intersections of streets and spaces opposite alleys therein; provided, that the entire cost of laying the cement sidewalks, or paving or macadamizing or otherwise improving any such streets, avenues or alleys, properly chargeable to any blocks, lots or lands, or parts thereof, within the district assessed, may be paid by the owner of such lots or land within fifty days from the levy of such special taxes, and thereupon such lots or lands shall be exempt from any lien or charge therefor. Proviso SEC. 2. Section three of an act entitled "An act to authorCity charter ize municipalities to issue bonds for the purpose of paying the must be com- costs of municipal improvements for which special assess plied with in ordering improve ments ments are levied, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 3. When the council of any such city or town shall determine to make any of the public improvements above mentioned, it may, in the ordinance declaring such determination, also declare whether or not bonds shall be issued to pay for the cost of such improvement as provided in this act; and in case it is decided to issue bonds as herein provided, the assessments to pay for the cost of such improvements shall be made as provided in the charter of said city or town or act under which the same is incorporated. If said assessments are not all paid by the property owners against whom they are levied, at the end of fifty (50) days from the time they become a lien, the said council shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, pass an ordinance directing the issu authorizing ance of bonds herein provided, fixing their form, declaring Ordinance the amount remaining unpaid, denominations and interest, the bonds to be lots or parcels of land against which the said assessments passed remaining unpaid in whole or in part are a lien, and the names of the owners thereof, where known, with the amounts due thereon, and directing that the said unpaid assessments or portions thereof shall thereafter be paid in the manner and at the time to be decided by the council and set forth in the ordinance directing the issuance of the bonds. Each of the said installments shall bear interest from the end of the said fifty (50) days until due at the same rate of interest as that provided for in the bonds, payable annually, which rate shall be fixed by the ordinance. Such installments and the inter- Lien on est thereon shall be and remain a lien on the said lots and property parcels of lands until paid, and shall be collected in the same manner as other delinquent special assessments; provided, that Proviso the council may in the ordinance directing the issuance of the bonds provide that the unpaid assessments or portions thereof as herein contained shall be placed on the state and county tax roll and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other state and county general taxes are collected, and the several officers of the several counties of this state are hereby authorized and empowered to provide for and collect the said unpaid assessments or portions thereof as herein contained in all cases where the same are directed to be paid and collected in this manner by the city council or other governing board of any incorporated town or city in the State of Nevada. or general SEC. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage and City charters approval, and nothing contained in any city charter or gen- laws cannot eral law of the State of Nevada shall be considered as abro- abrogate or nullify this gating or nullifying any of the provisions of this act, and any act special assessments which have heretofore been legally levied for work done, the issuance of bonds to pay for which has not been provided for may be governed by the provisions of this act in its amended form; provided, that this act shall not Proviso invalidate or in any way affect bonds which have heretofore been issued under the provisions of the act of which this act is amendatory. Carrying concealed weapons declared a nuisance Weapons declared nuisances when CHAP. 93-An Act declaring certain weapons and instruments when unlawfully carried, and also the carrying thereof, to be public nuisances, and providing for their confiscation and destruction. [Approved March 13, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The unlawful carrying of a pistol, revolver or other firearm, or of an instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as blackjack, bludgeon, slung-shot, billy, sandclub, sand-bag, metal knuckles, or of a dagger, dirk, dangerous knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, by any person save peace officers or persons while employed upon or traveling upon trains, stages or other public conveyances, or persons having permission from the board of county commissioners, attested by its clerk, of the county in which such weapon shall be carried, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and such weapons are hereby declared to be nuisances; and when any one or more of the above-described instruments or weapons shall be taken from the possession of any person charged with the commission of any public offense or crime the same shall be surrendered to the sheriff of the county wherein the same shall be taken; except that in incorporated cities having a police force such instruments or weapons shall, when the possession thereof is detected by any member of such police force, be surrendered to the head of the police force or department of such incorporated city. SEC. 2. The officer to whom the same may be so surrenWeapons to dered shall, except upon certificate of a judge of a court of be destroyed, record, or of the district attorney, that the nondestruction thereof is necessary or proper in the ends of justice, proceed at such time or times as he deems proper, and at least once in each year, to destroy or cause to be destroyed any and all such weapons or instruments in such manner and to such extent that the same shall be and become wholly and entirely ineffective and useless for the purpose for which destined and harmless to human life or limb; provided, that in the event of the acquittal of any such person any and all such weapons or instruments so taken from him as aforesaid shall thereupon be returned to him upon demand therefor. Proviso CHAP. 94 An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this state and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto," approved March 17, 1911. [Approved March 13, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and law concern SECTION 1. That section four hundred fifty-four of an act Amending entitled "An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this ing contempt state and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto, approved of court March 17, 1911, being section 5396 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, is hereby amended to read as follows: tempt may be punished Section 454. When a contempt is committed in the imme- Direct condiate view and presence of the court or judge at chambers, it may be punished summarily, for which an order shall be made, summarily reciting the facts as occurring in such immediate view and presence, adjudging that the person proceeded against is thereby guilty of a contempt and that he be punished as therein prescribed. When the contempt is not committed in the imme- Evidence diate view and presence of the court or judge at chambers, an indirect conrequired in affidavit shall be presented to the court or judge of the facts tempt, and constituting the contempt, or a statement of the facts by the jury trial referees or arbitrators; provided, that in all cases of contempt arising without the immediate view and presence of the court the person charged with contempt may demand and have a jury trial; and provided further, that in all cases of contempt Judge arising without the immediate view and presence of the court, cannot the judge of such court in whose contempt the defendant is preside alleged to be shall not preside at such trial over the objection of the defendant. SEC. 2. That section four hundred sixty-one of said act, being section 5403 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, is hereby amended to read as follows: may have concerned ment for Section 461. Upon the answer and evidence taken, the court Imprisonor judge or jury, as the case may be, shall determine whether contempt the person proceeded against is guilty of the contempt charged; limited and if it be found that he is guilty of the contempt, a fine may be imposed on him not exceeding five hundred dollars, or he may be imprisoned not exceeding twenty-five (25) days, or both, but no imprisonment shall exceed twenty-five (25) days except as provided in the next section. SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. |