said bonds to the purchaser thereof, nor for the county treasurer to receive payment therefor. board of use money Section 13. The county board of education of said county County is hereby authorized, empowered, ordered and directed to use education such money derived from the sale of said bonds, or such por- to erecting tion thereof as they may deem necessary, for the purchase of school a site for a county high school, in and for said county, situated in the city of Ely therein, and the erection thereon, furnishing and equipment of a building for such school; and any balance remaining in such fund after the completion of said building shall be turned over and converted by the county treasurer into the proper fund provided for running and maintaining said high school in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of the law pertaining to the establishment, maintenance and management of high schools in the several counties of the state. duties of education Section 14. The said county board of education shall deter- Further mine as to the character of said building, materials to be used county in its construction, and plans therefor, and when such deter- board of mination is made the said board of education shall advertise for bids for the construction of said building, and let the construction thereof by contract to the lowest responsible bidder; the said county board of education to have authority to reject any and all bids and to readvertise until a satisfactory bid is obtained. The laws in force governing the letting of contracts by boards of county commissioners are hereby made applicable to, and the same shall govern the action of the said county board of education in carrying out the provisions of this act. All demands and bills contracted by said county board of education in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be paid in the same manner now prescribed by law for paying claims against "The County High School Fund" promptly Section 15. As soon as possible after the passage and Must act approval of this act, the said county board of education shall proceed to select and purchase an appropriate site for the said county high-school building in the city of Ely, county of White Pine, State of Nevada, and, with all expedient dispatch, proceed to the execution of its duties and powers as prescribed in this act. Section 16. All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Glove contests Limit of ten rounds CHAP. 147-An Act to amend sections one, two, three, and nine of an act entitled "An act to restrict and license glove contests between man and man, and to repeal all other acts in conflict therewith," approved January 29, 1897. [Approved March 22, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section one of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. Any male person over the age of twenty-one years may procure a license for an exhibition in a public place for any contest or exhibition with gloves between man and man, and the weight of the gloves used in said contest or exhibition shall not be less than four ounces; provided, such contest or exhibition may be for a wager or reward; and further provided, such contest or exhibition shall not continue beyond a period of ten rounds. SEC. 2. Section two of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. The sheriff of any county in which the exhibiLicense, $100 tion or contest named in section 1 of this act is to be held, shall issue a license for such exhibition or contest upon the payment to him of the sum of one hundred dollars ($100). Auditor to prepare licenses noncompli ance SEC. 3. Section three of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 3. Blank licenses shall be prepared by the county auditor of the county in which the exhibition or contest named in section 1 of this act is to be held, which license shall be issued and accounted for as is by law provided for in respect to other county licenses. Each license delivered by the sheriff under the provisions of this act shall contain the name of the licensee and the name of the contestants. SEC. 4. Section nine of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 9. Any person or persons who shall participate in, Penalties for conduct, or manage any glove contest or exhibition contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In effect SEC. 5. This act shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and approval. CHAP. 148-An Act to pay Sophia E. Baumann the sum of The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Sophia E. reporting evidence SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of the legis- $150 to lative fund the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to Baumann for compensate Sophia E. Baumann for her services in taking stenographically and transcribing the proceedings and report of the general investigating committee of the senate and assembly of the twenty-sixth session of the legislature. controller SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby directed to draw his Duties of warrant for the amount and in favor of the person specified in and section 1 of this act, and the state treasurer is hereby directed treasurer to pay the same. CHAP. 149-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 17, 1911. [Approved March 21, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and antigam specified SECTION 1. Section two hundred and fifty-three of the Amending above-entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows: bling act Section 253. It shall be unlawful for any person to deal, Prohibited play or carry on, open or conduct in any capacity whatever, games any game of faro, monte, roulette, lansquenet, rouge et noir, rondo, tan, fantan, seven-and-a-half, twenty-one, hokey-pokey, craps, klondyke, or any banking or percentage game played with cards, dice, or any device, for money, property, checks, credit, or any representative of value; or any gambling game in which any person keeping, conducting, managing or permitting the same to be carried on receives, directly or indirectly, any compensation or reward, or any percentage or share of the money or property played, for keeping, running, carrying on or permitting the said game to be carried on; or to play, maintain or keep, any slot machine played for money or for checks or tokens redeemable in money, or to buy, sell, or deal in pools, or make books on horse races; and any person who violates any of the above provisions, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a period of not less than one year nor more than five years. Every person who shall play at any game whatsoever, other than those hereinabove mentioned, for Proviso service of stallions money, property or gain, with cards, dice or any other device which may be adapted to or used in playing any game of chance, or in which chance is a material element, or who shall bet or wager on the hands or cards or sides of such as do play as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as prohibiting social games played only for drinks and cigars served individually, or for prizes of a value not to exceed two dollars, nor nickel-in-the-slot machines for the sale of cigars and drinks and no play-back allowed. CHAP. 150-An Act to provide for lien on mare and offspring for service of stallion, and to make it a misdemeanor to sell such mare or offspring without the written consent of the party holding the lien. [Approved March 22, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The owner or keeper of any stallion may adverConcerning tise the terms upon which he will let such stallion to service, by publication thereof in some newspaper of the county where such stallion is kept, for sixty days during the season of each year, or by printed handbills conspicuously posted during such period in four or more public places in said county, including the place where such stallion is kept; and the publication or posting, as aforesaid, of the terms of such service shall impart notice thereof to the owner of any mare served by such stallion during the season; and in all actions and controversies in respect to the foal, the owner of such mare so served shall be deemed to have accepted and assented to said terms when so advertised and published or posted as provided herein. and foal, when SEC. 2. When the said terms of such service by any stallion, Lien on mare published or posted as provided in section 1 of this act, shall provide that the mare and foal will be held for the money due for the service of such stallion, then in that event the owner or keeper of such stallion shall have a lien for such sum on the mare from the time of service and on the offspring of the mare served, for the period of one year after the birth of such foal, which said lien shall be preferred to any prior lien, encumbrance or mortgage whatever; and the publication or posting, as aforesaid, of the terms of such service shall be deemed notice to any third party of the existence of such lien. Misde meanor, when SEC. 3. Any person who shall sell, convey or dispose of any animal upon which there exists a lien, as created in section 2 of this act, without the written consent of the party holding such lien, and without informing the person to whom the same is sold or conveyed that said lien exists, or who shall injure or destroy such animal, or aid or abet the same, for the purpose of defrauding the lienor, or who shall remove or conceal, or aid or abet in removing or concealing such animal, with intent to hinder, delay or defraud such lienor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. CHAP. 151-An Act to provide for the installation of fire apparatus for the protection of the state capitol and state library buildings and providing an appropriation therefor. [Approved March 22, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and capitol SECTION 1. The sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, or Fire protecso much thereof as is necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of tion of state any money of the general fund in the Nevada state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of installing fire apparatus for the state capitol building and state library building for the better protection of such buildings from fire. missioners to SEC. 2. The board of capitol commissioners are hereby Capitol comdirected to prepare plans and specifications and to prepare purchase for the immediate installation of such fire protection, and all apparatus claims for labor and material furnished shall be approved by such board of capitol commissioners and audited and paid as other claims against the state. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval. CHAP. 152-An Act making an appropriation for the state agricultural experiment dry farm, located at Pleasant Valley, Elko County, Nevada, for the years 1913 and 1914. [Approved March 22, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: tion, $8,000 County dry SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys Appropriain the general fund of the state treasury not otherwise appro- for support priated the sum of eight thousand ($8,000) dollars for the of Elko purpose of maintaining the state agricultural experimental dry farm farm located in Pleasant Valley, Elko County, Nevada, for the years 1913 and 1914, and the state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant upon the state treasury in favor of claimants under this appropriation, when their claims have been approved by the board of control and by the state board of examiners, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. |