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When county charge

repealed

And the expense of the care and maintenance of such feebleminded minors shall be a charge against the county from which such minor or minors was committed.

SEC. 21. Those certain acts entitled "An act concerning Certain acts the insane of this state," approved March 11, 1879, “An act to determine and definitely fix the legal name of the public institution for the care of the indigent insane belonging to the State of Nevada," approved March 12, 1895, “An act creating a board of commissioners for the care of the indigent insane of the State of Nevada," approved February 4, 1887, "An act to provide for the care of the insane of the State of Nevada and create a fund for that purpose," approved March 2, 1869, "An act for the taking care of the insane in the State of Nevada," approved February 24, 1881, "An act to provide for the transfer of insane convicts to the state insane asylum," approved March 1, 1883, "An act to provide for the commitment of insane persons to the insane asylum," approved February 21, 1889, "An act to provide for the admission of certain persons into the Nevada state insane asylum," approved February 27, 1893, are hereby repealed.

No child under 14 to labor during

CHAP. 232—An Act regulating the employment of children and providing penalties for the violations of the provisions of said act.

[Approved March 25, 1913]

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

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ any child under fourteen (14) years of age, in any business or service whatever during the hours in which school hours the public schools of the district, in which the child resides, are in session.

SEC. 2. No child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall Child under be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any capacity in, work in cer- about, or in connection with the preparing of any composition tain callings in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used, manufacture

16 shall never

of paints, colors or white lead; dipping, drying or packing matches; manufacture of goods for immoral purposes; nor in, about, or in connection with any mine, coal breaker, quarry, smelter, ore reduction works, laundry, tobacco warehouses, cigar factory, or other factory where tobacco is manufactured or prepared, distillery, brewery, or any other establishment where malt or alcoholic liquors are manufactured, packed, wrapped or bottled; nor in any other employment declared by the state board of health to be dangerous to lives or limbs, or injurious to the health or morals of children under the age of sixteen (16).

of health to

callings

SEC. 3. The state board of health may from time to time State board determine whether or not any particular trade, process of manu- decide as to facture, or occupation, or any particular method of carrying injurious on such trade, process of manufacture or occupation is sufficiently dangerous to the lives or limbs, or injurious to the health or morals of minors under sixteen (16) years of age employed therein to justify their exclusion therefrom, and may prohibit their employment therein.

superintend

instruction, inspector or

ings where

SEC. 4. The state superintendent, or other authorized Duties of inspector or school attendance officer, shall make demand on ent of public an employer in or about whose place or establishment a child apparently under the age of fourteen (14) years is employed, school officer or permitted or suffered to work, during the hours in which public schools of the district are in session; that such employer shall either furnish him within ten (10) days satisfactory evidence that such child is in fact over fourteen (14) years of age, or shall cease to employ, or permit or suffer such child to work. SEC. 5. No child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall Other callbe employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about or in child under connection with glass furnaces, smelters, or ore reduction 16 cannot works, in the outside erection and repair of electric wires, in the running or management of elevators, lifts, or hoisting machines, in oiling hazardous or dangerous machinery in motion, at switch tending, gate tending, track repairing as brakeman, fireman, engineer, motorman, conductor upon any railroads in or about establishments where nitroglycerine, dynamite, daulin, guncotton, gunpowder or other high or dangerous explosives are manufactured, compounded or stored; nor in any other employment declared by the state board of health to be dangerous to the lives or limbs, or injurious to the health or morals of children under the age of sixteen (16)

years.

work

board to

callings

SEC. 6. The state board of health may from time to time State health determine whether or not any particular trade, process of decide what manufacture, or occupation, or any particular method of are injurious carrying on such trade, process of manufacture or occupation is sufficiently injurious to the lives or limbs, or injurious to the health or morals of the minor under the age of sixteen (16) years, employed therein to justify their exclusion therefrom, and may prohibit their employment therein.

must be over

night work

SEC. 7. In incorporated cities and towns no person under Messengers the age of eighteen (18) years shall be employed or permitted is when to work as a messenger for a telegraph or messenger company employed at in the distribution, transmission or delivery of goods or messages before 5 o'clock in the morning, or after 10 o'clock in the evening of any day.

a day's work

SEC. 8. No boy under the age of sixteen (16) years and no Eight hours girl under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be employed, for children; permitted or suffered to work at any gainful occupation, other exception than domestic service or work on a farm more than forty-eight

violation of act

hours in any one week, nor more than eight hours in any one day. The presence of a child in any establishment during working hours shall be prima facie evidence of its employment therein.

SEC. 9. Whoever employs any child, and whoever having Penalties for under his control as parent, guardian, or otherwise, any child, permits or suffers any child to be employed or to work in violation of any of the provisions of this act, shall for such offense be fined not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars or to be imprisoned for not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or both in the discretion of the court.

Other penalties

Defining crime of pandering

SEC. 10. Whoever continues to employ any child in violation of any of the provisions of this act, after being notified thereof by a school attendance officer, or other authorized officer, shall for every day thereafter that such employment continues be fined not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than twenty ($20) dollars.

CHAP. 233-An Act defining pandering, making the same a crime, providing for the punishment thereof, and for the competency of certain evidence.

[Approved March 25, 1913]

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

SECTION 1. Any person who shall induce, persuade, encourage, inveigle or entice a female person to become a prostitute; or who by threats, violence, or by any device or scheme, shall cause, induce, persuade, encourage, take, place, harbor, inveigle or entice a female person to become an inmate of a house of prostitution, or assignation place, or any place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged, or allowed; or any person who by threats, violence, or by any device or scheme, by fraud or artifice, or by duress of person or goods, or by abuse of any position of confidence or authority, or having legal charge, shall take, place, harbor, inveigle, entice, persuade, encourage or procure any female person to enter any place within this state in which prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed, for the purpose of prostitution, or any person who shall, by promises, threats, violence, or by any device or scheme, by fraud or artifice, by duress of person or goods, or abuse of any position of confidence or authority or having legal charge, take, place, harbor, inveigle, entice, persuade, encourage or procure any female person of previous chaste character to enter any place within this state in which prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed for the purpose of sexual intercourse, or who takes or detains a female with the intent to compel her by force, threats, menace or duress to marry him

or to marry any other person, or who shall receive or give or agree to receive or give any money or thing of value for procuring or attempting to procure any female person to become a prostitute or to come into this state or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution, or, being her husband, for the purpose of sexual intercourse, shall be guilty of pandering, Felony and upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not less than two nor more than

twenty years.

in brothel,

SEC. 2. Any person who by force, fraud, intimidation or Placing wife threats, places, or procures any other person or persons to pandering place, his wife in a house of prostitution or lead a life of prostitution shall be guilty of pandering and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to the state prison for not less than two nor more than twenty years. Upon the trial of any offense mentioned in this section a wife shall be a competent witness Felony for or against her husband, with or without his consent and may be compelled so to testify.

earnings of

SEC. 3. Any person who shall knowingly accept, receive, Living off levy or appropriate any money or other valuable thing, with- prostitute, out consideration, from the proceeds of any women engaged in felony prostitution, shall be guilty of pandering, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not less than two nor more than twenty years. Any such acceptance, receipt, levy or appropriation of such money or valuable thing, shall, upon any proceedings or trial for violation of this section, be presumptive evidence of lack of consideration.

female in

debt, felony

SEC. 4. Any person or persons who attempt to detain any Detaining female person in a disorderly house or house of prostitution brothel because of any debt or debts she has contracted, or is said to because of have contracted, while living in said house, shall be guilty of pandering and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to the state prison for not less than two nor more than twenty

years.

transporta

SEC. 5. Any person who shall knowingly transport or cause Furnishing to be transported, by any means of conveyance, into, through tion illicitly, or across this state, or who shall aid or assist in obtaining such felony transportation for, any female person, with the intent and purpose to induce, entice, or compel such female person to become a prostitute, shall be deemed guilty of pandering, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for

not less than two nor more than twenty years. Any person Jurisdiction who may commit the crime in this section mentioned may be prosecuted, indicted, tried and convicted in any county or city. in or through which he shall so transport or attempt to trans

port any female person, as aforesaid.

SEC. 6. It shall not be a defense to a prosecution for any Offense triof the acts prohibited in the foregoing section that any part of able, where such act or acts shall have been committed outside this state, and the offense shall in such case be deemed and alleged to have been committed, and the offender tried and punished in

any county in which the prostitution was consummated, or any overt act in furtherance of the offense shall have been committed.

Defining various kinds of licenses

CHAP. 234-An Act to amend section one hundred fifteen of an act entitled "An act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada, and to repeal certain acts relating thereto," approved March 23, 1891.

[Approved March 25, 1913]

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

SECTION 1.

be amended to

That said section one hundred fifteen of said act read as follows:

Section 115. The sheriff of each of the several counties of this state shall be ex officio collector of licenses as provided in this act. There shall be levied and collected the following licenses:

First-For each billiard table operated, if not kept for the Billiards, etc. exclusive use of the party operating the same, or his family, $5 per quarter-year; for a ninepin or tenpin, or bowling alley, $10 per quarter-year; such licenses for which provision is in this section above made, to be granted for a term of not less than three months.

Proviso

Second-For each theater, opera house or amusement hall, Amusements during all of the time the same is being conducted for business, $5 per day, if granted for a term less than one month; if granted for one month, $20 for said month; if granted for one quarter-year, the sum of $40 for said quarter-year; if granted for one year, the sum of $75 for said year; provided, however, that there shall be no license fee had or collected for conducting any theater, opera house or amusement hall in any city, or incorporated town or unincorporated town in this state in which at any time subsequent to the passage of this act less than 300 votes were polled at the then last preceding general election; and for each exhibition of circus, caravan or menagerie, or any collection of animals for public amusement, except such as are permanently located in the public parks, or zoological gardens, conducted under the auspices of a scientific society, the sum of $20 each; and for such exhibitions for profit or gain as are not hereinbefore enumerated, $10 per day.

Pawnshops

Intelligence office

Licenses

in advance

Third-For each pawnshop or money loan office, $100 per quarter-year.

Fourth-For each intelligence office $15 per quarter-year. All such licenses shall be paid in advance, and if any of the must be paid pursuits hereinbefore outlined shall be conducted or carried on without first procuring a license therefor, each party engaged in conducting or carrying on the same shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less

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