Public mission to facilitate enforcement "span" wire to be at all times effectively insulated between the outer point at which it is in any case fastened to the pole or other structure by which it is hung or supported, and at the point at which it is in any case thus attached; provided, that such insulation shall not in any case be placed less than two (2) feet or more than four (4) feet from said point at which said "span" wire is so attached. SEC. 4. The public service commission of the State of Nevada shall do all things necessary and convenient for the service com- enforcement of the provisions of this act, and shall make and prescribe such rules, regulations and course of procedure for the enforcement of the provisions of this act as such commission shall deem necessary and proper, and upon application by any person or persons either in writing or in person, they shall make such further rules and regulations regarding the construction, maintenance and operation of the plants and devices used to generate and distribute electricity in this state, as may appear necessary and reasonable to them, which procedure, rules and regulations shall have the same force and effect as this act; provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed as vesting judicial powers in said commission or as denying to any person, firm, association, municipality, county, town or village the right to test in a court of competent jurisdiction the legality or reasonableness of any final orders made by the commission in the exercise of its duties and powers. Proviso violation SEC. 5. Any violation of any of the provisions of this act Penalty for shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punishable upon conviction by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. of this act SEC. 6. Each section of this act and every part of each Each section section are hereby declared to be independent sections and declared parts of sections, and the holding of any section or part of independent section to be void or inoperative for any cause shall not be deemed to affect any other section thereof. Repeal In effect, when SEC. 7. All acts or parts of acts which are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. This act shall take effect six (6) months from the date of its passage in so far as it relates to new work, and a period of five (5) years shall be allowed in which to reconstruct all existing work and construction to comply with the provisions of this act. CHAP. 272-An Act making it a misdemeanor to abandon or wilfully neglect to provide for the support and maintenance by any person, of his wife, or of his or her minor children, in destitute or necessitous circumstances. [Approved March 26, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and meanor to vide for wife of court SECTION 1. Every person who shall, without good cause, Misdeabandon his wife and neglect and refuse to maintain and pro- wilfully negvide for her, or who shall abandon his or her minor child or lect to prochildren under the age of fifteen years, in destitute or necessi- or child tous circumstances, and wilfully neglect or refuse to maintain or provide for such child or children, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than one month or more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and should a fine be imposed it may be directed by the court to be paid, in whole or in part, to the wife, or to the guardian or custodian of the minor child or children; provided, that before the trial (with Proviso the consent of the defendant), or after conviction, instead of imposing the punishment hereinbefore provided, or in addition thereto the court in its discretion, having regarded the Discretion circumstances and financial ability of the defendant, shall have the power to pass an order, which shall be subject to change by it from time to time as the circumstances may require, directing the defendant to pay a certain sum weekly for one year to the wife, guardian or custodian of the minor child or children, and to release the defendant from the custody, on probation, for the space of one year upon his or her Defendant entering into a recognizance, with or without sureties, in such med sums as the court may direct. The condition of the recogni- upon zance shall be such that if the defendant shall make his or her personal appearance in court whenever ordered to do so within a year, and shall further comply with the terms of the order, then the recognizance shall be void, otherwise of full force and effect. If the court be satisfied by information and due proof, under oath, that at any time during the year the defendant has violated the terms of such order, it may forthwith proceed with the trial of the defendant under the original indictment, or sentence him or her under the original conviction, as the case may be. In a case of forfeiture of a recognizance and enforcement thereof by execution, the sum recovered may, in the discretion of the court, be paid in whole or in part to the wife, guardian or custodian of the minor child or children. released recognizance SEC. 2. No other evidence shall be required to prove mar- What riage of such husband and wife, or that such person is the constitutes lawful father or mother of such child or children, than is or evidence Repeal shall be required to prove said facts in a civil action, and such wife shall be a competent witness to testify in any case brought under this act, and to any and all matters relevant thereto, including the fact of such marriage and the parentage of such child or children. SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Amending dental practice act CHAP. 273-An Act to amend section seven of an act entitled "An act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery, and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of Nevada, providing penalties for the violation hereof, and to repeal an act now in force relating to the same, and known as 'An act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery, and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of Nevada, approved March 16, 1896." [Approved March 26, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section seven of the above-entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 7. Said board shall examine all applicants for examination who shall furnish satisfactory evidence of having complied with the provisions of this act, relating to qualification for examination, and all persons satisfactorily passing such examinations shall be granted by said board a license Examination to practice dentistry in the State of Nevada. The examina for prac titioners tion of applicants shall be elementary and practical in character, but sufficiently thorough to test the fitness of the candidate to practice dentistry. It shall include, written in the English language, questions on the following subjects: Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica, therapeutics, metallurgy, histology, pathology, operative and prosthetic dentistry, hygiene and dental jurisprudence. The answers to which shall be written or oral in the English language. Demonstrations of the applicant's skill in operative and prosthetic dentistry must also be given. All Registered, persons successfully passing such examinations shall be registered as licensed dentists on the board register, as provided in section 3, and shall also receive a certificate of such registration; said certificate to be signed by the president and secretary of said board. In no case shall any applicant be examined or given a certificate who is not twenty-one years of age. Any ethical person, who can furnish to the said board of examiners a certificate from the state board of dental examiners, or similar body, of some other state in the United States, showing that he or she has been a licensed practitioner when Limited examination, when of dentistry in that state for at least fifteen years shall be examined in the following subjects only: Operative and prosthetic dentistry. Demonstrations of such applicant's skill in operative and prosthetic dentistry must also be given. CHAP. 274-An Act in relation to the installation of instruments by telephone companies doing business in this state, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof. [Approved March 26, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and must install under certain SECTION 1. Upon the application in writing of the owner Telephone or occupant of any building or premises located within a tele- companies phone exchange district distant not more than two hundred instrument feet from any wire or supply except ones used in interstate conditions service of any telephone company or corporation, and payment by the applicant of all money due from him, the company or corporation must install and place in proper position, all necessary instruments and appliances, and furnish and supply necessary electric energy and power for use in operating said telephone instruments in such building or premises, and cannot refuse on the ground of any indebtedness of any former owner or occupant thereof, unless the applicant has undertaken to pay the same, nor require any deposit or payment in advance; provided, however, any such corporation may Bond of $5 at its option require such applicant to execute a bond to such must be corporation in a sum not to exceed five dollars with one surety user thereon who is a freeholder of the county within which said premises are located conditioned for the payment of any indebtedness due or to become due such corporation by reason of any such service, which bond shall be prepared by such corporation requiring the same. required of If for the space of thirty days after such application, the Penalty for company or corporation refuses or neglects to provide and failure install such instruments and furnish services required, it must pay to the applicant the sum of fifty dollars as liquidated damages, and five dollars per day as liquidated damages for every day such refusal or neglect continues thereafter. Concrete walks for capitol grounds ers to act CHAP. 275-An Act to provide for the construction of concrete walks in and upon the capitol grounds, and providing an appropriation therefor. [Approved March 26, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money of the general fund in the Nevada state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of constructing concrete walks in and upon the state capitol grounds in the city of Carson, Ormsby County, Nevada. SEC. 2. The board of capitol commissioners shall have the Commission- power to prepare plans and specifications and to prepare for the immediate construction of such concrete walks, and all 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. In effect companies liable for misrepre senting their ability to pay wages SEC. 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval. CHAP. 276-An Act to prevent the obtaining of labor under false representation or pretense, and prescribing a penalty therefor. [Approved March 27, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Any person, persons, partnership, association, Persons and company, or corporation (his or its officers, directors or agents), who or which shall employ upon wages any person or persons in any occupation, and who or which at the time of employing such person or persons shall make any false representation or pretenses as to having sufficient funds to pay such wages, and who after labor has been done under such employment by said employee or employees shall fail upon the discharge or resignation of such employee or employees, for a period of five days after such wages are legally payable, to pay said employee or employees on demand the wages due said employee or employees for such labor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor, shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Penalty Repeal SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. |