in criminal cases in Lander County CHAP. 6-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act fixing the fees and compensation of witnesses in criminal cases in and for the county of Lander, State of Nevada, and providing payment therefor," approved March 8, 1909. [Approved February 17, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 1 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. From and after the approval of this act, all Witness fees witnesses subpenaed in criminal cases to appear before the grand jury or the district court in and for the county of Lander shall receive as compensation two and one-half dollars per diem from the date of their appearance before the grand jury or at court (as per subpena) until excused. The clerk of said court shall keep a pay-roll, enrolling therein all names of witnesses, the number of days in attendance, and the actual number of miles traveled by the most practical route, in coming to and returning from attendance before said grand jury or court, for which such witness shall receive ten cents for each mile so traveled. The clerk of said court shall forthwith give a statement of such amount to the county auditor, who shall draw his warrant upon the county treasurer for the payment of such witness; provided, however, that no more than two witnesses shall be subpenaed to prove the same fact at the expense of the state, and that the judge before whom the hearing is had shall promptly at the conclusion of the witness's testimony certify that the testimony of said witness was material and relevant to the matter tried. Proviso CHAP. 7.-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act fixing the compensation of county and township officers in Nye County, State of Nevada, and matters pertaining to the collection and disposition of fees arising from such offices, and regulating the conduct thereof, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts conflicting therewith, approved March 24, 1909, and being Chapter CLXXVII, Laws of 1909," approved March 18, 1911. [Approved February 17, 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. Section nine of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: constables in Section 9. The constable in townships polling one hundred Salaries of and twenty or more votes at the last preceding general elec- Nye County tion, shall receive as compensation for all services rendered of whatever nature, a salary of not less than seventy-five ($75) dollars per month, nor more than one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars per month, as allowed by the board of county commissioners; and in townships polling less than one hundred and twenty votes at the last preceding general election, said constable shall receive the fess now provided for in an act of the legislature of the State of Nevada entitled "An act to regulate fees and compensation for official and other services in the State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto," approved February 27, 1883. CHAP. 8-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act concern- The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate ana SECTION 1. Section one of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: case of dis ask another to act for him Section 1. Whenever any justice of the peace, in conse- Justice of the quence of ill-health, absence from his township, or other peace, in cause, shall be prevented from attending to his official duties, ability, may it shall be lawful for him to invite any other duly qualified justice of justice of the peace of the same county to attend to his same county official duties, including that of registry agent, instead of such absent or disqualified justice of the peace; provided, such temporary vacancy, resulting from absence or disqualification, shall not be so filled for more than thirty days at any one time; and further provided, that where there is only one justice of the peace in any county of this state, and he, Justice of in consequence of ill-health, absence from his township, or another other cause, shall be prevented from attending to his official act, when duties, it shall be lawful for him to invite any other duly qualified justice of the peace of some adjoining county to attend to his official duties, including that of registry agent and coroner; provided, that such temporary appointment, Provisos resulting from absence, disability, or other cause, shall not be so filled for more than thirty days at one time, and that the justice of the peace so temporarily acting in the place of another justice of the peace shall have no claim for services rendered by him under this act against the county in which he may so temporarily preside. county may CHAP. 9-An Act to fix the salary of the constable of Wadsworth Township, Washoe County, State of Nevada. [Approved February 17, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act the board of county commissioners of Washoe County are hereby constable of authorized and directed to appropriate from the treasury of Fixing salary of Wadsworth Township said county, and pay to the regularly elected or appointed constable, Wadsworth Township of said county, the sum of seventy-five ($75) dollars monthly, as a salary, which shall be compensation in full for all services rendered in criminal cases; provided, however, that said constable shall retain all fees in civil cases now allowed by law. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Amending divorce law divorce CHAP. 10-An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act relating to marriage and divorce,' approved November 28, 1861," as approved February 15, 1875. [Approved February 20, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. as to read as Section twenty-two of said act is amended so follows: Section 22. Divorce from the bonds of matrimony may be obtained, by complaint under oath, to the district court of the county in which the cause therefor shall have accrued, or in which the defendant shall reside or be found, or in which the plaintiff shall reside, if the latter be either the county in which the parties last cohabited, or in which the plaintiff shall have resided six months before suit be brought, for the following Grounds for causes: First-Impotency at the time of the marriage continuing to the time of the divorce. Second-Adultery, since the marriage, remaining unforgiven. Third-Wilful desertion, at any time, of either party by the other, for the period of one year. Fourth-Conviction of felony or infamous crime. Fifth-Habitual gross drunkenness, contracted since marriage, of either party, which shall incapacitate such party from contributing his or her share to the support of the family. Sixth-Extreme cruelty in either party. SeventhNeglect of the husband, for a period of one year, to provide the common necessaries of life, when such neglect is not the result of poverty on the part of the husband which he could not avoid by ordinary industry. Provided, that when at the time the cause of divorce accrues, the parties shall not both be bona fide residents of the state, no court shall have jurisdicdiction to grant a divorce, unless either the plaintiff or the Either party defendant shall have been a bona fide resident of the state must be bona for a period of not less than one year next preceding the of state or commencement of the action. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act year are hereby repealed. fide resident acquire residence of one SEC. 3. This act shall be in effect from and after the first In effect day of January, 1914. CHAP. 11-An Act to amend section two of an act entitled "An act to license and regulate insurance business in this state," approved February 23, 1881. [Approved February 20, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section two of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: January 1, 1914 insurance must have Section 2. Corporations may be formed under the general Amending laws of this state for the transaction of insurance business, law but no such corporation shall be permitted to assume any risk as insurer, unless the same shall have at least five directors, who shall be residents and property owners in this state, and stockholders in the corporation; nor until such corporation shall have paid-up, unimpaired cash capital equal to one hundred thousand dollars, in United States gold coin, which companies shall be invested in this state in state or United States bonds; approved bonds and mortgages on first-class, otherwise unincumbered, securities real estate, the market value of which shall be at least double the amount invested in or loaned thereon; bonds of any school district, city or county in this state, the issuance of which was duly authorized by law; bonds of any railroad, wagon road, ditch, or canal incorporation or association; pro- Provisos vided, that such bonds or securities shall at no time be estimated as assets of such corporation at more than their actual cash market value; and nothing in this act shall be construed to permit any investment in mining stock. Any corporation formed under the laws of this state for the transaction of insurance business may change its name, increase its capital stock, change the location of its principal office, extend its corporate existence, change the number of its directors or trustees, and make such other amendment, change or alteration as may be desired, in the manner provided by section 40 of an act entitled "An act providing a general corporation law," approved March 16, 1903, or in the manner provided poration law to govern General cor- under the laws of this state relating to corporations; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize or permit any corporation formed under the provisions of this act to decrease its capital stock to less than one hundred thousand dollars. Tax for fire department CHAP. 12-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to create a fire department fund," approved March 9, 1865, approved March 1, 1881, approved March 2, 1911. [Approved February 20, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section one of said act is amended to read as follows: Section 1. The county commissioners of the various counties of the State of Nevada are hereby empowered to levy and in unincorpo- collect a tax of not exceeding one and one-half per cent upon rated towns the assessed value of property within any unincorporated town for the benefit of the fire department in such town. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. CHAP. 13—An Act authorizing the board of county commissioners of the various counties in the state to acquire real estate and to sink, or cause to be sunk thereon, artesian wells, and making the expense thereof a legal charge against the county. [Approved February 20, 1913] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The board of county commissioners of the County com various counties of the State of Nevada are hereby authorized missioners and authorized to empowered to acquire, by gift or purchase, in the name sink artesian of the county, real estate, favorably situated for the pros wells pecting for artesian water, and when title to one or more such pieces of real estate of not less than forty acres in a tract is thus acquired by any county in this state, the board of county commissioners of such county is hereby authorized and empowered to sink, or cause to be sunk, upon one or more Restricted to of said pieces or tracts of land, an artesian well; provided, no county shall, during any one year, expend more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) in sinking or causing to be sunk artesian wells. $5,000 annually |