CHAP. LXXIX.—An Act supplementary to and amendatory of an Act entitled "An Act to re-district the State of Nevada," approved February 27, 1869. [Approved March 5, 1869.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to Second. Third. SECTION 1. read as follows: Section One. From and after the first Monday of January, A.D. Judicial one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, the State shall be divided Districts. into Judicial Districts as follows: The County of Storey shall consti- First. tute the First Judicial District; the Counties of Ormsby, Douglas, Washoe and Roop, which latter shall be attached to Washoe for judicial purposes, shall constitute the Second Judicial District; the Counties of Lyon and Esmeralda the Third Judicial District; the County of Hum- Fourth. boldt the Fourth Judicial District; the Counties of Nye and Churchill Fifth. the Fifth Judicial District; the County of Lander the Sixth Judicial Sixth. District; the County of Lincoln the Seventh Judicial District; the County of White Pine the Eighth Judicial District, and the County of Elko the Ninth Judicial District, for each of which Districts, Judges Eighth. shall be elected by the qualified electors thereof at the general election Ninth. in the year eighteen hundred and seventy. SEC. 2. Section four of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Four. Seventh. Court. The term of Court shall commence in said Districts Terms of as follows: In the First District on the first Monday in January, March, June and October. In the Second District, in the County of Washoe, on the first Monday in January, June and October; in the County of Ormsby on the first Monday in March, August and November; in the County of Douglas on the first Monday in May and December. In the Third District, in the County of Lyon on the first Monday in February, June and October; and in Esmeralda on the third Monday of March, July and November. In the Fourth District on the first Monday of March, July and November. In the Fifth District, in the County of Nye on the first Monday of Jannary, April and Angust; and in Churchill County on the first Monday of March, June and November. In the Sixth District on the first Monday of January,, April, July and October. In the Seventh District on the first Monday of March, August and December. In the Eighth District on the third Monday of March, June, September and December. In the Ninth District on the third Monday of February, May, August and November. The provisions of this section in regard to terms of Court shall go into effect on the first Monday of January A.D. eighteen hundred and seventy-one; provided, that as to the Eighth District it shall take Proviso. effect immediately upon the happening of the contingency by which the provision creating the district shall take effect as provided in section two; and provided further, that while the Sixth District shall continue to embrace the Counties of White Pine and Lander, the terms of Court therein shall commence as follows: In Lander County on the first Monday of January and August; in the County of White Pine on the first Monday of April and October. of Act creat Not to affect SEC. 3. None of the provisions of this Act, nor of the Act to which provisionat. this is amendatory and supplementary, shall, prior to the first day of ing County January, A.D. 1871, affect any of the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to create the County of Elko, and to provide for the organization thereof." of Elko. Board of CHAP. LXXX-An Act to provide for the election of the Board of [Approved March 5, 1869.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The Board of Regents shall consist of three qualified electors of this State. They shall be elected by the Legislature in joint convention on the third Tuesday of the session, and shall hold their office for a term of four years, and until their successors are elected Vacancies, and qualified; provided, all vacancies occurring between sessions shall be filled by appointment of the Governor, and the person so appointed shall hold his office until the next session of the Legislature, when the vacancy shall be filled by election. The person so appointed or elected to fill a vacancy shall only fill the unexpired term of the person whose office was made vacant. how filled. Term. Organiza tion of Board. SEC. 2. They shall organize by electing one of their number president, and shall elect a secretary, who may or may not be a member of the Board. All its proceedings shall be attested by the signatures of the president and secretary. If for any cause the election be not held on the day prescribed in this Act, the same may be held on any other resolution. day fixed by concurrent resolution. Election may be fixed by affairs and Regents to SEC. 3. The Board of Regents elected under the provisions of this manage the Act shall manage and control all funds accruing or belonging to "The fund of the State University Fund," and also the affairs of the State University, University. whenever the erection thereof shall have been authorized by law. They Oath of office. shall also perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law. Before entering upon their duties they shall take and subscribe the official oath, and file the same in the office of the Secretary of State. They shall hold stated meetings at least once in three months, in such place Meetings of as may be provided for their use by the Secretary of State. They the Board. shall receive no compensation for their services; but their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, duly certified by them, shall be examined, and, so far as found correct, allowed to them by the Board of Examiners. Not to be SEC. 4. No member of said Board shall be interested directly or indirectly as principal, copartner, agent, or otherwise, in any contract or expenditure created by the Board, or in the profits or results thereof. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed Misdemean- guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months. or. when SEC. 5. The Board of Regents to be elected under the provisions Board of this Act, is hereby made, so soon as organized, the successors of the organized present acting Board of Regents. All books, papers, documents and to succeed property now under the control of, or in the possession of the present Board. Board, shall be duly transferred and placed in the possession, care and keeping of the Board, when elected and organized as provided herein. present CHAP. LXXXI.—An Act supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act relating to Elections, the manner of conducting and contesting the same, election returns and canvassing the same, fraud upon the ballot box, destroying or attempting to destroy the ballot box, illegal or attempted illegal voting, and misconduct at elections," approved March 9, 1866. [Approved March 5, 1869.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Sale, etc., o any election liquors on day. SECTION 1. No person or persons shall sell, give away or furnish or cause to be sold, given away or furnished, either for, or without pay, within this State, on any day upon which any general election is held, nor within the limits of any county or city, on any day upon which any special or municipal election is held therein, any spirituous, malt or fermented liquors or wines, and any one so doing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars, or Penalties. by imprisonment in the County Jail not less than one nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court; and it shall be the duty of the Judges of the District Courts of the several judicial districts in this State, to specially give this Act in charge to every Grand Jury impanneled in their respective districts. CHAP. LXXXII.—An Act to amend an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nevada, entitled "An Act for the en couragement of Mining," approved February 20, 1864. [Approved March 5, 1869.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section five of said Act is hereby amended, so as to read as follows: Section Five. This Act shall apply to all corporations or associa- Application tions actually engaged in mining in this State, whether formed under of Act. the laws of any other State, county, [country] or Territory, or having their principal place of business out of this State, or whose trustees, managing agents or directors, or a majority thereof, reside out of this State. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Appropriation for Survey. Proviso. Expenses. Proviso. CHAP. LXXXIII.—An Act to provide for the Survey of the Eastern Boundary Line of the State of Nevada. [Approved March 5, 1869.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The sum of four thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, in gold coin, to be used under the direction of the SurveyorGeneral of the United States, in and for the State of Nevada, for the purpose of surveying and establishing the eastern boundary line of this State; provided, that no money shall be expended by the State until all the appropriations made by Congress for establishing said boundary line, shall be exhausted. SEC. 2. All expenses incurred under the provisions of this Act, shall be presented to the Board of Examiners for allowance, as other claims for which appropriations are made by law; provided, the survey provided for in this Act shall be completed, and a report thereof filed with the Secretary of State, on or before the first day of December, A.D. 1869. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force, from and after the first day of May, A.D. 1869. Court, how adjourned in absence of Judge. CHAP. LXXXIV.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act concerning the Courts of Justice of this State, and Judicial officers," approved January 26, 1865. [Approved March 5, 1869.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section fifty-two of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Fifty-Two. If no Judge attend on the day appointed to hold the Court before noon, the Sheriff or Clerk shall adjourn the Court until the next day, at ten o'clock, and if no Judge attend on that day before noon, the Sheriff or Clerk shall adjourn the Court until the following day, and so on from day to day for one week; if no Judge attend for one week, the Sheriff or Clerk shall adjourn the Court for the term; provided, before the expiration of one week, the Judge shall Proviso. order by letter or telegram to adjourn the Court to any day within the term, the Sheriff or Clerk shall adjourn the Court to the day so ordered. CHAP. LXXXV.-An Act authorizing the transfer of certain records and suits from the county seat of Lander County to the county seat of White Pine County. [Approved March 5, 1869.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: records to SECTION 1. The County Recorder of Lander County, in this Certified State, shall, on or before the first day of June, A.D. eighteen hundred copies of and sixty-nine, deliver to the County Recorder of White Pine County, be delivered certified copies of all the records, as provided in an Act entitled "An Act to create the county of White Pine, and provide for its organization," which now are, or may be, in the Recorder's office in said Lander county, before the first day of April, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, appertaining or in any way belonging to, or concerning White Pine County, or the jurisdiction thereof; and the County Recorder of White Pine County shall file and properly index said records. actions to SEC. 2. All suits now pending in the District Court of the Sixth Suits and Judicial District, which in any way appertain to property, real, personal be transferor mixed, belonging or being in White Pine County, and all actions red. for the recovery of any debt, claim or demand whatsoever between citizens of White Pine County, shall (if then undetermined) at least ten days before the first day of the first term of the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, be by the County Clerk of Lander County transferred, duly and legally certified, to the County Clerk of White Pine County, and all suits so transferred shall be by the County Clerk Suits to be of said White Pine County filed in his office, and entered in the cal- filed. lendar of the aforesaid first term of said District Court; provided, Proviso. where both the plaintiff and defendant to any suit shall file a written statement with the County Clerk of Lander County, requesting that the suit to which they are parties may be determined in said Sixth Judicial District, then, and not otherwise, said suit or suits shall not be transferred as herein provided. 20 |