election, to be held on the first Monday of June, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and until their successors are elected and qualified. SEC. 27. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. License collector. Licenses levied. Billiard tables, etc. Theaters, etc. Same. CHAP. C.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend Section fifty-eight of an Act entitled 'An Act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada,' approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five,” approved March 12th, 1867. [Approved March 6, 1869.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section fifty-eight of "An Act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada," approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Fifty-eight. The Sheriff in 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-From each proprietor or keeper of a billiard table, not kept for the exclusive use of the owner or his family, for each table, five dollars per quarter year; for a nine or ten pin, or bowling alley, ten dollars per quarter year, license to be granted for a term of not less than three months. Second— From the manager or lessee of any theater, five dollars per day, if granted for a term less than one month; if granted for one month, thirty dollars shall be paid; if granted for three months, sixty dollars shall be paid; if granted for one year, two hundred dollars; and for each exhibition of serenaders, opera or concert singers, the same payment for license as is required for theatrical performances; for each exhibition of circus, caravan or managerie, or any collection of animals for public amusement, twenty dollars for each exhibition; and for each show of any figures, and for each exhibition of wire dancers or sleight of hand performances, or other exhibitions or performances for hire not herein enumerated, ten dollars per day. Third-For each pawnbroker, one hundred dollars per quarter year. Fourth— Intelligence For each keeper of an intelligence office, fifteen dollars per quarter year. Pawnbroker. office. CHAP. CI.-An Act amendatory of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the maintenance and supervision of Public Schools," approved March 20, 1865, and the Acts amendatory thereof. [Approved March 6, 1869.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section six of said Act is hereby amended so as to Superinread as follows: Section Six. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall report to the Governor biennially, on or before the first of December of the years preceding the regular session of the Legislature. The Governor shall transmit said report to the Legislature, and whenever it is ordered published the State Printer shall deliver two hundred and fifty copies to the Superintendent, who shall distribute the same among school officers of the State and of the United States. Said report shall contain a full statement of the condition of public instruction in the State; a statement of the condition and amount of all funds and property appropriated to the purpose of education; the number and grade of schools in each county; the number of children in each county between the ages of six and eighteen years; the number of such attending public schools; the number of such attending private schools; the number attending no school; the number under six years of age; the number between eighteen and twenty-one years of age; the amount of public school moneys apportioned to each county; the amount of money raised by county taxation, district tax, rate bills, subscription or otherwise, by any city, town, district or county, for the support of schools therein; the amount of money raised for building school-houses, a statement of plans for the management and improvement of public schools; and such other information relative to the educational interests of the State as he may think of importance. tendent to make an nual report. SEC. 2. Section seventeen of said Act is hereby amended so as to Duties of read as follows: County Section Seventeen. It shall be the duty of the County Superintend- tendent. ent of Public Schools, upon receiving notice from the County Treasurer and the County Auditor, as provided in this Act, to apportion the public school moneys in the county treasury among the several school districts of his county, in proportion to the number of children between the ages of six and eighteen years, as returned by the school trustees and school census marshals, and to forthwith notify the County Treasurer and the school trustees in writing of such apportionment, in detail. He shall make such apportionment on the first Monday in January of each year, and quarterly thereafter. He shall have power and it shall be his duty to draw his warrant on the County Treasurer in favor of the trustees of any school district in his county, for any bill duly signed by said trustees, and authorized by this Act; provided, that such warrant shall not be drawn except upon presentation of an itemized account, and until full and correct returns have been made to him, as required by law; and, provided further, that if in the opinion of the Superintendent any bill contain an exorbitant or unwarranted charge, may refuse to draw his warrant until ordered so to do by the Board he Powers and County tendent. Salary of Deputy. of County Commissioners, who shall act as auditors upon all bills rejected by the County Superintendent. No warrant shall be drawn in favor of any school district unless there be cash in the Treasury at the time to the credit of said district. SEC. 3. Section eighteen of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Eighteen. The County Superintendent shall have power, and it shall be his duty: First-To visit each public school in his county, within ten miles of the county seat, at least once in each term; provided, that he shall visit all the schools in his county, once in each year, to exercise a general supervision over the interests of the public schools in his county, and give to the School Trustees, Marshal, and Teachers, such aid as may be important to the prosperity of the schools. SecondTo distribute promptly such blank reports, forms, laws, and instructions as shall be received by him from the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the use of School Trustees, Marshals, and Teachers, and any other officers entitled to receive the same. Third-To keep on file in his office the reports of the School Trustees, Marshals, and Teachers, received by him, and to record all his official acts in a book to be provided for that purpose, and at the close of his official term to deliver to his successor such records, and all documents, books and papers belonging to his office, and to take a receipt for the same, which shall be filed in the office of the County Treasurer and the County Auditor. Fourth-To make a full report annually, on or before the fifteenth day of September, for the school year ending on the last day of August next previous thereto, to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Such report to include an abstract of all the various annual reports of the City Boards of Education, School Trustees, Marshals, and Teachers, by law required to be made to the County Superintendent for the preceding school years. Fifth-To preside over, regulate, and conduct all County Teachers' Institutes, which may be called under the provisions of the section of this Act providing for the calling of such Institutes. Sixth-To appoint School Trustees in all the districts in which the qualified voters fail to elect, and to fill by appointment all vacancies occurring in said office. Seventh-To draw his warrants on the County Treasurer in favor of the Board of Trustees for the purchase of school books, which may be furnished by said Trustees to indigent children of the district, making the same payable out of the county school moneys apportioned to such district. Eighth-To subscribe annually for a sufficient number of copies of an educational journal, devoted exclusively to educational purposes, (to be designated by the County Superintendent of Public Schools); to furnish each school officer and teacher in his county with a copy of the same, and one copy to be filed with the records of the district, and to pay for the same in the same manner as other contingent expenses of the district are paid, out of the county school fund. SEC. 4. Section twenty-one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Twenty-one. The County Superintendent shall receive for his official services such compensation as shall be allowed by the Board of Commissioners of his county, which shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other county salaries and expenses are audited and paid; provided, that such compensation shall be at least sufficient to pay all necessary traveling expenses incurred by him in the discharge of the duties required of him by law. He may appoint a deputy, who shall have authority to transact all the business of the office, during the Trustees. Section Twenty-two. In each school district of this State, at the Electionof general election in 1870, and every two years thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the district three School Trustees, who shall enter upon the duties of their office on the first Monday of January succeeding their election, and who shall hold their office for the Term of period of two years, or until the next general election. All vacancies office, etc. occurring in the office of Trustees between this time and the general election in 1870, by reason of expiration of term or otherwise, shall be filled by the County Superintendent. School Trustees are hereby Oath of authorized to administer to each other the oath or affirmation of office. office, etc. Certificates of election shall be issued the same as to county and township officers, which certificate, with the oath or affirmation indorsed thereon, shall be forwarded to the County Superintendent, who shall file the same in his office. SEC. 6. Section twenty-three of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Superin Section Twenty-three. If the qualified voters of any district shall County fail to elect school trustees, as prescribed in the next preceding section tendent to of this Act, it shall be the duty of the County Superintendent to ap- appoints on point trustees for said district, who shall take the oath of office, which failure to shall be endorsed on their appointment, and filed in the office of County Superintendent of Public Schools; and they shall hold their office until their successors are elected and qualified. elect. SEC. 7. Section twenty-four of said Act is hereby amended so as to Duties of read as follows: Section Twenty-four. It shall be the duty of the Trustees, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, to meet as soon as practicable after taking the oath of office, at such place as may be most convenient in the district, and to organize by appointing one of their number Clerk of the Board, who shall preside at the official meetings of the Trustees, and record their proceedings in a book to be provided for the purpose; and all such proceedings, when so recorded, shall be signed by said clerk. The Trustees shall meet at least once a quarter, and as much oftener as they may deem advisable. SEC. 8. Section twenty-five of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Trustees. Section Twenty-five. Each Board of Public School Trustees shall Powers of constitute a body corporate, and shall have care and custody of all Board. school property within their district. They shall have power to convey by deed all the estate or interest of their district in any schoolhouse or site directed to be sold by vote of the district. It shall be their duty, directed by a vote of their district, to build, purchase or hire school-houses for the use of the district, and also, without such vote, to cause any needed repairs of the same, when the expense of such repairs will not exceed one hundred dollars, and to supply school-houses with necessary furniture, fixtures and fuel; provided, that no public school- Proviso. house shall be erected in any school district in the State until the plan of the same has been submitted to and approved by the County Superintendent of Public Schools. County Superintendents may refuse to draw their warrants in payment of expenses incurred in disregard of Annual census. Report. Census Marshal and his duties. this provision. All conveyances of real estate made to the Board of School Trustees shall be in their corporate name and to their successors in office. SEC. 9. Section twenty-seven of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Twenty-seven. It shall be the duty of the Trustees in each district to take, or cause to be taken by a school census marshal, annually, in the month of May, an enumeration of all the children between the ages of six and eighteen years, resident within such district, and return a certified copy thereof, under oath, to the County Superintendent, on or before the first day of July next following. The Trustees shall also report the number of schools, specifying the different grades ; the number of teachers, male and female; the number of children, male and female, who have attended school within the past year; the average attendance; the length of the term of school; the compensation of teachers, male and female; the number and condition of school-houses and furniture, and the estimated value thereof; the number of books in Public School Libraries; the text books used in schools; the kind and value of school apparatus; the amount of money raised by rate bills, district taxations, and subscription for school purposes; the amount expended in erecting and furnishing school-houses; and such other statistics as the Superintendent of Public Instruction may require. SEC. 10. Section thirty-two of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Thirty-two. It shall be the duty of the School Trustees of each district to appoint a School Census Marshal, on or before the first day of May, and file a copy of his certificate of appointment with the County Superintendent of their county. It shall be the duty of such School Census Marshal to take annually, in the month of May, a specific census of all the children in his district between the ages of six and eighteen years; specifying the number and sex of such children, the names of their parents or guardians, and the city, town or district in which they reside; to include all children who may be attending colleges, boarding schools, or other private institutions of learning, as resident in the city, town or district in which the parents or guardians of such children may reside, and not to include such non-resident children in the city, town or district where they may be attending such private schools; to report the number attending private schools; the number not attending schools; the number between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years; the number born in Nevada, with such other statistics as the Superintendent of Public Instruction may require; and to make a full report thereof in writing, under oath or affirmation, to the County Superintendent, and deliver a copy thereof in writing to the School Trustees or Board of Education in his district, town or city, on or before the first day of July next after his appointment. Said Compensa- School Census Marshals shall be paid for their official services such compensation as may be allowed by the Board of Commissioners of such county, upon recommendation of the School Trustees, and such demands shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other county salaries and expenses are audited and paid. tion. Special tax, SEC. 11. Section thirty-five of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Thirty-five. The Board of Trustees of any school district election to may, when in their judgment it is advisable, call an election, and submit to the qualified electors of the district the question whether a tax be called. |