or congregate; or who at any hour of the night, either alone or otherwise, prowls about the streets or town, disturbing the peace and quiet of the neighborhood by loud or unnecessary noise, or committing petty depredations, tricks, or pranks, upon the person or property of other people, or by abusive, obscene, or insulting language, or by any manner of rowdyism whatsoever, disturb and annoy the passersby, any lawful assemblage of persons, or the neighborhood at large, is a vagrant, and guilty of vagrancy, and upon conviction may be punished accordingly. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to This Act Indians, nor to Chinese, when such acts of vagrancy are com apply to mitted around or in their own quarters, or Chinatown, unless Indians or complained of by their own countrymen. not to Chinese. may be works. SEC. 3. All male persons having the physical ability to work, Vagrants convicted of vagrancy and imprisoned on judgment therefor, employed may be required to perform labor on the public works, build- on public ings, grounds, or ways in the county, and the Sheriff or other person or persons having them in charge while performing such labor may, in his discretion, employ any usual, reasonable, humane, and sufficient means to guard against and prevent such prisoner escaping from custody while being so employed. be given. SEC. 4. For each and every day's work willingly and faith. Credit to fully performed by such vagrant, he shall receive credit for two days time, which shall be by the Sheriff applied upon and deducted from his term of imprisonment. ment for when able SEC. 5. If any imprisoned vagrant convicted under this PunishAct, having the physical ability to work, refuse to work refusal to when required so to do, as herein provided, he may, as work a punishment, be forced to work by being compelled to "pack so to do. sand," or carry other material and weight from place to place, or to perform other labor not unreasonable, inhumane, or too burdensome, until he declares himself willing to work, and does work as required; or in lieu thereof he may, in the discretion of the Sheriff, be confined in a cell of the jail and fed upon no other food except bread and water, until he declares himself ready to work, as required herein; but both methods of punishment herein prescribed shall in no instance be inflicted at the same time. In either case of punishment the prisoner shall have no credit given him upon his term of imprisonment, for such forced labor or solitary confinement. may ment for SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff, during fair and Sheriff reasonable weather, when the same can be done without extra procure expense to the county, to procure employment for and set at employ work such convicted vagrants, who are serving out their term vagrants. of imprisonment; and to this end, upon application of any Road Supervisor, Superintendent, foreman, or other overseer or custodian of any public works, buildings, or grounds, he may deliver into the custody and charge of such person making the application, such prisoners, to do labor as herein required, who, after working hours of the day, or after suspension of labor from any cause, shall be returned into the custody of the Sheriff of the county for safe keeping until again required for labor. convic SEC. 7. For each and every legal conviction under this Act Fees for the District Attorney shall be entitled to receive the sum of tion. Acts repealed. ten dollars from the county; but the person or persons having such vagrants in charge during such labor shall receive no extra compensation for such charge over and above their regular salary or wages which they are by law entitled to receive. SEC. 8. The Act entitled "An Act concerning vagrants and vagrancy," approved March seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and all other Acts and parts of Acts, in conflict with this Act, are hereby repealed. Salaries of the several District Attorneys of this State. Acts repealed. CHAP. CXI.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act concerning District Attorneys, approved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, approved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. [Approved March 5, 1877.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section four of the above entitled Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Four. The District Attorney of each county in this State shall receive for his services, annually, a compensation to be paid in four equal quarterly payments as follows: First Of the County of Storey, two thousand dollars. Second-Of the County of Lyon, fifteen hundred dollars. Third-Of the County of Esmeralda, one thousand dollars. Fourth-Of the County of Douglas, one thousand dollars. Fifth-Of the County of Ormsby, one thousand dollars. Sixth-Of the County of Washoe, one thousand dollars. Seventh Of the County of Humboldt, one thousand dollars. Eighth-Of the County of Churchill, six hundred dollars. Ninth Of the County of Lander, two thousand dollars. Tenth Of the County of Eureka, twelve hundred dollars. Eleventh Of the County of Elko, two thousand dollars. Twelfth Of the County of White Pine, one thousand dollars, after the first day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Thirteenth Of the County of Lincoln, fifteen hundred dollars, after the first day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Fourteenth Of the County of Nye, fifteen hundred dollars. Fifteenth-When any new county shall be created hereafter, the District Attorney for such county shall receive for his services an annual salary, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, as the County Commissioners of such county may determine. SEC. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts, in conflict with this Act, are hereby repealed. CHAP. CXII. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act concerning juries," approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. [Approved March 5, 1877.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section twelve of an Act entitled "An Act concerning juries," approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: and allowed Section Twelve. Each person summoned to serve as grand Per diem jurors, and each trial juror summoned as provided in this Act, mileage unless said trial juror be excused by the Court from serving jurors. on the day he is summoned to attend, shall receive three dollars per day for each and every day he may be in attendance, and fifteen cents per mile in traveling to and returning from Court, to be paid as herein before provided. CHAP. CXIII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to encourage the growth of forest trees." [Approved March 5, 1877.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: lars a year cultivat under Section One. Every person planting one acre or more of Ten dolland, within ten years after the passage of this Act, with any fortwenty kind of forest or shade trees, and successfully growing and years for cultivating the same for three years, and any person planting, ing trees protecting, and cultivating for three years, one half mile or certain more of forest or shade trees along any public highway, said conditions trees to be planted so as to stand, at the end of three years, one rod apart, shall be entitled to receive for twenty years, commencing two years after said grove or line of trees has been planted, an annual bounty of ten dollars per acre for each acre so planted, and ten dollars for each half mile so planted, to be paid out of the County Treasury of the county in which said grove or line of trees may be situated; such bounty shall Trees to not be paid any longer than said grove or line of trees is cultivated and kept alive and in growing condition. be alive and growing. Fees of Justice and Recorder. CHAP. CXIV.—An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act concerning estray animals," approved November eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. [Approved March 5, 1877.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section nine of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Nine. The Justice of the Peace and Recorder shall receive for their services in any one case, whether for one or more animals, two dollars and fifty cents each; and all other officers or persons shall receive for their services the same fees as are allowed for similar services within the county. All Costs, by costs and charges accuring [accruing] under this Act shall be paid by the person taking up the estray animal or animals, but shall be reimbursed by the owner, upon proof and delivery of his property. whom paid. If lots are not con veyed within CHAP. CXV.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act prescribing rules and regulations for the execution of the trust arising under the Act of Congress entitled 'An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands,' approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven," approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. [Approved March 5, 1877.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section eight of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section Eight. If all the lots, blocks, shares, or parcels of such land are not legally conveyed to the proper owners before the expiration of one year after the same shall have been passed upon by the corporate authorities or Judge, or in case of conto be sold. test, within thirty days after such contest shall have been one year, they are finally determined, the same shall be sold to the highest bidder, and the proceeds applied to the erection of public buildings for the benefit of such city or town, or to the construction of waterworks for the purpose of conveying water into such city or town, after paying their proportionate share of the purchase money and other expenses, including expenses incurred by publication and sale. Notice of the sale authorized by this section shall be published as is provided for the notice required by secProviso. tion three of this Act; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale of real estate belonging to minors or insane persons, except upon an order of Court authorizing such sale, which order may be made by the Court upon an ex parte application, under oath, of the trustee named in this Act. CHAP. CXVI.-An Act amendatory of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the maintenance and supervision of public schools," approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and of Acts amendatory thereof. [Approved March 5, 1877.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section five of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: to appor money to Section Five. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of SuperinPublic Instruction, subject to the supervision of the State Board tendent of Education, immediately after the State Controller shall have tion made his semi-annual report as hereinafter required, to appor- several tion to the several counties the amount of school money in the counties. State Treasury, to which each shall be entitled under the provisions of this Act, in proportion to the number of persons between the ages of six and eighteen years residing therein, as shown by the last previous reports of the County Superintendent, and to furnish to the State Controller, to each County Treasurer, to each County Auditor, and to each County Superintendent, an abstract of such apportionment, and with such apportionment to furnish each County Treasurer his order on the State Controller, under the seal of the State Board of Education, for the amount of school moneys in the State Treasury to which such counties shall be entitled, and to take such County Treasurer's receipt for the same. SEC. 2. Section fifteen of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Treasurer Section Fifteen. It shall be the duty of the County Treas- Duties of urer of each county: First-To receive and hold as a special County deposit all public school moneys, whether received by him from in referthe State Treasurer or raised by the county for the benefit of school public schools, or from any other source, and to keep a sep. moneys. arate account thereof, and of their disbursements. Second-On receiving any public school moneys, subject to distribution, to notify the County Superintendent of Public Schools of the amount thereof. ence to how paid Third-To pay over all public school moneys received by Money, him only on warrants of the County Auditor, issued upon bot orders of the County Superintendent of Public Schools of such county, which orders shall be valid vouchers in the hands of the County Auditors for warrants drawn upon such orders. Fourth-On or before the first day of October, annually, to Treasurer make a full report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to report of the public school moneys received into the County Treasury intendent. within the school year ending on the last day of August next to Super |
