Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-03-16
NEW LAWS.
Measures which Have Passed and
Received Executive Approval.

Measures which q Passed N
Received Executive Approval.
Among the measures passed by the
Legislature which have received Ex-
ecutive approval during the past week,
thus becoming laws Of this State, are
the following:
An Act to prohibit the sale Of horse
meat without informing the purchaser
thereof at the time Of said sale that said
meat is the meat of an equine animal.
The penalty is a fine Of $50, or imprison-
ment in the county Jail for not more than
twenty-five days, or both such fine and
imprisonment.
An Act to require the acceptance and
collection Of grants, devises, requests, do
nations and assignments to the State of
| Nevada, under the provisions of which
| the Governor is required to report such do
nations to the Legislature, that they may
be properly converted into the public
treasury, or appropriated to the institu-
| tion to which they may be assigned. 1.-THE
| object Of this measure is to prevent any
recurrence of the experience of the Board
of Directors of the State Orphans Home,
the disappearance of the funds of which
institution was recently made public, and
which, under the opinion of the Attorney.
General, 1t is now impossible to recover.]
An Act to pay the deficiencies in the
appropriations for the years 1899 and 1900.
A large number Of bills for small amounts
were allowed under this Act, and the State
Treasurer was authorized to pay the came
An Act providing for the establishment
of a free public kindergarten at Reno. anC
authorizing a tax levy for the purpose o
maintaining the same. This Act shall no
be operative after the year 1901, unless the
use of a suitable building and grounds il
donated by the private or corporate bene
faction.
An Act to amend the Act defining the
constitution. organization, powers and du
ties of the State Board of Education. I'm
der the provisions of the Act the State
Board is required to adopt a uniform series
of text hoods in the principal studies pur-
sued in the public schools, namely, read
ing, writing, arithmetic, spelling, language,
grammar, geography, history of the United
States, physiology and drawing, and these
text books shall not be changed oftener
than once in four years. As all Acts and
parts of Acts in conflict with this measure
are repealed, the new law goes into effect at
once; but as all arrangements had previ.
| ously been made for the present school
| year, the provisions Of the new school law
| will not go into effect until the beginning
| of the new school year in September next.
An Act prohibiting the herding or graz
ing of sheep within three miles of any
town or village In this State. The penalty
| Is q fine Of not less than $50, nor moge than
5000, or imprisonment for not less than
twenty-five nor more than one hundred
days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
An Act creating q salary fund for White
Pine county, under the provisions of which
the County Treasurer, County Auditor,
and County Commissioners are authorized
to provide for a salary fund into which
shall be placed fifty per cent of all the rev.
enues received or collected for general
county purposes.
An Act prohibiting insurance companies
authorized to do business in this State
from transferring risks written by them to
other companies which have not complied
with the laws of Nevada regulating FIRE in
a companies.