Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-04-18
NEW LAWS Of NEVADA.
Acts Passed by the Last Leg
iS|atuTD and Approved BY
tlG Governor.

/ Chapter XXXIN.--An Act to amend
an Act entitled: IAN Act to regulate
! ilfe settlement of estates of deceased
/ persons approved March 2s, 1897,
and as amended and approved
March l6, 1899. Approved March 0,
ls0l.) The people of the State OF
Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact az follows:
Section |. Section two hundred and
fifty-nine of said Act is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows:
Section two hundred and fifty-nine.
When any person having title to any
estate, not otherwise limited by mar
riaee contracts, shall die intestate as to
such estate II shall descend and be
distributed subject 10 the payment of
his or her debts in the following man.
ner:
F'irst--If there be surviving hus-
band or wife, and only one child, or
the lawful issue of one child, ons-half
TO the surviving husband'or wife and
one-half TO such child or issue of such
child. If there be surviving husband
or wife and more than one child living
or one child living and the lawful issue
of one or more deceased children, one
third to the surviving husband or wife
and the remainder in equsl shares to
his or her children, and to the lawful
issue Of any deceased child by right Of
representation. Ifthere be no child Of
the intestate living at his or her death
the remainder shall go to all of his or
her linea descendants aud If all of the
said descendants are in the same de-
gree of kindred TO the intestste, they
shall take according to the right Of rep
resentation.
Second--If he or she shall leave no
issue, the estate shall go in equal
shares to the surviving husband or
wife and TO the intestate's father, and
shall go in equal shares TO the intes-
tste's mother, If he or she shall leave
no issue nor father nor mother the
whole estate shall go to the surviving
husband or wife. If he or she shall
leave no issue, or husband, or wife, the
estate shall go 10 his or her father, II
living, if not, TO his or her mother, IL
living.
Third-If there be no ISSUE nor hus-
band, nor wife, nor father, nor mother,
then IN equal shares to the brothers
and sisters of the intostate, and TO the
children of any deceased brother or sis
ter by right of representation.
Fourth--1f the intestate shall leave
no issue, nor husband, nor wife, nor
father, nor mother, and no brother or
sister living nj his or her death, the
estate shall go to the next of kim in
equal degree, excepting that when there
are two or more collateral kindred In
equal degree, but claiming through
different ancestors, those who claim
through the nearest ancestors shall be
preferred 10 those who claim through
ancestors more remote; provided, how
ever, Ifany such person shall die leav-
ing several children, or leaving one
child. and issue of one OF more children
and any such surviving child shall die
under age, and not having been mar
ried, all the estate that came 10 such
deceased child by Inheritance from
such deceased parent shall descend in
equal shares TO the other children of
the same parent, and to the issue of
any such other children who may have
died, by right of representation.
Fifth-If at the death OF such child,
who shall die under age and not hav-
ing been married, all the other children
of his said parent being also dead, aud
any of them shall have left issue, the
estate that came to such child by in-
heritance from his or her said parent
shall descend to all the issue of the
other children OF the same parent, and
if all the said issue are in the same de-
gree of kindred TO said child they shall
share the said estate equally; other
wise ihcy shall take accordingly 10 The
right OF representation.
Sixih--lf the intestate shall leave
no husband nor wife nor kindred, the
estate shall escheat to the State for the
support of the common schools.
Chapter XXXN.-An Act to amend All
Act entitled: "An Act relating 10
tresspass of swine, sheep aud goats,
approved March 5, 1885. Approved
March 6, 1901. The people Of the
State of Nevada, represented in Sen
ate and Assembly, do enact as fol
lows;
Sectiou !. section two of said Act is
hereby amended so Ms to read as fol-
lows;
Section Two. 1t shall be the duty o.
any Sheriff OF Constable, and the priv
ilege of any citizen, of or in any town
/ described in section one of this Act, tt
impound any swine, sheep, or goats.
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