The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-04-09
new LAWS OF NEVADA.
Acts Passed by the Legislature
and Signed by the Governor.
fCnntinnad from last week

SO Appropriating $4,000 for the
erection OF new Orphans Home build
ing, under the direction OF the State
Orphans Home board. The money Ii
to be taken from the school fund and
replaced with thirty-eight bonds OF one
thousand dollars each.
81 1t Is unlawful for any person or
corporation to collect hospital tax
from his or Its employees, unless such
hospital Is actually In existence and
within a reasonable distance of the
place where tho workmen are employ.
ed. The penalty for violation is fine
running to $500 and imprison ment.
IS Increasing the nnmber of notaries
public the Governor may appoint In
certain counties as follows: Nye coun-
ty. increased from 10 to Is; Washoe
county, from l6 to 30; Hum oldt coun-
ty, from l6 to %; Elko county, 10 to
Is; Lincoln county, 10 to 20.
SO A misdemeanor to place acids or
other poisons In streams of Nevada
mot applying to mills for eduction of
ores); fish ladders must be maintained
when necessary, and failure to do so
involves a fine of $50 to $500 on the part
OF the owner of the offending dams
or wiers. The close season for trout Is
from November to March Is, and it
Is unlawful to have trout In ones pos.
aaasfop d,,r;n ~ that ti,na
81 Appropriation bill for salaries of
State officials and contingent expenses.
IS The new incorporation law. Takes
up forty-two pages In the statutes. It
Is a more liberal law than the old one,
based somewhat upon the incorpora-
tion laws OF Arizona and New Jersey,
and designed to catch business for Ne.
vada.
80 Providing for the incorporation of
the city OF Tonopah and establishing a
city government there, including q
mayor aud city council. Quite similar
to the act under which the city of Car.
son was Incorporated.
30 Fixing penalty of from $50 to
$500 for hunting or discharging fire
arms upon any enclosed property of
another, upon which there are signs
displayed prohibiting such hunting or
shooting. A reward OF s25 will be paid
TO the party giving Information lead.
to the arrest OF the offender.
81 Authorizes the appointment of a
deputy sheriff of Washoe county at a
salary of $40 per annum.
81 Appropriates Sc, 900 to be used by
the board of capitol commissioners in
securing water rights and lands as may
be necessary to insure sufficient water
for the capitol grounds aud Orphans
Home.
90 To protect the second growth of
timber in Nevada. 1t is a misdemanor
to sell or offer for sale any live or grow
ing wood obtained from trees less than
one foot in diameter, two feet from the
ground. Penalty $500 fine or six months
in the county Jail or both.
"a Railroads must not confine stock
In cars longer than SO hours without
unloading the same for water and rest
Penalty fine of from 800 to $500
%. Appropriating 800 to reimburse
former Battery A or-money advanced
during the Spanish War.
96 Declares that the present method
OF conducting the State Agricultural
Society at Reno is very unsatisfactory,
and hereafter when the legislature
makes an appropriation for the same
the bills and expenses OF the so-called
fairs are to be audited by the proper
State officials
" Appropr.ates $500 to have a Dor.
trait painted OF Ex-Governor Sadler.
% The salary of various county fish
and game wardens shall not exceed $40
per month. As.4.
W In case OF death of applicant for
State lands, the patent shall be issued
In name OF deceased as though he were
still alive, and the title shall be vested
In his legal.
lOO Commanding the county comm 8. |
soners OF Washoe county to issue
proclamation bafore April, 1903, for an
election OF city officials.
l0l Authorizing the commissioners |
OF Lyon county to issue bonds to nav
on the indebted ness of the county.
luz An act providing for the incor.
pora'ion 81 Reno, and to provide for
city government thereof.
loS Selling or giving intoxicating II.
quors to minor or imbecie Is a mis-.
demeanor punishable by fine OF from
800 to 5000 or imprisonment between
80 days and six months or both. Same
penalty will be melted out to minors sa. |
curing drinks by representing them. |
selves of age.
lo4 Provides that the slttings OF the
the District court of Nye county shall
be held at Tonopah when that place is
more convenient for litigants than Bel
mont, the county seat.
los Plume or song birds are nro,eo,.
ed from destruction; pheasants must not
be killed or trapped before Septembe
1905; close season for sage hens Feb. IL
to July Is OF each year; grouse and
mountain quail protected from March |
lst to September 10Th; ducks. snine
cranes, etc., same Ms quail; against The
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