The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-05-08

attach the printed report to the tax
statement mailed to each taxpayer
tpage1lID
Public Service Division
The several public service depart
ments of the university are CONSOLE
dated into public service division Of
the University of Nevada. including
the following:
State analytical labratory; state
hygienic labratory; food and drug
CONTROL weights and measures; agri-
cultural extension; state veterinary
control service; agricultural exoer.-
ment station; engineering experiment
tation.
Jha board of regents on the recon-
mendation of the president of the uni
We bl,r, shall des gnace heads of each
Department and ass stants and they
shall perform the appropriate duties
uuc in cases Involving the exercise of
police powers the governor shall have
power to confirm ana approve the APP
pointment. (page 115.)
University Revolving Fund
This act advances $40, 900 to the
controller of the university for the
purpose of paying current bills on the
audit of the board of regents. Whe3
these bills are later approved by the
state board of examiners the treasurer
draws II warrant for another $40, 900
to go into the revolving fund, and so
on The first $4,000 is charged to the
university appropriation and is not an
extra" page 225)
Appropriation Bill
Fer cooperative irrigation investi-
cation fund to be expended by tho
state engineer and the University OF
Novuda in conjunction with the Unit
ed states departing mt of agriculture.
~ 900 is appropriated.
For a cooperative water resource
fund. tn be expended ny the state en-
gineer in conjunction with the United
States geological survey, there is ap-
propriated $1,000.
Fer the support of the public service
departm mt Univei sty of Nevada,
there is appropriated $2o,5Oo. For the
purchase of the Evans tract of land
$3.50. l(page 235)
In the tax levy for 1916 there is
ceyts on the 800 value of the uni
versitv in 1915 and II cents for the un-
i've slty pubic service department fund,
producing respe, tive'y $229,91O and
$25 $40.
I'm the taxlevy for 1916 there is
tax CT Ga cents for the university and
15 cents for the pubic service fund.
producing respectively $ll5,9lQ and
s25 $50 or an aggregate for the two
years from special taxation of $2Sl, foo
for the university and S51,790 for the
public service department. Page (251.)
Emeritus Professors
The board of regents of the unlvers-
ty is empowered to place ON the rolls
of the un versity, employees physically
or mentally disabled after Is years Of
service or widows of such employees AZ
a salary equivalent to half the aver
age salary rate for five years pre-
vious to retirement. This may be done
on the recommended on of the president
fhe un' 'vprsity and app. oval by the gov
ernor. (Page 31i)
Transfer of Funds
The governmon many years ego DO
mated TO the state Of Nevada in trust
a certain 90. 600 tract of land and GER
tain 72-section tract of land upon con
ditlon that the proc eds from the sale
of this nd should be kept m
tact by investing them in bonds TO
produce not less than 5 per cent
year and this interest money should go
to the university If it maintained GER
tain standards The money when ~
was invested did. not bring per cent
in all cases and now the university
wants the shortage to be made good
evidently, and stels taken to provide
per cent secureties at least to repre-
sent the proceeds thus derived and 10
insure the 5 per cent at least, here
after\
To this end the regents 81 the uhli
yersitv are dire cted and authorized 10
examine the past records dating bacA
r., 1862 and 1865 to find the discre-
pancies caused by receiving less inter-
est than they were entitled to receive
and The state is further directed to de-
liver secureties producing 5 per cent
Der annum attn amn,ount of the totai
of such land sales, into the
two university funds mentioned. oPase