Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-19

deemed an exercise of the police pow
ers OF the state for the protection of
public health, peace and morals, and
all of its provisions shall be literally
construed for the attainment of that
purpose.
Sec. "a All acts and parts of acts.
SO lar as i'll conflict with this act, are
hereby repealed
Sec. =. Ii any corporation or asso-
citation shall violate any of the provi-
Sions OF this act any officer, agent, or
employee thereof acting for it in any
such unlawful act, or authorizing the
| same TO be done, shall be personally
guilty thereof the same as though such
officer, agent, or employee himself had
committed the offense, and shall be sub
lect to all of the fines, penalties, and
impriSonments therefor.
Sec. 20, If any state, county, district
or municipal officer, or any municipal
police, shall fail, refuse or neglect to
discharge any duty imposed upon him
by law, prohibiting the manufacture,
/ sale, keeping and storing for sale of in
toxicating liquors, he shall be removed
from office in the manner provided in
this section. Such removal shall be
made by the district court OF the coun-
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charges against any such officer shall
be reduced to writing, and entered of
record by the court, and summons
shall thereupon be issued by the clerk
of such court, containing copy OF the
charges, and requiring the officer nam
ed therein TO appear and answer the
same as in other civil actions, which
summons may be served in the same
manner as a summons in civil action,
and the service must be made at least
five days before the return day thereof
And the court itself shall, without
jury. hear the charges, and upon salts
factory proof thereof, remove any such
officer from the discharge of the duties
of his office, and place the records.
papers and property OF his office i'll the
possession of some other officer or per-
son for safe-keepiug until the vacancy
is hlled. Any vacancy created under
this section shall be filled in the man
ner required by law as to county and
district officers, and in the manner pre-
scribed by the ordinances of the munic-
ipality Any citizen of the county, dis
trict or municipality, as the case may
be, or the commissioner of prohibition,
may prefer and prosecute to final JudR-
ment charges for removal against any
of the officers, including municipal po-
lice, mentioned in this section. The
word Officer" as used herein, shall
include and embrace municipal police.
Either party shall have the right of APP
peal to the supreme court of the state
from the judgment of the district court.
Sec. 81. Whenever it shall appear to
any district court before which is pend
ing any charge for an oHeiise under
this act, that the state cannot have
fair and impartial trial by jury in the
county where such action is pending,
the court shall enter an order to that
effect and shall order that such cause be
transferred to some other district court
in this state to be selected by the judge
ordering such transfer; and the trial OF
such cause shall proceed before the
court to which it is SO transferred the
same as is now provided in cases of
change of venue.
Sec. 20. Justices of the peace shall
have concurrent jurisdiction with the
district court for the trial of first Of
lenses arising under this act; provided,
that the district attorney or the COM
missioner, or any OF his deputies, shall
have the right before trial to elect
whether the case shall be tried and
ind o,nent entered or whether the ms
ice shall hold nrel;m;narv hearing
~ determ;ne whether tbe accused shall
be held to the district court; provided,
further, that if the defendant shall
plead guilty, the justice shall enter
he neare sba1l not ;mnose fine GREAT
ar han FIVE hundred dollars nor inn
prisonment in the county jail longer
t;fv To the district attorney transcript
fror, he doclat of the iuioment in The
case and = cow Of ali bonds given bv
the n defendant Whenever the district
attornev sball annear Tor the state in
orY nrosec,t;on before iust;ce's court
for an n offense nnder his act there shall
he a1lo,vad and taxed as a mart of tbe
costs tavahle aoa;nSt the defendant an
attor,a,'s fae ~ fen dollars The state
shal1 have the same rioht as the defen-
dant 20 an anneal frona the ;udoment of
he ;,St; aa AZ tronscr;ot 81 a ;,,do-
ment 60 certified Inv Justice Of The
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