Act not to affect salar

numbers and date shall be presented for payment, and upon presentation will be paid by him, and said warrants so advertised for payment shall cease bearing interest from the date of said notice.

SEC. 6. Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the proies of Judges Visions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the payment of of Supreme the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Court. Nevada," passed February twenty-first, one thousand eight hun

dred and sixty-six.

STATE OF NEVADA, CARSON Crry, { Assembly Chamber, February 9th, 1871. Š This is to certify that Assembly Bill No. 96, entitled "An Act to create Legislative Funds," has this day passed the Assembly, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, by the following vote: Yeas, 32; nays, 14.

ROB'T E. LOWERY, Speaker of the Assembly.

G. W. CASSIDY, Clerk of Assembly.

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STATE OF NEVADA, CARSON CITY, Senate Chamber, February 13th, 1871. S This is to certify that Assembly Bill No. 96, entitled "An Act to create Legislative Funds," has this day passed the Senate, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, by the following vote: Yeas, 16; nays, 7.

D. L. HASTINGS, President pro tem. of the Senate.

F. BUTLER, Assistant Secretary of the Senate.

Comper satiou of Jurors.

CHAP. IX.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act concerning Compensation of Jurors," approved March 5, 1869.

[Approved February 15, 1871.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

[SECTION 1.] Section one of said Act is hereby amended so as read as follows:

Section one. Each juror summoned in this State, whether petit or grand juror, unless he be excused by the court from serving on the day he is summoned to attend court shall receive three (3) dollars per day for each and every day he may be in attendance on court, and fifteen cents per mile in traveling to and returning from court, all of which shall be paid out of the County Treasury. The Auditor shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the compensation provided in this Act upon certificate of the clerk of the court showing the amount due; pro

vided, that but one mileage during any one term of court shall be allowed; and, provided further, that all sums paid such jurors as fees by parties to civil actions shall be deducted from his per diem.

SEC. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts, in conflict with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.

Acts repealed.

CHAP. X.-An Act supplementary to and amendatory of an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nevada, entitled 'An Act to create Counties and establish the Boundaries thereof,' approved November 25, 1861," approved February 27, 1869.

[Approved February 15, 1871.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

repealed.

SECTION 1. Section two of this Act to which this is supple- Section 2 mentary to and amendatory of is hereby repealed.

Churchill

demands,

of Hum

SEC. 2. The County of Churchill is hereby released and dis- County recharged from all claims and demands of every kind and nature leased from whatever, arising out of or based on the provisions of said Act to etc. which this is supplementary; and the Treasurer of Humboldt Treasurer County is hereby authorized and required to return to the Treas-boldt Co. to urer of Churchill County any and all unpaid warrant or warrants return unwhich have been or may be delivered to him in accordance with the provisions of said Act; and the Treasurer of Churchill County is hereby authorized and required to destroy said warrant or warrants in the presence of the Board of County Commissioners of Churchill County.

paid war

rants.

CHAP. XI.-An Act for the Relief of James Leffingwell, Sheriff of Lander County, in the years 1865 and 1866.

[Approved February 16, 1871.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assem

bly, do enact as follows:

thorized to

SECTION 1. The County Auditor of Lander County is hereby Auditor auauthorized and directed, and it is made his special duty from and draw warafter the passage of this Act, to draw his warrants in favor of rants. James Leffingwell for the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars on the general fund of said Lander County; which Interest. warrants shall bear a legal interest from the date of their issuance; and said warrants shall be in any sum not less than one hundred or more than one thousand dollars.

Treasurer

to pay war

rants.

Acts repealed.

SEC. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the County Treasurer of said Lander County to pay said warrants on their presentation in their regular order of payment at the said Treasurer's office in the county of Lander, State of Nevada, in gold coin.

SEC. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts, that are inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed, so far the same may relate to the county of Lander.

Acts of
County
Commis-
sioners

legalized.

Auditor required to draw war

rant.

Interest.

Treasurer

to pay war

CHAP. XII.-An Act to legalize certain acts of the Board of
County Commissioners of Elko County.

[Approved February 16, 1871.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Whereas, the Board of County Commissioners of Elko County did, on the thirty-first day of December, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy, borrow of J. N. Wiliams, the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars, with interest at the rate of two per cent. per month, to supply a deficiency in the allowance made, including the interest drawn, on the building fund of said county, for the year ending December thirty-first, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy; and, whereas, said Board of Commissioners agreed to pay said J. N. Williams said sum and interest out of said building fund, and ordered the County Auditor to draw his warrant for said amount and interest, payable out of said fund as aforesaid; therefore the said acts of the Board of County Commissioners are hereby legalized and made valid.

SEC. 2. The Auditor of said county is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of said county in favor of said J. N. Williams, for the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars in coin, payable on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, which said warrant shall draw two per cent. per month interest, from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, until paid.

SEC. 3. The County Treasurer of said county, shall pay the rants, etc. principal and interest of said warrant out of the building fund; provided, in case there shall be no money in said fund, on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventytwo, then the same shall be paid out of any moneys first coming into the treasury not otherwise specifically set apart.

CHAP. XIII.-An Act to change the County Seat of the County of Washoe.

[Approved February 17, 1871.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

ed at Reno.

SECTION 1. From and after the third day of April, A. D. one County seat thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, the county seat of to be locatWashoe County shall be located at the town of Reno, in said county.

officers re

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of all officers of said county, who County are required by law to keep their offices at the county seat to re- quired to move the same to said town of Reno, on the week next preceding remove the said third day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

offices.

Commis

SEC. 3. The County Commissioners of said county shall pro- County vide for the removal of the archives of said county, and all other sioners removable property belonging to said county, to said town of Reno, quired to reand shall have power to sell and convey any real or immovable chives, etc. property situated in Washoe City, belonging to said county, and shall pay the proceeds of such sales into the County Treasury.

move ar

CHAP. XIV.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the Registration of the Names of Electors, and to Prevent Fraud at Elections," approved March 5, 1869.

[Approved February 17, 1871.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section three of the Act of which this Act is amendatory is hereby amended to read as follows:

Agents.

Section Three. It shall be the duty of the Registry Agents, at Duty of any time when called on to do so, between the hours of ten a. M. Registry and six P. M. on all legal days, from and after the first day of July, and prior to the twenty-first day of October, prior to any general election, and for twenty days prior to closing the register (which shall close ten days prior to the day of election), for any special or municipal election provided for by law, to receive and register the names of all persons legally qualified and entitled to vote at such election, or who will have legally acquired a residence (being otherwise qualified), and right to vote at such ensuing election according to the provisions of law, under which such election may be held, in each election district within their respective townships; entering on the official register under the proper heading, the number and date of registry, the name (with the

Same.

Proviso.

Proviso.

first or given name in full if practicable); the age and nativity of the elector, together with the number of the ward or name of precinct, and a particular description of the house, building or room in which the elector resides; such as will enable the officer or person desiring to serve notice of objection to vote, to find the same without difficulty; and when the person so registered shall be of foreign birth, the fact of the exhibition of or failure to exhibit his certificate of naturalization, shall be noted in the column provided for that purpose, which list, properly entered as in this section required, shall be known as the "Official Register" of elections of their respective township; provided, that for ten days next preceding the day set for closing the registry before any election mentioned in this act, said Registry Agents shall also be in attendance at their respective offices, and ready to register the names of applicants, at any time between the hours of seven and nine o'clock P. M., in addition to the hours heretofore required in this section; and, provided further, that if any person shall fail or refuse to give his residence, with the particularity required in this section, he shall not be registered.

Auditor required to draw war

rants, etc.

Owner to surrender orders.

Warrant to be drawn for amount, principal

and interest of orders.

Act not to apply to

certain orders.

CHAP. XV.-An Act to provide for the Payment of certain Indebtedness of Humboldt County.

[Approved February 17, 1871.]

The People of the State of Neveda, represented in Senate and Assembly, do encat as follows:

SECTION 1. The Auditor of Humboldt County is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of said county in favor of the owner and holder of any order or orders heretofore issued under the provisions of section five hundred and forty-four of the Criminal Practice Act, of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, by the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, Nevada, or by the Judge thereof.

SEC. 2. Before the issuance of any such warrant the owner and holder of any such orders shall surrender the same to the Auditor, who shall write across the face thereof, Canceled by Warrant," and sign the same officially. The Auditor shall file such order or orders in his office.

The

SEC. 3. The Auditor shall draw his warrant as aforesaid for the amount of principal and interest of the order or orders. interest shall be computed from the date of such order or orders, and at the rate of ten per cent. per annum; provided, all such warrants drawn as aforesaid shall be payable only out of the redemption fund of said county.

SEC. 4. This Act shall not apply to any order or orders issued by the court subsequent to February 12, 1869.