railroad board for the purpose of appointing such commissioners. A Amending majority of the members of said railroad board may perform commission all the duties required of such board. Within thirty days law after the passage of this act the railroad board shall appoint such commissioners and designate the term of each, and they shall hold until their successors are appointed. The term of one such appointee shall terminate on the first Monday in February, 1909; the term of the second such appointee shall terminate on the first Monday in February, 1910; and the term of the third such appointee shall terminate on the first Monday in February, 1911. On the second Monday in January, 1909, and annually thereafter, there shall be appointed, in the same manner, one commissioner for the term of three years from the first Monday in February of such year. Each commissioner so appointed shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the railroad board. missioner commis sioner (a) One commissioner, who shall be designated as chief Chief comcommissioner and shall be chairman of the commission, shall be an attorney at law, and well versed in the law of railroad regulation; one to be designated as first associate commissioner Associate shall be a practical railroad man familiar with the operation of railroads generally; the third, to be designated as the second associate commissioner, shall be a business man having a general knowledge of fares and freights, tolls and charges, as levied by the railroads, and all common carriers included within the term "railroad" as defined in this act. Each commissioner, as herein designated, shall have an equal voice and vote upon all questions whereon the commission is required to or may act as a body. A majority of said commission shall have full power to act in all matters within its jurisdiction, and in the event of two of the commissioners being disabled or disqualified from acting, or in the event of there being two vacancies at the same time in the commission, the remaining commissioner shall have power to do all the acts and things which a majority of the commission might do, and his official acts shall stand as the acts of the commission. At no time shall more than two of said commissioners be members of the same political party. removed for (b) The railroad board may at any time remove any com- Commissionmissioner for any inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance ers may be in office. Before such removal it shall give such commissioner cause a copy of the charges made against him and shall fix a time when he can be heard in his own defense, which shall not be less than ten days thereafter, and said hearing shall be open to the public. If he shall be removed the railroad board shall file in the office of the secretary of state a complete statement of all charges made against such commissioner and findings thereon, with the record of the proceedings. (c) No person so appointed shall be pecuniarily interested in any railroad in this state or elsewhere, and if any such commissioner shall voluntarily become so interested, his office shall ers not to have pecuniary Commission- ipso facto become vacant; and if he shall become so interested otherwise than voluntarily, he shall, within a reasonable time, divest himself of such interest, and failing to do so his office any railroad shall become vacant and the railroad board shall proceed as provided for in section 1, subdivision b, of this act. interest in to be investi reasonable time (d) Whenever a complaint is made to the commission of a Complaints violation of any of the provisions of this act, or of any order gated within of the commission, it shall, within four months, commence investigation of said charge, and shall determine the same within six months, unless the person preferring said charges shall agree in writing to a longer time. A failure to comply with this provision shall ipso facto render the office of each of the commissioners vacant, and the railroad board shall appoint new commissioners as provided for by this act. Chief and first associate commissioner to give entire time taken (e) Neither the chief commissioner nor the first associate commissioner shall hold any other office or position of profit, or pursue any other regular business or vocation. These limitations and restrictions shall not apply to the second associate commissioner, but none of the commissioners shall be a member of any political convention, or a member of any committee of any political party. (f) Before entering upon the duties of his office, each of Oaths to be said commissioners shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and shall in addition thereto swear (or affirm) that he is not pecuniarily interested in any railroad in this state or elsewhere, or common carrier, which oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Salaries Secretary: salary of Oath of secretary Official title of (g) The chief commissioner shall receive a salary of $5,000 per annum, the first associate commissioner shall receive a salary of $4,000 per annum, and the second associate commissioner shall receive a salary of $2,500 per annum, all payable in the same manner as the salaries of other state officers are paid. (h) Said commission may appoint a secretary, who shall be an expert rate man at a salary of not more than $2,400 per annum and may employ such other clerks and experts as may be necessary to perform any service it may require of them, and shall fix their compensation. (i) The secretary shall take and subscribe to an oath similar to that of the commissioners, and shall keep full and correct records of all transactions and proceedings of the commission, and shall perform such other duties as may be required by the commission. Any person ineligible to the office of commissioner shall be ineligible to the office of secretary. (j) The commission shall be known collectively as the "Railroad Commission of Nevada, and in that name may sue commission and be sued. It shall have a seal with the words "Railroad Commission of Nevada, and such other design as the commission may prescribe engraved thereon, by which it shall authenticate its proceedings, and of which the courts shall take judicial notice. at Carson (k) The commission shall keep its office at Carson City, and Office kept shall be provided by the board of capitol commissioners with city suitable room or rooms, necessary office furniture, supplies, stationery, books, periodicals, maps, and all necessary expenses shall be audited and paid as other state expenses are audited and paid. The commission may hold sessions at any place other than its office, when the convenience of the parties so requires. The commissioners and secretary and such other clerks and experts as may be employed shall be entitled to receive from the state their necessary expenses while traveling on the business of the commission, including the cost of lodging and subsistence. Such expenditure shall be sworn to by the person who incurred the expense, and be approved by the chairman of the commission. procedure (1) The commission shall have the power to adopt and pub- Rules of lish rules to govern its proceedings, and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations and hearings of railroads and other parties before it, and all hearings shall be open to the public. bodies of and attend (m) The commission may confer by correspondence, or by To confer attending conventions, or otherwise, with the railroad commis- with similar sioners of other states, and with the interstate commerce com- other states mission on any matters relating to railroads. All necessary conventions expenses incurred in attending such conventions shall be a charge against the state, and be audited and paid as other state claims are paid; provided, that all such claims shall be sworn to by the commissioner incurring the expense, and be approved by the chairman. commission (n) Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to Present affect the date of the beginning or ending of the term of any not disturbed commissioner now in office, or to change the dates of future appointments from those now prescribed by law, but from and after the passage of this amendatory act the commissioner now designated as the one who shall not hold any other office or position of profit, or pursue any other business or vocation, or serve on or under any committee of any party, but shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office, shall be officially designated "Chief Commissioner, and be paid the salary herein prescribed and the commissioner whose term began on the first Monday in February, 1911, shall be officially designated "First Associate Commissioner, and the salary paid him as herein prescribed. The salaries herein provided for shall be deemed and considered full compensation for all services rendered by the members of the commission, whether as railroad commissioners or in any other official or ex officio capacity. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in so far as they conflict Repeal with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Segregation of moneys for state sheep inspection fund CHAP. 194-An act to amend section five of an act entitled "An act regulating the sheep industry of the State of Nevada, creating a state board of sheep commissioners, defining their duties and prescribing their compensation," approved March 26, 1907. [Approved March 27, 1911] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section five of the above-entitled act amended so as to read as follows: Section 5. The county assessor must, on or before the fourth Monday in October of each year, prepare from the assessment book of such year, as corrected by the board of equalization, a statement showing the total number of all sheep assessed and the value of the same. And the county treasurer must notify the state board of sheep commissioners of all moneys forwarded to the state treasurer belonging to the state sheep inspection fund at the time said moneys are forwarded to the state treasurer, also make final report to said board at the time he makes settlement with the state controller. Applicants for certificates to practice medicine must have diploma and pass examination CHAP. 195-An act to amend an act entitled an act to amend "An act entitled 'An act regulating the practice of medicine, surgery and obstetrics in the State of Nevada; providing for the appointment of a state board of medical examiners and defining their duties; providing for the issuing of licenses to practice medicine; defining the practice of medicine; defining certain misdemeanors and providing penalties, and repealing all other acts, or parts of acts, in conflict therewith,' approved March 4, 1905," approved March 20, 1907. [Approved March 27, 1911] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section eight of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 8. Applicants for certificates to practice medicine, surgery or obstetrics in the State of Nevada shall be required to present a diploma from a legally recognized college, and to pass a satisfactory examination before the state board of medical examiners as to his or her qualifications. The applicant must appear personally before the board, and the examination shall be conducted in the English language, and shall be, in whole or in part in writing, and in each branch shall obtain seventy-five per cent, and shall be on the following subjects, to wit: Anatomy, physiology, materia medica, and thera of exami tion for peutics, chemistry, bacteriology, pathology, toxicology, obstet- Subjects rics, surgery, general medicine, diseases of the skin, eye, ear, t nose, throat, brain, genito-urinary system. Said examination shall be fair and impartial, and the questions of such character as will determine the fitness of the applicant to practice his or her profession. When applicant applies for examination in materia medica and therapeutics and theory and practice of medicine, he shall designate in which school of medicine he desires to practice, and only the member or members of the board who belong to the school so designated shall participate in this part of the examination. Examinations shall be practical in character, and designed to discover the applicant's fitness to practice medicine and surgery. If an applicant fail Reexaminain his first examination, he may, after not less than six months, unsuccessful be reexamined, without additional fee. If he fail in a sec- applicants ond examination, he shall not thereafter be entitled to another examination in less than one year after the date of second examination, and shall be required to pay for such examination the full fee. The examination papers shall form a part of the records of said board, and shall be kept on file by the secretary, and said records shall be open to public inspection whenever requested after the examination; provided, that any person, who is a regular graduate from a regularly chartered college of the practice of the system of what is generally known and recognized as the drugless system, may present themselves for examination under the regulations herein before specified, and shall be required to pass an examination in all the subjects noted, with the exception of materia medica and therapeutics, Certain suband upon the passing satisfactorily of said examination by the excepted in board, shall have issued to them a license to practice the said certain cases system of drugless medicine in this state, under the same rules and regulations prescribed and required of the practitioners of other systems of medicine. Each applicant, on making application, shall pay to the secretary of the board a fee of twentyfive dollars ($25), at the same time the diploma and affidavit is filed with him, and this fee shall not be returned in the event Fee forfeited of the applicant's failing to pass a satisfactory examination. failure Any person who may hereafter be granted a license to practice medicine and surgery in this state under this act, upon the grounds of reciprocity with other states and without examination, shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for such license. jects in case of |