Proviso Letters of guardianship dent minor provided, that if, upon petition of the guardian, it shall appear for the best interest of the ward to mortgage any of his real estate, instead of making a sale of any of his property, the court may authorize the guardian to execute such a mortgage upon such terms and conditions as the court shall deem prudent, upon the guardian filing a bond in favor of the ward in such sum as the court shall, fix, to be approved by the court or a judge thereof; and notice of the petition and hearing shall be given as prescribed by sections twenty-five and twentysix of this act. SEC. 2. Section thirty-nine of an act entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of guardians and to prescribe their duties, approved March 11, 1899, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 39. When any minor, or other person liable to be placed under guardianship, according to the provisions of this for nonresi- act, shall reside out of this state, and shall have estate therein, any friend of such person, or anyone interested in his or her estate, in expectancy or otherwise, may apply to the district. court of any county in which there may be any estate of such absent person in expectancy or otherwise for letters of guardianship of such estate, as in case of a resident ward, and the court may proceed in like manner and appoint a guardian. If a guardian of the estate of such absent person has been appointed in the state of his or her residence by a court there having jurisdiction, said guardian may be appointed as such guardian in this state upon giving a bond and qualifying as prescribed by section seven of this act, and no citation need be issued or served. In such case the production of duly authenticated copies of the order appointing guardian and of the letters of guardianship shall be prima facie proof of the necessity of the appointment of such guardian in this state. Bond of guardian Deputy for clerk of supreme court Salary CHAP. 70—An act giving the clerk of the supreme court authority to appoint a deputy in his office. [Approved March 15, 1911] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The clerk of the supreme court shall have power, under his hand and seal, to appoint one deputy in his office; the deputy so appointed may, during the absence or inability of the clerk of the supreme court, perform all the duties of a ministerial nature requisite and pertaining to the office. The salary of such deputy shall be $1,800 per annum. Said salary shall be payable as the salaries of other state officers are paid. CHAP. 71-An act authorizing and relating to the employment of convicts on the public roads and highways, providing a general road fund in the state treasury to defray the expenses thereof, and for other purposes. [Approved March 16, 1911] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and tion for SECTION 1. The sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby Appropriaappropriated out of any money in the state treasury not other- general road wise appropriated which shall constitute a fund to be known fund as the general road fund. road work SEC. 2. The board of state prison commissioners is hereby Convicts authorized and directed to detail for work on the public high- detailed for ways of the state any male convict in the state prison who, on the recommendation of the warden, and in the opinion of said board, may be properly so detailed, excepting prisoners under a sentence of death; provided, that such detail shall be voluntary on the part of the convict and shall not be caused by any form of compulsion. same SEC. 3. Convicts detailed to road work under the provisions Regulations of this act shall, while so engaged, and without the confines of concerning the state prison, shall be under the general direction of the warden, and guards appointed by him and shall be subject to such rules and regulations with respect to their hours of labor, conduct and control as said board shall establish. They shall not be required to wear stripes, and for infractions of the rules the maximum punishment of any convict shall be his summary return to confinement in the penitentiary and forfeiture of credits. time-off for public road SEC. 4. In addition to the time-off for good behavior from Pay and the term of sentence now allowed by law, convicts so detailed additional for work upon the public roads shall be allowed ten days' convicts on time-off for each month's faithful work and compliance with work such rules and regulations; and in addition thereto, each convict so detailed shall be allowed the sum of twenty-five cents for each day's labor, and which shall accumulate as a fund to be paid the convict on the termination of his sentence, or on his release by pardon or parole, and which shall be in addition to the sum of money ordinarily given discharged convicts; provided, that on petition of any such convict, said board, in its discretion, may pay out from any sum so to the credit of any convict a portion or all thereof in support of the dependent wife, children or parent of such convict, in distress. to specify convicts SEC. 5. Said board on the recommendation of the state Prison board engineer, or the county surveyor of each county, is hereby public roads authorized and empowered to determine upon what public upon which roads convicts so detailed shall be employed; whether in the shall work improvement of existing roads or the construction of new roads, and shall pass upon and approve or reject the plans Duties of state engineer agreement with county and specifications of the state engineer or the respective county surveyors in respect thereto. The state engineer shall have general supervision and direction of all road work so approved. No road work, under the provisions of this act, shall be instiPreliminary tuted in any county prior to an agreement with the county commissioners of such county with respect to the survey and character and construction of such road, and an agreement by such county to construct, at its own expense, all bridges or other structures of wood, iron, concrete or stone, requiring skilled labor, and no convict shall be employed thereon; and such county may be required by said board to contribute in part toward the expense of the maintenance of convicts on such road work. Disbursements from fund, how regulated SEC. 6. All disbursements for expenditures arising under the provisions of this act, including for road-making tools and implements, horses, wagons, tents, bedding, clothing, tobacco, medicine, and commissary utensils and supplies, shall be on warrants certified to by the officer or engineer in charge of said road work, and by the chairman of said board, and which, on approval by the state board of examiners, shall be paid on warrants drawn by the state controller, by the state treasurer from the following funds, respectively, in the state treasury, to wit: From said general road fund in every instance, except for part payment for clothing and commissary supplies, an amount not exceeding fifty cents per day per convict, for the total number of days detailed, which shall be paid from any appropriation hereafter made for the support and maintenance of the state prison. N. B. Milligan CHAP. 72-An act to pay Miss N. B. Milligan ten dollars for taking and transcribing the report of the commission of three assemblymen and two senators to report to the board of pardons recommending as to prisoners confined in the state prison. [Approved March 16, 1911] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of the legisRelief of Miss lative fund the sum of ten dollars to pay to Miss N. B. Milligan for taking and transcribing the report of the commission. SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant in favor of the person above named and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. CHAP. 73-An act empowering the state board of capitol commissioners to purchase additional grounds for the gov crnor's mansion. [Approved March 16, 1911] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. land for governor's That the state board of capitol commissioners, Additional in their discretion, are hereby authorized to purchase additional lands to enlarge the grounds of the governor's mansion, mansion not exceeding in cost the sum of one thousand dollars. priation SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated out of the general $1.000 approfund in the state treasury, the sum of one thousand dollars to carry out the provisions of this act. CHAP. 74—An act creating and establishing a Nevada bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation, providing for a commission in charge thereof; creating the office of commis sioner of industry, agriculture and irrigation, and fixing his compensation: defining the objects and purposes of said bureau; prescribing the powers and duties of said commis sion; appropriating funds for its support and maintenance and to carry out its objects and purposes, and other matters relating thereto. [Approved March 17, 1911] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and industry, and industry. SECTION 1. That there is hereby created and established a Nevada Nevada bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation. Said bureau of bureau shall be governed and controlled by a commission agriculture which shall be designated as state commission of industry, irrigation agriculture and irrigation, and shall be composed of five members, four of whom shall be ex officio members, namely: State comThe governor, the surveyor-general, the attorney-general, and mission of the state engineer, and one other member, to be appointed by agriculture the governor, the office of which is hereby created, who shall irrigation be entitled commissioner of industry, agriculture and irrigation; and hereafter, wherever in this act the word "commissioner" appears it shall be understood to mean and refer to said last-named official. The governor shall be ex officio chairman of said commission and said commissioner the secretary. and April 1, 1911 SEC. 2. This act shall take effect April first, nineteen hun- In effect dred and eleven, and the term of office of said commissioner shall begin on that date. He shall qualify by taking and subscribing to the official oath and shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor. To acquire office rooms SEC. 3. Said commission, on its organization, may rent, unless otherwise provided therewith by the board of capitol commissioners, suitable offices for its headquarters, which shall be known as Nevada bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation, may furnish and equip the same according to its practical requirements, and may employ necessary clerical and other Office hours assistance. The commissioner shall keep his office in said bureau and the same shall be kept open the usual hours that other state offices are kept open. Said commission shall meet from time to time at the call of the governor for the transaction of business, and no expenditure shall be made or expense contracted without it be authorized by a majority vote at such meeting and the minutes thereof entered of record. Duties of commission SEC. 4. The general and special powers, duties and functions of said commission are hereby specifically defined as follows, namely: First-It shall establish, conduct and control said Nevada bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation, which shall, as rapidly as its organization may be perfected, be made a practical bureau of information for the use and benefit of the people of this state, and outside inquirers, concerning avenues, openings and opportunities for industrial, agricultural, irrigation and reclamation enterprises in Nevada, and it shall be so conducted as to meet such purpose in the highest practicable To advertise degree. Said bureau shall be the place of filing and keeping the State of for ready reference, books, periodicals, reports, maps, charts, correspondence, exhibits and special and general information on all subjects appertaining to the arts, industries, agricultural, irrigation and reclamation conditions, resources, opportunities, projects and possibilities within the state, and which shall be classified, catalogued and indexed in such manner as to make information on any subject easily available for the study and investigation of visitors and the use of the commission. Nevada correspond ence Second-Said commission shall, under direction of the comTo conduct missioner, have personal charge of said bureau, and as truly and accurately as may be, answer all reasonable inquiries of visitors and correspondents, and through written and printed letters, bulletins, documents, and magazine and newspaper articles, make such information serve in every way possible the upbuilding of the state. To study industrial problems of the state Third-Said commission shall initiate an exhaustive study of industrial, agricultural, irrigation and reclamation problems within the state, may designate any of its members to visit any section of the state to gather information and conduct inquiries; may lend its support, encouragement and advice in aid of all legitimate enterprises within the scope of its work, and may assist in organizing cooperative enterprises of benefit to the Restrictions public or to any community; provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed as authorizing or permitting said commission to advertise, organize, promote, furnish special information, issue any opinion concerning any particular mine or mining |