clerk of
Lyon County

For any copy of any record, proceeding, or paper on file Fees of in the office of the clerk relating to any civil action theretofore tried or pending in said court, when such copy is made by him, per folio, fifteen cents;

For each certificate of the clerk, under the seal of the court, fifty cents;

For filing each claim in probate or insolvency proceedings, to be paid by the party filing such claim, fifteen cents.

No fee shall be allowed to, or charged by, the clerk for any services rendered in any criminal case.

For services rendered by the clerk, not in connection with civil actions or proceedings in the court, he shall be entitled to charge and collect the following fees:

For issuing marriage licenses, one-half to be paid to the county recorder, two dollars;

For filing and indexing articles of incorporation, two dollars and fifty cents;

For filing, indexing, and registering certificates of copartnership, two dollars and fifty cents;

For filing and indexing all papers, to be kept by him, other than papers filed in actions and proceedings in court, and official bonds and certificates of appointment, each, one dollar; provided, no fee shall be charged for filing official bonds of county or township officers;

For issuing any license required by law, other than marriage and engineers' licenses, one dollar;

For examining and certifying to a copy of any paper, record, or proceeding prepared by another, and presented for his certificate, fifty cents, and five cents per folio for comparing said copy with the original;

For making satisfaction of or credit on judgment, twentyfive cents;

For filing and receiving remittitur from supreme court, one dollar;

For administering each oath, without certificate, except in a pending action or proceeding, fifty cents;

For taking any affidavit, except in criminal cases, fifty cents;

For taking and approving each undertaking, and the justification thereof, except in criminal cases, one dollar; For searching records or files in his office, for each year (but not to charge suitors or attorneys), fifty cents;

For taking acknowledgment of any deed, or other instrument, including the certificate, one dollar.

SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this Repeal act are hereby repealed.

[Assembly Bill No. 20-Nye County Delegation]

CHAP. 62-An Act to enable the board of county commissioners of Nye County, Nevada, to fix the salaries and authorize the appointment of certain deputies.

[Approved March 8, 1921]

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

SECTION 1. The board of county commissioners of Nye Commission County, Nevada, is hereby authorized to fix the salaries of County to fix any and all deputies and assistants appointed by the county

ers of Nye

salaries of

deputy county officers

Limit

Repeal

In effect

clerk and treasurer, recorder and auditor, sheriff and assessor, and district attorney of Nye County, Nevada, and fix the number of any and all such deputies and assistants and the term of their employment; provided, however, that the salary of any of said deputies or assistants shall not be less than $150 per month or more than $200 per month.

SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon its

passage.

Selected

missioner to

[Assembly Bill No. 21-Nye County Delegation]

CHAP. 63-An Act to create the office of purchasing agent and road supervisor of the county of Nye, and defining his duties and providing compensation therefor as such purchasing agent and road supervisor.

[Approved March 8, 1921]

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

SECTION 1. The office of purchasing agent and road supervisor in the county of Nye is hereby created, and the County com- board of county commissioners of said Nye County may appoint, by a majority vote of such board, one of the members of said board as purchasing agent and road supervisor of said Nye County.

be purchas

ing agent and road supervisor for Nye County

Duties of

said officer

SEC. 2. That the said purchasing agent and road supervisor shall as said purchasing agent be authorized to purchase all supplies of whatsoever nature required for carrying on all branches of business of said Nye County and for carrying on the business of the unincorporated towns thereof, including all supplies used in the various offices of said Nye County government and township government, also supplies necessary for the maintenance and conduct of the county courthouse, county hospital, and other county institutions carried on by said Nye County, and also all supplies necessary for the conduct of any institutions conducted and carried on by

any of said unincorporated towns, and also all supplies necessary for repairing and maintaining county roads, highways, and bridges in said Nye County outside of any incorporated city or town.

must be

missioners

SEC. 3. Provided, that all purchases of material must be Purchases approved by the board of county commissioners at the next approved by regular meeting of said board after said purchases of mate- county comrial, or as soon thereafter as possible; and provided further, that any contract of any kind, character, and description whatever, where the contract in the aggregate exceeds $500, shall not be let except by the board of county commissioners after duly advertising for the same as already provided for by law. It is further provided, that it shall be incumbent upon the purchasing agent and road supervisor herein provided for to solicit prices upon all supplies to be purchased under the provisions of this act from the different merchants doing business in the county who deal in the wares to be bought. It shall be the duty of the purchasing agent and road supervisor, and he is hereby directed, to thereafter buy Lowest bids such supplies from the person, firm, or corporation submit- merchants ting the lowest price or prices for the supplies intended to be accepted purchased.

of local

road

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the said purchasing agent Duties of and road supervisor, acting as road supervisor, to examine supervisor and inspect all county roads and public highways of the said county of Nye outside of any incorporated town or city, and to report the condition thereof to the said board of county commissioners, to supervise the repairs made on any such road or highway for the opening or building of any new roads, to keep the same free from obstruction, and to perform such other duties in relation thereto as the said board of county commissioners shall prescribe. All of the work of said road supervisor shall be under the direction and subject to the approval of the said board of county commissioners, and said board shall have power to order work upon or stop work upon any such road or highway as it may deem

necessary.

SEC. 5. The said purchasing agent and road supervisor To give shall devote all his time in the discharge of the duties entire time herein prescribed, in addition to the duties of county commissioner as already provided for by law.

said officer

SEC. 6. The said purchasing agent and road supervisor Salary of shall receive as compensation as such in addition to the salary received by him as county commissioner and member of the town board of Tonopah, the salary of $155 per month, $125 of said sum to be paid out of the general fund of the county of Nye and $30 of said sum to be paid out of the general fund of the town of Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, in the same manner as the salaries of other officers of said county and town are paid.

Repeal

In effect

Repeal of section preventing

SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 8.

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

[Assembly Bill No. 51—Mr. Spellier]

CHAP. 64-An Act to repeal section 602 of an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in this state, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto," approved March 17, 1911; being section 7452 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912.

[Approved March 8, 1921]

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

SECTION 1. Section 602 of an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in this state, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto," approved March 17, 1911, husband or being section 7452 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912, is being witness hereby repealed.

wife from

against each other

Amending

civil practice act

Providing

of counsel fees

[Assembly Bill No. 52—Mr. Spellier]

CHAP. 65-An Act to amend section 632 of an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings in civil actions in this state and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto," approved March 17, 1911, being section 5574 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912.

[Approved March 8, 1921]

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

SECTION 1.

Section 632 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 632. The costs of partition, fees of referees and other disbursements and also, in the discretion of the court, for payment reasonable counsel fees expended by the parties for the common benefit, shall be paid by the parties respectively entitled to share in the lands divided, in proportion to their respective interests therein, and may be included and specified in the judgment. In that case there shall be a lien on the several shares, and the judgment may be enforced by execution against such shares and against other property held by the respective parties. When, however, litigation arises between some of the parties only, the court may require the expenses of such litigation to be paid by the parties thereto, or any of them.

[Assembly Bill No. 63—Mr. Cross]

CHAP. 66-An Act authorizing the board of commissioners for the care of the indigent insane of the State of Nevada to execute a lease to the city of Sparks of certain property of the state now used by the Nevada hospital for mental diseases, and making disposition of the proceeds therefrom.

[Approved March 8, 1921]

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

Assembly, do enact as follows:

land leased

for taking gravel

SECTION 1. The board of commissioners for the care of Certain state the indigent insane of the State of Nevada is hereby author- to Sparks ized to execute a lease for the period of fifteen years at an annual rental of sixty ($60) dollars per year, for the purpose of taking gravel therefrom, to the city of Sparks of the State of Nevada, of the following-described real estate, namely:

of land

Beginning at a point on the line between sections 6 and 7, Description T. 19 N, R. 20 E, M. D. B. & M., 916.65 feet east of the leased quarter - section corner; thence S. 30° 00' E. 277 feet, to the north line of the S. P. R. R. right of way; thence S. 85° 22′, 280 feet; thence S. 83° 48′ E. 310 feet; thence S. 82° 00′ E. 115 feet to a point 10 feet west of the English Mill drain ditch; thence N. 32° 10′ W. 368 feet; thence W. 643 feet to the place of beginning.

to state

SEC. 2. The money derived from such lease shall be placed Money to go in the state treasury to the credit of the fund provided for hospital said Nevada hospital for mental diseases.

[Assembly Bill No. 66-Mr. Addenbrooke]

CHAP. 67-An Act to amend section 83 of an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this state and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto," approved March 17, 1911, being section 5025, Revised Laws, 1912.

[Approved March 8, 1921]

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

SECTION 1. Section 83 of the above-entitled act is hereby Amending, amended to read as follows:

civil practice act

how served

Section 83. If any such company shall fail to appoint such agent, or fail to file such certificate for fifteen days after Foreign a vacancy occurs in such agency, on the production of a corporation, certificate of the secretary of state showing either fact, which with process certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the fact so certified to be made a part of the return of service, it shall be lawful to serve such company with any and all legal process, by delivering a copy to the secretary of state, or, in his