Commissioners to advertise Date and form of bonds Denomina tion the purpose of providing funds for the completion and furnishing of its courthouse, county building and jail in Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada. SEC. 2. Said board shall adopt plans and specifications for the completion of said building and advertise at least three weeks for bids on the same in some newspaper of general circulation published in said county; provided, that said commissioners may, if they deem it for the best interest of said county, complete and furnish said building, or any part thereof, without advertising for bids or letting any contract therefor; and provided further, the commissioners shall have the right to reject any and all bids. SEC. 3. Said bonds herein authorized to be issued shall bear a date which shall be on or before July 1, 1921, and shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, countersigned by the county treasurer, and authenticated with the seal of the county. Coupons for interest shall be attached to each bond so that the same may be removed without injury to the bond, and each of such coupons shall be consecutively numbered, and signed by the chairman of the said board of county commissioners and the county treasurer, or bear the printed facsimile of said signatures. SEC. 4. Said bonds shall be issued in denominations of five hundred dollars each, and shall be numbered consecutively from 1 to 120, and shall mature according to their consecutive numbers at the rate of six bonds per annum, with the first six maturing July 1, 1924, and in no case shall any of said bonds run for a date beyond July 1, 1943. Each and every bond so issued shall promise in substance that the county of Ormsby, State of Nevada, owes and will pay at the maturity of such bond to the holder thereof the sum Interest 6% expressed therein. Each of said bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum, payable semiannually. The principal and interest of said bonds. shall be made payable in lawful money of the United States, and said bonds and said interest coupons shall be made payable upon presentation and surrender thereof at the office of the county treasurer of said Ormsby County, Nevada. Sale of bonds SEC. 5. The board of county commissioners of Ormsby County may, in the discretion of said board, sell any of the bonds herein provided for, for cash, by causing a notice of the sale of said bonds to be published once each week for a period of three consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in said Ormsby County; such newspapers notice shall describe the bonds to be sold and shall call for sealed bids to be filed with such board of county commissioners on or before the time and day specified in said notice. at which time said bids, if any shall be received, shall be opened and the bonds sold to the highest and best bidder for To be published in cash; provided, that none of said bonds shall be sold at less than the par value thereof; and provided further, that in the event said bonds, or any thereof, are not sold at public sale, as hereinabove provided, then the board of county commissioners is authorized to sell said bonds or so many thereof as it deems best at private sale, for not less than the par value thereof. Said board is hereby authorized to reject any or all bids filed for the purchase of said bonds, and, at its discretion, to require a deposit to be made in the manner provided for by it as a part of, and accompanying, each bid. bonds SEC. 6. For the purpose of creating a fund for the pay- Fund for ment of the bonds authorized by this act and the interest payment of thereon, the board of county commissioners of Ormsby County are hereby authorized and required to levy and collect annually, until the principal and interest of said bonds shall be fully paid, a special tax on the assessed value of all property, both real and personal, including the taxable proceeds of mines, within the boundaries of said Ormsby County, sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds as the same may become due, and to pay and retire six of said bonds annually, beginning with July 1, 1924. Such tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are levied and collected, and the "Courthouse proceeds thereof shall be kept by the county treasurer in a Building. special fund to be known as "Courthouse and County Build- Completion, ing Completion Bond Fund." and County Bond Fund" payable SEC. 7. It shall be obligatory on said county and its proper Interest officers to fully pay the interest on said bonds, semiannually, ge and, beginning with July 1, 1924, and annually thereafter, annually to fully pay and retire six of said bonds in the order that they are issued, until all of such bonds and the interest thereon are fully paid, canceled and retired. when SEC. 8. Whenever the bonds and interest provided for Tax ceases, in this act shall have been fully paid, the tax authorized by this act shall cease, and all moneys remaining in said bond fund shall, by order of the board of county commissioners, be transferred to the general fund of said county. of bonds SEC. 9. The clerk of the board of county commissioners Clerk to of Ormsby County shall provide and keep a suitable book keep register in his office in which shall be registered the number and amount of the bonds issued under this act, the date of the sale of said bonds, the number and amount of bonds sold, to whom said sale was made, the date of maturity of said bonds, and the date of their payment and cancelation. SEC. 10. Whenever the county treasurer shall pay any Cancelation of the bonds issued under the provisions of this act, he shall of bonds cancel the same by writing across the face thereof "Paid," together with the date of such payment, sign his name thereto, and turn the same over to the county auditor, taking his receipt therefor, which receipt shall be filed with Interest to cease, when Faith of Nevada pledged the clerk of the board of county commissioners, and the auditor shall credit the treasurer on his books with the amount so paid. SEC. 11. Should the holder of said bonds, or any of them, for any cause whatever, fail to present said bonds to the said county treasurer for payment when they become due, all interest on such bonds shall thereafter immediately cease. SEC. 12. The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby pledged that this act shall not be repealed, nor taxation thereby imposed omitted, until all the bonds and coupons issued under and by virtue thereof shall have been paid in full, as in this act specified and provided. Amending Salaries of Sheriff [Senate Bill No. 32-Senator Miller] CHAP. 14-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend section 9 of an act entitled 'An act creating and organizing the county of Mineral out of a portion of Esmeralda County, and providing for its government, and to regulate the affairs of Esmeralda and Mineral County,' approved February 10, 1911," approved March 28, 1919. [Approved February 21, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 1 of an act entitled "An act to amend section 9 of an act entitled 'An act creating and organizing the county of Mineral out of a portion of Esmeralda County, and providing for its government, and to regulate the affairs. of Esmeralda County and Mineral County,' approved February 10, 1911," approved March 28, 1919, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1. Section 9 of an act entitled "An act creating and organizing the county of Mineral out of a portion of Esmeralda County, and providing for its government, and to regulate the affairs of Esmeralda County and Mineral County," approved February 10, 1911, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 9. The following named officers of Mineral County, State of Nevada, shall receive, in full payment for all services and ex officio services rendered by them, the following salaries: The sheriff, for services as sheriff, shall receive the sum of ten hundred ($1,000) dollars per annum, and for his services as ex officio county assessor and ex officio collector of licenses, the sum of three thousand ($3,000) dollars per annum. The sheriff is hereby authorized to appoint not more than Under-sheriff one under-sheriff, and said under-sheriff (who shall also be deputy county assessor and deputy collector of licenses), shall receive a salary of two thousand one hundred ($2,100) dollars per annum. deputy when The sheriff is authorized to appoint such additional Additional deputies (who shall also be deputy assessors and deputy sheriffs, collectors of licenses) as may be necessary; provided, that the compensation of each such additional deputy shall not exceed four dollars per day, such compensation to be paid by and with the approval of the board of county commissioners only. The county clerk, for services as county clerk, shall receive Clerk the sum of six hundred ($600) dollars per annum, and for his services as ex officio county treasurer, the sum of one thousand eight hundred ($1,800) dollars per annum. county clerk The county clerk is hereby authorized to appoint one deputy county clerk (who shall also be deputy county treasurer), at a salary of five ($5) dollars per day, for a period Deputy of not to exceed ten days in any one month, unless with the consent of the board of county commissioners; provided, however, during the months of September and October preceding any general election, said county clerk is authorized to appoint a deputy county clerk (who shall also be deputy county treasurer), for such period in such months as shall be necessary, at a salary of not to exceed five ($5) dollars per day. for district court, when The county clerk shall also be authorized to appoint a Deputy clerk deputy clerk to act as clerk of the district court for each day the district court may be in session and for such additional time as may be necessary to write out the permanent record of the court minutes, at a salary of not to exceed five ($5) dollars per day, and the claim for such services, when approved by the district judge, shall be allowed, audited and paid as are other claims against the county. The county recorder, for services as county recorder, shall Recorder receive the sum of six hundred ($600) dollars per annum, and for his services as ex officio county auditor shall receive the sum of one thousand eight hundred ($1,800) dollars per annum. recorder, The county recorder is hereby authorized to appoint one Deputy deputy county recorder (who shall also be deputy county when auditor), at a salary of five ($5) dollars per day, for a necessary period in any one month, whenever the receipts of said office for the previous month shall have been not less than two hundred ($200) dollars. Attorney The district attorney shall receive the sum of two thousand District four hundred ($2,400) dollars per annum, which shall be his compensation in full for his services as district attorney, except that he shall be allowed such additional sum for necessary expenses incurred as the board of county commissioners shall authorize and approve, and he may also employ such Deputies, deputies as may be necessary; the compensation for such when Commissioners Mileage Adminis trator; and surveyor Additional assistance, when In effect deputies to be fixed and approved by the board of county commissioners. Each member of the board of county commissioners shall receive nine hundred ($900) dollars per annum, to be paid in equal monthly installments, and in addition thereto each member of the board shall be entitled to mileage at the rate of forty (40) cents per mile, one way only, over the shortest practicable route from their place of residence when attending a session of the board. The public administrator and county surveyor shall receive the same compensation as is now allowed by law to these officers. The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to allow such compensation as may be necessary, but not to exceed four ($4) dollars per day, for the payment of such additional clerks and assistants as may be needed in the office of the county clerk and ex officio county treasurer, sheriff and ex officio county assessor and ex officio collector of licenses, county recorder and ex officio county auditor, and district attorney, respectively, as herein provided, and such claims, when approved by the officer in whose office the work is performed, shall be allowed, audited and paid as are other claims against the county. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. Fees of [Assembly Bill No. 9-Mr. Spellier] CHAP. 15-An Act to amend section 2 of an act entitled "An act to regulate the fees and compensation of the county clerk of Washoe County, State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith," approved March 23, 1909, as amended March 25, 1911, February 10, 1917. [Approved February 21, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 2 of an act entitled "An act to regulate the fees and compensation of the county clerk of County clerk Washoe County, State of Nevada, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith," approved March 23, 1909, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: No charge to state or county Section 2. The county clerk of Washoe County, State of Nevada, shall be allowed to charge, and to collect, the following fees; provided, however, that said clerk shall neither charge nor collect any fees for services by him rendered to the State of Nevada or the county of Washoe or any city or town within said Washoe County, or any officer thereof in his official capacity: |