shall apportion state and county money to said district No. 1 according to the requirements of sections 151 and 152 of chapter 10 of the act concerning public schools (1911), using the above-named census districts as a basis; money raised by the county high-school levies shall be apportioned to educational district No. 1 and educational district No. 2 in proportion to the assessed valuation of each district. debts and declared Section 10. The assumption of all debts, bonded and Previous otherwise, of the respective school districts which have been bond issue united to form educational district No. 1, by said educational legal district at the time of organization, is hereby declared valid, and the fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) school bonds heretofore authorized at an election held in educational district No. 1 of said Clark County on March 6, 1920, are hereby declared to be legal and binding obligations of such educational district, and the same are hereby declared to be of like force and effect as if said educational district, at the time such bonds were authorized, had possessed all the powers herein granted and conferred. [Assembly Bill No. 156-Mr. Lockhart] CHAP. 96-An Act declaring the Virgin river to be navigable and the title to the bed thereof within the State of Nevada to be vested in the State of Nevada. [Approved March 11, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: declared vested in SECTION 1. That all of the Virgin river, including its Virgin river sources confluent above St. Thomas, in so far as the waters navigable; thereof traverse the State of Nevada, particularly within the title to bed counties of Lincoln and Clark, is hereby declared to be a Nevada navigable stream for purposes of fixing ownership of the banks and bed thereof, and that title to the lands below the high-water mark thereof is held by the State of Nevada. [Assembly Bill No. 157-Mr. Lockhart] CHAP. 97-An Act declaring the Colorado river to be navigable and the title to the bed thereof within the State of Nevada to be vested in the State of Nevada. [Approved March 11, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: river SECTION 1. That all of the Colorado river, within the Colorado State of Nevada, from the Arizona line on the north to the declared California line on the south, is hereby declared to be a navigable. vested in Nevada Title to bed navigable stream for purposes of fixing ownership of the banks and bed thereof, and that title to the lands below the high-water mark thereof is held by the State of Nevada, in so far as they lie within said state. Abolishing stenographer for governor [Assembly Bill No. 165-Committee on Ways and Means] CHAP. 98-An Act abolishing the position of stenographer in the office of the governor. [Approved March 11, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 2 of an act entitled "An act fixing the salaries of certain employees in the state government; creating the position of stenographer in the office of the governor, and fixing the salary thereof," approved March 22, 1919, 128, is hereby repealed. Salary of district White Pine County [Assembly Bill No. 175-Mr. Lockhart] CHAP. 99-An Act fixing and regulating the compensation of the district attorney and ex officio public administrator in and for White Pine County, Nevada, providing for the payment of his necessary traveling expenses and providing help in his office, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act. [Approved March 11, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The district attorney and ex officio public administrator in and for White Pine County, Nevada, shall attorney of receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars, payable in twelve equal monthly installments, and he shall receive in addition thereto all fees prescribed by law with reference to the office of public administrator, and also ten per cent of the amount collected in all civil actions and proceedings to enforce the collection of a license or a tax, and such salary, fees, and commissions shall be compensation in full for all his services as district attorney. He shall also be allowed his actual traveling expenses, consisting of the cost of transportation and living expenses while absent from the county-seat of said county, when such expenses are incurred Expenses in the performance of his duties as such district attorney. He shall submit to the board of county commissioners of said county an itemized statement of all traveling expenses, which must be approved by the said county commissioners before payment. He shall have the assistance of a deputy and a Deputy and stenographer, to be named by him with the approval of the pher, when said county commissioners, when, in the judgment of the said board of county commissioners, such assistance is necessary, and at such compensation and for such time as said board may prescribe. stenogra SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the Repeal provisions of this act are repealed hereby. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and In effect after its passage and approval. [Assembly Bill No. 106-Mr. Gummow] CHAP. 100-An Act to amend section 317 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; effective January 1, 1912. [Approved March 12, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 317 of the above-entitled act is hereby Amending amended to read as follows: criminal practice act Section 317. When two or more defendants shall be Defendants jointly charged with a criminal offense, they shall be tried tried jointly jointly, unless, for good cause shown, the court shall otherwise direct. [Assembly Bill No. 110-Mr. Heward] CHAP. 101-An Act to authorize the valuation of bonds and other securities held by life insurance companies, assessment life associations and fraternal beneficiary associations by the amortization method. [Approved March 12, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and securities SECTION 1. All bonds or other evidences of debt having Valuation of a fixed term and rate held by any life insurance company, held by life assessment life association or fraternal beneficiary associa- insurance tion authorized to do business in this state may, if amply and similar secured and not in default as to principal and interest, be companies associations Proviso valued as follows: If purchased at par, at the par value; if purchased above or below par, on the basis of the purchase price adjusted so as to bring the value to par at maturity and so as to yield in the meantime the effective rate of interest at which the purchase was made; provided, that the purchase price shall in no case be taken at a higher figure than the actual market value at the time of purchase; and provided further, that the commissioner of insurance shall have full discretion in determining the method of calculating values according to the foregoing rules. veterans of world war, to extent of $1.000, taxation [Assembly Bill No. 127-Mr. Royle] CHAP. 102-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act exempting property of veterans," approved March 10, 1917. [Approved March 12, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 1 of the above-entitled act is hereby. amended to read as follows: Section 1. The property, to the amount of one thousand Property of dollars, of every resident in this state who has served in the army, navy, marine corps, or revenue marine service of the United States in time of war and has received an honorexempt from able discharge therefrom, and not having an income to exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum, shall be exempt from taxation; provided, this exemption shall not apply to any person named herein owning property of the value of Must be legal four thousand dollars or more. No exemption shall be made under the provisions of this act of the property of any person who is not a legal resident of the state. Exception resident of Nevada [Assembly Bill No, 136-Mr. Lockhart] CHAP. 103-An Act authorizing and permitting public utility The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Every person, company, corporation, or association, which is engaged in business in this state as a corporation public utility, shall have, and it is hereby given, the right to Public utility purchase water or electric current for its use as such public may utility from any other person or corporation having for sale purchase a surplus of such water or electric current. water or electricity to public SEC. 2. Any public utility desiring to purchase such water or electric current for resale or for purposes other Must apply than its own use shall file an application with the public ser- service vice commission of Nevada, setting forth the terms and condi- commission tions of the proposed purchase of such electric current or water, the person or corporation from whom such purchase is proposed to be made, the duration of the contract to purchase, and such other information relative thereto and in the possession of the applicant as the public service commission shall prescribe. If the public service commission shall find it desirable, in the public interest, that such purchase be made, it shall approve such application, and upon such approval such public utility may make and execute such contract of purchase. deemed a SEC. 3. The person or corporation selling such water or Seller not electric current to such public utility under such contract public utility approved by the public service commission shall not thereby become, or be deemed to be, a public utility within the meaning of any statute of this state, nor shall it by virtue of such contract be deemed to be within or subject to the jurisdiction of the public service commission of Nevada in any respect whatsoever, nor shall it thereby be deemed to be in any sense a public service corporation, or engaged in a public service. The terms and provisions of this act shall be taken and considered to be a part of any such contract, and the faith of Faith of the State of Nevada is hereby pledged against any alteration, amendment or repeal of this act during the existence of any such contract, or any extensions thereof, approved by the public service commission of Nevada. state pledged [Assembly Bill No. 137-Mr. Pohl] CHAP. 104-An Act to authorize the board of county commissioners of Lander County, Nevada, to issue bonds to provide aid in improving the Lincoln highway in the county of Lander, and other matters properly connected therewith. [Approved March 12, 1921] WHEREAS, The Lincoln highway association has, in good Preamble faith, made an offer of $44,500 to be applied toward the construction and improvement of the Lincoln highway in Lander and Churchill Counties, said offer being conditioned on Lander and Churchill County each apportioning the sum |