sons exempt from jury duty Revised Laws, 1912, approved March 6, 1915, is hereby. amended so as to read as follows: Section 9. Upon satisfactory proof, made by affidavit or Certain per- otherwise, the following-named persons, and no other, shall be exempt from service as grand or trial jurors: Any federal or state officer, judge, justice of the peace, county clerk, sheriff, constable, assessor, recorder, attorney at law, physician, nurse, married woman, having one or more children directly under her care, school teacher, the faculty and heads of departments of the state university while said university is in session, dentist, minister of the gospel, telegraph and telephone operator, locomotive or stationary engineer, locomotive fireman, conductor, brakeman, registered pharmacist, mail carrier engaged in the actual carrying of the United States mail, on a regular mail route, and one-half of all members of each regularly enrolled fire company in the state, said half to be determined by the several fire companies respectively, and all officers of such fire companies, not exceeding ten for each company, and also in all cities and towns wherein there is a paid fire department, after such paid fire department shall have been organized and put in operation, all the members of said fire department, and all persons who now are or may hereafter become members of any exempt fireman's association, society, or organization within this state; but such exemption shall not extend to any member of such association, society, or organization, unless prior to becoming a member of the same such member shall have served as an active fireman in some regularly organized fire department in this state for the period of three years; and also in all cities and towns in this state wherein there are volunteer fire departments, after such volunteer departments shall have been organized and put in operation, all members thereof; and, also, all members thereof who may hereafter become members of any exempt fireman's association, society, or organization, within this state; but such exemption shall not extend to any member of such association, society, or organization, unless prior to becoming a member of the same such member shall have served as an active fireman in some regularly organized volunteer fire department in this state for the period of five years; provided, that the entire exemption of such exempt firemen, where there is a paid fire department, shall not exceed in one town or city one hundred and fifty; and where there is a volunteer fire department the entire exemption shall not exceed, in any one town or city, fifty; and provided further, that any person liable to certain cases grand or trial jury duty residing sixty or more miles distant from the county-seat of his county shall be exempted from service on either grand or trial juries for the period of one year upon making affidavit to the fact that he so resides, and filing the same with the clerk of the district court of Proviso Fee for exemption in the district in which his county is situated, and paying to such clerk the sum of twenty-five dollars. Upon the receipt Duty of of such affidavit and such sum, the said clerk shall deliver county clerk to such person a certificate stating the fact of such receipts, and thereafter, for the period of one year from the date of such payment, the name of such person shall not be placed in the jury-box, nor shall such person be selected as a grand or trial juror. It shall be the duty of said clerk, upon the receipt of said sum, to deliver the same to the county treasurer of his county, and the said treasurer shall immediately place the same to the credit of the general fund of said county. [Assembly Bill No. 45-Elko County Delegation] CHAP. 28-An Act authorizing the transfer of certain funds now in the county treasury of the county of Elko. [Approved February 24, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and authorized in SECTION 1. The county treasurer of the county of Elko is Transfer of hereby authorized, empowered and directed to transfer to the certain fund Elko County high-school fund all moneys now in the treasury Elko County of the said Elko County derived from the special and additional tax authorized to be levied upon all property within said Elko County by section 5 of that certain act entitled "An act to authorize the board of county commissioners of Elko County, Nevada, to issue bonds to provide for aid in the improvement of a highway across the county of Elko," approved March 29, 1919. [Assembly Bill No. 55-Mr. King] CHAP. 29—An Act to amend section 8 of an act entitled "An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada," approved March 23, 1917. [Approved February 24, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 8 of the above-entitled act is hereby Amending amended so as to read as follows: highway act Section 8. The highways which are constructed or State highimproved by the department of highways in accordance with ways maintained by the routes set forth and described in this section shall be state highway department highways and shall be constructed or improved and maintained by the department of highways; provided, that the funds available to the state through the act of Congress or other federal acts may be used therefor; and provided Route 1 Route 2 Route 2a Route 3 Route 4 Route 5 Route 6 further, that when such federal funds are made available, under section eight of said act of Congress, or other federal act or acts authorizing the use of federal funds to build roads in the national forest, the board is authorized and empowered to set aside for the purpose and to expend said highway funds on state highways built by the federal government. Such state highway routes are hereby designated and are set forth and described as follows: Route 1. Beginning at a point east of Tecoma, at the Utah state-line, running thence in a westerly direction through the towns of Montello, Cobre, Wells, Deeth, Halleck, Elko, Carlin, Beowawe, Battle Mountain, Golconda, Winnemucca, Imlay, Lovelock, Fernley, and Wadsworth to the city of Reno, thence westerly through the town of Verdi and to the California-Nevada state-line. Route 2. Commencing at a point on the dividing line between White Pine County and the State of Utah, thence in a southwesterly direction to the city of Ely; thence westerly, passing through the towns of Eureka, Austin, Fallon, and Hazen, to a junction with route 1 as herein described, at a point between the town of Hazen and the town of Fernley. Route 2a. Commencing at a point on route 2, at or near Leeteville, Churchill County, thence via Lahontan and Dayton to Carson City. Route 3. Commencing at the city of Reno; thence running southerly through the city of Carson City; thence westerly to Glenbrook on Lake Tahoe; thence in a southerly direction, to the Nevada-California state-line at or near Lakeside; beginning again at Carson City, thence to the town of Yerington by the most available and practicable route; thence to the northerly end of Walker Lake by the most available and practicable route; thence along the west side of Walker Lake to the town of Hawthorne; thence to and through the towns of Luning, Mina, and Millers to the town of Tonopah; thence southerly to the town of Goldfield; thence westerly by the most practicable and available route to the Nevada-California state-line. Route 4. Commencing at the city of Ely and running in a general southwesterly direction to the town of Tonopah. Route 5. Commencing at Goldfield and running southeasterly to Beatty, thence along or over the grade of the Las Vegas and Tonopah railway to Las Vegas, thence to Searchlight, and to a junction with the Arizona or California state highway system. Route 6. Commencing at the Arizona line near Mesquite and running southwesterly over what is now known as the Arrowhead trail, through Las Vegas to Jean, Nevada. As soon as funds are available the department of highways shall commence the construction of said routes. [Assembly Bill No. 60-Mr. Cross] CHAP. 30-An Act to amend section 20 of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Sparks, in Washoe County, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto," approved March 15, 1905. [Approved February 24, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 20 of the above-entitled act is hereby Amending amended to read as follows: Sparks charter duties of Section 20. There shall be a city clerk who shall be ex City clerk, officio treasurer and tax receiver of the city. He shall be elected by the qualified electors of said city at each general city election. As city clerk he shall have the custody of all books and records, the corporate seal, and all documents not otherwise specially provided for. He shall be clerk of the council, attend all its meetings, whether regular or special, and record all its proceedings, and shall audit all claims against the city. He shall record in a journal, all ordinances, by-laws, rules, and resolutions passed or adopted by the council, which journal, after approval at each regular meeting, shall be signed by the mayor and attested under the hand of the clerk. He shall countersign all licenses and permits issued to any officer for the use of the city and shall charge such officer with the same. He shall countersign all warrants drawn upon the treasurer by the mayor. He shall, when required, make and certify, under the seal of the city, copies of any and all papers, documents or records in his custody, and such copies shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein contained, and he shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations. All claims against the city shall be filed with the clerk, who shall report upon the same and all matters pertaining to his office, at least once each month or oftener as the council shall prescribe, which report shall be in writing and under oath. The city clerk shall receive for his services as such, as well as for services performed ex officio, such salary as may be prescribed by the council, not exceeding seven hundred twenty dollars per Salary not to annum; provided, that such salary, when fixed, shall not be exceed $720 changed so as to increase the same oftener than once every two years. 2 yearly Land reserved for [Assembly Bill No. 62-Elko County Delegation] CHAP. 31-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act authorizing owners of land to lay out and plat such land into lots, streets, alleys, and public places, and providing for the approval and filing of maps and plats thereof," approved March 13, 1905, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto. [Approved February 24, 1921] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 2 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2. Whenever any lands are hereafter laid out and platted as mentioned in section 1, the owner or owners public-school of the same, or any trustee or trustees selected by such owner or owners, shall cause to be made out an accurate map or plat, particularly setting forth and describing: system of 1. All the parcels of ground so laid out and platted by their boundaries, course and extent, and their position with reference to monuments, erected or constructed, not less than one to each four blocks, with definite and exact relation to the center line of the streets of such plat or subdivision, and whether they are intended for avenues, streets, lanes, alleys, commons, or other public uses, together with such as may be reserved for public purposes, and every map or plat of ground so laid out shall, if it covers forty or more acres of land, show one block for every quarter-section of land in the parcel of ground so mapped or platted, and the block so designated upon the map shall be forever devoted and dedicated to the uses of the public-school system of the district in which it is located. 2. All blocks and lots, whether intended for sale or otherwise, by numbers or letters and their precise length and width. 3. By course and distance, the position of one or more of the monuments with reference to a known and established corner of the public-land survey. 4. Each monument or mark by which the location of the blocks, lots, streets, alleys, and public places have been fixed by survey upon the ground. SEC. 2. The above-entitled act is hereby amended by adding a new and additional section, to be known as section 2a, which shall read as follows: Section 2a. Monuments required in section 2 of this act Monuments, shall be of stone of not less than six inches smallest dimendescription sion and not less than twelve inches in length with a cross chiseled to mark the point of reference, or of concrete of not less than six inches smallest dimension and not less than twelve inches in length, with the point of reference marked |