that to the best of their knowledge and belief, the person or persons, whether known or unknown, committing the crime, has or have not, at the time of making such statement, been apprehended or taken into custody, and the board, from such statement or other evidence, believe that a murder has been committed, and that the offering of a reward would tend to cause the arrest of the perpetrator or perpetrators of the crime, the board of county commissioners, or a majority thereof, are authorized to offer a reward for the arrest and safe delivery of such criminal or criminals to the proper officers; provided, that in no case shall a reward be offered, as provided in this act, for more than five hundred dollars in each case; and such offer shall expire so soon as the board of county commissioners offering the reward shall make an order to that effect, which they are authorized and empowered to do at any general session, or at a special session convened without notice, and shall cause the same to be entered in their minutes of proceedings. No reward shall be offered as herein authorized until after an order shall have been made by the board and entered in the minutes of their proceedings, reciting the name of the person or persons murdered, and the amount of the reward offered, and the order shall have been approved by the board and attested in the usual manner of attesting the minutes of their proceedings in other cases. 3907. Rewards, how paid. SEC. 2. All claims for rewards, as provided for in the preceding section. shall be allowed and paid as other claims against the county, under the direction of the county commissioners, as provided for by law. SALES OF MERCHANDISE 3908. Purchaser of merchandise in bulk or otherwise than in ordinary course of trade to demand and receive verified statement of creditors. 3909. Creditors to be notified and paid, otherwise sale void. 3910. Sale in violation of act, felony-False statement, perjury. 3911. Sale or transfer defined-Creditors may waive provisions. 3912. Who are vendors within meaning of act. An Act to regulate the purchase, sale, transfer, and encumbrance of a stock of goods, wares, or merchandise, in bulk, or any portion of a stock of goods, wares and merchandise, otherwise than in the usual course of trade, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof. Approved March 20, 1907, 208 3908. Purchaser of merchandise in bulk or otherwise than in ordinary course of trade to demand and receive verified statement of creditors. SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of every person who shall bargain for or purchase any portion of a stock of merchandise, otherwise than in the ordinary course of trade and in the regular and usual prosecution of the seller's business, or an entire stock of merchandise in bulk, for cash or on credit, before paying to the vendor or his agent or representative, or delivering to the vendor or his agent or representative, any part of the purchase price thereof or any promissory note or evidence therefor, to demand of and receive from such vendor or agent, or if the vendor or agent be a corporation, then from the president, vice-president, secretary, or managing agent of such corporation, a written statement, sworn to substantially as hereinafter provided, of the names and addresses of all the creditors of said vendor to whom said vendor may be indebted, together with the amount of the indebtedness due or owing or to become due or owing by said vendor, to each of the said creditors, and it shall be the duty of the said vendor or agent to furnish such statement, which shall be verified by an oath, to the following effect: Before me, personally appeared (vendor or agent as the case may be) who being by me first duly sworn upon his oath, did depose and say that the foregoing statement contains the names of all the creditors of (name of vendor), together with their addresses, and that the amount set opposite each of said respective names is the amount now due and owing, and which shall become due and owing by (vendor) to such creditors, and that there are no creditors holding claims due or which shall become due for or on account of goods, wares or merchandise purchased upon credit or on account of money borrowed to carry on the business of which said goods are a part, other than as set forth in said statement and in this affidavit that are within the personal knowledge of the affiant. Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of See secs. 1078, 1079. 3909. Creditors to be notified and paid, otherwise sale void. A. D.... SEC. 2. Whenever any person shall bargain for or purchase any portion of a stock of merchandise otherwise than in the ordinary course of trade and in the regular and usual prosecution of the seller's business, or an entire stock of merchandise in bulk, for cash or on credit, and shall pay any part of the price, or execute and deliver to the vendor thereof or to his order, or to any person for his use, any promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness, to give credit, whether or not evidenced by promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness, for said purchase price or any part thereof, without at least five days previously thereto having demanded and received from the said vendor or his agent the statement provided for in section 1 of this act, and verified as there provided, and without notifying also at least five days previously thereto, personally or by registered mail, every creditor as shown upon said verified statement of said proposed sale or transfer is to be made, and the time and conditions of payment, and without paying or seeing to it that the purchase money of said property is applied to the payment of bona fide claims of the creditors of the vendor as shown upon said verified statement, share and share alike, such sale or transfer shall be fraudulent and void. 3910. Sale in violation of act, felony-False statement perjury. SEC. 3. Any vendor of any portion of a stock of merchandise otherwise than in the ordinary course of trade and in the regular and usual prosecution of the seller's business or an entire stock of merchandise in bulk, or any person who is acting for or on behalf of such vendor shall knowingly or wilfully make or deliver or cause to be made or delivered a statement as provided for in section 1 of this act, which shall not include the names of all the creditors of such vendor with the correct amount due and to become due to each of them, or which shall contain any false or untrue statement, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one, nor more than five years, or shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $2,000, or both fine and imprisonment. 3911. Sale or transfer defined-Creditors may waive provisions. SEC. 4. Any sale or any transfer of any portion of a stock of merchandise otherwise than in the ordinary course of trade and in the regular and usual prosecution of the seller's business or an entire stock of merchandise in bulk, or whenever an interest in or to the business or trade of the vendor is sold or conveyed, such shall be deemed a sale and transfer in contemplation of this act; provided, however, that if such vendor produces and delivers a written waiver of the provisions of the act from at least a majority in number and amounts of his creditors as shown by such verified statement, then and in that case, the provisions of this act shall not apply. 3912. Who are vendors within meaning of act. SEC. 5. Sellers, or vendors and purchasers, under this act shall include corporations, copartnerships, and individuals, but nothing contained in this act shall apply to sales or transfers by executors, administrators, receivers, assignees under a voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors, trustees in bankruptcy or by any public officer under judicial process. SIGNATURE BY MARK An Act to provide for marks instead of signatures. Approved December 17, 1862, 33 3913. Marks instead of signatures-Witnesses. SECTION 1. The signature of a party, when required to a written instrument, shall be equally valid if the party cannot write, provided the person make his mark, the name of the person making the mark being written near it, and the mark being witnessed by a person who writes his own name as a witness. SOLDIERS In relation to compensation for official services in cases of pensioners, section 3914. To provide for payment of funeral expenses of indigent ex-soldiers, section 3915. An Act in relation to compensation for official services in cases of pensioners. Approved January 21, 1889. 18 3914. Pensioners not charged fees. SECTION 1. No fee or charge shall be made by any state, county or township officer of this state for administering oaths or certifying or acknowledging any paper for United States pensioners in any matter pertaining to their pensions. An Act to provide for payment of funeral expenses of indigent ex-soldiers. Approved February 27, 1893, 55 3915. Funeral expenses of indigent ex-soldiers paid by county. SECTION 1. Whenever the remains of any indigent ex-soldier, dying within this state, shall have been given interment by and at the expense of any Grand Army post or United Spanish war veteran camp, the post or camp rendering such service shall be entitled to receive from the county of which such deceased ex-soldier was a resident at the time of his death, a sum not less than twenty-five dollars, and not more than forty dollars, such sum to be allowed and paid in the manner provided for the payment of other bills against the county. As amended, Stats. 1905, 70. Right to peddle, hawk, and sell own goods, and engage in auctioneering without license, sec. 3896. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY An act to incorporate, sections 3916–3920. To provide for management and control of, sections 3921-3931. For the aid and benefit of, section 3932. An Act to incorporate a state agricultural society, and provide for Approved March 7, 1873, 138 3916. Society incorporated-Powers. 3917. Further powers. 3918. Officers-Managers-How elected Governor appoints directors. 3916. Society incorporated-Powers. 3919. Membership- - Power to fix annual 3920. Debt to be incurred limited. SECTION 1. There is hereby established and incorporated a society to be known and designated by the name and style of the "Nevada State Agricultural Society," and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall have power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, and shall have authority to have and use a common seal, to make, ordain and establish, and put in execution, such by-laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations as shall be necessary for the good government of said society, and the prudent and efficient management of its affairs; provided, that said by-laws, ordinances, rules and regulations shall not be contrary to any provision of this charter, or the laws and constitution of this state or the United States. 3917. Further powers. SEC. 2. In addition to the powers above enumerated, the society shall, by its name, have power to purchase, hold, and lease any quantity of land, not exceeding in the aggregate six hundred and forty acres, with such buildings and improvements as may be erected thereon, and may sell, lease and dispose of the same at pleasure. The said real estate shall be held by such society for the purpose of erecting buildings and other improvements designed for the meeting of said society, and calculated to promote and encourage the interest of agriculture, horticulture, mechanics, manufactures, stock raising, and general domestic industry. 3918. Officers-Managers-How elected-Governor appoints directors. SEC. 3. The officers of such society shall consist of a president, three vicepresidents, five directors, a secretary, and a treasurer, all of whom shall be members of such society, and shall have the management of the fiscal, prudential, and other concerns of such society, and shall be styled the board of managers. The said officers, with the exception of two of said directors, who shall be annually appointed by the governor of this state, shall be elected annually by the members of the society, at such time and in such manner as in the by-laws of said society may be prescribed, and shall hold their offices for the term of one year, and until their successors enter upon their duties. And said board of managers shall have power to fill vacancies in said board that may happen during their continuance in office, except a vacancy caused by the death, resignation, or removal from the state of either of the said directors appointed by the governor, in which event such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of such governor. 3919. Membership-Power to fix annual meeting. SEC. 4. Such society may provide by its by-laws for membership of such society, and fix the prices of such membership and the terms of duration thereof; and the members of such society shall determine by vote the place where the annual meeting and exhibition of such society shall be held, which vote shall be taken annually, and the members shall vote either in person or by proxy. 3920. Debt to be incurred limited. SEC. 5. Such society, by the unanimous vote of the board of managers, for the purpose of purchasing or leasing property, as provided for by section 2 of this act, or for the purpose of paying for property, may create debts or liabilities not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, which they may secure by mortgage upon the property of said society. An Act to provide for the management and control of the state agricultural society by the state. SECTION 1. The state agricultural society is hereby declared to be a state institution. 3922. Governor to appoint board of agriculture. SEC. 2. Within ten days after the passage of this act the governor shall appoint twelve resident citizens of the state, who shall, when organized, constitute a state board of agriculture, who shall, except as hereinafter provided, hold office for the term of four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies occurring from any cause in the board shall be filled by appointment of the governor for the unexpired term of the office vacated. No charge for commissions, sec. 4260. 3923. Duties of board. SEC. 3. Within ten days after their appointment, the persons so appointed shall qualify as required by the constitution, and shall meet at the office of the state agricultural society, and organize by the election of one of their number as president, and one as vice-president of the board and [of] said society, who shall hold said offices of president and vice-president for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The board shall also elect a secretary and treasurer, not of their number, who shall each hold office at the discretion of the board. As amended, Stats. 1893, 18. 3924. Classification of members. SEC. 4. At the same meeting the members of the board shall, by lot, or otherwise, classify themselves into four classes of three members each. The terms of office of the first class shall expire at the end of the first fiscal year; of the second class, of the second year; of the third class, of the third year; of the fourth class, at the end of the full term of four years. The fiscal year shall be from the first of December to the first of December. As amended, Stats. 1893, 18. 3925. Powers of board-State not liable for debts. SEC. 5. The state board of agriculture shall be charged with the exclusive management and control of the state agricultural society as a state institu |