and maliciously injure, mark, or deface any church edifice, schoolhouse or other building, public or private, its fixtures, books, or appurtenances, or to commit any nuisance therein, or to purposely and maliciously commit any trespass upon the grounds attached thereto, or any fixtures placed thereon, or any inclosure or sidewalk about the same, or in any manner to maliciously and purposely interfere with or disturb those peaceably assembled within such building or buildings. 3456. Penalty. SEC. 216. Any person or persons convicted of a misdemeanor under the foregoing section of this act shall be subject to a fine, not exceeding two hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment. See sec. 6761. CHAPTER 19 LOCATION OF HOUSES OF ILL-FAME 3457. Restriction on disreputable houses. 3458. Penalty. 3459. Duties of sheriff and district attorney. 3457. Restriction on disreputable houses. SEC. 217. It shall be unlawful for any owner or agent of any owner, or any other person, to keep any house of ill-fame, or to let or rent to any person whomsoever, for any length of time whatever, to be kept or used as a house of ill-fame, or resort for the purpose of prostitution, any house, room, or structure situated within eight hundred yards of any schoolhouse or schoolroom used by any public or common school in the State of Nevada, or within eight hundred yards of any church edifice, building, or structure, erected and used for devotional services or religious worship in the State of Nevada. A proceeding to test the constitutionality of this section is pending before the supreme court at the time these laws are being printed, and it may be expected that a decision will be found in Ex parte Ah Pah, 34 Nev. See sec. 6570. 3458. Penalty. SEC. 218. Any person violating the provisions of section 217 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or to be imprisoned in the county jail not less than five nor more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. 3459. Duties of sheriff and district attorney. SEC. 219. It shall be the duty of the district attorney and sheriff of each county in this state to see that the provisions of this act are strictly enforced and carried into effect, and upon neglect so to do they, or either of them, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and may be proceeded against as provided in sections 63 to 72, inclusive, of an act entitled "An act relating to elections," approved March 12, 1872. CHAPTER 20 3460. Provisions construed as continuance of 3461. Acts repealed. old act where similar. 3460. Provisions construed as continuance of old act where similar. SEC. 220. The provisions of this act, so far as they are substantially the same as those of existing statutes, shall be construed as a continuation thereof, and not as new enactments. 3461. Acts repealed. SEC. 221. An act entitled: 1. An act to define the constitution, organization, powers, and duties of the state board of education and matters properly connected therewith, approved March 16, 1895; 2. An act to provide for the reorganization of the system of school supervision and maintenance, to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith, and matters properly connected therewith, approved March 29, 1907; 3. An act to create a state text-book commission and to authorize said commission to adopt a uniform series of text-books for the public schools of Nevada, and matters properly connected therewith, approved March 22, 1907; 4. An act providing for the date of election of school trustees, and matters properly connected therewith, approved March 16, 1909; 5. An act to provide for the election of school trustees, and matters properly connected therewith, approved March 16, 1897; 6. An act to amplify the powers of boards of school trustees, approved March 20, 1901; 7. An act permitting the establishment of county high schools in the various counties of this state, and providing for the construction, maintenance, management, and supervision of the same, to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and matters properly connected therewith, approved March 24, 1909; 8. An act for the establishment of normal training schools, and for the maintenance and control of the same, approved March 20, 1909; 9. An act to provide for union school districts, and matters properly connected therewith, approved March 3, 1909; 10. An act to authorize boards of county commissioners to enlarge the boundaries of certain school districts, or to consolidate two or more into one, and matters properly connected therewith, approved March 11, 1909; 11. An act to provide an emergency school fund for new school districts, prescribing its use and manner of disbursement, and other matters properly connected therewith, approved February 13, 1909; 12. An act to provide for the disposal of funds and property of abolished school districts, approved March 5, 1909; 13. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to enable the several school districts of the state to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the purpose of erecting and furnishing school buildings, or purchasing ground, or for refunding floating funded debts, and providing for the payment of the principal indebtedness thus authorized and the interest thereon," approved March 12, 1907, approved February 8, 1908: 14. An act to enable school districts to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the purpose of erecting, furnishing, equipping, and maintaining buildings for industrial training, manual training, domestic science, and agriculture, or any one or all of these purposes, and providing for the payment of the principal indebtedness and the interest thereon, and other matters properly connected therewith, approved March 16, 1909; 15. An act to protect the security of school bonds, approved March 13, 1909; 16. An act providing for compulsory education, and other matters properly connected therewith, providing for penalties for the violation of any of the provisions thereof, and repealing any and all prior laws on the subject of compulsory education, approved March 20, 1909; 17. An act to secure protection to school children and to preserve the peace of public schools, and matters properly connected therewith, approved March 6, 1893; 18. An act to prevent malicious injury to church, school, and other buildings and property, and to protect persons from malicious annoyance, and matters properly relating thereto, approved March 13, 1895; 19. An act to regulate houses of prostitution, dance-houses, and houses where beer, wine, or spirituous liquors are sold, approved February 26, 1887; 20. An act to exempt teachers from jury duty, approved March 14, 1903; 21. An act to require school trustees to procure and hoist on public schoolhouses the United States flag, approved March 13, 1909; 22. An act adopting the design of the flag of the State of Nevada, approved February 25, 1905; 23. An act establishing Arbor Day, approved February 10, 1887; 24. An act to provide for the dissemination of knowledge in the public schools relative to the preservation of song-birds, fish, and game, approved March 12, 1901; are hereby repealed and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. An Act to provide books, equipment and materials, and to encourage the economic use thereof by the pupils of the public schools, and fixing penalties for its infraction. 3462. Free text-books, when. 3463. Trustees to levy tax, when. 3464. Books, district property. 3465. Books disposed of, how. Approved March 22, 1909, 156 3466. Parents or guardians responsible for books loaned. 3462. Free text-books, when. 3467. Credits to pupils for good care. 3471. Not invalidate existing contracts. SECTION 1. The board of trustees of each school district may upon their own motion, and shall upon written demand by a number of qualified voters equal to ten per cent of the average number of children attending the public schools in said district during the preceding full school month, submit to a vote of the people, at the next ensuing general or special school election, the question of providing free text-books for the pupils attending said schools, and of levying a special tax for this purpose at a rate to be named in the demand, if demand be made, and in a notice of such election, which shall be given as required in the case of other special tax elections. 3463. Trustees to levy tax, when. SEC. 2. If a majority of those voting at such election vote in favor of providing free text-books and of a special tax for the same, the board of trustees shall levy such tax, which shall be collected as other special taxes are collected and, from the fund so provided, which shall be called the book fund, shall purchase a sufficient number of authorized text-books, as they may be required, and shall loan them upon such terms, and under such rules and regulations, as may be made by said board, or as may be provided by law, to parents or guardians for the use of the pupils of the schools of said district. 3464. Books district property. SEC. 3. All property purchased under this act for a school district shall be and remain the property of said district, except as otherwise provided by law. 3465. Books disposed of, how. SEC. 4. Text-books purchased under this act may be disposed of as follows: (a) They may be sold for cash to pupils of the public schools, or to parents or guardians of such pupils. (b) If the board of trustees so decide, pupils who have completed the last two years of the course of study for the district, may, as a mark of merit, be given the permanent ownership of such four text-books used by them during their last two years of study in the schools of said district, as said pupils may select. 3466. Parents or guardians responsible for books loaned. SEC. 5. The parents and guardians of pupils shall be responsible for all books loaned to the pupils in their charge, and shall pay to the clerk of the board of trustees, for the book fund of the district, the full purchase price of every such book destroyed, lost, or so damaged as to make it unacceptable to other pupils succeeding to their classes. The board of trustees may also make rules for payment for slighter injuries to books. 3467. Credits to pupils for good care. SEC. 6. Credits shall be given to pupils in a ratio to be fixed by those having authority to fix ratios of credits, for the economic use and care of books in the hands of pupils, whether such books be the property of the district or otherwise. 3468. Material other than books. SEC. 7. Equipment and materials for use in manual training, industrial training and the teaching of domestic science, may be supplied to pupils in the same manner, out of the same fund and on the same terms and conditions as books; provided, that no private ownership can be acquired in such equipment or material unless sold according to law when such equipment or material shall be no longer used or required for the schools of the district. 3469. Other books may be purchased. SEC. 8. Authorized supplementary books for the use of the teachers may be purchased under this act, and shall remain the property of the school district for which purchased unless sold in accordance with law. 3470. Tax levy for books. SEC. 9. Each year after the first introduction in any school district of the system provided for in this act, and on or before the tenth day of January thereof, the board of school trustees of such district shall estimate the amount of money necessary for maintaining or increasing the supply of books, equipment, and material, or any or all of these, and proceed to levy the necessary tax therefor in the manner now provided for by law for levying a special tax not in excess of twenty-five cents on the one hundred dollars. 3471. Not invalidate existing contracts. SEC. 10. This act shall not be so construed as to authorize the violation. of any valid existing contract, nor to provide a means for the adoption of text-books. SEC. 11. Every person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than twenty dollars ($20) or imprisoned not more than ten (10) days, or both so fined and imprisoned. An act to authorize the issuance of interest-bearing school warrants in emergencies, to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters properly connected therewith. 3473. When may be issued. 3474. How endorsed. 3473. When may be issued. Approved March 23, 1911, 347 3475. Order in which paid. 3476. Amount of warrants limited. SECTION 1. Whenever the county school fund of any school district is exhausted and there is not available money to meet the necessary expenses involved in maintaining the public schools of the district, the board of trustees of such district may, by unanimous vote, by resolution setting forth the character of the emergency, authorize the clerk of the board to issue orders, for the payment of current bills of the schools of the district, to the county auditor, and said county auditor shall draw warrants for the same on the county treasurer in the usual manner. Such orders shall be in the hands of the county auditor valid vouchers for warrants so drawn. 3474. How endorsed. SEC. 2. When such warrants are presented to the county treasurer he shall endorse thereon the date and "Not paid for want of funds," and such warrants shall draw interest from date at the rate of seven per cent per annum. 3475. Order in which paid. SEC. 3. The county treasurer shall keep a list of all warrants so endorsed and shall pay them in the order of endorsement whenever there is sufficient money in the fund upon which such warrants are drawn. The interest on such warrants shall stop when the county treasurer shall give notice that he has funds with which to pay the same. 3476. Amount of warrants limited. SEC. 4. It shall not be lawful for the clerk of the board of trustees of such district to draw orders on the county auditor in such amount that the total amount of such interest-bearing warrants of the district, outstanding and unpaid, shall exceed the total cost of maintaining the schools of the district for the current year, nor exceed one per cent of the total assessed valuation of the district. 3477. Preliminaries as to issue. SEC. 5. Before the issuance of the first of such interest-bearing warrants the clerk of the board of trustees shall submit to the county commissioners of said county a copy of the resolution of the board of trustees authorizing the same, and said county commissioners shall levy and cause to be collected a special tax upon the taxable property of the school district, sufficient to pay such warrants within three years. An Act providing that ten per cent of proceeds from fees which issue to the counties from national forest reserves be paid into the county school fund of the county in which such fees may be collected. Approved March 29, 1907, 415 WHEREAS, The president of the United States has been authorized to establish, from time to time, forest reserves in the several states, and legislation is now pending which will grant him further authority to establish grazing districts upon the vacant public lands of the United States; and |