missioners to act upon receipt of petitions County Com- notice the county commissioners shall proceed to canvass the signatures on each petition, and if a majority of said board are satisfied that the petitions presented represent the will of a majority of the voters of each of the districts affected, they shall unite such districts into a single consolidated district, shall designate the said district as Consolidated School District No.-, and shall designate a place at which the school trustees of the several districts united shall meet to hold an election. If three or more school districts are proposing to consolidate and a majority of the voters of any district are opposed to such consolidation, such district shall not be made a part of the consolidated district, but the county commissioners may consolidate such other districts as are affected by the consolidation without requiring new petitions. Trustees of consolidated districts, SEC. 3. On the second Saturday after the consolidated district has been formed the trustees of the several districts which have consolidated shall meet at the place designated by the how elected county commissioners as hereinbefore provided and shall elect by ballot three of their number to be trustees of the consolidated district and such trustees shall hold office until the next regular election of school trustees as now provided by law. A certified statement of the result of said election, together with the oaths of office of the trustees elected, shall be filed with the superintendent of the supervision district in which the consolidated district is located. In case such election is not held, the superintendent shall appoint the trustees. Upon the election or appointment of the trustees of the consolidated district, the districts which have consolidated shall each be considered disorganized and the offices of trustees of each of the several districts as no longer existing. Old districts disorganized, when SEC. 4. And provided further, that the trustees of consolidated school districts shall require contracts with persons whom shall with drivers be of reputable character elected as drivers of vehicles used to Contracts of school vehicles Bond required of drivers Funds for transportation of children transport children to school at the expense of the district. Such contracts shall state the time of the arrival at and the departure from the schoolhouse each day, the time such person is to act as driver of such vehicle unless released by agreement, the compensation of the driver and any other details that the trustees may designate. Before any driver of any school vehicle shall begin the duties of that position he shall furnish a bond of an amount equal to his total wages for the current term of school in which he shall be hired, which bond shall insure the faithful performance of his contract. SEC. 5. To obtain funds for such transportation, the trustees shall, each year, make an estimate of the amount of money necessary to maintain such transportation for that year or for the next ensuing year or for both, and shall certify the amount to the county commissioners, who shall ascertain the necessary percentage on the property in said district as shown by the last assessment made thereof after equalization to raise the amount of money certified to and shall add it to the next county tax to be collected on the property aforesaid; and the same shall be paid into the county treasury in favor of said district and be kept as a separate fund to be known as Consolidated School District No. Transportation Fund, to be drawn only for purposes of transportation of school children to and from school, and in the same manner as is now provided by law for drawing other school moneys; provided, that if the trustees Proviso shall certify to the county commissioners that such money is necessary for immediate use, the tax provided for in this section shall be due and payable to the treasurer of the county in the same manner as are all other taxes. children portation SEC. 6. The trustees of any school district, other than a Certain consolidated district, shall provide transportation to and from provided school for all children living one mile or more therefrom in the with transmanner provided in sections four and five of this act, if at any regular or special election held in the district the proposition of providing transportation for pupils to and from schools shall have been submitted to the qualified voters of the district and a majority of the votes cast shall have favored such transportation. apportioned consolidated SEC. 7. In apportioning county and state school moneys to a Public consolidated school district the superintendent of public instruc- moneys, how tion shall apportion such moneys in the following manner: to First-He shall ascertain from former records of the state or districts the county in which such consolidated district is located the number of districts that united to form the consolidated district, and the exact number of census children in all of those districts at the time of the annual school census last preceding the date of the consolidation. The number of census children thus found shall constitute the basis upon which such consolidated district shall receive its share of sixty per cent of the county school fund, and thirty per cent of the state school fund at all apportionments of state and county school moneys until the next regular school census is taken. Thereafter at each apportionment such consolidated district shall receive its share of sixty per cent of the county school fund, and thirty per cent of the state school fund upon the basis of the actual number of census children in such district as shown by the last preceding school census. Second-In determining the number of teachers that the same consolidated district is entitled to receive state and county school moneys upon according to the law governing the apportionment of state and county school moneys to the several school districts of the state, the superintendent of public instruction shall determine the number of teachers that constituted the basis for apportioning state and county school moneys to each of the districts that united to form the consolidated district at the time of the apportionment of state and county school moneys last preceding the date of the consolidation. He shall determine the number of teachers that shall constitute the basis for apportioning state and county school moneys, how apportioned Public moneys to any consolidated district by adding together the teachers thus found in the several districts that united to form the consolidation district; provided, that if at any future time the number of children in the consolidated district shall become such as to allow a larger number of teachers for apportionment purposes, according to the law governing such matters in other school districts of the state, the superintendent of public instruction shall apportion state and county school moneys to such consolidated district upon the actual number of teachers as determined by the general law of apportionment of state and county school moneys. Funds to accrue to SEC. 8. All state and county school funds remaining to the credit of school districts that have become disorganized by unitconsolidated ing to form a consolidated district shall accrue to and be placed to the credit of the consolidated district of which the disorganized districts form a part. district SEC. 9. If any school district uniting to form a consolidated district shall have, at the time of its disorganization, a legally disposed of bonded indebtedness, such indebtedness shall attach to and Old debts, how Property accrues to become a charge against the territory comprised in the consolidated district, and it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the county in which such territory is located to cause annually to be levied upon the property, real and personal, in such consolidated district, a tax sufficient to meet the interest and provide a sinking fund for the payment of such indebtedness. SEC. 10. The school property of the disorganized districts shall, upon the organization of the consolidated district, be and new district become the property of the said consolidated district and the board of trustees of said district is hereby authorized to use said property in carrying out the school work of the consolidated district or to sell or dispose of it in the manner now provided by law for the disposition of school property and for the best interests of the said district. School law to govern Certain old districts entitled to privileges of this act Repeal SEC. 11. In all matters relating to consolidated school districts, not provided for in the preceding sections of this act, the law relating to other school districts shall be in force where said laws are applicable. SEC. 11A. All school districts in the State of Nevada that shall have been transporting school children to the schoolhouse at the expense of the school district at the time of the passage of this act shall be entitled to all the privileges given in this act to consolidated school districts, and after the passage of this act such districts as were transporting children to a school at the expense of the district at the time of the passage of this act shall thereafter be designated as consolidated districts, and shall come under all the rules, laws and regulations of this act. SEC. 12. All acts and parts of acts in so far as they conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. CHAP. 30-An Act to amend section 253 of an act entitled "An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 17, 1911, and as amended March 21, 1913. [Approved February 26, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and crimes and SECTION 1. Section 253 of an act entitled "An act concerning Amending crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating punishments thereto, approved March 17, 1911, and as amended March 21, act 1913, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: gambling prohibited included Section 253. It shall be unlawful for any person to deal, Certain play or carry on, open or conduct in any capacity whatever, games any game of faro, monte, roulette, lansquenet, rouge et noir, rondo, tan, fan-tan, seven-and-a-half, twenty-one, hokeypokey, craps, klondyke, or any banking or percentage game played with cards, dice, or any device, for money, property, checks, credit, or any representative of value; or any gambling game in which any person keeping, conducting, managing or permitting the same to be carried on receives, directly or indirectly, any compensation or reward, or any percentage or share of the money or property played, for keeping, running, carrying on or permitting the said game to be carried on; or to play, maintain or keep, any slot machine played for money or for checks or tokens redeemable in money, or to buy, sell, or deal in pools, or make books on horse-races, save and except Certain that any and all racing associations and corporations which horse races shall obtain license to conduct race meetings in the State of Nevada, pursuant to law, may carry on and permit within the inclosure where horse-racing is held, betting upon the races conducted within said inclosure by and through the paris mutual system of betting; and any person who violates any of the above provisions shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a period of not less than one year nor more than five years. Every person who shall play at any game whatsoever, other than those hereinabove excepted, for money, property or gain, with cards, dice or any other device which may be adapted to or used in playing any game of chance, or in which chance is a material element, or who shall bet or wager on the hands or cards or sides of such as do play as aforesaid, shall be deemed Penaltyguilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that nothing in this meanor paragraph shall be construed as prohibiting social games played only for drinks and cigars served individually, or for prizes of a Certain value not to exceed two dollars, nor nickel-in-the-slot machines excepted for the sale of cigars and drinks and no play-back allowed. misde social games Amending banking act Banks prohibited from invest certain ways CHAP. 31-An Act to amend section thirteen of an act entitled "An act to regulate banking, and other matters relating thereto," approved March 22, 1911. [Approved February 26, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 13 of an act entitled "An act to regulate banking and other matters relating thereto, approved March 22, 1911, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 13. No bank shall employ its moneys, directly or indirectly, in trade or commerce by buying or selling goods, chattel wares, or merchandise, and shall not invest any of its ing capital in funds in the stock of any bank or trust company or corporation, nor make any loans or discounts upon the security or the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith, and stock so purchased or acquired shall, within twelve months from the time of its purchase, be sold or disposed of at public or private sale; after the expiration of twelve months any such stock shall not be considered as part of the assets of any bank or trust company; provided, however, that nothing in this section nor in this act shall be deemed to prohibit banks from investing in subscribing to, purchasing, or becoming the owners of stock in federal reserve banks as established by act of Congress of the United States, approved December 23, 1913, or any branch thereof; and all banks doing business under and by virtue of the laws of this state are hereby expressly permitted and authorized to subscribe for and purchase stock of federal reserve banks and become members of any reserve bank; provided further, that any bank may sell or become the owner of any property which may come into its possession as collateral security for any debt or obligation due it, according to the terms of any contract depositing such collateral security, and if there be no such contract, then collateral security may be sold in the manner provided by law. Does not preclude banks from federal reserve banks Bank may sell any collateral security crimes and CHAP. 32-An Act amending section 354 of an act entitled "An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 17, 1911; effective January 1, 1912. [Approved February 26, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 354 of an act entitled "An act concernAmending ing crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating punishments thereto, approved March 17, 1911; effective January 1, 1912, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: act |