Binding upon new teachers Reemploy ment in public schools, retirement cease said teachers agree to be bound by and to avail themselves of the benefits of this act. SEC. 16. This act shall be binding upon all teachers elected or appointed to teach in the public schools of this state after the approval of this act, who, not being in the service of the public schools at the time of the approval of said act, were not competent to sign or deliver the notification specified in section fifteen. SEC. 17. If any teacher retired under the provisions of this act shall be reemployed in the public schools of this state, such teacher's retirement salary shall cease; and if teacher any having qualified under section thirteen hereof returns to sersalary shall vice in the public schools of the state and thereafter qualifies under section twelve hereof, there shall be deducted from the retirement salary payable to such teacher under the provisions of section twelve hereof the amount of retirement salary theretofore actually received by such teacher under the provisions of section thirteen hereof, such amount to be so deducted in equal quarterly installments until the whole amount so received under said section thirteen shall have been deducted; provided, however, that the amount of such deduction to be made quarterly shall not exceed thirty-five dollars. Only one salary may be drawn; proviso SEC. 18. No one shall be permitted to draw from the state, directly or indirectly, more than one retirement salary. Nothing in this act shall be so construed, however, as to prevent local communities or bodies of teachers from supplementing the retirement of salary received from the state. at school election, how obtained CHAP. 199-An Act to amend section 9 of chapter 7 of "An act relating to elections and removals from office," approved March 31, 1913. [Approved March 23, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section nine of chapter seven of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 9. No person shall be allowed to vote at any school Right to vote election unless he or she is a resident of the district and his or her name appears upon the official registry list of the voting precinct or precincts including the district for the last preceding general election, or for the last preceding town or city election; provided, that any citizen of the United States who shall have resided in this state six months, and in the school district thirty days next preceding the day of election, and whose name is not upon the said official registry list, may apply to the clerk of the board of school trustees, or to a person authorized by the trustees of the district to act as registry agent, not more than ten nor less than five days prior to the day of election, to have his or her name registered. CHAP. 200—An Act for the relief of Mrs. Joseph E. Stubbs, for money advanced by the late Joseph E. Stubbs for the construction of a house, known as the president's house, upon the campus of the University of Nevada. [Approved March 23, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and J. E. Stubbs SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys Relief of Mrs. in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $4,154.50, to be paid to Mrs. Joseph E. Stubbs, for moneys advanced by her husband, the late Joseph E. Stubbs, toward the construction of a house, known as the president's house, upon the campus of the University of Nevada. tion, $4,154.50 SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby directed to draw his Appropriawarrant for the amount of $4,154.50, payable to Mrs. Joseph E. Stubbs, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. CHAP. 201-An Act to amend section 2 of an act entitled "An act concerning certain county officers in the county of Churchill, State of Nevada, fixing the salaries and compensation, and other matters properly relating thereto," approved March 13, 1913. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 2 of said act is amended to read as follows: sheriff of Section 2. The sheriff and ex officio assessor and license Fixing collector shall receive the sum of $2,000 per annum and his salary of actual traveling expenses in all civil and criminal cases, which Churchill shall be in full compensation for all services rendered. All fees, commissions, and percentage authorized by law shall be collected by him-except he shall, on all money collected from sheep licenses, retain twenty per cent (20%) for his commission for collecting the same-and paid to the county treasurer on the first Monday of each and every month, and he shall, at the same time, prepare, and file with the county treasurer, a full and accurate itemized statement, under oath, of all such fees collected by him in his official capacity during the month previous, and also file a duplicate copy with the board of county commissioners. He is authorized to appoint a deputy; the salary of such deputy shall be $100 per month; and such Supreme court to be State librarian to give bond other deputies as shall be authorized by the board of county commissioners, and at such time, and at such salary, not exceeding $100 per month each, as said board may deem necessary; provided, not more than eighteen hundred ($1,800) dollars per annum shall be paid to the deputies authorized by the county commissioners. CHAP. 202-An Act in relation to the state library, repealing certain acts in relation thereto, and amending section two of an act entitled "An act in relation to the state library," approved February 14, 1865. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 2 of an act entitled "An act in relation to the state library, approved February 14, 1865, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. The state library shall be under the control of a commission to be known as state library commission, which state library shall consist of the chief justice and the associate justices of commission the supreme court. The said state library commission shall appoint a state librarian, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the commission. The state librarian shall qualify according to law, and give a bond to the State of Nevada for the faithful performance of his duties in the sum of five thousand dollars. The state librarian shall be paid a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly installments, as other state salaries are paid. The state librarian shall appoint an assistant, who shall be approved by the state library commission, and who shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly installments as other state officers are paid. The state librarian shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all the property of the state library, and shall cause all books, maps, charts, pamphlets, and other documents thereof to be impressed with the proper stamp or seal, after the same has been procured. The state library commission may adopt rules and regulations for the government of the state library. Assistant Rules Conflicting acts repealed SEC. 2. An act entitled "An act to authorize the state librarian to appoint an assistant librarian, fixing the compen sation for such assistant librarian, and repealing all acts in conflict therewith, approved March 23, 1909, and an act entitled "An act to consolidate certain state officers in the State of Nevada, approved February 20, 1893, are hereby repealed. CHAP. 203-An Act creating the office of labor commissioner of this state, providing for the appointment of such commissioner and other employees, defining their duties and fixing their compensation, and providing a penalty for the violation of its provisions, and other matters relating thereto. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and industrial commis officio SECTION 1. There is hereby created the office of labor com- Member of mission of the State of Nevada, and one member of the Nevada commission industrial commission, other than a state officer, shall be desig- to be labor nated by the governor to act as ex officio as such commissioner. sioner ex Said commissioner shall receive as compensation for his services as labor commissioner a salary of six hundred ($600) dollars per annum, payable in monthly installments out of the state treasury of Nevada as other salaries are paid. Said commissioner shall receive his actual traveling expenses when traveling in the discharge of his official duties, and may employ such clerical or stenographic assistance, not to exceed the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars per annum, as may be approved by the board of examiners. SEC. 2. Said commissioner shall collect and systematize, To make and present in biennial reports to the governor and legisla- biennial ture, statistical details relating to labor in the state. SEC. 3. Said statistics may be classed as follows: First-In agriculture. Second-In mining. Third-In mechanical and manufacturing industries. Fifth-In clerical and other skilled and unskilled labor not mentioned above. Sixth-The number, age, sex, and condition of persons employed, the nature of their employment, the extent to which the apprenticeship system prevails in the various industries, the number of hours of labor per day, the average length of time employed per annum, and the net wages received in the industries and employments within the state. Seventh-The number and condition of the unemployed, their age, sex, and nationality, and the cause of their unemployment. Eighth-The sanitary conditions of workshops, dwellings, the cost of fuel, rent, food, clothing, and necessities of life; the extent to which labor-saving processes are employed in the displacement of labor. Ninth The number and condition of the Chinese and Japanese in this state, and to what extent their labor comes into competition with the other industrial classes of the state. Tenth-The number and nature of the employment of inmates in state prisons and county jails, and the extent their report Statistics regarding labor Statistics regarding labor Labor comenforce laws missioner to for protection of working classes District attorney to prosecute Cooperation with national and state labor departments All public employment comes into competition with labor outside of these institutions. Eleventh-The number of hospitals within the state; the number of hospitals maintained through cooperative arrangements between employer and employee; the cost of maintenance thereof; the amount of fees charged for hospital, medical, and surgical attention to employees in the state; the character of the arrangements and maintenance thereof between employer and employee; the sanitary condition and efficiency of such hospitals; the nature of their equipment and the character of services, expert and otherwise, rendered therein. Twelfth-A description of the different kinds of labor organizations within the state, their objects, purposes, and accomplishments, as near as may be. Thirteenth-The number of employment bureaus or agencies within the state, character, and nature of their business, requirements, fees, and service. Fourteenth-All such other information in relation to labor as said commissioner may deem essential to further the objects of this act. SEC. 4. Said commissioner shall inform himself of all laws of the state for the protection of life and limb in any of the industries in this state, all laws regulating the hours of labor, the employment of minors, and all other laws enacted for the safety of the public and for the protection of employees; and it shall be the duty of said labor commissioner to enforce all such laws in the state, and whenever after due inquiry he shall be satisfied that any such law has been violated he shall present the facts to the district attorney of any county in which such violation occurred, and it shall be the duty of such district attorney to prosecute the same. SEC. 5. Said labor commissioner shall cooperate with such bureaus or departments of labor of the national government and other states as may be established. SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of all state, county, and precinct officers to furnish upon written request of said labor commissioner all information in their power necessary to information assist in carrying out the objects of this act. officers to furnish SEC. 7. The office of the bureau shall be open for business Office hours from 9 a. m. until 5 o'clock p. m. every day, except Sunday and the holidays observed by other state officers; and the officers shall give to all persons requesting it all needed information which they may possess; provided, that no information that is of such a nature that it would be against public policy and against the best interest of the bureau will be given to any one. Proviso duties of SEC. 8. Said labor commissioner shall have the power to Powers and examine witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony in all matters relating to the duties and requirements of this act, and such testimony shall be taken in some suitable place labor com missioner |