in the vicinity to which the testimony is applicable. Said labor commissioner may compel the attendance of witnesses, Witnesses and may issue subpenas; provided, however, that no witness fees shall be paid to any witness unless he be required to testify at a place more than five miles from his place of residence, in which event the witness shall be paid the same fees as a witness before a district court, such payment to be made from the fund appropriated for such purposes in the county in which the testimony is taken and witness examined in the same manner as provided for the payment of witness fees in the district court of such county. Any person duly subpenaed under the provisions of this section, who shall wilfully refuse or neglect to testify at the time and place named in the subpena, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- Misdeviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one penalty hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. meanor; places of SEC. 9. Said labor commissioner shall have the power to Power to enter any store, foundry, mill, office, workshop, mine, or pub- inspect lic or private works at any reasonable time for the purpose of employment gathering facts and statistics contemplated by this act, and to examine safeguards and methods of protection from danger to employees; the sanitary conditions of the buildings and surroundings, and make a record thereof; and any owner, corporation, occupant, or officer who shall refuse such entry to said labor commissioner, his officers or agents, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun- Penalty for ished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more entrance than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. refusing be printed SEC. 10. The labor commissioner is hereby authorized, with Bulletins to the approval of the board of examiners, to compile and issue such bulletins pertaining to labor and industries of the state as he may deem necessary, and such bulletins, when approved for printing and distribution, shall be printed at the state printing office. blanks to be prepared SEC. 11. Said labor commissioner shall prepare forms and Forms and blanks for the purpose of gathering the information and statistics required by this act, and may require any person, firm, or corporation to give the information and statistical detail designated in such forms, and any person, firm, or corporation who shall refuse to furnish such detail and statistics in the form required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof may be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. state print SEC. 12. All forms, blanks, envelopes, letter-heads, and Printing at reports required to be printed by said labor commissioner in office may, with the approval of the state board of examiners, be printed at the state printing office. SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of the district attorneys of the several counties, upon the complaint of the labor commissioner, to prosecute all violations of law which may be violators of reported to said district attorney by the labor commissioner. District attorneys to prosecute labor laws tion, $5,000 Office at capitol Emeritus positions authorized SEC. 14. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars. All salaries and expenses enumerated in this act shall be paid from the appropriation named in this section and shall in no manner be taken from the general fund of the state. SEC. 15. The labor commissioner shall be provided with properly furnished offices at the capitol in Carson City, Nevada. CHAP. 204-An Act to empower the board of regents of the University of Nevada to establish emeritus positions, establishing the conditions and qualifications of those who shall benefit thereunder. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The board of regents of the University of Nevada are hereby empowered to establish emeritus positions. When it shall be found that an employee of the university, who has at university served the university for at least fifteen years continuously, has, because of physical or mental disability, become unfit for further service, or such an employee has left a widow with insufficient support, the board of regents may, upon recommendation of the president of the university and the approval of the governor of the state, place such individual or his widow upon the pay-roll of the university at a salary which shall not be more than onehalf of the average salary received by the employee for the period of five years previous to the date of retirement. The regents of the university shall include in the estimates for maintenance a sum necessary to meet this expenditure. CHAP. 205-An Act to authorize and empower the board of county commissioners of Mineral County to issue bonds for the purpose of paying current expenses of Mineral County, State of Nevada. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The board of county commissioners of Mineral fund for Mineral necessary and expedient, are hereby authorized and empow- Bonds for ered to issue negotiable bonds of the said county for an current amount not exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars and in expenses of denominations of five hundred dollars each, and bearing inter- County est at the rate of not exceeding seven per cent per annum, payable annually on the first day of January of each year, for the purpose of providing funds for paying the current expenses of Mineral County, State of Nevada, which bonds shall be consecutively numbered from 1 to 20. They shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, countersigned by the county treasurer, and authenticated with the seal of the county. Coupons for interest shall be attached to each bond so that the same may be removed without injury to the bond, and each of said coupons shall be consecutively numbered and signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and the county treasurer. be kept of bonds SEC. 2. The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall Record to keep a record of all proceedings under the provisions of this act, showing the number and date of each bond, and to whom issued. SEC. 3. The board of county commissioners of Mineral Negotiation County is hereby authorized to negotiate the sale of said bonds by advertising for sealed proposals, or by private sale, or sales, as they may deem for the best interests of the county, and may reject any and all bids; provided, that no bonds shall be sold for less than their par value, and the bonds and the interest thereon shall be made payable in gold coin of the United States. of bonds SEC. 4. On the first day of January of the year 1916, and Redemption annually thereafter not less than four of such bonds, together with the interest thereon, shall be paid and redeemed by the county treasurer of Mineral County. The payment and redemption of said bonds shall be in the order of their issuance, the lowest-numbered bond to be first paid and redeemed, and so on until the whole amount of bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall have been paid and redeemed. The interest coupons shall be paid annually on the first day of January of each year. receive SEC. 5. All moneys derived from the sale of said bonds Treasurer to shall paid to the county treasurer of said county, and the said proceeds of treasurer is hereby required to receive the same, and to pay sale of bonds out said moneys in the manner now provided by law for the payment of the county's current expenses. interest and of bonds SEC. 6. For the purpose of creating a fund for the payment Fund for of the bonds authorized by this act, and the interest thereon, redemption the board of county commissioners of Mineral County is hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect annually a special tax on all property, both real and personal, subject Special tax to taxation, including the net proceeds of mines, within the boundary of Mineral County, until such bonds and the interest thereon shall have been fully paid, sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds and to pay and retire the same as hereinabove provided. Such tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are levied and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall be kept by the county treasurer, in a special fund to be known as Mineral County bond redemption fund. SEC. 7. Whenever the bonds and interest provided for in Tax ceases, this act shall have been fully paid, the tax authorized by this act shall cease. when cancel paid bonds SEC. 8. Whenever the county treasurer shall redeem any of Treasurer to the bonds issued under the provisions of this act he shall cancel the same by writing across the face thereof "Paid, together with the date of such payment, sign his name thereto, and turn the same over to the county auditor, taking his receipt therefor, which receipt shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, and the auditor shall credit the treasurer on his books for the sum so paid. Interest ceases, when pledged SEC. 9. Should the holder of said bonds, or any of them, for any cause whatever, fail to present said bonds to the said county treasurer for payment when they become due, all interest on said bonds shall thereafter immediately cease. SEC. 10. The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby pledged Faith of state that this act shall not be repealed, nor the taxation thereby imposed be omitted, until all the bonds and coupons issued under and by virtue thereof shall have been paid in full, as in this act specified. "Patented mine" defined Patented mine, assessment ofexception CHAP. 206-An Act to provide for the assessment of patented mines, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Definition of Term "Patented Mine" SECTION 1. The term "patented mine, where hereinafter used in this act, shall be taken and deemed to mean each separate, whole, or fractional patented mining location, whether such whole or fractional mining location be covered by an independent patent or be included under a single patent with other mining locations. Patented Mines, Assessment of-Exception. SEC. 2. Each patented mine shall be assessed at not less than five hundred ($500) dollars, except where one hundred ($100) dollars in labor has been actually performed upon such patented mine during the calendar year for which assessment is levied or where bond and statement of intent to perform such labor has been properly filed and approved as provided in section 5 of this act, in addition to the tax on the net proceeds. Assessor to Assess All Patented Mines. assess all SEC. 3. The county assessor shall assess each patented mine Assessor to in his county at not less than five hundred ($500) dollars and patented return the said assessment as is now required by law. Board of Equalization to Strike from Rolls, When. mines equalization from rolls, SEC. 4. At the next succeeding session of the county board Board of of equalization, or of any state board or commission now in to strike existence, or that may hereafter be created by law for the purpose from of equalizing property values, the owner of any such patented mine may appear before either of said boards in person or by an agent or attorney, and on presenting to either of said boards an affidavit that at least one hundred ($100) dollars in labor has been actually performed upon said patented mine during the calendar year for which assessment is levied, the board to whom presentation is made shall strike from the roll the assessment against the patented mine named in such affidavit. May File Declaration of Intent to Perform Labor. declaration labor SEC. 5. The owner or controller of patented mines on which May file one hundred ($100) dollars in labor has not been performed at of intent to the time of the meeting of the county board, or any duly perform authorized state board or commission, may declare by properly executed affidavit to either of such boards his intention of performing such labor before the expiration of the then current calendar year; and upon filing such affidavit, together with a good and sufficient bond in the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars for each patented mine to which the declaration of intent is applied (which bond must be acceptable to and approved by the county board of equalization, or any duly authorized state board or commission, as the case may be), the board then sitting may order such patented mine or mines stricken from the roll. To File Proof of Labor After Declaration of Intent. of labor after SEC. 6. The owner or controller of patented mines in favor To file proof of which bond and declaration of intent has been filed in declaration accordance with the preceding section shall, on or before the of intent tenth day of January of the next year succeeding the calendar year for which assessment has been levied, file with the board with which bond and declaration of intent was originally filed, an affidavit that at least one hundred dollars ($100) in labor has been actually performed upon each patented mine covered by such bond and declaration of intent during the calendar year for which assessment was levied. Upon the filing of such affidavit of labor the bondsmen shall be released. Upon the refusal or negect to file such affidavit within the time limit prescribed by this section, the county board of equalization, or the state board or commission, as the case may be, shall declare the bond forfeited and may proceed to collect the full amount thereof in an action at law, which action shall be prosecuted by the district attorney or attorney-general. |