Affidavit of labor required Form of affidavit Affidavit of Labor Required-Form. SEC. 7. The affidavit of labor required by this act shall particularly describe the work performed, and upon what portion of said mine, and when and by whom done, and may be substantially in the following form: being first duly sworn, on oath deposes That at least one hundred ($100) dollars worth of and says: mining State of Nevada, during the calendar year 19. Such labor was done at the expense of the owner (or one of the owners) of said patented mine__, for the purpose of relieving the same from the assessment. Said labor was performed by... at about... _feet in a direction from the loca tion monument, and was done between the___ -day of 19, and consisted of the following work:. --day of Affidavit made by owner or agent Contiguous mines Affidavit filed (Or other officer authorized to administer oaths.) Affidavit Made by Owner or Agent. SEC. 8. Such affidavit may be made by the owner or agent of the owner, or person performing the labor, or by any person familiar with the facts, on behalf of the owner. Contiguous Mines. SEC. 9. The owner of two or more contiguous patented mines may perform all the work required by article X of the constitution of this state upon one mine only; provided, the aggregate amount of such work shall be equal to one hundred ($100) dollars for each of such contiguous patented mines. Affidavit Filed. SEC. 10. All such affidavits shall be filed and retained in the office of the county clerk. One Affidavit May Include Several Properties. SEC. 11. A single affidavit may be filed for the labor on several One affidavit patented mines belonging to the same person or held in common may include ownership, provided all are located in the same county. properties Repealing section Repealing Section. SEC. 12. An act entitled "An act supplemental to an act entitled 'An act to provide revenue for the support of the government of the State of Nevada, and to repeal certain acts relating thereto, approved March 23, 1891, approved March 12, 1913, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. CHAP. 207—An Act to authorize and direct the commissioners of Douglas County, Nevada, to erect and construct a courthouse and jail at Minden, in said county, to issue bonds for the purpose of creating a fund for the payment thereof, and other matters properly relating thereto. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: courthouse SECTION 1. The board of county commissioners of Douglas Bonds for County, Nevada, are hereby authorized, empowered, and and jail at directed, and it is made their duty to erect a courthouse and Minden county jail at what is known as the town or townsite of Minden, Douglas County, Nevada, before January 1, 1916, at the expense of said county, and at a cost of not more than $25,000. Said board shall adopt plans and specifications for said building or buildings and advertise at least three weeks for bids for the construction of same in some newspaper of general circulation in said county; the contract shall be awarded for the construction thereof before August 1, 1915, and said building be completed and ready for occupancy by January 1, 1916; provided, Provisos that said commissioners may, if they deem it for the best interests of said county, erect and furnish said building or buildings without advertising for bids or letting any contract for the construction thereof; provided further, the commissioners have the right to reject any and all bids. issue bonds$25,000 SEC. 2. The board of county commissioners of Douglas Board to County, Nevada, are hereby authorized and empowered, and it is made their duty, to prepare and issue bonds of said county after the first day of May, 1915, for the sum of $25,000, exclusive of interest, for the purpose of providing funds for the erection and furnishing of a courthouse and jail and the necessary county buildings in Minden, in said county. SEC. 3. Prior to June 1, 1915, the board of county com- Description missioners of said county shall have said bonds prepared and of bonds ready for issuance. Said bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board, 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 bonds, and each of such coupons shall be consecutively numbered, and signed by the chairman. of said board and the county treasurer. SEC. 4. The clerk of the board of county commissioners Record to shall keep a record of all proceedings under the provisions of be kept this act, showing the number and date of each bond and to whom issued. of bonds SEC. 5. The board of county commissioners of Douglas Negotiation County are hereby authorized and directed, during the month of June, 1915, and continuing thereafter if necessary, to negotiate the sale of said bonds, and to sell the same by advertising for sealed proposals or by private sales, as they may deem Denomina tion of bonds 30 years limit Bond Fund" for the best interest of the county; provided, that all bonds shall be made for gold coin of the United States, and the interest thereon shall be payable in like gold coin. SEC. 6. Said bonds shall be each in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. They shall be numbered from one to one hundred consecutively; and the interest on the same shall not exceed six per cent per annum, payable annually in each year, at the office of the county treasurer of said Douglas County, and in no case shall any of said bonds run for a longer period than thirty years. SEC. 7. For the purpose of creating a fund for the payment "Courthouse of the bonds authorized by this act and the interest thereon, the board of county commissioners of Douglas County are hereby authorized and required to levy and collect annually a special tax on the assessed value of all property, both real and personal, including proceeds of mines, within the boundaries of said Douglas County until such bonds and interest thereon shall have been fully paid, sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds, and to pay and retire five of said bonds annually after the first Monday in June, 1925. Such tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are assessed and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall be kept by the county treasurer in a special fund to be known as the "Courthouse Bond Fund" redemption SEC. 8. It shall be obligatory on said county and its proper Interest and officers to fully pay the interest on said bonds annually, and to fully pay and retire five of said bonds in 1925, beginning with the first number thereof and so on consecutively, and annually thereafter, until such bonds and the interest thereon are fully paid, canceled, and retired, to pay and retire five of said bonds in such manner. when SEC. 9. 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, and all moneys remaining in said bond fund shall, by order of the board of county commissioners, be transferred to the general fund of said county. Paid bonds, how canceled Interest ceases, when SEC. 10. Whenever the county treasurer shall pay anything on 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 with the amount so paid. SEC. 11. Should the holder of said bonds, or of 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 such bonds shall thereafter immediately cease. SEC. 12. The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby pledged Faith of state that this act shall not be repealed, nor taxation thereby pledged imposed omitted, until all the bonds and coupons issued under and by virtue thereof shall have been paid in full, as in this act specified. CHAP. 208—An Act to amend sections 74 and 376 of an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this state, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto” (being sections 5016 and 5318 of the Revised Laws of Nevada), approved March 17, 1911. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and civil prac SECTION 1. Section 74 of an act entitled "An act to regulate Amending proceedings in civil cases in this state, and to repeal all other tice act acts in relation thereto, approved March 17, 1911, being section 5016 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 74. Civil action in the district courts shall be com- Civil action, how begun menced by the filing of a complaint with the clerk of the court, and the issuance of a summons thereon; provided, that after the filing of the complaint a defendant in the action may appear by answer, demurrer, or notice of motion filed in the cause, excepting motions to quash service, or denying the sufficiency of process or the jurisdiction of the court over the subjectmatter or the person, whether the summons has been issued or not, and such appearance shall be deemed a waiver of summons. SEC. 2. Section 376 of an act entitled "An act to regulate Further proceedings in civil cases in this state, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto, approved March 17, 1911, being section 5318 of the Revised Laws of Nevada, is hereby amended to read as follows: amended deemed excepted to Section 376. The verdict of the jury, the final decision in Matters an action or proceeding, the findings of fact, conclusions of law made by the court, findings of the referee, an interlocutory order or decision finally determining the rights of the parties, or some of them; an order or decision from which an appeal may be taken; an order sustaining or overruling a demurrer; allowing or refusing to allow an amendment to a pleading, striking out or refusing to strike out a pleading, or a portion thereof, refusing a continuance, an order made upon ex parte application, an order or decision made in the absence of a party, an order granting or denying a nonsuit, or a motion to strike out evidence or testimony, and a ruling sustaining or overruling an objection to evidence, rulings of the court as to the competency of jurors, are deemed to have been excepted to. Fixing salaries of Esmeralda County officers Sheriff Clerk Recorder District attorney Commissioners CHAP. 209-An Act to amend "An act fixing the compensation of certain county officers of Esmeralda County, in the State of Nevada; regulating their appointments, number, and compensation of their deputies and attachés, and requiring the said officers to make reports to the board of county commissioners of Esmeralda County, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, effective January 1, 1915," approved March 25, 1913. [Approved March 24, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The following-named officers of Esmeralda County shall receive, in full payment of all services rendered by them, the following salaries: The sheriff, for services as sheriff, shall receive the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars per annum, and for his services as ex officio county assessor the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars per annum. The sheriff is hereby authorized to appoint one deputy sheriff, and said deputy shall receive a salary of six hundred ($600) dollars per annum as deputy sheriff, and twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per annum as ex officio deputy county assessor, and he shall also appoint as many deputy assessors and deputy sheriffs as the board of county commissioners shall deem necessary, and said board of county commissioners shall fix the compensation of the deputies so appointed, and in no case shall the compensation exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars per month for each deputy so appointed. The county clerk, for services as county clerk, shall receive the sum of eight hundred ($800) dollars per annum, and for services as ex officio county treasurer the sum of sixteen hundred ($1,600) dollars per annum, and he shall appoint a deputy who shall receive as compensation, one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars per month. The county recorder, for services as county recorder, shall receive the sum of eight hundred ($800) dollars per annum, and for services as ex officio county auditor the sum of sixteen hundred ($1,600) dollars per annum, and he shall also appoint a deputy who shall receive a compensation of one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars per month. The district attorney of Esmeralda county shall receive the sum of twenty-four hundred ($2,400) dollars per annum, and he shall also appoint as many deputies as the board of county commissioners shall deem necessary, and said board of county commissioners shall fix the compensation of the deputies so appointed. The county commissioners of Esmeralda County shall receive the sum of six hundred ($600) dollars per annum each, and mileage at the rate of ten (10) cents per mile in going to the county-seat when attending a session of the board; provided, |