Denomina tion of bonds: interest not exceeding 5 per cent Washoe for interest tion of bonds act. It shall be paid out only on warrants drawn by the county auditor in payment of bills contracted in pursuance of the provisions of this act. SEC. 4. The said bonds shall be of the denomination of one thousand dollars ($1,000) each; they shall be numbered consecutively, and shall bear interest at the rate of not to exceed five per cent (5%) per annum, said interest payable on the second Monday of January of the second succeeding year in which such bonds, or any of them, shall have been issued, and every twelve months thereafter; and on the second Monday of January, A. D. 1920, and every twelve months thereafter, one or more of said bonds shall be redeemed and paid, until all of said bonds so issued shall have been fully taken up and satisfied. SEC. 5. To provide for the payment of the said bonds and the interest thereon, herein authorized to be issued, the said bridge fund board of county commissioners shall, in the year 1916, and and redemp- annually thereafter, at the time of levying taxes for state and county purposes, and in the same manner, levy a special and additional tax upon all the property within Washoe County, sufficient, in their judgment, to provide for the payment of the interest annually due on said bonds; and in the year 1919, and annually thereafter, at the time of levying taxes for state and county purposes, and in the same manner, levy a special and additional tax upon all the property within Washoe County, sufficient, in their judgment, to provide for the payment of the principal of one or more of said bonds, and shall every year thereafter redeem, take up, and pay one or more of the bonds herein directed to be annually so taken up, redeemed, and paid. The said taxes shall be assessed and collected the same as other taxes, paid to the county treasurer, and by him placed in the Washoe County bridge fund. At the maturity of said bonds. and the coupons thereon they shall be paid by the county treasurer out of the said Washoe County bridge fund, and shall thereupon be canceled and marked paid by the county treasurer; no interest shall be allowed or paid on any of said bonds after they have become due and payable, and shall have been called in for redemption. of new bridge SEC. 6. The new bridge to be constructed under the proDimensions visions of this act shall be placed at the Park-street crossing of the Truckee river, in the city of Reno, and shall be of a uniform width of twenty-two (22) feet; it shall have a sidewalk or walk-way on the west side thereof, at least four (4) feet in width; and it shall have one drive-way suitable for general traffic and the safe passage of live stock, which shall be not less than eighteen (18) feet in width. determine SEC. 7. The mayor of the city of Reno, the board of county Directors to commissioners of Washoe County, and the city council of the character of city of Reno are hereby constituted a board of directors, whose new bridge duty it shall be, within thirty days after the passage of this act, to meet and determine of what kind of material, whether of iron, steel, wood, cement, concrete, or stone, the new bridge across the Truckee river at the Park-street crossing in the said city of Reno shall be constructed. board, how SEC. 8. The chairman of the board of county commissioners Construction of Washoe County, the mayor of the city of Reno, and such constituted person as said board of county commissioners and the city council of the city of Reno shall, at a joint meeting of said board and city council select, are hereby constituted a construction board, whose duty it shall be to forthwith proceed to construct and complete the new bridge at the Park-street crossing in compliance with the provisions of this act, and said board is hereby granted full power and authority to do and perform each and every act which may be found necessary to be done and performed, in order to fully carry out the intent of this act. Should a vacancy occur at any time in said construction board, or any one or more thereof refuse to act, the mayor of the city of Reno is hereby directed to forthwith fill said vacancy, by appointing a competent citizen of the city of Reno to serve as such member of said board. The members of said construction board shall serve without compensation, except that one Supervising of said board shall be elected by the members thereof as supervising architect of the construction of said bridge, and shall receive as compensation therefor such per diem as may be allowed by the board, which compensation shall be allowed and paid out of the general fund of Washoe County, and out of the general fund of the city of Reno, share and share alike, as other bills against the said county and the said city, respectively, are allowed and paid. architect advertised SEC. 9. As soon as practicable after the meeting and Plans to be organization of the said construction board, they shall adver- for tise in a daily newspaper published in the city of Reno, for the period of two weeks, for plans and specifications for the construction of the said new bridge, and they are hereby authorized to pay the sum of one hundred ($100) for the plans and Price specifications accepted. to govern SEC. 10. All the laws in force governing the letting of General laws contracts by the board of county commissioners of this state contract are hereby made applicable to and shall govern the board hereby created in all their official acts. by construc SEC. 11. All bills contracted by the said board of construc- Bills audited tion as herein created, in carrying out the provisions of this tion board act, shall first be approved by a majority of the said construction board, and shall then be allowed by the board of county commissioners of Washoe County, and paid as other bills are presented, allowed and paid. fund for SEC. 12. All moneys remaining from the sale of the said Residue of bonds, after paying for the construction of the new bridge at general the Park-street crossing as aforesaid, shall remain in the Washoe of bridges County bridge fund, and shall be used as necessity requires maintenance in rebuilding, repairing, and constructing bridges in Washoe County, under the supervision and control of the county commissioners of said county. Officers of senate Officers of assembly CHAP. 239-An Act fixing the number of officers and attachés of the legislature of the State of Nevada, and to define their duties and specify their pay, and repealing all acts in conflict therewith. [Approved March 25, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The officers and attachés of the senate shall consist of one secretary, one assistant secretary, one sergeantat-arms, one minute clerk, one assistant minute clerk, one journal clerk, one assistant journal clerk, one engrossing clerk, one enrolling clerk, two committee clerks, one bill clerk, one stenographer, one mailing clerk, one messenger who shall be ex officio assistant sergeant-at-arms, one page, one porter. SEC. 2. The officers and attachés of the assembly shall consist of one chief clerk, one assistant clerk, one sergeant-atarms, one minute clerk, one assistant minute clerk, one journal clerk, one assistant journal clerk, one engrossing clerk, one enrolling clerk, one assistant enrolling clerk, one committee clerk, one stenographer, one mailing clerk, one messenger who shall be ex officio assistant sergeant-at-arms, two pages, one porter. SEC. 3. All clerks, excepting the secretary of the senate and Extra quali- the chief clerk of the assembly, shall be efficient stenographers and typists. fications Salaries of officers SEC. 4. There shall be paid to the several officers and attachés named in this act, for all services rendered by them under the provisions of this act, the following sums of money and no more: The secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the assembly shall each receive seven dollars per day; the assistant secretary of the senate and the assistant clerk of the assembly shall each receive six dollars per day; the minute clerk, the assistant minute clerk, the journal clerk, the assistant journal clerk, the engrossing clerk, the enrolling clerk of the senate and assembly, respectively, shall each receive six dollars per day; the sergeant-at-arms of the senate and of the assembly shall each receive six dollars per day; the committee clerk of the assembly and the committee clerks of the senate, the bill clerk of the senate, the assistant enrolling clerk of the assembly, and the stenographers of the senate and assembly, respectively, shall each receive six dollars per day; the messengers of the senate and assembly, respectively, shall each receive six dollars per day; the pages of the assembly and the page of the senate shall each receive two dollars per day; the porters of the senate and assembly, respectively, shall each receive three dollars per day; the mailing clerks of the senate and assembly, respectively, shall each receive six dollars per day; provided, however, that in case the Provisos senate or the assembly shall organize or act with a less number of attachés than herein provided, such organization or action shall be legal; and further provided, that the senate or the assembly may, by resolution, increase or diminish the number of its attachés any time during the session, within the limits herein before provided. officers not SEC. 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed as to affect Present the term of office of the officers and attachés now in office. disturbed SEC. 6. The state controller is hereby directed to draw his Duties of warrants in favor of the persons above named for the several controller amounts specified in this act, and the state treasurer is hereby treasurer directed to pay the same. and SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act Repeal are hereby repealed. CHAP. 240-An Act to amend section one of an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to prevent pollution or contamination of the waters of the lakes, rivers, streams, and ditches in the State of Nevada, prescribing penalties and making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act,' approved March 20, 1903," and further approved on March 12, 1907, March 24, 1909, March 10, 1911, and March 26, 1913. [Approved March 25, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 1 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: pollution of Section 1. Any person or persons, firm, company, corpora- Prohibiting tion, or association in this state, or the managing agent of any waters person or persons, firm, company, corporation, or association in this state, or any duly elected, appointed, or lawfully created state officer of this state, or any duly elected, appointed, or lawfully created officer of any county, city, town, municipality, or municipal government in this state, who shall deposit, or who shall permit or allow any person or persons in their employ or under their control, management, or direction to deposit in any of the waters of the lakes, rivers, streams, and ditches in this state any sawdust, oils, rubbish, filth, or poisonous or deleterious substance or substances, liable to affect the health of persons, fish or live stock, or place or deposit any such deleterious substance or substances in any place where the same may be washed or infiltered into any of the waters herein named, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and Penalty upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars, nor more Provisos Cyanide specially interdicted Exception supervisor may be appointed by commis sioners of Bond than five hundred dollars, exclusive of court costs; provided, that in cases of state institutions, municipalities, towns, incorporated towns or cities, when, owing to the magnitude of the work, immediate correction of the evil is impracticable, then in such cases the authorities shall adapt all new work, and as rapidly as possible reconstruct the old system of drainage sewerage so as to conform with the provisions of this act; and provided further, that all such new reconstructed systems shall be completed before January 1, 1918; provided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to permit mining or milling companies or any one else to place or discharge any cyanide or other poisonous substances in any stream in this state, and that, beyond this restriction, nothing in this act shall apply to any quartz mill or other ore-reduction works in this state. CHAP. 241-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of a uniform system of road government and administration in each of the several counties of the State of Nevada; for the creation of a board of county highway commissioners in each of the several counties, and defining the duties of the members thereof; to provide for the appointment of a county road supervisor and defining his duties; to authorize the board of county commissioners of each county to issue bonds and levy and collect taxes to pay the same for the purpose of creating a county road and bridge fund; to authorize the expenditure of said fund for roads and bridges, and the purchasing of machinery and implements for road work; to classify the county roads of the counties, and other matters related thereto," approved March 26, 1913. [Approved March 25, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 1 of article 3 is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. At the first regular meeting of the board of County road county highway commissioners of each of the several counties after this act takes effect, said board may at their option appoint the county road supervisor; said county road supervisor, hereinafter called the supervisor, shall take and subscribe to the each county constitutional oath of office and enter into a bond with at least two sureties in the penal sum of $2,500, payable to the county, and conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. The bond shall be approved by the board of county commissioners, and filed with the county clerk. He shall hold the office during the pleasure of the board. The board shall fix the salary of the supervisor, said salary, however, not to exceed $2,000 a year, together with the actual traveling expenses in the performance of his duties, said salary and expenses to be paid out Salary limited |