handled, and when owners or persons in charge of such corrals fail or refuse to clean and disinfect such places or corrals, the board shall have power to clean and disinfect them, the expense of which shall be paid by the owner or person in charge, and shall be a lien on such place or corral until the expense is paid. Orders, etc.. All orders, rules, or regulations made as herein provided must be published at least twice in some newspaper having general circulation in each county in the state, which shall constitute a legal notice of the order made upon all stockmen owning or having in charge cattle, horses, or hogs. published in newspaper on all stock for stock inspection fund SEC. 4. The board of county commissioners, at the time of Tax (6 mills) the annual levy of taxes, must, at the request of the board, levy the rate of tax recommended by the board, not to exceed six (6) mills on the dollar, on all cattle, horses, and hogs assessed in their respective counties, according to the assessed valuation of the same, the said tax to be collected as other taxes, and paid to the state treasurer, who must keep the same in a separate fund to be known as the stock inspection fund. Duties of County officers Board to enforce act tors: bonds Inspection record SEC. 5. The county assessor must, on or before the first Monday in September of each year, prepare from the assessment book of such year, as corrected by the board of county commissioners, a statement showing the total number of all said stock assessed, and the value of same. And the county treasurer must notify the state board of stock commissioners of all moneys forwarded to the state treasury belonging to the state stock inspection fund at the time said moneys are forwarded to the state treasury. Also make final report to said board at the time he makes settlement with the state controller. SEC. 6. The board shall have charge of the enforcement of the provisions of this act, and of the rules and regulations made as herein provided. The board shall appoint such inspectors as may be necessary, and said inspectors, before Stock inspec- entering upon the duties of their office, shall file a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable to the state, for the faithful performance of their duties, with and to be approved by the board. Such inspectors shall be paid from the stock inspection fund. The board and each inspector must keep a book, to be known as the inspection record, in which they must enter their official acts. Such record must show the name of the owner of all horses, cattle, and hogs inspected, and the time when and place where the same were inspected. Inspectors shall have the right at all times to enter any premises, farms, fields, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings, or cars, where any of said stock are quartered, for the purpose of examining them, in order to determine whether they are affected with any infectious or contagious disease. All inspectors and their deputies shall have the same powers and authority of peace officers. The board shall have the power to order an inspector to quarantine any corral, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings and cars where stock may have been handled, and compel the cleaning and disinfecting of the same when deemed Inspectors have powers of peace officers necessary for the purposes of this act. Where owners or persons in charge of such places refuse to clean and disinfect them, the inspector shall have the right to take charge of such places, and cause the same to be cleaned and disinfected, the expense of which must be paid by the owner or person in charge, and shall be a lien upon such premises, corrals, pens, slaughterhouses, buildings, cars, etc., until such expense is paid. killing cer by stock from its as to pelts SEC. 6A. The board is authorized and empowered to offer Bounties for and pay bounties out of its funds for the killing and destruc- tain animals tion of the following-named animals, killed in the State of named: paid Nevada, to wit: For each coyote or coyote pup, seventy-five commission (75c) cents, for each wildcat or lynx, seventy-five (75c) cents, funds and for each mountain lion, five ($5) dollars. Any person killing any of the aforesaid animals in order to obtain the bounty provided for herein, shall within ninety (90) days of the date of the killing, present or cause to be presented by his duly authorized agent, to the county clerk of the county in which said animal or animals have been killed, the entire skin of each of said animal or animals, which skin includes and must have attached thereto all four of the paws, or feet, the tail and the skin of the head, eye-holes and skin to tip of nose; and shall at the same time make and file with the said county clerk an affidavit, which said affidavit shall state: First, the Regulations kind of animal or animals from which said skin or skins were of noxious taken and the number of skins presented; second, that the animals county in which said animal or animals were killed is the county in which their skins are presented for payment of a bounty; third, that said animal or animals from which said skins were taken were not bought or received dead or alive, from any other county or state; fourth, that said animals were killed within ninety (90) days from the date of making of said affidavit; fifth, that said animal or animals were killed in such county and in the State of Nevada; and, sixth, that the same were not fostered or whelped in captivity prior to the killing thereof. The said county clerk may, if he deems it advisable, require of such applicant for bounty such other corroborative testimony as to him seems proper concerning the truth set forth in such affidavit; provided, that when in doubt as to the kind of skin or skins presented, the order shall Lesser be issued for the lesser bounty. The county clerk shall cut off in case of the four (4) paws or feet at the knee and destroy them. The doubt said county clerk shall then certify to the said board that he received the said hides, that the required affidavit or affidavits have been made, and that he has destroyed the fore feet, in conformity with law, and also certify the name of the animals killed, the number, where killed and by whom and the bounty due. The board shall forthwith remit the bounty due to the party presenting the same and at the same time notify the said county clerk of the forwarding of said bounty so paid. bounty paid SEC. 7. Inspectors shall report to the board in writing as Inspectors often and at such times as may be requested by said board. must report by inspector, when SEC. 8. Each inspector must inspect all the horses, cattle, Bill of health and hogs, within the district assigned to him, when so ordered by the board, and must make and issue certificate or bill of health for all of said stock whose owners have complied with the law and the orders, rules, and regulations made and adopted by the board, describing the stock with the marks and brands thereon, which shall entitle the owner or agent in charge to pass with such stock from one district to another in the state. The inspector shall immediately file with the board a duplicate of all certificates issued by him. The term "stock" shall include horses, cattle, and hogs. "Stock" defined Board may be notified of disease in stock regulations must be promptly made SEC. 9. Whenever any stock shall become infected with any infectious or contagious disease, the owner or agent in charge, the inspector appointed as herein provided, or any practicing veterinary, must immediately notify the board and the state quarantine officer. SEC. 10. When stock is found diseased, regulation for their Quarantine quarantine must be made at once by the state quarantine officer, upon notification by the inspector of the district where such stock is found, who must define the place and limits within which such stock may be grazed, herded, or driven, and such stock must be held in quarantine until pronounced cured from Expense of disease by the state quarantine officer. The expense of treating, feeding, and taking care of all stock quarantined under the provisions of this act must be paid for by the owner or agent in charge of such stock; and such expense shall be a lien upon such stock until paid. treatment paid by owner Stock vaccinated on order of board Entry of foreign stock into state: board must be notified Exception Infected stock not to be moved Secretary of board; salary SEC. 11. All stock must be vaccinated when necessary at such time as may be ordered by the board. Any person, firm, company or corporation refusing to comply with and observe the provisions of this act or the orders, rules and regulations of said stock board shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to the fines and punishment hereinafter provided. SEC. 12. When any owner or person in charge of stock shall bring such stock into this state, before entering from an adjoining state or territory, for the purpose of grazing, or feeding, they shall notify the board and state quarantine officer, in writing, of such fact immediately before entering the state, stating the time when and the place where such stock shall enter; provided, however, that stock in transit on the cars shall not be required to give notice unless they shall remain in the state, or are unloading to feed and rest for a longer period than forty-eight hours. SEC. 13. In no case shall any stock suffering from contagious or infectious diseases be removed from one point to another within any district, or from one district to another without a written permit from the board and state quarantine officer. SEC. 14. The said board shall appoint a secretary, prescribe his duties, and fix his salary at a sum not to exceed eight hundred ($800) dollars the year, payable as the salaries of other state officers are paid. Said secretary to hold his position during the pleasure of the board. SEC. 15. how paid Whenever any inspector files in the office of the Inspectors, state controller proper vouchers, duly approved by the board setting forth: 1. The name of such inspector; 2. The kind and nature of service rendered; 3. The particular locality where the work was done; 4. The length of time employed; 5. The number of stock inspected and the name of the owner or person in charge of such stock; 6. The disease or diseases treated, and the number treated for each disease, and the length of time of such treatment; 7. The amount claimed for such services; Then and in such case, the state controller must draw a warrant in favor of such inspector, payable out of the moneys in the stock inspection fund. priated; to SEC. 16. That the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby $10.000 approappropriated, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, be repaid from the general fund, for the purpose of carrying this act into effect. All moneys so appropriated to be returned into the general fund from such taxes as may be levied upon the stock as herein provided. violation of cooperate control university SEC. 17. Any person who violates any provision of this act, Penalty for or who disregards any order or direction made by the board or act inspectors in accordance therewith, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300), or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SEC. 18. The state board of stock commissioners shall act Board to. in conjunction with the state veterinary control service of the with state University of Nevada in the general enforcement of rules and veterinary regulations looking to the diagnosis, control, eradication, and service of prevention of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases of domesticated animals, as included in this act. In so far as the duty imposed by the board of stock commissioners requires a regulation of interstate and intrastate movement of domesticated animals infected with, or which have been exposed to, infectious, contagious, or communicable diseases, the board shall act in conjunction with the state veterinary control service department of the University of Nevada; and the laboratory of the said state veterinary control service department of the University of Nevada shall be at the service of the said state board of stock commissioners, to render such scientific assistance as it can, in order to accomplish the purposes contemplated in this act. Whenever any of the employees in the department of the state veterinary control service of the University of Nevada are employed upon duty required of them by the said state board University of stock commissioners, they shall be paid, from the stock paid from inspection fund, for their services, pro rata as to the time which stock fund employees Board may summon witnesses, employ has been spent in this service, and at a rate which shall compensate them on the same basis of salary or wages paid to them regularly by the board of regents of the University of Nevada. SEC. 19. The board may take all necessary and lawful steps, procure all necessary and lawful process for the attendance of witnesses, and employ counsel to assist in the prosecution of counsel, etc. any person guilty of any offense against the laws of this state in feloniously branding or stealing any stock, or any other crime, or misdemeanor, under any of the laws of the state for the protection of the rights and interests of stock owners, and it is the duty of the board to make rules and regulations governing the recording and use of livestock brands. to appoint inspectors and detectives SEC. 20. The state board of stock commnissioners may State board appoint such stock inspectors and detectives as are necessary for the protection of the livestock interests of the state, and the inspectors and detectives have the same power as sheriffs to summon a posse when necessary, and to make arrests. The stock inspectors and detectives may, when deputized by the sheriff, exercise the powers of deputy sheriff, but must not receive any fee or emolument therefor from the state or any county. Duties of stock inspectors and detectives SEC. 21. It is the duty of the stock inspectors and detectives to arrest all persons who in their presence violate the stock laws of the state, and every stock inspector and detective, upon information that any person has committed any offense against the laws of the state in feloniously branding or stealing any stock or any offense against the laws of the state, for the protection of the rights and interests of stock owners, must make the necessary affidavit for the arrest and examination of such person, and, upon warrant issued therefor, immediately arrest such person, and bring him before the proper officer, and notify the board of his acts. Said inspectors shall also inspect all stock or cattle about to be shipped from the state, and the consignor, upon demand, shall establish fully his title to such stock. CHAP. 269-An Act to amend section 139 of "An act concern ing public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 20, 1911. [Approved March 26, 1915] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 139 of an act entitled "An act concerning public schools, and repealing certain acts relating thereto, approved March 20, 1911, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 139. The board of county commissioners of each |