thereby imposed omitted until all the bonds and coupons issued thereunder shall have been paid in full, as in this act specified. CHAP. 198-An Act to provide for a state board of registered professional engineers. [Approved March 29, 1919] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. By June 1, 1919, the governor shall appoint State board five (5) persons, all of whom shall be engaged in the practice of pro fessional engineers: military engineers excepted Five members appointed by governor: oath; terms of office Vacancies, how filled Different professions specified engineering or teaching of professional engineering in any of its branches except military, and who shall constitute a board of registered professional engineers. The members of such board shall, within thirty (30) days after their appointment, take and subscribe to the oath of office as prescribed by the laws of Nevada, and file the same with the secretary of state. They shall hold office for four (4) years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified; save and except that the members of the board first to be appointed under this act shall hold office one for one (1) year, one for two (2) years, one for three (3) years and two for four (4) years. Any vacancies that may occur from any cause shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term; provided, that all appointments made after the first year must be made from the roll of certificates issued and on file in the office of the secretary of state. The members of the board shall, as far as practical, consist of one (1) member of the following engineering professions: Mining, hydraulic, electric, civil or highway and mechanical. SEC. 2. A person practices professional engineering Professional within the meaning of this act who practices any branch of defined the profession other than military engineering. The practice of professional engineering involves the control of forces of nature and the utilization of materials and these forces for the benefit of man. Office Powers and duties of board SEC. 3. The state board of registered professional engineers shall have its principal office in the city of Reno, and its powers and duties shall be as follows: 1. To formulate rules for the government of the board and for the examination of and granting of certificates of qualification to persons applying therefor. 2. To hold written examinations of applicants for such certificates, at least every six months, at such places as circumstances and applications may warrant. 3. To grant certificates of qualification to such applicants and duties as may, upon examination, be found qualified in the theory Powers and practice of the special line of engineering that applica of board of tion is made for, to practice as registered professional engi- professional neers. 4. To charge and collect from all applicants such fee, not exceeding $15, as may be necessary to meet the expense of examination, issuance of certificates and conducting its office; provided, that all such expenses, including traveling and hotel expenses of its members while attending the sessions of the board or conducting examinations, must be paid from the current receipts, and no portion thereof shall be paid from the state treasury. 5. To require the annual renewal of all certificates, and to collect therefor a renewal fee of not exceeding $2.50. 6. To revoke for cause any such certificate, after written notice to the holder, and a hearing being held thereon. 7. To report annually to the secretary of state, on or before December 1, all such certificates issued or renewed, together with a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements; provided, that any balance remaining in excess of the expenses incurred, may be retained by the board and used in defraying the future expense thereof. 8. All persons who have been actively engaged in the profession of engineering for six years, or who have a diploma from some recognized college or university and have had four (4) years active practice in engineering and who have in either case been two (2) years in charge of important engineering work as principal or assistant shall not require an examination, if application is made in writing within six months after the passage of this act. engineers SEC. 4. The board shall appoint one of its members as officers chairman, who shall serve without pay, and one of its members as secretary and treasurer, who shall be paid a salary out of the funds of the board not to exceed $200 per year. The chairman and secretary shall each serve two years, but the secretary first appointed shall serve only one year. At Quorum any meeting three (3) members shall constitute a quorum. of appli SEC. 5. Any citizen of the United States or any person Examination who has duly declared his intention of becoming such citizen, cants for being over the age of 21 years, and of good moral character, certificate may apply to the state board of registered professional engineers for examination under its rules. The examinations shall be in English and its scope as prescribed by the board. Upon the passing of a satisfactory examination, a certificate shall be issued, signed by the chairman and secretary, and during the period of its existence, or any renewal thereof, he shall be styled and known as a registered professional engineer, and no other person shall be permitted to assume and use such title or to use any words, letters, or figures to indicate that the person using the same, is a certified engineer. SEC. 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of Penalty for violation of act Amending charter Assistant chief of fire duties: salary this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be fined not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars, nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, for the first offense and not less than fifty ($50) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars for each subsequent offense. CHAP. 199—An Act to amend section 7 of article 10 of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Reno and to establish a city government therefor," approved March 16, 1903, as amended March 13, 1905, and further amended March 24, 1913. [Approved March 29, 1919] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 7 of article 10 of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Reno and to establish a city government therefor," approved March 16, 1903, as amended March 13, 1905, and as further amended March 24, 1913, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 7. The chief of the fire department may, with the consent of and subject to the confirmation of the city council, department; appoint an assistant chief of the fire department, who shall have all the powers and duties of the chief, during the absence or inability of such chief to act. The salary of such assistant and all firemen shall be fixed by ordinance. The chief of the fire department shall receive a salary in the sum of twenty-one hundred ($2,100) dollars per annum. form of government for towns and cities CHAP. 200-An Act to amend section 1 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the commission form of government for cities and towns," approved March 22, 1915. [Approved March 29, 1919] 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: Section 1. Any city or town in the State of Nevada may Commission adopt the commission form of government and frame its own charter therefor. By a "commission form of government,` as used in this act, is meant any form of municipal government not contrary to the constitution and laws of the United States, under which both legislative and administrative authority is exercised by the same governing body, members of which are elected by the qualified electors of such city or town. CHAP. 201-An Act to amend certain sections of an act entitled "An act fixing the compensation of the county officers of Elko County, Nevada, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith," approved March The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 5 of the above-entitled act is hereby Certain amended so as to read as follows: salaries of Elko County and auditor Section 5. The county recorder in and for the county of officers Elko, State of Nevada, and as ex officio auditor, shall receive Recorder the sum of twenty-seven hundred ($2,700) dollars per annum as compensation for all his services as such officer; he shall pay into the county treasury of said county all moneys collected by him as fees. The county recorder and ex officio auditor may appoint one deputy, who shall receive a salary Deputies of eighteen hundred ($1,800) dollars per annum, and one deputy who shall receive a salary of twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per annum, and shall have such other deputies as the board of county commissioners deem necessary. SEC. 2. Section 8 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: missioners Section 8. Each of the county commissioners of Elko County comCounty, Nevada, shall receive a salary of twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per annum, and mileage as now allowed by law, for all his services as such officer. SEC. 3. Section 9 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: monthly Section 9. All salaries herein provided for shall be pay- Salaries paid able monthly in twelve (12) equal installments. This act shall be effective on the first Monday in January, 1921. CHAP. 202-An Act authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds of the county of Humboldt, State of Nevada, for the purpose of the construction of a courthouse at the county-seat of said county and other matters relating thereto. [Approved March 29, 1919] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Effective Humboldt SECTION 1. The board of county commissioners of Hum- Bonds of boldt County, Nevada, is hereby authorized and empowered County. to issue negotiable coupons bonds of said county for an amount not to exceed $150,000, exclusive of interest, and to cause said bonds to be prepared and issued. $150,000. authorized of bonds SEC. 2. Such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of Preparation the board of county commissioners and by the county clerk of Humboldt County, and be countersigned by the county to keep record treasurer of Humboldt County. Interest coupons shall be attached to each bond so that the same may be removed without injury to the bonds. Said coupons shall be consecutively numbered, signed by the chairman of the said board of county commissioners and by the county clerk of said county and the county treasurer of said county, or their facsimile signatures lithographed thereon. SEC. 3. The clerk of said board of county commissioners County clerk shall keep an accurate and full record of all proceedings under the provisions of this act and shall keep a record showing the number, amount, and date of each bond and to whom sold. The county treasurer of Humboldt County shall, in like manner and form, keep a record of such bonds. to be built by money from said bond sale SEC. 4. The board of county commissioners of said HumCourthouse boldt County is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate the sale of said bonds, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, and particularly for the purpose of preparing ground for the construction of, and constructing and completing a county courthouse, in Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada; said bonds shall be sold at public sale after notice for sealed proposals for the purchase of said bonds has been advertised for not less than three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Humboldt County. Said board may reject any and all bids and no bonds shall be sold for less than par. Denomination: redemption SEC. 5. Said bonds shall be known as the Humboldt County courthouse bonds, and shall be in denomination of interest: life: $1,000 each. They shall be consecutively numbered, commencing with number 1, and shall bear interest at the rate of not to exceed six per cent per annum. Said interest shall be payable semiannually on the first day of July and January of each year. Said bonds shall run for a period of not to exceed fifteen years and ten of said bonds shall be redeemed annually, commencing on the first day of July, 1921, until all of said bonds shall have been redeemed and retired. Said redemption and cancelation of bonds shall be in order of their issuance and number. County treasurer custodian of moneys County treasurer liable SEC. 6. All money derived from the sale of said bonds shall be paid to the county treasurer of said Humboldt County, who shall receive and safely keep the same in a fund to be known as the Humboldt County courthouse fund, and moneys shall be paid out of said fund to pay for the preparation of the ground for the construction and the construction and completion of the said courthouse and for the other purposes provided for in this act. SEC. 7. The county treasurer of Humboldt County shall be liable upon his official bond for the safe-keeping of all moneys that shall come into his hands under the provisions of this act and for the faithful discharge of all of his duties in relation thereto. |