Reports to be made to, by surveyor-general, section 4351. Reports to be made to, by treasurer, section 4364. Message, copy to be furnished state printer, when, section 4306. Official reports, when must be presented to, sections 4305, 4315, 4316. May direct attorney-general to bring and defend certain actions, section 4133. Military force, may order out, sections 364, 2835-2840, 3982. May declare county in state of insurrection, section 2842. Official commissions, to sign, sections 2793, 2794. Resignations, made to, sections 2798. Vacancies, duties in regard to, sections 2802, 2804, 2805, 2810-2812. To preside over state board of county assessors, section 3798, et seq. To inform attorney-general and district attorney of violations of law by foreign corporation, section 1350. With superintendent of public instruction may contract for maintenance of juvenile delinquents, sections 756, 2789. Oath of, before whom taken, section 2789. Staff of, section 4004. For other powers and duties of governor, see index. A petition for a mandamus to compel the governor to approve or disapprove the bond of an officer required by law to give a bond within thirty days from the time of his appointment, must show that the bond was presented to the governor within the prescribed time. State ex rel. Laughton v. Adams, 19 Nev. 370 (12 P. 488). An Act authorizing the governor of the state to appoint a private secretary, defining his duties, and fixing his compensation. Approved March 10, 1865, 354 4190. Governor may appoint private secretary-Duties-Term. SECTION 1. The governor of the state is hereby authorized to appoint a private secretary, who shall perform such services as may be required of him by the governor, and as authorized by law. He shall hold his office at the pleasure of the governor. [Sec. 2 (salary) superseded by sec. 4192.] See sec. 4392. 4191. Fees to go into library fund-Paid to treasurer-Controller not to pay salary until verified statement filed. SEC. 3. The governor's private secretary shall demand and collect all fees which by law he is authorized to do for any service in connection with his office, and at the end of each and every month shall pay the same into the state treasury, for the use of the state library fund, taking the treasurer's receipt therefor, which he shall file with the state controller. Before the controller shall draw his warrant in favor of such private secretary, he shall require such private secretary to file his written statement, under oath, that he has paid over to the treasurer all fees collected by him for services as herein provided for; provided, that no warrant shall be issued to the present private secretary until he shall have paid over to the state treasurer the amount of fees already collected by him in the performance of his duties as such private secretary, and shall have certified the fact thereof to the controller in the manner above specified. An Act fixing the salary of the private secretary to the governor, and making an appropriation therefor. Approved March 22, 1909, 167 4192. Salary of private secretary and as clerk of certain boards and commissions. SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act the salary of the private secretary to the governor shall be two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, payable out of the general fund; provided, that the said secretary shall not receive any additional compensation for services as clerk of the board of pardons, clerk of the board of capitol commissioners, clerk of the board of assessors, or as clerk or secretary of any other board or commission. See sec. 4392. Cited, State ex rel. Fowler v. Eggers, 33 Nev. 4193. Idem-How paid. (112 P. 700). SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant for the salary named in section 1 of this act and the state treasurer to pay the same each month. An Act authorizing the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer to employ clerks and typists, and fixing their compensation. Approved March 6, 1907, 92 4194. Governor may employ clerk-Compensation. SECTION 1. The governor of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized to employ a clerk, whose compensation shall be twelve hundred dollars per annum. 4195. Secretary of state may employ clerk and two typists-Compensation. SEC. 2. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to employ a clerk. whose compensation shall be two thousand dollars per annum, and two typists, whose compensation shall be twelve hundred dollars per annum each. See secs. 4269, 4270. 4196. State treasurer may employ clerk-Compensation. SEC. 3. The state treasurer is hereby authorized to employ a clerk, whose compensation shall be twelve hundred dollars per annum. 4197. Compensation, how paid. SEC. 4. The controller shall at the end of each month draw his warrant upon the state treasury in favor of such clerks and typists for the amount of compensation due, and the state treasurer shall pay the same out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise specifically appropriated. INSPECTOR OF MINES An Act creating the office of inspector of mines; fixing his duties and powers; providing for the appointment of a deputy and fixing the compensation of both; requiring certain reports and notices of accidents to be made to said inspector, and defining the duties of the attorney-general and district attorneys in relation to suits instituted by the inspector of mines. Approved March 24, 1909, 218 4198. Office of inspector of mines created. 4203. Office to be provided-Records to be 4199. Idem-Salary-Expenses-Now paid Term-Bond. 4200. Qualifications of inspector and depu- signals. 4202. Inspector has full power to make investigation-Mine owner to render assistance-Serve written notice of dangerous condition-Notice prima facie evidence of negligence. 4204. preserved-Mine owners to report. Complaints to be investigated-Copy to be served on owner-Complaint not to be divulged, when-May close workings. 4205. To notify attorney-general of neglect of mine owner-Action commenced - Penalty recovered - Paid into school fund. 4213. Dead timber must be taken away. 4214. Hoisting machinery-Indicator must be used-How placed. 4215. Regulations as to riding on loaded buckets or cages-Special signals. 4216. Shafts to have two compartments, when-Regulations as to ladders and landings. 4217. Single shaft-Bulkhead or trap door near collar of-Exit from belowHow equipped. 4218. Exit Signboards, when. 4219. No gasoline underground. 4220. Exit-Precautions in sinking shaft. 4221. Guard rails at stations and winzes. 4222. Cages to be encased, and have other safety appliances. 4223. Shaft protected-Stoping prohibited near shaft. 4224. Shaft houses to be of noninflammable material-Inflammable material kept thirty feet from walls. 4225. Buildings at mouths of tunnels-Door provided-Exit to surface. 4226. Hoisting ropes must be of iron or steel, when-Factor of safety established. 4227. Further regulations regarding hoisting ropes or cables. 4228. Boilers must be regularly examinedExamination reported. 4229. Hoisting prohibited during repairs- 4230. Wages not paid in liquor houses. 4234. Riding on cable or bail unlawful. 4236. Official code of bell signals-Code of signals Additional signals not conflicting may be used-Code to be posted. 4198. Office of inspector of mines created. act. SECTION 1. The office of inspector of mines for the State of Nevada is hereby created. 4199. Idem-Salary-Expenses, how paid-Term-Bond. SEC. 2. The inspector of mines shall receive as full compensation for his services a salary of thirty-six hundred dollars ($3,600) per annum and his necessary traveling expenses when traveling in the discharge of his official duties, not to exceed eighteen hundred ($1,800) dollars per annum, and all necessary expenses for clerk hire, postage, stationery, printing and other office expenses, not to exceed twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per annum; and such compensation and expenses shall be paid as the salary and expenses of other state officers are paid. He shall hold his office for the term of two years, or until his successor is selected and qualified. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, as such inspector of mines, he shall file an official bond in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, in form and manner as other official bonds of state officers. Term extended to four years, sec. 4239. 4200. Qualifications of inspector and deputies-Must devote entire time to duties-Special oath-Reports. SEC. 3. The inspector of mines shall not at the time of his appointment, or at any time during the term of his office, be an officer, director or employee in or of any mining corporation in this state, or in or of any milling corporation in the state engaged in the business of smelting or reducing ores, and each inspector and deputies shall, and each of them, have had at least seven years' actual experience in underground workings, and shall make his affidavit before a proper officer to that effect before he shall be qualified to act as such inspector, or deputy inspector, as herein provided. And such inspector shall devote his whole time to the duties of his office, and shall take and subscribe to the following oath: State of Nevada, County of I, of SS. County, do solemnly swear that I will perform each and every duty required of me as inspector of mines for the State of Nevada; that I will at all times while acting in my official capacity fulfil the duties of such office according to the law and to the best of my skill and understanding; that I will never at any time while holding the office of inspector of mines disclose to any one, directly or indirectly, under any circumstances any information relative to ore bodies, shoots or deposits of ore or the location, course or character of underground workings, or give my opinion founded on any examination made in the performance of my official duties relative to the value of any mine or mining property, unless by permission of the person or persons in charge of the same. To all of which I pledge my sacred honor. So help me God. Nothing in said oath, however, shall be construed to prevent such mining inspector from making full and complete statistical reports as required by law. 4201. Duty to visit and examine mines-Collect statistics and exhibitsSpecimens to furnish to school of mines-Establish uniform code of signals. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the inspector of mines at least once a year, to visit in person each mining county in the State of Nevada and examine all such mines therein as, in his judgment, may require the examination for the purpose of determining the condition of such mines as to safety, and to collect information and statistics relative to mines and mining and the mineral resources of the state, and to collect, arrange and classify mineral and geological specimens found in this state and to forward the same to the state school of mines, and it shall be the duty of the inspector of mines to establish a uniform code of signals. 4202. Inspector has full power to make investigations. SEC. 5. Said state inspector of mines shall have full power and authority at all hours, to enter and examine any and all mines in this state, and shall have the right to enter into any and all mine stopes, levels, winzes, tunnels, shafts, drifts, crosscuts, working and machinery for the purpose of such examination; and the owner, lessor, lessee, agent, manager or other person in charge of such mine or mines shall render the inspector such assistance as may be required by the inspector to enable him to make full, thorough and complete examination of each and every part of such mine or mines, and whenever as the result of the examination of any mine (whether such examination is made in consequence of a complaint, as hereinafter provided, or otherwise) the inspector shall find the same to be in an unsafe condition, he shall at once serve or cause to be served, a written notice upon the owner, lessor, lessee, agent, manager, or other person in charge of such mine, stating in detail in what particular the mine is dangerous or insecure, and shall require all necessary changes to be made, without delay, for the purpose of making said mine safe for the employees therein, and in the case of any criminal or civil proceedings at law against the party or parties so notified, on account of the loss of life or bodily injury sustained by an employee subsequent to the service of such notice, and in consequence of a neglect or refusal to obey the inspector's requirements, a certified copy served by the inspector shall be prima facie evidence of the culpable negligence of the party or parties so notified. As amended, Stats. 1911, 402. 4203. Office to be provided-Records to be preserved-Mine owners to report. SEC. 6. The inspector of mines shall be provided with a properly furnished office at the state house in Carson City, Nevada, in which he shall carefully keep a complete record of all mines examined, showing the date of examination, the conditions in which the mines were found, the manner and method of working, the extent to which the laws are obeyed, and what recommendations, if any, were ordered by the inspector. It is hereby made the duty of the owner, lessor, lessee, agent, manager or other person in charge of each and every mine, of whatever kind or character, within the state, to forward to the inspector of mines at his office, not later than the first day of June in each year, a detailed report showing the character of the mine, the number of men then employed and the estimated maximum number of men to be employed therein during the ensuing year, the method of working such mine and the general condition thereof, and such owner, lessor, lessee, agent, manager, or other person in charge of any mine within the state must furnish whatever information relative to such mine as the inspector of mines may from time to time require for his guidance in the proper discharge of his official duties. 4204. Complaints to be investigated-Copy to be served on owner-Complainant not to be divulged, when-May close workings. SEC. 7. Whenever the inspector of mines shall receive a formal complaint in writing, signed by one or more persons, setting forth that the mine in which he is employed is dangerous in any respect, he shall, in person, visit and examine such mine; provided, every such formal complaint shall in all cases specifically set forth the nature of the danger existing at the mine, and shall describe with as much certainty as possible the conditions rendering such mine dangerous, and shall set forth the time when such danger was first observed, and shall distinctly set forth whether or not any notice of such defect or danger has been given by the complainants or any one else to their knowledge to the superintendent or other person in charge of such mine, and if no such complaint has been made to such superintendent or other person in charge, the reason why it has not been made. After such complaint shall have been received by the inspector of mines, it shall be the duty of such inspector to serve a certified copy thereof, upon the owner, lessor, lessee, agent, manager, or other person in charge, and, as soon as possible, after receiving such complaint, to visit and examine such mine; and if from such examination he shall find such complaint to be just, he shall give notice in writing of the danger existing, to the owner, lessor, lessee, agent, manager, or other person in charge thereof, and in such notice may, in his discretion, order such mine or workings in which danger exists, closed until danger has been removed. The names of the complainants complaining as in this section provided, shall not, under any circumstances, be divulged to any person by said inspector except such action be necessary in the administration of justice in the courts of the state. 4205. To notify attorney-general of neglect of mine owner-Action commenced-Penalty recovered-Paid into school fund. SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the inspector of mines upon the neglect or refusal of any owner, lessor, lessee, agent, manager, or other person in charge of any mine or working, notified of the unsafe or dangerous condition of his mine, promptly to comply with the requirements of the notice served upon him, to at once notify the attorney-general of such neglect or refusal, and the attorney-general or the district attorney of the county in which said mine is situated, at the instigation of the attorney-general, must thereupon immediately commence action in the name of the state against the party so notified for the enforcement of the penalty mentioned in section 5, in any court of competent jurisdiction. And it shall be the duty of the inspector of mines upon the neglect or refusal of any owner, lessor, lessee, agent, manager or other person in charge of any mine or working, notified of the unsafe or dangerous condition of his mine, promptly to comply with the requirements of the notice served upon him, to at once notify the attorney-general of such |