4254. Duties of office-Records to preserve-Not to be removed from office.

SEC. 4. The secretary of state shall have the custody of, and shall carefully preserve the enrolled copy of, the constitution of the State of Nevada, the description of the state seal, and other seals of which a description may be required to be deposited in his office; the proceedings and all papers of the two constitutional conventions heretofore held for the purpose of framing a constitution of this state; the manuscripts containing the enrolled acts and joint resolutions and journals of the legislature of this state and the Territory of Nevada; the records, papers, and documents of Carson County. Utah Territory, and all other books, records, and documents which, by the laws of the Territory of Nevada, were required to be deposited and kept in the office of the secretary of said Territory of Nevada; and all the books, records, parchments, maps, registers, and papers, that may be required to be deposited in his office or kept therein; all deeds and conveyances belonging to the state; all official bonds approved by the governor, except the bond of said secretary; and all written contracts to which the state is a party, unless required to be deposited elsewhere. Said deeds, conveyances, and official bonds shall be recorded in well-bound books, and the original papers (except the bond of the secretary of state) shall not be permitted to be taken out of the office on any pretense whatever, unless in the possession of the secretary of state or his deputy.

See note to sec. 4251.

4255. Duty in reference to official acts of governor-Furnish informa tion to legislature and governor-Surrender office to successorGeneral duties.

SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to keep a fair register, and also attest all the official acts and proceedings of the governor, and affix the seal of the state, with proper attestations, to all commissions, pardons, and other public instruments to which the signature of the governor is required; to lay all papers, minutes, and vouchers relative to the official acts and proceedings of the governor before either house of the legislature when required by such house; to permit all the books, bonds, deeds, registers, papers, and transactions of his office to be open at all times to the inspection and examination of any committee of either branch of the legislature; to furnish information, in writing, upon any subject relating to the duties of his office to the governor, whenever required; to deliver up, in good order and condition, to his successor, all records, books, papers, and other things, belonging to his office; and to perform all such other duties as may be enjoined upon him by the constitution and laws of this state.

See sec. 313.

4256-Certified copies of records, to furnish.

SEC. 6. The secretary of state shall furnish, on demand, to any person paying the proper legal fees therefor, a duly certified copy of all or any part of any law, act, record, or other instrument of writing on file or deposited in his office, and of which a copy may be properly given.

4257. Secretary of state to superintend printing of laws and journalsWho to receive laws and journals-For official use only-Receipts to take.

SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to superintend the printing, and have corrected a proof sheet of the acts, joint resolutions, and journals, required by law to be printed, by carefully comparing them with the enrolled bills and original journals on file in his office, and to distribute the laws and journals as soon as printed, in the following manner: To each

department of the government at Washington, one copy; to the library of Congress, two copies; to each of the states and organized territories, two copies; to each of our members of Congress, to each of the judges of the supreme and district courts, one copy; every person who was a member of the legislature of the session when the laws and journals were adopted, and every elective officer of the senate and assembly, and every appointee of the secretary and sergeant-at-arms of the senate of such session shall be entitled to one copy of each. Of the laws, alone, he shall furnish to the county clerk, in the cheapest and most expeditious manner, to be by the county clerk distributed, upon application to him, as follows: One copy for the board of commissioners, when such board exists, and one copy to each county officer and each justice of the peace; and of the journals, he shall furnish two copies of each house to each county clerk, for the use of the county; he shall also distribute the laws and journals to such literary and scientific institutions, publishers, and authors, as in his opinion may secure an interchange of works, which may properly be placed in the state library; and he shall also, through the county clerk, distribute one copy thereof to each public library in the state. All laws and journals distributed to state or other officers of this state, except to members of the legislature, shall be for the use of the office, and to be by the person receiving them turned over to his successor in office; and the secretary of state shall take proper receipts for such books, and file the same in his office; and he shall also direct the county clerks as to the form and disposition of the receipts to be taken by them from distributees. As amended, Stats. 1867, 97.

The provisions of Const., sec. 383, ante, are complied with by the publication of the proposed amendments in the statutes issued and distributed sixteen to eighteen months prior to the election, especially when this

mode of publication has been sanctioned by the legislature and followed. State ex rel. Torreyson v. Grey, 21 Nev. 378, 383 (19 L. R. A. 134, 32 P. 190).

4258. Extra clerks-May employ, when-Compensation.

SEC. 8. For the purpose of facilitating the printing of the laws, joint resolutions and other documents, copies of which may be required to be furnished by the secretary of state, he is authorized to employ any number of clerks which may be necessary to the expeditious copying of same (at a rate not to exceed fifteen cents per folio of one hundred words).

[Sec. 9 (salary) superseded, sec. 4393.]

[Secs. 10 and 11 are repealed, Stats. 1899, 80.]

[Sec. 10, making this officer ex officio superintendent of public buildings, is superseded by sec. 4411, et seq.]

[Sec. 11, relative to supplies for legislature, is superseded by sec. 4472.]

4259. Expenses, how paid.

SEC. 12. Any expense which may be necessarily incurred by the secretary of state in carrying out the provisions of this act, when certified by him, and approved by the board of examiners, shall be audited by the controller, and paid by the treasurer of state out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise specifically appropriated.

4260. Fees of the secretary of state-No charge to members of legislature or state officers for official services-Fees to go into library fund. SEC. 13. The fees chargeable by the secretary of state shall be as follows: For a certified copy of any law, joint resolution, transcript of record, or other paper on file or of record in his office, forty cents per folio; for certificate and use of state seal, five dollars for each impression; for filing each certificate of incorporation, five dollars; for recording such certificate, forty cents per folio; for filing and recording each official bond, five dollars; for filing

an authenticated certificate of the appointment of agent of incorporations, upon whom service may be had, five dollars; for attesting extradition papers. five dollars for each time the state seal is necessarily used; for filing and recording trade marks and names, five dollars; for each passport or other document signed by the governor and attested by the secretary of state, five dollars; for each commission as notary public, ten dollars; for each commission as commissioner of deeds, ten dollars; for each commission signed by the governor and attested by the secretary of state, other than notaries public and commissioner of deeds, five dollars; all commissions issued by the governor to staff or line officers of the militia of the State of Nevada shall be without charge; all commissions issued to directors of the Nevada state agricultural society, or to any agricultural society now organized, or that may be hereafter organized, shall be free; for searching records and archives of the state, and other records and documents kept in his office, he shall charge a reasonable fee. No member of the legislature, or any state officer shall be charged for any search or other service which relates to matters appertaining to official duties. All fees collected in the office of the secretary of state shall be paid into the state treasury for the use and benefit of the library fund. As amended, Stats. 1893, 80.

Fees for filing articles of incorporation, secs. 1203, 1349.
Cited, Philips v. Eureka Co., 19 Nev. 351 (11 P. 32).

4261. Power to appoint deputy-May require bond of deputy.

SEC. 14. The secretary of state shall have power under his hand and sea! to appoint a deputy, who may, during the absence of the secretary of state from the office, perform all the duties of a ministerial nature belonging to the office; and for his own security the secretary of state may require such deputy to give him a bond, in such sum and with such sureties as he may deem sufficient; provided, that the salary of such deputy shall not exceed two hundred dollars per month.

Salary of deputy, see sec. 4395.

A service of process upon a deputy secretary of state is not a compliance with the law of 1889, 47 (secs. 5024, 5025), and the court acquired no jurisdiction by such attempted service. Lonkey v. Keyes S. M. Co., 21 Nev. 312, 316 (17 L. R. A. 351, 31 P. 57).

Under act of 1893, 32, the secretary of state was made ex officio clerk of the supreme court.

In State ex rel. Josephs v. Douglass, 3 Nev. (110 P. 177), it was held that this being a constitutional office, it could not be abolished by the legislature.

An Act relating to the duties of the secretary of state.

Approved March 7, 1873, 177

4262. Biennial report to governor-What to include.

SECTION 1. The secretary of state of the state of Nevada shall, hereafter, prepare and render a biennial report to the governor of Nevada, in like manner as the state controller and treasurer, in which report shall be included an exhibit, showing in detail all expenditures made by him or under his direction; all moneys received by him, from whatever source, and the disposition made of the same. Said report shall also include all matters relating to the general business of the office of secretary of state during the period embraced in said report. He shall, also, in said report, give an itemized account of all statutes and Nevada reports distributed by him under the provisions of law. stating to whom such distribution is made and the amount of money received from the sale of any such statutes and reports, and the number of each year's issue remaining on hand.

See secs. 1204, 1350, 4268.

4263. Board of examiners to audit expenditures.

SEC. 2. All expenditures made by or under the directions of the secretary

of state shall be audited by the state board of examiners, and no warrant shall be issued by the state controller for payment of such expenditures unless the same shall have been approved and allowed by said board of examiners.

An Act to provide for the preservation of the manuscript laws.

[Section 1 is obsolete.]

Approved March 2, 1871, 106

4264. To have enrolled bills and resolutions bound-Personal supervision. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, after the final adjournment of each session of the legislature, and after all the laws, joint and concurrent resolutions, and memorials have been printed, as required by law, to cause all the enrolled bills of such laws, joint and concurrent resolutions, and memorials, to be bound in a suitable book, in junk board, marbled, with leather backs and corners. It shall be his duty to personally superintend such work, and at all times have immediate control thereof.

4265. Idem-Expenses, how paid.

SEC. 3. The expense incurred in such work shall be paid by the state in such manner as may be directed by the state board of examiners.

An Act to provide for the recording of all contracts and agreements entered into by and between the State of Nevada and any person, persons, company or corporation.

Approved March 8, 1879, 109

4266. Contracts on behalf of state filed with secretary of state,

SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act it shall be the duty of any officer, person or persons, authorized by law to enter into any agreement or contract on behalf of this state, to have the same reduced to writing, and after the signing of the same by the contracting parties, to deliver the said agreement or contract so reduced to writing, signed by the contracting parties, to the secretary of state.

4267. Idem-Recording and filing-"Agreement and contract book" to keep.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, immediately upon receiving said agreements or contracts mentioned in section 1 of this act, to file and record the same in a book to be kept for that purpose, to be known as the agreement and contract book.

An Act relating to the preparing and printing of the biennial report of the secretary of state, clerk of the supreme court and state librarian.

Approved March 19, 1901, 83

4268. Biennial report-What to include-Number-Printing.

SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to prepare his biennial report, embracing a report of the office of the secretary of state, of the clerk of the supreme court, and of the state library, in one and the same cover, and the board of examiners shall order printed not less than two thousand nor more than three thousand copies, and the copy of said report shall be prepared and in the hands of the state printer on or before the second day of January of every odd year, and the state printer shall at once proceed to print the same, and when printed place the same in the hands of the secretary of state for distribution.

See secs. 1204, 1350, 4262.

Act making secretary of state ex officio clerk of supreme court unconstitutional, Josephs v. Douglass, 33 Nev.

An Act to authorize the secretary of state of Nevada to employ a typist, and fixing the compensation.

Approved March 13, 1909, 98

SECTION 1. The secretary of state of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized to employ a typist, whose compensation shall be twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per annum, payable out of the general fund of the State of Nevada.

An Act to authorize the secretary of state to employ a stenographer and fixing the compensation.

Approved February 21, 1905, 29

4270. May employ stenographer-Salary.

SECTION 1. The secretary of state of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized to employ a stenographer, whose compensation shall be nine hundred ($900) dollars per annum, payable out of the general fund of the State of Nevada.

An Act to provide for the creation, organization and maintenance of the Nevada state police, prescribing the powers and duties of the officers and members thereof in maintaining peace, order and quiet in the State of Nevada, fixing their compensation, providing certain penalties, and other matters relating thereto, making an appropriation therefor, and repealing all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.

SECTION 1. There is hereby created a state police force to be known as and called the "Nevada State Police."

SEC. 2. The said "Nevada State Police" shall consist of a superintendent of police, to be appointed by the governor, one inspector, four sergeants, twenty-five subordinate police officers, and two hundred and fifty reserves. 4273. Appointments.

SEC. 3. The superintendent of police shall, subject to the approval of the