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against the State of Nevada, not incurred or created in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of this act.

An Act to provide for the purchase of certain supplies for state officers and attaches of the legislature.

4468. Furnishing board.

Approved March 2, 1877, 115

4469. Board to advertise-Lowest bidderBonds-May buy in open market. 4470. Duties of secretary of state-Inventory of supplies-Issued only on requisition.

4468. Furnishing board.

4471. Secretary of state to take inventoryExamination of vouchers.

4472. Furnishing board to report regarding
legislative stationery.

4473. Expenses of board-No salary.
4474. Stationery, how issued to legislature.
4475. Surplus returned by legislature-Con-
troller to withhold warrants, when.

SECTION 1. The state board of examiners is hereby constituted ex officio a furnishing board, with the powers and duties hereinafter specified. 4469. Board to advertise-Lowest bidder-Bonds- May buy in open market.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said board, as often as it shall become necessary, to advertise, for thirty days, in one daily newspaper published in Virginia City, one daily newspaper published in Carson City, one daily newspaper published in Reno, Nevada, and one daily newspaper published in San Francisco, California, for sealed proposals to furnish stationery, blank books, and such other articles necessary for the use of said state and legislative officers as are entitled thereto, or any of them; and said board shall specify in said advertisement the amount and kinds of each article desired, samples or minute descriptions of which shall accompany and be deposited with the sealed proposals for furnishing the same, in the office of the secretary of state; and all proposals received, as aforesaid, shall be opened and compared by said board, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum, at the secretary of state's office, at 12 o'clock m. of the day specified in said advertisement; and the said board shall then and there award the contract for furnishing said supplies, or any of them to the lowest bidder, whose sealed bid shall be accompanied by a bond, with two or more sureties in the sum of $, the sum to be not less than twice the amount of the value of the articles to be supplied, payable to the people of the State of Nevada, conditioned that if the bidder shall receive the award of said contract he will, in twenty days thereafter, deliver the supplies or articles for which he has been awarded the contract; provided, that in their said advertisement said board may classify said supplies and articles, and may receive bids and award contracts for such separate articles or class of supplies as they shall deem the lowest and best; provided, further, that said board may require any class or articles of said supplies to be delivered in installments; provided further, that any and all bids which shall be deemed too high by said board may be declined, in which case said board shall again advertise for sealed proposals to furnish the classes or articles of supply so declined, and so on for the same cause, as often as it shall occur; and, provided further, that in such case said board may purchase any articles or supplies for which bids have been rejected as aforesaid, in open market, and in amounts sufficient for immediate necessities, but at prices not exceeding the lowest prices in the bids rejected.

4470. Duties of secretary of state-Inventory of supplies-Issued only on requisition.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, immediately after the passage of this act, to take a full and complete inventory of all stationery.

blank books, and other articles and supplies aforesaid, then on hand, and enter the same in a set of books to be kept for that purpose, making a separate account for each class of articles; and in like manner he shall enter in said books a detailed and classified account of all purchases of articles and supplies authorized by this act, showing the amount and cost of each article and class of supplies purchased, the amount and cost of each class issued, amount and cost of each article and class issued to each state officer and attache of the legislature, and amount and cost of each article and class on hand. He shall issue the supplies aforesaid only upon the requisition of the proper officer, and shall take a receipt for the same upon delivery, which requisition and receipt shall be filed and preserved in his office.

4471. Secretary of state to take inventory-Examination of vouchers.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of said board, at the end of each fiscal year and such other times as they shall deem necessary, to require the secretary of state to take an inventory of all the articles and classes of said supplies on hand and contracted for, and to make an examination of the amounts and vouchers appertaining to the same. As amended, Stats. 1889, 81.

4472. Legislative stationery-Board to report.

SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of said board, at least once a month prior to the assembling of each legislature, to advertise in accordance with section 2 of this act, for a supply of stationery and such other articles as shall be sufficient for the use of the state officers and attaches of the legislature, or necessary for the public service, and at the commencement of each session said board shall report to the legislature a full account of their receipts and expenditures and stock of supplies on hand.

4473. Expenses of board-No salary.

SEC. 6. The actual expenses incurred by said board in executing the powers and discharging the duties prescribed and imposed in this act, when certified by them, shall be audited by the controller, and paid by the treasurer out of any money which shall have been appropriated for that purpose; provided, nothing in this act shall be construed as allowing salary or compensation to said furnishing board for any services performed under the provisions of this act.

4474. Stationery, how issued to legislature.

SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the assembly, as often as it shall become necessary, to make requisitions upon the secretary of state for such stationery, etc., as they shall deem necessary for the use of the legislature and all committees of the same, and for which, upon delivery, they shall give their receipts to the secretary of state. And it shall be the duty of the secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the assembly, to issue all stationery to the several officers of their respective houses as are entitled thereto, taking their receipts for the same.

4475. Surplus returned by legislature-Controller to withhold warrants, when.

SEC. 8. At the close of each session of the legislature hereafter, it shall be the duty of each attache of the legislature drawing supplies as above provided, to return to the officer from whom such supplies were drawn, all articles in his possession belonging to the state. The state controller is hereby required to withhold the last week's warrant of all attaches until they present a certificate from the secretary of state to the effect that the property of the state (or so much thereof as has not been necessarily consumed in the discharge of the duties of their office), for which he holds. receipts, has been returned to his custody.

An Act prescribing the duties of the various state boards and commissioners as they are now constituted and restricting the powers of state officers and employees.

Approved March 16, 1895, 107

4476. Purchase of supplies, how made-Services rendered-RestrictionsApplies to all officers.

SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act, no officer or employee of the state shall purchase on the credit of the state any article of supplies, goods, wares or merchandise or obtain any services to be rendered by any person for the state, except by expressed permission and written authority previously obtained from the board or commission, or a majority of the members thereof having control and supervision of the department or office for which such purchase is made or such services are rendered. Except only in cases where such officer or employee has specific authority to purchase or obtain the same, conferred upon him by statute.

4477. Idem-Examiners not to allow claims or controller or treasurer pay, when.

SEC. 2. The state board of examiners shall not allow nor the state treasurer pay any claim of any person for goods sold or services rendered unless the same were sold or rendered in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of this act.

An Act relating to the claims of ex-soldiers of the Spanish war against the United States.

Approved March 9, 1905, 82

4478. Claims of ex-soldiers against United States-Examiners to investigate.

SECTION 1. The state board of examiners is hereby authorized and directed to investigate all claims against the United States government by persons who served in the Nevada quota of the United States army in the late war with Spain, and to approve such of its claims as appear to be just.

4479. Idem-Notice to claimants-Proofs.

SEC. 2. The said board shall give reasonable notice to all claimants to present their claims to the board within such time as may be fixed by the board. The claims shall be verified by the oaths of the claimants and the board may require such other proofs as may be deemed necessary to guard against fraud and imposition.

4480. Idem-Collection of claims-State not liable.

SEC. 3. The said board is further authorized and directed to take proper steps for the collection of the various claims approved, but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to make the State of Nevada liable for any of such claims except as they may be paid through the state to the claimants by the United States government.

An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the publication of the decisions of the supreme court of the State of Nevada and such other official advertising as is required by the state," approved March 29, 1907.

Approved March 24, 1911, 360

4481. Newspapers to do official advertising and publish decisionsExpense limited.

SECTION 1. The state board of examiners shall, within ten days after the approval of this act, select two daily newspapers, published at the state

capital, in one of which all advertising required by the State of Nevada shall be published; provided, the expense of said publication shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars per month, and in the other said newspaper so selected shall be published all the decisions of the supreme court of the State of Nevada, each decision in two successive issues of the paper, within ten days after a copy of such decision shall have been delivered to the publisher of said newspaper by the clerk of the supreme court, and the publisher shall, within two days after the publication of such decison, furnish four hundred printed copies thereof to the clerk of the supreme court; provided, that the expense of such publication and extra copies furnished said clerk shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty-five [dollars] per month; the claims for which advertising and the publication of such supreme court decisions shall be paid monthly out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act.

Original act (Stats. 1907, 436) has been superseded by this act, and therefore all of said former act, including title, has been omitted."

FISH COMMISSIONERS

An Act to provide for the appointment of a board of fish commissioners and to define their duties.

Approved March 16, 1905, 264

4482. Fish commissioners, governor to appoint-Powers and duties. SECTION 1. The governor of this state is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint three suitable persons to be styled "Fish Commissioners," whose duty shall be to establish fish hatcheries, in localities suitable to the hatching, upon such of the waters of this state as, in their judgment, shall be most available for the purpose of stocking and supplying the streams and lakes of this state with both foreign and native fish; and for such purpose may take the ova or spawn from fish now inhabiting the waters of the state; and may purchase and import from other states and countries spawn or ova of valuable fish, suitable for food, and may introduce the same, when obtained, into such rivers, streams and lakes as they may deem suited to the habits and successful culture of such fish. They may also employ persons who are skillful and expert in the science of fish breeding, and may superintend and direct the construction of fish-ways and fish ladders that may be built in the streams and waters of this state. The commission may, in their discretion, distribute the ova or spawn to be procured by them to such person or persons as have proper lakes, ponds or streams for the propagation and breeding of fish, and who will, without expense to the state, take charge of such breeding and propagation.

See Fish and Game, secs. 2047 2113.

Cited, State ex rel. Mills v. McMillan, 33 Nev.

4483. Term of office-No compensation for services-Expenses-Report to governor.

SEC. 2. Such commissioners shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years, unless some other persons shall be appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by death, resignation, or inability to attend to the duties required. The commissioners authorized to be appointed by this act shall receive no compensation for their services. Their necessary expenses incidental to procuring and distributing the ova or spawn of fish, in the employment of fish breeders, and in carrying out the provisions of this act, shall be paid from any moneys that may be appropriated by the legislature, upon accounts or vouchers to be approved by the state board of examiners. The commissioners shall report biennially to the governor an account of their

transactions under this act, and make an exhibit of their expenditure of money under its provisions.

An Act to provide for the acquisition, construction, establishment and maintenance of a state fish hatchery, and to appropriate money therefor.

Approved February 5, 1909, 7

4484. State fish hatchery-Commissioners to provide.

SECTION 1. The state board of fish commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to acquire, construct and establish a state fish hatchery at such point and in such locality within this state as to them shall be best adapted for that purpose, said hatchery, when acquired and established, to be maintained and conducted by the state, under the direction and control of the state board of fish commissioners.

4485. Idem-Appropriation-Claims, how paid.

SEC. 2. For the purpose of complying with and carrying out the provisions of this act, the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the general fund of the state treasury not otherwise specifically appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the state board of fish commissioners; and the state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant for said amount in favor of the state board of fish commissioners, at such times, and in such amounts as may be approved by the state board of examiners, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

BUREAU OF INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION

An Act creating and establishing a Nevada bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation, providing for a commission in charge thereof; creating the office of commissioner of industry, agriculture and irrigation, and fixing his compensation; defining the objects and purposes of said bureau; prescribing the powers and duties of said commission; appropriating funds for its support and maintenance and to carry out its objects and purposes, and other matters relating thereto.

Approved March 17, 1911, 75

4486. Nevada bureau of industry, agricul

ture and irrigation-State commission of industry, agriculture and irrigation "Commissioner.". 4487. Term of office of commissioner--Pleasure of governor.

4488. Office rooms-Office hours-Title of bureau-Meetings.

4489. Powers, duties and functions of commission-Correspondence.

4490. May exact fees, when-May accept
transportation and contributions-
Paid direct to treasurer-County
contributions.

4491. Salary of the commissioner-Actual
expenses of other members.
4492. Appropriation - Disbursements,
made.

4493. Printing, where may be done.
4494. Penal provisions.

how

4486. Nevada bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation-"Commissioner."

SECTION 1. That there is hereby created and established a Nevada bureau of industry, agriculture and irrigation. Said bureau shall be governed and controlled by a commission which shall be designated as state commission of industry, agriculture and irrigation, and shall be composed of five members. four of whom shall be ex officio members, namely: The governor, the surveyorgeneral, the attorney-general, and the state engineer, and one other member, to be appointed by the governor, the office of which is hereby created, who shall be entitled commissioner of industry, agriculture and irrigation; and hereafter, wherever in this act the word "commissioner" appears it shall be understood to mean and refer to said last-named official. The governor shall be ex officio chairman of said commission and said commissioner the secretary. See secs. 3090-3093.

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