act they shall arrange the new boundaries so that all properties and residences that were in the school districts or road districts previous to the reestablishment of boundaries for such school districts or road districts under this act shall be within the new boundaries that the commissioners may establish under this act; provided, that whenever the heads of families and taxpayers of any school district shall present a petition signed by at least three-fifths of such heads of families and taxpayers to the county commissioners praying that the boundaries of such school district shall be determined in accordance with their petition, the county commissioners shall, when reestablishing such boundaries, make the new boundaries conform as nearly as possible to the boundary described in the aforesaid petition. Commissioners to Use Discretion. SEC. 4. Whenever the county commissioners shall decide that the boundaries of any school district or road district are so indefinite upon the records of the county as to make it impossible to decide in which school district or road district certain properties or residences may be located, they shall proceed to establish the new boundaries for such school district or road district as they shall deem best and for the welfare of the county. No Property to Escape Taxation. SEC. 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed so as to release any property from taxation for any bond issue that the property shall have been subject to previous to any new establishment of boundaries of any school district in accordance with this act. Repeal. SEC. 6. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. TRANSFER OF CHILDREN An Act to provide for the transfer of children from one school district to an adjoining school district in the same county, and other matters properly related thereto. Approved March 24, 1913, 305 Transfer of Pupils and School Funds-Proviso. SECTION 1. Any board of school trustees is authorized and empowered to make arrangements with the board of school trustees of an adjoining district in the same county for the attendance of children in either district that may be most convenient for such children whenever the parent or parents, guardian or guardians of such children shall present a written request therefor to the school board of the district in which such children reside, accompanied by a written permit from the school board of the district in which said children desire to attend. And whenever the two boards of trustees in interest shall agree upon the transfer of said children, and notice thereof shall be given to the superintendent of public instruction by either of said school boards, said superintendent shall direct the county auditor and the county treasurer of the county in which such districts are situated to transfer from the funds of the district in which such children live to the credit of the funds of the district in which they are attending, the pro rata of state and county moneys apportioned to each child in the county for each of such children as shown by the last preceding semiannual apportionment; provided, that such moneys shall be transferred but twice each year, first about the middle of any year of attendance, and again at the close; and such transfer shall cover only those in attendance during the period for which the transfer of moneys is made. Superintendent of Public Instruction to Settle Disputes. SEC. 2. In case of disagreement as to the transfer of children as provided for in section 1 of this act, the superintendent of public instruction shall, on request of the parties named in section 1 of this act, make due inquiry in the premises; and if said officer is satisfied that the school board of the adjoining district is willing to receive such children and that such children ought to have the privilege of attending in said district, he may decide that they may so attend, and he shall direct the county auditor and the county treasurer to make the transfer of school moneys in the manner provided in section 1 of this act. Repeal. SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PUBLIC MONEYS DEDICATED An Act setting aside and appropriating certain moneys for the maintenance and support of the University of Nevada, and defining the powers and duties of the board of regents and of the state controller in relation thereto. Approved March 26, 1913 Certain Public Moneys Dedicated Exclusively to Support of University. SECTION 1. The interest derived from the investment of all moneys arising from the sale of the 90,000 acres of land granted to the State of Nevada by act of Congress approved July 2, 1862; the interest derived from the investment of all moneys arising from the sale of the seventytwo sections of land granted to the State of Nevada by act of Congress approved July 4, 1866, for the establishment and maintenance of a university; all money paid as interest on deferred installments on purchase of lands named in this act which may be sold under contract as provided in section 9 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the selection and sale of lands, etc., approved March 4, 1871; and all money arising from the ad valorem tax on taxable property in the State of Nevada, including net proceeds of mines and mining claims, for university purposes, is hereby set aside and inviolably appropriated for the support and maintenance of the University of Nevada, and shall be paid out for the purposes designated in the acts creating the several funds without further appropriation. Board of Regents Sole Trustees of Such Funds-State Board of Examiners to Pass on All Claims. SEC. 2. The board of regents of said university and agricultural and mechanical college, as provided in section 4 of article 11 of the constitution of Nevada, are the sole trustees to receive and disburse all funds of said university and agricultural and mechanical college for the purposes provided in section 1 of this act; provided, that all claims, before payment, of every name and nature involving the payment of money by or under the direction of the board of regents from the funds so set aside and appropriated, shall be passed upon by the board of examiners. State Controller to Report in Detail to Regents. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the state controller to report to the board of regents of said university and agricultural and mechanical college, on or before the last day of each and every month, the detail of all income received for university purposes from whatsoever source. EXPENSES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS LIMITED An Act fixing the allowance for expenses of any state officer, commissioner, or other employee while traveling, or at destination, on official business. Approved February 13, 1915, 19 SECTION 1. The maximum amount of expense money per day for personal uses, allowed to any individual officer or commissioner, or other employee of the state, while traveling, or at his destination, on official business for the State of Nevada, shall not exceed the sum of five dollars per day; provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to include the cost of seats or sleeping-berths in railway trains, railroad fare, stage fare, automobile hire or fare, team or horse hire, bus, or street-car fare, or transportation charges of any kind whatsoever. SEC. 2. Paid vouchers for each item must accompany each expense account when presented to the board of examiners for approval. SEC. 3. repealed. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby SEC. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage and approval. APPORTIONMENT OF SENATORS AND ASSEMBLYMEN An Act reapportioning senators and assemblymen of the several counties to legislature of the State of Nevada. Approved March 5, 1915, 73 SECTION 1. The apportionment of senators and assemblymen in the several counties of this state shall be as follows: Churchill County, one senator and two assemblymen; SEC. 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed as to affect the term of office of senators and assemblymen now in office. SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS An Act to provide for the consolidation of school districts, for the transportation of children to and from school, and other matters relating thereto. Approved February 26, 1915, 27 School Districts May Consolidate. SECTION 1. Any two or more adjacent school districts may unite for the purpose of establishing a single consolidated district. Method of Consolidation. SEC. 2. The process of uniting two or more school districts into a consolidated district shall be as follows: Upon receipt of a petition signed by a majority of the voters who are entitled to a vote at school elections, from each of the districts to be affected by the consolidation, the county commissioners of the county in which such districts are located shall cause a notice to be published for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation throughout the county, which notice shall state fully the names of the districts proposing to consolidate, the boundaries of the proposed consolidated district, and shall set forth a day and hour at the next regular meeting of the board of county commissioners when the said board will canvass the signatures on each petition and hear statements that any of the residents of any of the districts to be affected by the consolidation may wish to make either for or against the proposition of consolidation. At the time set forth in the notice the county commissioners shall proceed to canvass the signatures on each petition, and if a majority of said board are satisfied that the petitions presented represent the will of a majority of the voters of each of the districts affected, they shall unite such districts into a single consolidated district, shall designate the said district as Consolidated School District No.----, and shall designate a place at which the school trustees of the several districts united shall meet to hold an election. If three or more school districts are proposing to consolidate and a majority of the voters of any district are opposed to such consolidation, such district shall not be made a part of the consolidated district, but the county commissioners may consolidate such other districts as are affected by the consolidation without requiring new petitions. Trustees of Consolidated Districts, How Elected. SEC. 3. On the second Saturday after the consolidated district has been formed the trustees of the several districts which have consolidated shall meet at the place designated by the county commissioners as herein before provided and shall elect by ballot three of their number to be trustees of the consolidated district, and such trustees shall hold office until the next regular election of school trustees as now provided by law. A certified statement of the result of said election, together with the oaths of office of the trustees elected, shall be filed with the superintendent of the supervision district in which the consolidated district is located. In case such election is not held, the superintendent shall appoint the trustees. Upon the election or appointment of the trustees of the consolidated district, the districts which have consolidated shall each be considered disorganized and the offices of trustees of each of the several districts as no longer existing. Contracts with Drivers of School Vehicles. SEC. 4. And provided further, that the trustees of consolidated school districts shall require contracts with persons whom shall be of reputable character elected as drivers of vehicles used to transport children to school at the expense of the district. Such contracts shall state the time of the arrival at and the departure from the schoolhouse each day, the time such person is to act as driver of such vehicle unless released by agreement, the compensation of the driver, and any other details that the trustees may designate. Before any driver of any school vehicle shall begin the duties of that position he shall furnish a bond of an amount equal to his total wages for the current term of school in which he shall be hired, which bond shall insure the faithful performance of his contract. Funds for Transportation of Children. SEC. 5. To obtain funds for such transportation, the trustees shall, each year, make an estimate of the amount of money necessary to maintain such transportation for that year or for the next ensuing year or for both, and shall certify the amount to the county commissioners, who shall ascertain the necessary percentage on the property in said district as shown by the last assessment made thereof after equalization to raise the amount of money certified to and shall add it to the next county tax to be collected on the property aforesaid; and the same shall be paid into the county treasury in favor of said district and be kept as a separate fund to be known as Consolidated School District No.Transportation Fund, to be drawn only for purposes of transportation of school children to and from school, and in the same manner as is now provided by law for drawing other school moneys; provided, that if the trustees shall certify to the county commissioners that such money is necessary for immediate use, the tax provided for in this section shall be due and payable to the treasurer of the county in the same manner as are all other taxes. Certain Children Provided with Transportation. SEC. 6. The trustees of any school district, other than a consolidated district, shall provide transportation to and from school for all children living one mile or more therefrom in the manner provided in sections four and five of this act, if at any regular or special election held in the district the proposition of providing transportation for pupils to and from schools shall have been submitted to the qualified voters of the district and a majority of the votes cast shall have favored such transportation. Public Moneys-How Apportioned to Consolidated Districts. SEC. 7. In apportioning county and state school moneys to a consolidated school district the superintendent of public instruction shall apportion such moneys in the following manner: First-He shall ascertain from former records of the state or the county in which such consolidated district is located the number of districts that united to form the consolidated district, and the exact number of census children in all of those districts at the time of the annual school census last preceding the date of the consolidation. The number of census |