succeeding to their classes. The board of trustees shall establish reasonable rules and regulations governing the care and custody of the said books, and for the payment of fines for injuries to the books.

Other Equipment and Materials on Same Conditions.

SEC. 4. Equipment and materials for use in manual training, industrial training, and teaching domestic science may be supplied to the pupils in the same manner out of the same fund and on the same terms and conditions as books; provided, that no private ownership can be acquired in such equipment or material unless sold in the manner prescribed by law, when such equipment or material shall be no longer used or required for the schools of the district.

Teachers' Desk Books Property of District.

Authorized supplementary and desk books for the use of teachers shall be purchased under this act, and shall remain the property of the school district for which they were purchased, unless sold in accordance with the provisions of this act.

Books May Be Sold.

SEC. 6.

Text-books and supplementary books may be sold for cash. School Trustees to Pay Money into County Treasury.

SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of trustees to turn over to the county treasurer, within thirty days after receiving the same, all moneys collected under the provisions of this act, and the same shall be credited to the county fund of the district from which it came. Violation of Act Misdemeanor-Penalty.

SEC. 8. Every person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than twenty dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not more than ten days, or both so fined and imprisoned.

Former Act Repealed.

SEC. 9. An act entitled "An act to provide books, equipment, and materials, and to encourage the economic use thereof by the pupils of the public schools, and fixing penalties for its infraction, approved March 22, 1909, is hereby repealed.

In Effect, When.

SEC. 10. This act shall go into effect on and after July 1, 1913.

SCHOOL TRUSTEES MAY PAY MAINTENANCE EXPENSES WITH INTEREST-BEARING SCHOOL WARRANTS, IN EMERGENCIES

An Act to authorize the issuance of interest-bearing school warrants in emergencies, to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and other matters properly connected therewith.

Approved March 23, 1911

Interest-Bearing School Warrants Issued, When.

SECTION 1. Whenever the county school fund of any school district is exhausted and there is not available money to meet the necessary expenses involved in maintaining the public schools of the district, the board of trustees of such district may, by unanimous vote, by resolution

setting forth the character of the emergency, authorize the clerk of the board to issue orders, for the payment of current bills of the schools of the district, to the county auditor, and said county auditor shall draw warrants for the same on the county treasurer in the usual manner. Such orders shall be in the hands of the county auditor valid vouchers for warrants so drawn.

How Endorsed.

SEC. 2. When such warrants are presented to the county treasurer he shall endorse thereon the date and "Not Paid for Want of Funds, and such warrants shall draw interest from date at the rate of seven per cent per annum.

County Treasurer to Keep List of All Interest-Bearing School Warrants— Interest Ceases, When.

SEC. 3. The county treasurer shall keep a list of all warrants so endorsed and shall pay them in the order of endorsement whenever there is sufficient money from any source in the funds upon which such warrants are drawn. The interest on such warrants shall stop when the county treasurer shall give notice that he has funds with which to pay the same. As amended, Stats. 1913, 54, 55.

Amount of Warrants Limited.

SEC. 4. It shall not be lawful for the clerk of the board of trustees of such districts to draw orders on the county auditor in such amount that the total amount of such interest-bearing warrants of the district, outstanding and unpaid, shall exceed the total cost of maintaining the schools of the district for the current year, nor exceed one per cent of the total assessed valuation of the district.

Procedure Before Issuing Interest-Bearing School Warrants-Special Tax. SEC. 5. Before the issuance of the first of such interest-bearing warrants the clerk of the board of trustees shall submit to the county commissioners of said county a copy of the resolution of the board of trustees authorizing the same, and said county commissioners shall levy and cause to be collected and paid into the county school fund of the district a special tax upon the taxable property of the school district sufficient to pay such warrants and interest due thereon within three years. As amended, Stats, 1913, 55.

Acts Repealed.

SEC. 6. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 7. This act shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval.

ORPHANS' HOME CHILDREN TO ATTEND CARSON SCHOOLS

An Act to provide educational facilities for the children in the state orphans' home and other matters properly connected therewith.

Approved March 20, 1911

Orphans to Have Domestic and Manual Arts and Commercial Instruction. SECTION 1. The children residing at the state orphans' home shall be included in the school census of Carson City school district, and in consideration of this allowance and the further allowance of one thousand

five hundred ($1,500) dollars paid annually out of the general fund of the state treasury, the children of the state orphans' home shall be entitled to attend and shall attend the Carson City public schools and to receive therein the full attention, protection, and instruction accorded to any other.children, including the domestic and manual arts in the elementary grades with the addition of commercial branches in the high school, all of which shall be of standard character approved by the state board of education. To this end the board of directors of the state orphans' home is hereby authorized to enter into such agreement with the board of trustees of Carson City school district, district No. 1, of Ormsby County, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and of this act; provided, that if in any year the domestic and manual arts and the commercial branches as herein before named are not furnished as required herein, then the money allowance to said Carson City school district shall be but one thousand ($1,000) dollars for such year; and provided further, that the increased income of said school district as herein provided shall be full consideration for the privileges required in this act. As amended, Stats. 1913, 347.

Orphans To Be Provided with Books and Other School Supplies.

SEC. 2. The board of directors of the state orphans' home shall furnish the children of the home who are attending school all text-books, supplementary books, and necessary school supplies; and they shall furnish a sufficient supply of proper library books for the use of said children; provided, that the above-mentioned books and supplies shall be purchased by said board and paid for out of the orphans' home fund; and provided further, that in case the state law shall require districts to furnish books and school supplies free to all children attending the public schools, then Carson school district shall furnish the supplies called for in this section. As amended, Stats. 1913, 347.

Money Paid School Trustees, How.

SEC. 3. Each three months hereafter, beginning with the first day of December, 1911, and ending with the first day of June, 1912, and on the same dates each year thereafter, the board of school trustees of Carson City school district shall present a voucher against the state for one-third of the amount of money allowed in section one of this act. Upon approval of this claim by the board of directors of the state orphans' home and by the state board of examiners, the state controller shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer in favor of the board of trustees of Carson City school district and the state treasurer shall pay the same to the order of said board of trustees, who shall deposit the money with the county treasurer of Ormsby County to the credit of Carson City school district; and this money shall be used by said school trustees for the payment of teachers' salaries in this district.

Acts Repealed.

SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

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AMENDMENTS TO ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE

ORPHANS' HOME

Dependent and Neglected Children Though Not Orphans May Be Received at Orphans' Home-Committed by District Judge.

SEC. 12. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the board of directors, at their discretion, from receiving any child or children from its living resident parent, parents, guardian, or guardians, when committed to the state orphans' home as hereinafter provided; provided, however, that the state orphans' home is hereby organized as a home for dependent and neglected children in addition to the other purposes for which the institution is established; and the board of directors are authorized and required to receive such dependent and neglected children, or any other children, as may be committed to the care of said institution by any district court of the state. As amended, Stats. 1915, 390. Children Committed by District Judge or County Commissioners-County to Pay-All Children at Home Wards of State Certain Children Barred. SEC. 13. Children admitted to the state orphans' home under the provisions of section 12 of this act, as amended, are hereby declared and adjudged to be wards of the state as fully as whole orphans; provided, that no child shall be received by the board of directors unless committed by the district court of the county in which such child resides; provided further, that if the district judge is absent from the county, or from any cause is unable to act when an application is made for the commitment of any dependent, neglected, or any other child to said orphans' home, the county commissioners are hereby authorized to commit such child to said orphans' home; but any such commitment by any board of county commissioners is subject to review by the district court of the county from which such child was committed; provided further, that the expenses, transportation, and maintenance of such children, when committed to this institution by any district court or board of county commissioners of the state, shall become a charge against the county from which such children are committed, such charge for maintenance to be a reasonable rate to be fixed from time to time by the board of directors of said orphans' home; provided, that the district attorney, in his discretion, may order the parent, parents, guardian, or guardians to reimburse the said county for the amount of the maintenance of such child or children in said orphans' home as fixed by the board of directors thereof; and provided further, that no child who is idiotic or who has any contagious disease shall be committed or received by the board of directors of said institution, but all children must be subjected to a mental and physical examination under the direction of said board of directors. As amended, Stats. 1915, 391.

EDUCATION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB, AND THE BLIND

An Act to provide for the education of the deaf and dumb, and the blind of the State of Nevada.

Approved March 2, 1869

SECTION 1. The superintendent of public instruction is authorized to make arrangements with the directors of any institutions for the deaf and dumb and the blind in the State of California, or in the State of Utah,

for the admission, support, education, and care of the deaf and dumb and the blind of this state, and for that purpose is hereby empowered to make all needful contracts and agreements to carry out the provisions of this act. As amended, Stats. 1907, 371.

Application, How Made-Superintendent of Public Instruction to Issue Certificate.

SEC. 2. Upon application under oath of a parent, relative, guardian or nearest friend of any deaf, dumb, or blind person, resident of this state, setting forth that by reason of deafness, dumbness, or blindness, such person is disqualified from being taught by the ordinary process of instruction or education, and that such parent, relative, guardian, or nearest friend is unable to pay for his or her support, education, and instruction in the aforesaid institutions, and file the same with the board of county commissioners of the proper county, and such board shall be satisfied of the truth thereof, and such board shall have made application to the superintendent of public instruction for that purpose, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of public instruction to issue a certificate to that effect, which certificate being produced shall be the authority of the directors of any of the institutions aforesaid for receiving such deaf and dumb, or blind, person. As amended, Stats. 1907, 371.

SEC. 3. [Obsolete.]

Persons Entitled to Benefit of This Act-Adults Must Be Residents for Five Years.

SEC. 4. All deaf and dumb or blind persons that are not mentally or physically incapacitated to receive an education or instruction, that are free from offensive or contagious diseases, and are unable to pay for their support, education, and instruction in the aforesaid institutions, and whose parent, relative, guardian, or nearest friend is unable to pay for his or her support, education, and instruction in any of the aforesaid institutions, shall be entitled to the benefits intended by this act, and it is hereby made the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county to make provisions, at the expense of the county, for carrying such person to the office of the superintendent of public instruction, who shall make necessary arrangements for carrying the person to any of the institutions of instruction before mentioned, at the expense of the state, payable out of the fund provided by this act. All deaf, dumb, or blind persons over the age of twenty-one years seeking admission into the aforesaid institutions shall, before making application under this act, have been actual bona fide residents of the State of Nevada for the period of five years preceding the date of making such application. As amended, Stats. 1907, 372.

FEEBLE-MINDED OR MENTALLY UNDEVELOPED CHILDREN-CARE AND EDUCATION TO BE PROVIDED FOR

An Act to provide for the care and education of feeble-minded children, and other matters properly connected therewith.

Approved April 1, 1913

Support of Feeble-Minded Children Authorized.

SECTION 1. The superintendent of public instruction is authorized to make arrangements with the director of any institution for the feebleminded in California, or Utah, or other states for the admission, support,