Orders for admission, how issued.

Conflicting Acts repealed.

the party or parties whom he or she is, under the provisions of section one of said Act, authorized to represent.

SEC. 3. Section four of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section Four. Immediately upon complying with the provisions of section three of this Act, it shall be the duty of the County Clerk, or Justice of the Peace, to furnish the applicant with a written order for admission to the mine and mining properties which he or she may desire to examine.

SEC. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Justices of

the Peace to

appoint

citizens to ascertain facts

relative to the origin of fires.

Oath to be administered.

Subpenas to be issued.

Testimony.

Verdict

of jury.

CHAP. LI.-An Act to Detect and Punish Incendiarism.

[Approved March 3, 1879.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Whenever it is made to appear by the complaint
of
any citizen that any building or other property has been set
on fire, or attempted to be, or burned from an unknown cause,
or any cause not clearly accidental, it shall be the duty of any
Justice of the Peace of the county where such fire occurred, or
was attempted, and to whom such complaint shall be made, to
immediately summon three good and lawful citizens, who shall
be householders in the county, to appear at the place of the fire
at a time fixed as soon as possible, to inquire when, how, and
by what means the fire originated. If any person so sum-
moned does not appear, the Justice shall complete the panel
by appointment from the bystanders, or from citizens residing
in the vicinity of said fire.

SEC. 2. When the panel is complete, the Justice shall administer the following oath: You and each of you solemnly swear that you will diligently examine and inquire when, how, and by what means the fire which has here occurred was caused, and that you will return a true verdict, according to your knowledge and such evidence as shall be laid before you. So help you God.

SEC. 3. The Justice of the Peace shall issue subpenas for witnesses, returnable at such time and place as he therein directs. The witnesses shall be sworn, their testimony reduced to writing, and subscribed to by them.

SEC. 4. The jury, after hearing the testimony, and making all needful examinations and inquiries, shall draw up and deliver to the Justice holding such inquest their verdict, signed Cases of dis- by them, or in case of disagreement, by two of them, in which agreement of juries. they shall find and certify when, how, and by what means such fire was caused. Said finding, together with the testimony of Decisions to the witnesses, shall be certified by the Justice and filed with

be certified and filed.

the Clerk of the District Court of the county in which such fire originated within one week thereafter.

Access to

SEC. 5. For the purpose of investigation, the Justice and buildings jury shall have free access to any building or property what- by Justice

soever.

and jury.

be issued

parties.

how made.

SEC. 6. If the jury shall find that any person or persons will- Warrants to fully set fire to the property in question, or attempted to, or for arrest of that reasonable cause exists for believing them to have been suspected accessory thereto, unless such person or persons be already in custody, the Justice shall issue a warrant for the arrest of the Arrests person or persons so charged, and shall deliver the same to any constable in the county or the Sheriff thereof. In such cases, the Justice may bind over the witnesses, or any of them, to appear at an examination of the person or persons so charged over. at such time and place as he may direct; but nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere with arrests and examinations of any person charged with the crime of arson, as now provided by law.

Witnesses
to be bound

Proviso.

Attendance of jurors

witnesses

can be compelled.

SEC. 7. For the purposes of this Act, the Justice of the Peace and shall have the same power to enforce the attendance of jurors and witnesses as when sitting as a committing magistrate. SEC. 8. The compensation for holding such inquest shall be the same as now provided by law for coroner's inquests, and shall be audited and paid in like manner.

Fees and how paid.

CHAP. LII.— An Act to provide for the purchase and distribution of Hawley's Digest of the Nevada Supreme Court Reports, and Sawyer's Circuit Court Reports.

[Approved March 3, 1879.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The Secretary of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized to procure four hundred copies of the Digest of the Supreme Court Reports of this State, and Sawyer's Circuit Court Reports in one volume, as prepared by the Hon. Thomas P. Hawley, at a price not to exceed five dollars per copy. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, upon the receipt of said copies, to supply the said Digest to all parties who are entitled to, and are receiving the Supreme Court Reports of this State, to wit: to each State and Territorial Library, one copy; to each of the heads of departments at Washington, one copy; to the Library of Congress at Washington, and the Nevada State Library, two copies; to each of the United States Circuit and District Courts in the States of Nevada, California, and Oregon, one copy; to each State Officer, Justice of the Supreme Court, Clerk of the Supreme Court,

Reporis distributed

by Secretary of state.

Price of

volume.

Disbursement of

copies, and to whom.

District Judge, District Attorney, and County Clerk, in this State, one copy; and to each Public Library and Literary Association within this State, one copy. He also shall, from time to time, distribute said Digests to such literary and scientific institutions, publishers and authors, as, in his opinion, may secure an interchange of works, which may be properly placed Copies to be in the State Library. The remaining copies shall be kept in the office of the Secretary of State for the use of the Legislature when in session; provided, that no distribution shall be made to any party or parties outside of the State when there may be less than one hundred copies on hand.

retained.

Proviso.

Distribu

tion to State

SEC. 3. All copies of the said Digest distributed under this and County Act to the State and County officers of this State, shall be considered as public property, and shall be by such officers, turned over to their successors in office.

officers,

public

property,

Destruction

leaving gates etc. open.

CHAP. LIII.—An Act to amend an Act entilled an Act amendatory of and supplemental to "An Act concerning Crimes and Punishments," approved November twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and all Acts amendatory of and supplemental thereto, approved March 7, 1873.

[Approved March 3, 1879.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section One Hundred and Forty-Four of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section One Hundred and Forty-Four. Any person who shall of property; willfully, unlawfully, and maliciously break, destroy, or injure the door or window of any dwelling-house, shop, store, or other house or building, or the door, window, grating, platform, wheels, or other part of any railroad car, or sever therefrom, or from any gate, fence, or inclosure, any part thereof, or any material of which it is formed, or sever from the freehold any produce thereof, or anything attached thereto, or pull down, injure or destroy any gate, post, railing, or fence, on any part thereof, or break, destroy or injure any steamer, or other sailing craft, or cut down, lap, girdle, otherwise injure or destroy any fruit or ornamental, or shade tree, being the property of another, or who shall, without the consent of the owner, agent, or occupant of the premises, or property herein mentioned, deface, disfigure, or cover up any fruit tree, or ornamental tree, fence, wall, house, shop or building, the property of another, by pasting upon, or in any way fastening thereto any printed bill, sign-board, show-poster, or other device whatsoever, or who shall, without a written permit from the Board of County Commissioners, in the county wherein such written per

Trees.

Pasting bills.j

Permit.

mit may be issued, deface, disfigure, or cover up by pasting upon, or in any way fastening thereto, any printed bills, signboard, show-poster, or other device whatsoever upon any public building, monument, gravestone, ornamental tree, or other object or property under the supervision and control of the Board of Commissioners of the respective counties in this State, or under the supervision and control of any municipal government, or of any association or society whatsoever, shall for each and every such offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, Pen Ities. and on conviction be fined in any sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

CHAP. LIV.-An Act to admit to probate a certain paper purport-
ing to be the last will and testament of John Larcombe, deceased.
[Approved March 3, 1879.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The paper purporting to be the last will and testament of John Larcombe, deceased, is hereby declared to be as legal and valid as though the same had been sealed with the seal of said John Larcombe, and any Court having jurisdiction of the probate of said will, may admit the same to probate, notwithstanding the fact that such paper was not sealed with the seal of said John Larcombe.

Will of J.

Larcombe admitted to

probate.

SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as determin- Proviso. ing the issue of fact, whether said paper is the last will and testament of said John Larcombe, deceased, but such issue shall be determined by the Court having jurisdiction thereof, without regard to the fact whether said paper was ever sealed with the seal of John Larcombe, deceased.

law can contest.

SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to pre- Heirs at vent heirs at law, or other parties interested in the estate of said deceased, from contesting the validity of said paper, as being the last will and testament of said deceased, upon any other grounds than that of the omission of the seal of said deceased.

CHAP. LV.—An Act to appropriate ten thousand dollars for the immediate relief of those rendered destitute by the Reno fire of March second, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.

[Approved March 3, 1879.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows :

SECTION 1. For the purpose of furnishing immediate relief to those rendered destitute by the fire in Reno of March second,

Relief for fire at Reno.

sufferers by

Distributed

by Governor.

Warrants to be drawn.

Takes effect

eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise specially appropriated.

SEC. 2. The sum appropriated by section one of this Act, shall be placed in the hands of the Governor to be by him distributed in such amounts and manner as the immediate necessities require.

SEC. 3. The State Controller is hereby authorized and empowered to draw his warrants in favor of the Governor of this State for the amount appropriated by this Act, or so much thereof as the Governor may, from time to time, apply for, and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.

SEC. 4. This Act to take effect immediately after its passage.

Terms of Court to commence.

First district.

Second district.

Third district.

Fourth district.

Fifth district.

Sixth district.

Seventh district.

CHAP. LVI.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to redistrict the State of Nevada," approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven.

[Approved March 4, 1879.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section two of said Act is amended so as to read as follows:

Section Two. The terms of Court shall commence in said districts as follows: In the First District, on the first Monday in January, March, June and October; in the Second District, in the county of Washoe, on the first Monday in January, April and September; in the county of Ormsby, on the first Monday in March, June and November; in the county of Douglas, on the first Monday of May and December; in the Third District, in the county of Lyon, on the first Monday in February, July and December; in the county of Esmeralda, on the first Monday in May and October; in the Fourth District, on the second Monday in February, June and October; in the Fifth District, in the county of Lander, on the first Monday in January, May and September; in the county of Nye, on the first Monday in March, second Monday in July and fourth Monday in October; in the county of Churchill, on the first Monday in June and December; in the Sixth District, in the county of Eureka, on the first Monday in February, June and September; in the county of White Pine, on the first Monday in April and November; in the county of Lincoln, on the first Monday in January and August; in the Seventh District, on the third Monday in February, June and October.