SEC. 4. Before entering upon the discharge of their respec- Oath of tive offices, the State Mineralogist and his assistant shall take office. and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office, and they shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified. Board of SEC. 5. The Board of Regents shall provide suitable build- Duties of the ings for said school, and for a geological and mineralogical col- Roger. lection, or State Museum, in connection therewith, and such furniture, fixtures and apparatus as may be necessary. They shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, make such rules and regulations for the government of said school as may be required, and shall, annually, on or before the first day of November of each year, make a report to the Governor of the State, who shall cause the same to be published annually, and shall communicate a copy thereof to the Legislature, at the next ensuing session. Said report shall embrace the report or reports of the State Mineralogist, or so much thereof as said Board may deem it necessary to publish. Said report shall contain a full statement of the condition of said school, financially and otherwise, and such recommendations and other matter as the Board may deem proper, and they shall cause the same to be distributed. school. SEC. 6. The State Mineralogist, subject to the provisions of this Act, and the rules and regulations adopted by the Board, to have manMineralogist shall have the control and management of said school. He agement of shall, at such times, and in such manner as he shall determine, visit and examine, with reference to their mineral and other resources, the different portions of the State, and collect such geological, mineralogical and other specimens, and such information, as are of scientific interest, or have a practical bearing on the subject of mines and mining, or the other natural resources and industrial pursuits of the State. and cata SEC. 7. All specimens collected by him shall be carefully Specimens to marked and catalogued at the time he obtains them, and he be marked shall, in connection therewith, as soon as may be, prepare a logued. description of every such specimen, and of the locality from which the same was obtained. museum, etc. SEC. 8. Specimens of all ores, assayed or analyzed at said Specimens school, and of all ores presented, shall be kept in said Museum, to be kept in and shall be properly marked and catalogued, in connection with the names of the depositors, and a description of such ores, and such description of the locality from which the same were obtained, as may be procured from reliable sources. With a view to securing uniformity in the classification of rocks, the State Mineralogist shall procure and place in said Museum characteristic specimens of all the principal rocks, to each of which he shall attach the name and a description thereof, and of the locality from which the same was procured, written or printed in a legible manner. examination SEC. 9. Said specimens, properly catalogued, shall be depos- Specimens ited in the State Museum, where they, together with the cata- subject to logue, or catalogues, shall be safely kept; and at all reasonable hours they shall be subject to examination by any person who shall conform to the rules and regulations prescribed by the How descriptions specimens arranged. State Mineralogist for the government of said school, the Museum being regarded as a part of the same. SEC. 10. In preparing such descriptions and arranging said prepared and specimens in the Museum, careful reference shall be had to the correct illustration of the mineral and other natural resources of this State, and the analogies existing between those of this State and those of other mining sections; and when, at、a reasonable cost, it is possible to do so, a statement as to the assay or analysis of said specimens shall be embraced in said description. In addition to the scientific terms used in such descriptions, the terms in common use shall be applied, and in all descriptions and reports the quantities and values shall be given in the English language, and in accordance with the standards adopted by this State. studies to be Course of SEC. 11. He shall, subject to the approval of the Board of prescribed. Regents, prescribe the course of studies to be pursued in said school; said course and management of the school shall have special reference to the imparting of combined scientific and practical knowledge concerning the subject of mines and mining, and matters relating thereto. Annual lectures to SEC. 12. He shall annually deliver at least one course of lectures on said subject, at said school, or at such places within be delivered this State as the Board of Regents may direct; and he shall, on or before the first day of October of each year, make a report to the Board of Regents, in which he shall present such facts and recommendations, in regard to mines and mining, and matters relating thereto, and in regard to the character and extent of the natural resources of this State, as in his opinion are calculated to promote the full development of the same. Free lectures Observations etc., to be taken and noted. Maps and mines may SEC. 13. In the course of his examinations, he may, in his discretion, disseminate information on such subjects, by means of free lectures, or otherwise. SEC. 14. He shall take such compass bearings and barometrical and other observations, and make such notes in regard to the same, and in regard to approximate distances, as will furnish materials for the outlines of a map of the localities over which he shall have traveled in the course of his examinations. He may procure, for the use of said school, maps and diagrams diagrams of of mines, representing the different classes of mines, and illusbe procured. trative of their geological, mineralogical, and other leading characteristics, and having particular reference to the position in which the metalliferous deposits have been found; and he shall procure, or cause to be procured, drawings of mining machinery, and of machinery, furnaces, and other works, for the separation of metals from the various ores, and the parting of different metals. He may also procure and arrange in some convenient form, for the use of said school, all information concerning the different modes of working mines and reducing ores, that may be obtained at reasonable cost. use of school. Library to be SEC. 15. At the earliest practicable period measures shall be procured for taken to procure, for the use of said school, a library, embracing standard and reliable works on mines and mining, and subjects relating thereto; and all of said maps, diagrams, plans and information, and said library, shall, at all reasonable hours, and without charge, be subject to the examination of any per son who conforms to the rules and regulations concerning the same that may be established by the State Mineralogist, in accordance with this Act. cal depart connected SEC. 16. Connected with said school there shall be an assay- Assaying ing and analytical department, in which the assaying and ana- and analyti lyzing of ores shall be taught; and all ores delivered therein ment to be for assay or analysis, shall be assayed or analyzed at a cost to with school. the parties delivering the same, which shall only cover the actual expenses of such work-the charges for the same to be determined by the State Mineralogist. At said school a careful and uninterrupted record of meteorological observations shall be kept, and forwarded, as nearly as may be, in accordance with the "directions" of the Smithsonian Institution. school may SEC. 17. Said school shall be established at such place as the Where Board of Regents shall decide upon; provided, that at the place be estabso selected the people, or authorities thereof, shall, free of cost lished. to the State, place at the disposal of said Board, for the use of Proviso. said school, such buildings and grounds as may be required for said schools; and said authorities are hereby authorized to procure and so furnish such buildings and grounds. established. How and salaries. SEC. 18. If the people, or authorities of such place, in When school consideration of the permanent establishment of said school permanently therein, shall convey to said Board, for the use of such school, suitable buildings and grounds, and the same shall have been duly accepted as such by said Board, said school shall be permanently established at such place; and it shall not be removed therefrom until after said Board shall have paid, or ten- removed. dered, to the authorities of such place at which said school is located, the value of said buildings and grounds-the sum to be determined by a majority of three Commissioners, one of whom shall, within a reasonable time, be appointed by said authorities, one by said Board, and one by the two thus chosen. SEC. 19. The State Mineralogist shall be allowed, for actual Expenses expenses incurred by him while traveling in the service of the State, a sum not exceeding ten dollars per day while so engaged, and not exceeding in the aggregate one thousand dollars per annum; such demands, together with the demands for salaries and other expenses of said school, shall, by said Board, monthly be audited, and ordered paid out of the Mining School Fund, or any money in the University Fund, subject to such order of the Board of Regents; and all demands (except salaries fixed by law) shall be subject to the action of the State Board of Examiners; and, upon the presentation of any such order, duly approved by said Examiners, the Controller shall draw his warrant on the State Treasurer, in favor of the party to whom such order was thus given, for the amount so allowed; and the State Treasurer shall pay the same out of any moneys in said funds, subject to such order. General election, CHAP. CVII.-An Act relating to Elections, the manner of conducting and contesting the same, election returns and canvassing the same, fraud upon the ballot box, destroying or attempting to destroy the ballot box, illegal or attempted illegal voting, and misconduct at elections. [Approved March 9, 1866.] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. A general election shall be held in the several election precincts in this State, on the Tuesday next after the when held. first Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and every two years thereafter, at which there shall be chosen all such officers as are by law to be elected in such year, unless otherwise provided for. Duty of missioners. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Board of County ComCounty Commissioners to set off and establish election precincts or districts when it may be necessary; and, also, at their first regular session in October, preceding each general election, to appoint three capable and discreet persons, possessing the qualifications of electors, to act as Inspectors at the elections at each election precinct. And the Clerk of said Board of County Commissioners shall make out and deliver to the Sheriff of the county, immediately after the appointment of said Inspectors, a notice thereof, in writing, directed to the Inspectors so appointed; and it shall be the duty of the said Sheriff, within ten days after the receipt of said notices, to serve the same upon each of the said Inspectors of Election. Same. Notices of election. Form of. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners to cause their Clerks to furnish the Sheriff with poll books, who shall deliver the same to one of the Inspectors of every election precinct in the county, at least one day before the time of holding any election. SEC. 4. The several Boards of County Commissioners shall cause their Clerks, at least twenty days before any general election, and at least fifteen days before any special election, to make out and deliver to the Sheriff of their county, or to the Justice of the Peace of any county, attached for judicial purposes, three written notices for each election precinct, to be, as nearly as circumstances will admit, as follows: "Notice is hereby given that on the first Tuesday, the....... day of........ next, at the house of (in city, town, district or precinct,) of in the county of an election will be held for State, county, town or district officers, (naming the offices to be filled, as the case may be), which election will be opened at eight o'clock in the morning, and will continue until six o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. Dated, this (as the case may be.) day of A. D. 18...... Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners." post notices. SEC. 5. The Sheriff aforesaid, to whom such notices shall Sheriff be delivered aforesaid, shall put up, in three of the most public required to places of each precinct, the notices referring to such precincts, at least fifteen days previous to the time of holding any general election, and at least eight days previous to the time of holding any special election. One of said notices to be posted. at the house where the election is authorized to be held, and the others at two of the most public and suitable places in the precinct. And, also, have the same published in the several Published. newspapers in their respective counties; and in no case shall an election be held in any building in which spirituous or malt liquors are sold. DUTIES OF INSPECTORS AND THEIR CLERKS, AND THE MANNER OF inspector. SEC. 6. If, in any precinct, any of such Inspectors are unwill- Failing to ing to serve as Inspectors, they shall notify the Board of Coun- serve as ty Commissioners thereof, within five days after the receipt of the notice of their appointment, who shall immediately appoint some suitable person to fill the vacancy and to serve at such election. A failure to notify the Board of County Commissioners of an unwillingness to serve as an Inspector, as herein provided, shall subject the person to a penalty of not less than ten Penalty. nor more than one hundred dollars, to be sued for and recovered by said Board of County Commissioners, for the use of the county, before any Justice of the Peace of such county. If, through any accident, sickness or inability, on the day of election, of such Inspectors, or any one thereof, to serve, the Inspector or Inspectors present, on the morning of the election may appoint some suitable person or persons to fill the vacancy. clerks. SEC. 7. The said Inspectors shall choose two persons having Inspectors similar qualifications with themselves, to act as Clerks of the to choose election. The said Inspectors shall be, and continue, Inspectors of all elections of civil officers to be held at their respective precincts until other Inspectors shall be appointed, as hereinbefore directed; and the said Clerks of Election may continue to act as such during the pleasure of the Inspectors of Eection. and clerks to SEC. 8. Previous to votes being taken, the Inspectors and Inspectors Clerks of Election shall, severally, take the prescribed official take oath. oath, and, in addition thereto, an oath or affirmation in the following form, to wit: "I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm, Form. as the case may be) that I will perform the duties of Inspector (or Clerk, as the case may be) of the election held this day, according to law and the best of my ability, and that I will studiously endeavor to prevent fraud, deceit and abuse in any manner in conducting the same. So help me God;" (or if an affirmation, "under the pains and penalties of perjury.") to admin SEC. 9. In case there shall be no Judge or Justice of the Inspectors Peace present at the opening of the election, or in case such empowered Judge or Justice shall be appointed Inspector or Clerk of the ister oath. election, it shall be lawful for the Inspectors of the election, and they are hereby empowered, to administer the oath or affir 1 |