All records open for free inspection Date of indexing imparts notice to all persons Deed of trust. mortgage, or chattel mortgage Recorded instrument imparts notice All realty SEC. 5. All books of records, maps, charts, surveys, and other papers on file in the recorder's office, must, during office hours, be open for inspection by any person, without charge; and the recorder must arrange the books of record and indexes in his office in such suitable places as to facilitate their inspection. SEC. 6. Whenever any instrument filed for record with the county recorder of any county in the State of Nevada has been copied into a book of record other than that designated by law, but which said instrument has been or may hereafter be indexed in the proper book of indexes, such instrument from the date of indexing imparts notice of its contents to all persons; and subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, lienholders and incumbrancers purchase and take with like notice and effect as if such instrument had been copied or recorded in the proper book of record, notwithstanding that such instrument may have been copied into some book of record in the office of the county recorder where the same was filed for record other than that designated by law, provided the same was copied into some book of record kept in the office of the county recorder where the same is entitled to record. SEC. 7. Whenever any instrument has been filed for record with the county recorder of any county in the State of Nevada as a deed of trust, mortgage or chattel mortgage, or copied into any book of deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages or chattel mortgages, such instrument need not be again filed for record or recorded in such office as a different instrument from that so filed for record or recorded, but such recorder must index such instrument in any of the indexes kept in his office upon the request of the person recording such instrument and the payment to him of his legal fees for such indexing. Such instrument from the date of such indexing imparts notice of its contents to all persons; and subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, lienholders and incumbrancers purchase and take with like notice and effect as if such instrument had been copied or recorded in the proper book of records corresponding with such indexes where so indexed, notwithstanding such instrument has been but once recorded or copied in the records of such office. SEC. 8. Every instrument of writing acknowledged or proved and certified and recorded in the manner prescribed in this act shall from the time of filing the same with the county recorder of the proper county for record impart notice to all persons of the contents thereof and all third parties shall be deemed to purchase and take with notice. SEC. 9. Instruments affecting real property must be recorded in recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property is situated. County where situated SEC. 10. A copy of any instrument once recorded certi copy Recorder fied by the county recorder in whose office such instrument Certified is recorded may be recorded in any other county of this state, recorded and when so recorded the record thereof shall have the same force and effect as though it was of the original instrument. SEC. 11. If any recorder to whom an instrument, proved liable for or acknowledged according to law, or any paper or notice certain which may by law be recorded, is delivered for record: acts (1) Neglects or refuses to record such instrument, paper, or notice within a reasonable time after receiving the same; (2) Records any instrument, paper, or notice, wilfully or negligently, untruly, or in any other manner than is hereinbefore directed; (3) Neglects or refuses to keep in his office such indexes as are required by this article, or to make the proper entries therein; or (4) Alters, changes, or obliterates any record deposited in his office, or inserts any new matter therein, he is liable to the party aggrieved for three times the amount of the damages which may be occasioned thereby. wrongful and all SEC. 12. An act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled Certain act 'An act concerning county recorders, and defining their conflicting duties,' approved March 9, 1865, by adding thereto an addi- acts repealed tional section, to be known as section 6 thereof," approved March 11, 1921, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. [Senate Bill No. 112-Senator Cowles] CHAP. 121-An Act to establish free employment agencies within the state, providing for the management and regulation of such agencies, providing a penalty for the violation of such regulations, authorizing cooperation with the federal government in the establishment and maintenance of such agencies, and providing an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act. [Approved March 9, 1923] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: service commission SECTION 1. The state free employment service of the State free State of Nevada is hereby established. The commissioner of employment labor shall also be the executive officer of the state free created: employment service, and the management of such service er of labor shall be under his supervision. He shall have authority to executive appoint agents who shall be under the direction of said commissioner of labor as may be required in carrying out the provisions of this act, such agents being located at convenient points in the state for the handling of the movement Agents, where located Clerical assistants authorized To serve both employer and employee Agents to report No fees accepting fees of labor of all classes, with the view that labor will not be congested at any one point and to use their best endeavors to keep the supply of labor filled at the places where it is desired and in seasonable time. Such agents may be located at points in the state which will best serve to carry out the provisions and intent of this act, and the commissioner in charge has power to enter into agreements with the governing bodies of cities, towns or counties which desire such service, to use a portion of the fund provided by the state to assist in the maintenance of any such service put into effect by such governing bodies, or he may establish offices at points where he deems it to be for the best interest of employment, and maintain the same. The commissioner of labor, in the capacity of head of the state free employment service, is hereby empowered to employ such clerical assistants as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this law and fix their compensation; to secure and distribute the necessary books and forms for keeping a record of the movement of labor, registration and placements, and all reports required to be made to that end. SEC. 2. The agents in charge of any of the state free employment offices established under the provisions of this act, and under the direction of the commissioner of labor, shall receive applications from those seeking employment and from those seeking employees, and shall register every applicant on properly arranged cards or forms provided by the commissioner of labor. SEC. 3. Each such agent shall make the commissioner of labor such periodic reports of applications for labor or employment and all other details of the office work of each office and the expense of maintaining the same as the commissioner may require. SEC. 4. The commissioner of labor shall have power to solicit business for the state free employment service, established under this act, by advertising in newspapers and in any other way he may deem expedient; provided, that the expenditure under the provisions of this act shall not exceed ten per cent of the total expenditure. SEC. 5. No fees, direct or indirect, shall in any case be charged or received from those seeking the benefits of this act. SEC. 6. Any agent or clerk, subordinate or appointee Penalty for appointed under the provisions of this act who shall accept, directly or indirectly, any fee, compensation, or gratuity from any one seeking employment, or from any one offering employment, under this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment in jail not to exceed three months, or both, and shall thereafter be disqualified from holding any office or position in such depart ment. regarding SEC. 7. An employer, or a representative of employers or Statements employees, may file at a state free employment office a signed strikes and statement with regard to a strike or lockout affecting their lockouts Such statement shall be posted in the employment office, but not until it has been communicated to the employers affected, if filed by employees, or to the employees affected, if filed by employers. In case a reply is received to such a statement, it shall also be posted in the employment office with the same publicity given the first statement. If an employer affected by a statement notifies the state free employment service of a vacancy or vacancies, the agent in charge shall advise any applicant for such vacancy or vacancies of the statements posted. with federal SEC. 8. The commissioner of labor is hereby authorized To cooperate and empowered to cooperate with the federal government in government the establishment and maintenance within the State of Nevada of one or more employment bureaus for the purpose of bringing together the man and the job. Such cooperative employment bureaus, when established, shall be under the joint management of the cooperative parties, and the cost and expense of establishing and of carrying on any such bureau shall be borne by the cooperative parties upon an equitable basis to be agreed upon between them. tion, $1,500 SEC. 9. There is hereby appropriated for the purpose of Appropriathis act, out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), or as much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. [Senate Bill No. 116-Senator Uniacke] CHAP. 122-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the organization and government of drainage districts, and to provide for the acquisition, repair and development of canals, drains, ditches, watercourses, and other property, and for the distribution of water thereby for drainage purposes, and to provide for the levying of taxes, and for the issuance and sale of bonds thereof,' approved March 31, 1913, as amended March 6, 1915, as amended March 29, 1915, as amended March 27, 1917, and as amended April 1, 1919. [Approved March 9, 1923] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 21 of the above-entitled act is amended to read as follows: Limiting drainage Section 21. The board of supervisors or other officers of power of the district shall have no power to incur any debt or liability district whatsoever, either by issuing bonds or otherwise, in excess incur debt officers to loans, how of the express provisions of this act. A debt or liability incurred in excess of the provisions of this act shall be in the main absolutely void, except that for the purpose of organization or for the purpose of this act the board of supervisors may, before the collection of the first annual taxes, cause warrants of the district to issue, bearing interest not exceeding seven per cent per annum, and also except that in cases of great necessity or emergency the board of supervisors may apply to the state board of finance as provided in the cases of cities, towns, school districts and Temporary high school districts, for permission to make a temporary obtained loan to meet such necessity or emergency, and said state board of finance may give its permission on like terms as required of cities, towns, school districts and high-school districts. Any such indebtedness, however, so created shall in no sense be the personal obligation of the board of supervisors, but shall constitute a lien upon the lands embraced within said drainage district. The limit of the fund for such purpose shall be in amount equivalent to an average of one and one-half dollars per acre throughout the district, and it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors, in the preparation of the next annual budget, to make provision for the payment of all such warrants and evidences of indebtedness and the interest thereon. Relief of L. A. & S. L. railroad [Senate Bill No. 135-Committee on Claims] CHAP. 123-An Act for the relief of the Los Angeles and [Approved March 9, 1923] WHEREAS, The Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad company in the months of August, September and November, 1922, furnished to the State of Nevada, at the request of the Nevada state police, goods, wares and merchandise in the sum of $1,361.39, and which supplies so furnished were necessary for the maintenance of the Nevada state police, then stationed at Las Vegas, Nevada; and WHEREAS, There was a deficiency in the appropriation for the Nevada state police for the year 1922 and there are no funds in said department for the payment of the obligation thereby incurred, and said amount as stated above has been approved by the head of the Nevada state police and by the state board of examiners for the year 1922, and is a just and legal claim against the State of Nevada; now, therefore, The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The state controller is hereby authorized to tion, $1,361.39 draw and deliver to the Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad Appropria |