Providing for payment of bonds special tax tion of all property in said county for the year the first bond shall be issued. SEC. 4. To provide for the payment of said bonds and the interest due thereon, whenever the revenues from the sale of service or power hereinafter provided for shall be insufficient and interest; for that purpose, the said county commissioners shall, annually, at the time of making the regular tax levy for state and county purposes, levy an additional special tax upon all property, both real and personal, subject to taxation within the limits of said county, including the proceeds of mines, sufficient in their judgment to pay the interest upon such bonds semiannually as it shall become due, and to pay the principal of such bonds as shall mature according to the time designated in such bonds for the maturity thereof respectively, and all taxes levied and assessed for the purposes in this act provided shall constitute a lien on the property charged therewith from the date of the levy thereof by the county commissioners, or the entry thereof on the assessment roll by the county auditor, until the same are paid, and thereafter, if allowed to become delinquent, shall be enforced in the same manner as is now provided by law for the collection of state and county taxes. County treasurer custodian of funds County light and SEC. 5. The county treasurer shall be liable on his official bond for the safe-keeping of the moneys which shall come into his possession under the provisions of this act and for the faithful discharge of his duties hereunder; he shall place in a fund, to be known as County Light and Power Bond Redemption Fund," all taxes levied, assessed and collected in the same manner as other taxes are paid to the county treasurer, as well as any other moneys paid in under and by virtue of section 6 of this act, and no moneys placed in said fund shall be transferred therefrom or used for any other purpose than the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds hereinbefore provided for, and the money of said fund shall only be paid out by the said county treasurer upon warrants therefor issued by the county auditor, in the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds as they become due, upon presentation and surrender thereof to the county treasurer at his office. 66 SEC. 6. All moneys received for service or sale of the electrical energy, power and current distributed by the system, power fund and other revenues accruing therefrom or in connection therewith, shall be paid by the officer or person collecting the same to the county treasurer, to be placed by him in the County Light and Power Fund," to be created, and the board of county commissioners may, from time to time, set aside such portion thereof as may be necessary or advisable to provide for the maintenance, operating and extension of the said system. The surplus receipts. after providing for the expense of operation, maintenance and extension, may be apportioned and used for the payment of interest and for the redemption of the bonds hereinbefore provided for, and after the redemption of all bonds and the payment of all interest thereon, any remaining surplus may be transferred to the general fund of the county. Any Deficiency, deficiency which may be incurred in the County Light and Power Fund" by reason of insufficient revenues, or otherwise, shall be a charge upon and be paid from the general fund of the county. how paid eminent SEC. 7. The plant or plants and the works herein provided Public use: for shall be deemed public uses, authorized by the legisla- domain ture, such as are assisted by the principle of eminent domain. laws to SEC. 8. The provisions of existing laws respecting the Existing manner of acquisition of public utilities, duties of county govern commissioners to act upon proper applications and petitions, the collection and enforcement of rates for services, and all other provisions not superseded by this act shall apply to the acquisition, management, financing, control and extension of said system. holds title of SEC. 9. The title of any plant or plants, and the appur- County tenances thereof, acquired or constructed by or under the plant authority of any board of county commissioners in this state, as in this act provided, shall vest, and be vested, in said county, and under its control and management. Conflicting SEC. 10. All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are acts repealed hereby repealed. [Assembly Bill No. 142—Mr. Henderson] CHAP, 128-An Act to amend section 110 of an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in this state, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto," approved March 17, 1911. [Approved March 10, 1923] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 110 of the above-entitled act is hereby Amending amended so as to read as follows: may be civil practice Section 110. Whenever the defendant seeks affirmative crossrelief against any party to the action, relating to or depend- complaint ing upon the contract or transaction upon which the action served is brought, or affecting the property to which the action. relates, he may, in addition to his answer, file at the same time, or by permission of the court subsequently, a crosscomplaint. The cross-complaint must be served upon the parties affected thereby, and such parties may demur or answer thereto as to the original complaint. If any of the parties affected by the cross-complaint have not appeared in the action, a summons upon the cross-complaint must be Summons issued and served upon them in the same manner as upon the commencement of an original action. Amending crimes and punishments act Vagrancy defined [Assembly Bill No. 154-Mr. Whiteley] CHAP. 129-An Act to amend section 354 of an act entitled "An act concerning crimes and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto," approved March 17, 1911, being section 6619, Revised Laws of Nevada. [Approved March 10, 1923] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. Section 354 of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 6619. What Constitutes Vagrancy. 1. Idle or dissolute person, without visible or known means of living, who has the physical ability to work, and who does not use due diligence to seek employment, nor labor when employment is offered him; or, 2. Idle or dissolute person who roams about the country from place to place without any lawful business; or, 3. Healthy beggar who solicits alms as a business; or, 4. Person who makes a practice of going from house to house begging food, money, or other articles, or seeks admission to such houses upon frivolous pretexts for no other apparent motive than to see who may be therein, or to gain an insight of the premises; or, 5. Idle or dissolute person or associate of known thieves who wanders about the streets at late and unusual hours of the night, or prowls around dark alleys, by-ways, and other dark or unfrequented places at any hour of the night, without any legitimate business in so doing; or, 6. Idle or dissolute person who lodges in any barn, shed, shop, outhouse, or place other than that kept for lodging purposes, without the permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof; or, 7. Common drunkard who is in the habit of lying around the streets, alleys, sidewalks, saloons, barrooms or other public places in a state of intoxication; or, 8. Pimp, pander, procurer or procuress; or, 9. Lewd or dissolute male person who lives in and about houses of prostitution or solicits for any prostitute or house of prostitution; or, 10. Lewd and dissolute female person known as a "street walker," or common prostitute, who shall upon the public streets, or in or about any public place or assemblage, or in any saloon, barroom, clubroom, or any other public or general place of resort for men, or anywhere within the sight or hearing of ladies or children, conduct and behave herself in an immodest, drunken, indecent, profane, or obscene manner, either by actions, language, or improper exposure of her person; or, defined 11. Boy or male person under the age of twenty-one years, Vagrancy who habitually remains away from his home or place of residence after the hour of nine o'clock p. m. without some lawful and necessary business, or other imperative duty, or good and sufficient reason or cause for such absence from home after such hour, for his own amusement and pastime without any legitimate business for so doing, frequents and passes his time in any billard-room or other place where any such games are played, or any saloon or other place where intoxicating liquor is sold or drunk; or, who at any hour of the night or day, for his own amusement and pastime, without any legitimate business for so doing, frequents or loafs around any low den, house, or other place of vice, infamy, or immorality, where known thieves and other vicious and infamous persons resort or congregate; or who at any hour of the night, either alone or otherwise, prowls about the streets or town, disturbing the peace and quiet of the neighborhood by loud or unnecessary noise, or committing petty depredations, tricks, or pranks, upon the person or property of other people, or by abusive, obscene, or insulting language, or by any manner of rowdyism whatsoever, disturbs or annoys the passer-by, any lawful assemblage of persons, or the neighborhood at large; or, 12. Person who keeps a place where lost or stolen property is concealed Is a vagrant, and shall be punished by imprisonment in Penalty the county jail for not more than three months, or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, or both. [Assembly Bill No. 160—Mr. Kennedy] CHAP. 130-An Act for the incorporation of Nevada chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity of the University of Nevada. [Approved March 10, 1923] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and ing S. A. E. SECTION 1. Nevada chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Incorporatfraternity of the University of Nevada shall be deemed a fraternity body corporate and politic. SEC. 2. The said Nevada chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity of the University of Nevada shall have power, in its corporate capacity: First-To sue and be sued in any court having competent Powers of jurisdiction; Second-To make and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; Third-To acquire by purchase, bequest or donation, directly or indirectly, and to hold in perpetuity, sell and convey, and to mortgage, such property, real or personal, said incorporation Powers vested in trustees Election certified to county clerk property if chapter disbands as may be deemed necessary by the proper authorities thereof to carry out the purposes of said chapter of said fraternity and for the necessary uses, purposes and objects of said fraternity, and to devise, lease and improve any real property held by or for the benefit of said corporation; Fourth-To elect or appoint, in accordance with the by-laws thereof, which may be adopted hereafter, not less than three nor more than seven members of said fraternity to serve as trustees, who shall have charge of all the real and personal property belonging thereto, and transact all business relative thereto; Fifth-To be entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities usually had or enjoyed by such corporations. SEC. 3. The corporate powers of said chapter of said fraternity shall be vested in a board of trustees elected or appointed as provided in the by-laws of said corporation, to be hereafter adopted. They shall hold office until their successors are elected or appointed, and vacancies in such board of trustees shall be filled as provided by said by-laws. SEC. 4. Upon the election or appointment of trustees as provided in this act, a certificate of such election or appointment shall be executed by the person or persons making the appointment or the judges holding the election, duly acknowledged before a competent officer, and it shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which such chapter is located. SEC. 5. Whenever said chapter, incorporated under the Disposal of provisions of this act, shall disincorporate or disband, by its own act, the proceeds of all property, real or personal, shall, after paying all just charges or demands against said chapter, be divided in accordance with the by-laws of said chapter. Bonds for school [Assembly Bill No. 191-Mr. Geraghty] CHAP. 131-An Act to provide for the construction and equipment of a junior high-school and primary-school buildings in the city of Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada, the holding of an election, the issuing of bonds and the levying of a tax therefor. [Approved March 10, 1923] The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and SECTION 1. The board of school trustees of Sparks school district number 29, in Washoe County, State of Nevada, is buildings in hereby authorized to prepare and issue bonds of said school district in an amount not to exceed $125,000, exclusive of interest, for the purpose of providing funds for erecting, furnishing, and equipping a junior high-school and a primary-school building in the city of Sparks, which build Sparks: |