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ducting its office; provided, that all such expenses, including not exceeding ten dollars per day for each member while attending the sessions of the board or conducting examinations, must be paid from the current receipts, and no portion thereof shall ever be paid from the state treasury;

5. To require the annual renewal of all such certificates, and to collect therefor a renewal fee of not exceeding ten dollars;

6. To revoke for cause any such certificate, after written notice to the holder, and a hearing being had thereon;

7. To report annually to the secretary of state, on or before the first day of December, all such certificates issued or renewed, together with a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements; provided, that any balance remaining in excess of the expenses incurred, may be retained by the board and used in defraying the future expenses thereof;

8. The board may in its discretion, under regulations provided by its rules, waive the examination of applicants possessing the qualifications mentioned in section 3, who shall have been for more than one year prior to the passage of this act practicing in this state as a public accountant on their own account, who shall in writing, apply for such certificates within six months.

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SEC. 3. Any citizen of the United States, or any person Certified who has duly declared his intention of becoming such citizen, accountant, residing and doing business in this state, being over the age who may be of twenty-one years and of good moral character, may apply to the state board of accountancy for examination under its rules, and for the issuance to him of a certificate of qualification to practice as a certified public accountant, and upon the issuance and receipt of such certificate, and during the period of its existence, or of any renewal thereof, he shall be styled and known as a certified public accountant or expert of accounts, and no other person shall be permitted to assume and use such title or to use any words, letters or figures to indicate that the person using the same, is a certified public

accountant.

certified

SEC. 4. When required by law, or otherwise, that exam- Public books ination be made of the books, records or accounts of any experted by officer, department or public institution of the State of public Nevada, or of any city or county therein, such examination shall be made by a certified public accountant, duly qualified as such, under the provisions of this act.

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SEC. 5. Any violation of the provisions of this act shall be Misdedeemed as a misdemeanor.

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CHAP. 198—An Act to amend section eight of an act entitled "An act concerning the courts of justice of this state, and judicial officers," approved January 26, 1865.

[Approved March 24, 1913]

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

SECTION 1. Section eight of the above-entitled act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 8. This court may reverse, affirm, or modify the judgment or order appealed from as to any or all of the parties, and may, if necessary, order a new trial, and on a direct appeal from an order granting a motion to change the place of trial of an action, or refusing to change the place of trial, the court may affirm or reverse such order and order the trial to be had in the proper place. An order changing or refusing to change the place of trial shall not be appealed from on an appeal from a judgment, but only on direct appeal from the order changing or refusing to change the place of trial. Nothing in this act shall be held or so conCertain laws strued as to repeal, impair or change any provision in section 4 of an act entitled "An Act to amend section 387 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, the same being section 5329 of Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912," approved March 13, 1913. When the judgment or order appealed from is reversed or modified this court may make, or direct the inferior court to make, complete restoration of all property and rights lost by the erroneous judgment or order. The supreme court may make proper make rules not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the state for its own government and the government of the district courts; but such rules shall not be enforced until thirty days after their adoption and publication.

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CHAP. 199-An Act to amend section four hundred ten of an act entitled "An Act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in this state, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto," approved March 17, 1911; effective January 1,

1912.

[Approved March 24, 1913]

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

SECTION 1. Section four hundred ten of an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases in this practice act State, and to repeal all other acts in relation thereto," approved March 17, 1911, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

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Section 410. Whenever any person shall be convicted of Indetermi any felony for which no fixed period of confinement is more fully imposed by law, the court imposing the sentence shall not fix defined a definite term of imprisonment, but shall fix and establish, in its discretion, a minimum and maximum term for which such person shall be confined in the state prison; provided, that the minimum term so fixed and established by the court Maximum shall not be less than the shortest term fixed by law for the minimum punishment of the offense of which he was convicted, and sentences the maximum term so fixed and established by the court shall not be greater than the longest term fixed by law for the punishment of the offense of which he was convicted.

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CHAP. 200—An Act authorizing and directing the board of county commissioners of Humboldt County to pay from the county general fund the sum of five hundred dollars monthly, to cover expenses incurred by the Humboldt County chamber of commerce in promoting the public good, and matters properly connected therewith.

[Approved March 24, 1913]

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WHEREAS, Certain of the citizens and taxpayers of Hum- Humboldt boldt County, State of Nevada, have organized and associated chamber of themselves together for the purpose of forming a chamber of commerce in said county; and

WHEREAS, Said organization and association is known as the Humboldt County chamber of commerce, a corporation, organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nevada, having its principal office or place of business at Winnemucca, in said county; and

WHEREAS, Said chamber of commerce was formed for the purpose, among other things, of advertising the resources of Humboldt County, improving the public roads thereof, and thereby bringing new settlers into said county; and

WHEREAS, Said chamber of commerce has entered upon the active and actual work of carrying out the purposes for which it was organized as aforesaid; now, therefore,

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1. The board of county commissioners of Hum- County comboldt County are hereby directed and authorized to allow, out allow said of the general fund of said county, the sum of five hundred chamber $500 dollars monthly, said sum to be paid to the Humboldt County upon proper chamber of commerce upon the certificate of the president and secretary of said chamber of commerce that said sum has been expended by said chamber of commerce for the public good of the people of said county; which certificate shall contain an itemized statement of the purposes for which said

"Public good" defined

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sum shall have been so expended, and the same shall be duly verified by said officers; provided, that no part of said sum shall have been so expended for salaries of any officer; and provided further, that said certified statement shall show that at least one-half of the sum so expended shall have been used in directly promoting the public good of the people of the southwestern and western portion of said county.

SEC. 2. The words "public good," as used in this act, shall be construed to mean the advertising the resources of said county, or the improvement of the public roads and highways situated therein.

SEC. 3. The county auditor of Humboldt County is hereby directed to draw his warrant monthly in favor of said chamber of commerce and the county treasurer of said county is hereby directed to pay the same, in the sum of five hundred dollars; but said sum shall not be paid or any part thereof unless the certificate aforesaid shall have been filed with the board of county commissioners.

SEC. 4.

This act shall take effect from and after the first day of April, 1913.

CHAP. 201-An Act to amend section seven of article ten and section four of article eleven of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Reno, Washoe County, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto," as amended March 13, 1905.

[Approved March 24, 1913]

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

SECTION 1. Section seven of article ten of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Reno, in Washoe County, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto," as amended March 13, 1905, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 7. The chief of the fire department may, with the Chief of fire consent and subject to the confirmation of the council,

department

to receive

$1.800 per annum

appoint an assistant chief of the fire department, who shall have all the power and duties of the chief, during the absence or inability of such chief to act. The salary of such assistant and all firemen shall be fixed by ordinance. The chief of the fire department shall receive a salary in the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum.

SEC. 2. Section four of article eleven of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Reno, in Washoe County, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters

relating thereto," as amended March 13, 1905, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

neer, $2,400 per annum

Section 4. The city engineer and superintendent of streets City engi shall receive a salary in the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) per annum.

SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

CHAP. 202-An Act fixing and regulating the salaries of county commissioners of Washoe County, Nevada, and providing for the payment of their necessary traveling expenses.

[Approved March 24, 1913]

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

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SECTION 1. From and after the approval of this act the Fixing county commissioners of Washoe County, Nevada, shall each salaries of receive a salary of twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per missioners annum, payable in twelve monthly installments of one hundred ($100) dollars each.

expenses

SEC. 2. In addition to the salary mentioned in section 1 of Traveling this act each of the county commissioners of Washoe County, Nevada, shall be allowed his actual traveling expenses when discharging his official duties in said office of county commissioner.

SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

CHAP. 203-An Act to provide a fee bill for the office
of secretary of state.

[Approved March 24, 1913]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and

Assembly, do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1. On filing any certificate or articles or other various fees paper relative to corporations in the office of the secretary of to be state, the following fees and taxes shall be paid to the secre- secretary of tary of state for the use of the state: For certificate or articles of incorporation, ten (10) cents for each thousand dollars of the total amount of capital stock authorized, but in no case less than twenty-five ($25) dollars; consolidation and merger of corporations, ten (10) cents for each thousand Fees from dollars capital authorized, beyond the total authorized cap- corporations ital of the corporations merged or consolidated, but in no case less than ten dollars; increase of capital stock, ten (10) cents for each thousand dollars of the total increase authorized, but in no case less than ten dollars; extension or renewal

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