complete endowment and maintenance of agricultural experiment stations now established, or which may hereafter be established in accordance with the act of Congress approved March 7, 1887. The money thus appropriated is to be applied only to paying the necessary expenses of conducting original research or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective states and territories.

463. Publication of report.

SEC. 3. The State of Nevada herewith provides that the results of the experiments and investigations conducted under this act shall be published by the state.

464. Acceptance of national aid.

SEC. 4. The legislature of Nevada hereby gratefully assents to the purposes of all grants of money made under this act, and agrees that the same shall be used only for the purposes named in said act of Congress, or acts amendatory thereto, or supplementary thereto.

AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT FARM AT LOGAN

An Act to establish an agricultural experiment farm in the southeastern part of this state and making an appropriation therefor.

Approved March 2, 1905, 59

465. Experiment farm established.

SECTION 1. An agricultural experiment farm for the purpose of making experiments and diffusing information in agriculture, horticulture and gardening in the semi-tropical part of this state is hereby established in the Southeastern part of this state, the same to be located as hereinafter provided. 466. Commission to select site.

SEC. 2. A commission of three persons is hereby created, to be appointed by the governor, whose duty it shall be, within four months after the approval of this act, to visit the southeastern part of this state situated in the semi-tropical region and select a site for the location of said agricultural experiment farm. Said commission shall serve without compensation, but they shall have their actual expenses, and the same shall be paid when approved by the state board of examiners.

467. To certify selection to governor.

SEC. 3. The said commission, or a majority thereof, shall have full power to select the site for said farm, and, when so selected, they shall certify the same to the governor of the state. Any vacancy that may occur in said commission shall be filled by the governor.

468. County to furnish land.

SEC. 4. As a condition to the location of said agricultural experiment farm, the county in which said commission shall decide to locate the same shall vest in the state a good and sufficient title to the land, with good and adequate water right for the successful operation of said agricultural experiment farm. Upon the acceptance by the governor of the state of the title to said land, said title to be approved by the attorney-general, the state shall establish at such place an agricultural experiment farm, to be under the control and management of the board of control of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Association.

An Act providing for certain changes in the control and management of the state agricultural experiment farm, located at Logan, Lincoln County, Nevada, and making an appropriation therefor.

SECTION 1. The board of control of the state agricultural experiment farm located at Logan, Lincoln County, Nevada, shall consist of three members, to be appointed by the governor of the state, within thirty days after the approval of this act. Two members of said board of control shall be practical farmers, residing within the county in which said state agricultural experiment farm is located, and the third member of said board shall be a professor in the agricultural department of the state university, and a member of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station. The two resident members of said board of control shall receive for their services a compensation of ten dollars per month, and the member of said board who is connected with the state university and Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, shall receive his actual traveling expenses, and the same shall be paid when approved by the state board of examiners. They shall hold their office for a term of two years from the date of their appointment, and their successors shall be appointed in like manner. The governor may make, from time to time, such changes in the personnel of said board of control as he may deem necessary.

470. Board must qualify-Meetings.

SEC. 2. The members of said board of control, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall qualify by taking the oath of office before some officer authorized to administer such oaths. They shall hold meetings at said state agricultural experiment farm on the first Monday of each month, or oftener, if deemed expedient, and two members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

EXPERIMENT DRY FARM AT PLEASANT VALLEY

An Act to establish an agricultural experiment dry farm in the northeastern part of this state, creating a commission in connection therewith, providing for its expenses and conferring certain powers thereon, imposing certain duties on the governor and attorney-general in relation thereto, providing for the government thereof, and making an appropriation therefor.

Approved March 2, 1909, 59

471. Agricultural experiment farm established.

SECTION 1. An agricultural experiment dry farm for the purpose of making experiments and diffusing information in agriculture, horticulture and gardening in the semi-arid part of this state is hereby established in the northeastern part of this state, the same to be located as hereinafter provided.

472. Commission to select site.

SEC. 2. A commission of three persons is hereby created, to be appointed by the governor, whose duty it shall be, within four months after the approval of this act, to visit the northeastern part of this state situated in the semi-arid region and select a site for the location of said agricultural experiment dry farm. Said commission shall serve without compensation, but they shall have their actual expenses, and the same shall be paid when approved by the state board of examiners.

473. Selection to be certified to governor.

SEC. 3. The said commission, or a majority thereof, shall have full power to select the site for said farm, and when so selected, they shall certify the same to the governor of the state. Any vacancy that may occur in said commission shall be filled by the governor.

474. County to provide land.

SEC. 4. As a condition to the location of said agricultural experiment dry farm, the county in which said commission shall decide to locate the same shall vest in the state a good and sufficient title to the land, with good and adequate water right for the successful operation of said agricultural experiment dry farm. Upon the acceptance by the governor of the state of the title to said land, said title to be approved by the attorney-general, the state shall establish at such place an agricultural experiment dry farm, to be under the control and management of the board of control of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station.

An Act providing for certain changes in the control. and management of the state agricultural experiment dry farm, located at Pleasant Valley, Elko County, Nevada, and making an appropriation therefor.

Approved March 3, 1911, 34

475. Board of control-How constituted.

SECTION 1. The board of control of the state agricultural experiment dry farm located at Pleasant Valley, Elko County, Nevada, shall consist of three members, to be appointed by the governor of the state, within thirty days after the approval of this act. Two members of said board of control shall be practical farmers, residing within the county in which said state agricultural experiment dry farm is located, and the third member of said board shall be a professor in the agricultural department of the state university and a member of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station. The two resident members of said board of control shall receive for their services a compensation of ten dollars per month, and the member of said board who is connected with the state university and Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station shall receive his actual traveling expenses, and the same shall be paid when approved by the state board of examiners. They shall hold their office for a term of two years from the date of their appointment, and their successors shall be appointed in like manner. The governor may make, from time to time, such changes in the personnel of said board of control as he may deem necessary.

476. Members to qualify-Meetings.

SEC. 2. The members of said board of control, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall qualify by taking the oath of office before some officer authorized to administer such oath. They shall hold meetings at said state agricultural experiment dry farm on the first Monday of each month, or oftener, if deemed expedient, and two members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

See State Agricultural Society, secs. 3916-3932.

APIARIES

478. Commissioners to fix compensation.

477. Inspectors appointed.

479. Duties of inspector.

480. To destroy infected hives.
481. Penalty for violation.

An Act to prevent the dissemination of disease among apiaries; to provide for the appointment of an inspector, and to define his duties and compensation.

477. Inspector appointed.

Approved March 6, 1901, 47

SECTION 1. The board of county commissioners of any county, wherein bees are kept, are hereby authorized, upon the petition of two or more bee owners, to appoint an inspector of apiaries, to hold office during the pleasure of said board.

478. County commissioners to fix compensation.

SEC. 2. The board of county commissioners shall fix and determine the compensation, not to exceed three dollars per day, of said inspector of apiaries, to be paid out of the funds of the county not otherwise appropriated. 479. Duty of inspector.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of such inspector to inspect all the apiaries within the county once each year between the first day of April and the first day of September, and if the disease known as foul brood is found to exist in any apiary the inspector shall notify the person in charge thereof and allow him to treat the infected colonies by what is known as the McAvoy method. which shall consist of the following treatment: The person in charge shall within ten days, after having been notified by the inspector, transfer the colonies so infected into clean hives free from all comb, brood, honey or wax: and if foundation is used for starters, such starters shall not exceed one-half inch in width. He shall within not less than four, and not later than seven days from the time of such transfer, again transfer the same colonies in like manner. He shall within not less than three days, and not more than seven days from the time of the second transfer, again transfer the same colonies in like manner, except that he may use full sheets of foundation. All comb from such diseased colonies shall be immediately reduced to wax, and all honey, cocoons and refuse from such colonies shall be destroyed by burning the same. All hives, frames, and fixtures, in and upon which such bees have been kept shall be thoroughly renovated by boiling in hot water. The rendering of all wax and the burning of all honey, cocoons and refuse shall be done within a building properly arranged to exclude the bees therefrom. As amended, Stats. 1903, 40.

480. To destroy infected hives.

SEC. 4. If any person in charge of an apiary after having been notified by the inspector shall fail to treat such colonies by the McAvoy method within the specified time, it shall then be the duty of the inspector to immediately proceed to such apiary and destroy all hives so infected together with the combs and bees thereon by burning the same. As amended, Stats, 1903, 41. 481. Penalty for violation.

SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep bees in any other than a movable frame hive. It shall be unlawful for any person to feed, or allow exposed in any place where bees may attain access thereto, except in the hives where bees are kept, any honey, either comb, extracted, broken, strained or of any other kind. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale any honey from a colony infected with foul brood. Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a

misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine for the first offense of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, and for each subsequent offense not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. As amended, Stats. 1903, 41.

482. Minors may be bound as apprentices.

SECTION 1. Any male person under the age of eighteen years, or any female person under the age of fifteen years, may be bound until they arrive at those ages respectively, or for any shorter period, to serve as a business clerk, or as an apprentice to any mechanic's trade, or business of skilled labor in manner herein provided.

483. Orphans and other children may be bound by county commissioners. SEC. 2. The boards of county commissioners in the several counties in this state are hereby empowered to bind out any orphan (not otherwise provided for by law) or any destitute child, or the child of any person who shall not provide for the support and tuition of such child.

484. Indenture or covenant, how and by whom signed.

SEC. 3. The indenture or covenant for a term of apprenticeship or service shall be signed and sealed by the father, or, in case of death or inability of the father, shall be signed and sealed by the mother or guardian, or in case of an orphan or destitute child, by the district judge of the district in which such orphan or destitute child resides, of the one part, and by the master, mistress, or guardian, of the other part.

485. Form of indenture and covenants.

SEC. 4. The indenture or covenant for apprenticeship or service, shall contain a statement of the age and time of service of the minor, and if such age shall be unknown, then it shall be inserted according to the best information obtainable, which age shall, in relation to the term of apprenticeship or service, be deemed and taken as the true age of such minor. 486. Children to be taught-Clothing, food, money.

SEC. 5. The indenture or covenant by which any minor may be bound shall contain, in case of a female, bound to serve for four years or more, a covenant on the part of the master or mistress to teach, or cause such female minor to be taught, to read and write the English language, and also the first four rules of arithmetic; and in all cases the master or mistress shall cove