acquired, and bylaws, rules, and ordinances may be enacted for the regulation and protection of the reserves (ibid.). GENERAL Transfer of park lands to school districts.-Any city or incorporated village may convey title to any real estate owned and dedicated and/or used as a public park to any school district within whose boundaries such real estate may lie, whenever in the judgment of the governing body of the municipality such real estate is no longer necessary or desirable for use as a public park, and when so conveyed, may be used by the school district only in the manner and to the extent that other real estate owned by it may be used (ch. 36, Laws of 1937). SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION CENTERS Tax levy; referendum.-School districts may levy a tax not to exceed one-fourth mill upon the dollar of actual valuation of all the taxable property within the district for the purpose of establishing a recreation fund to be used for the purchase, establishment, management, equipment, and maintenance of playgrounds and recreation centers, including the construction of necessary buildings therefor. The fund is to be disbursed under the direction and supervision of the governing body of the district in conjunction with the local governing body of any other city or village wholly or partly within the limits of the district. If the city or village located within the school district makes a levy for a similar purpose, the district is estopped from levying the tax as long as such plan is in operation, and the levy may not be made unless the proposition and the plan to dispose of such fund have been sanctioned by 60 percent or more of the voters either by petition or by 60 percent or more of the votes cast on the proposal at a general municipal election (ch. 79, art. 2). Schools in metropolitan cities. The same levy and provisions as above (ibid., art. 27). Schools in cities having a population of 1,000 or more. The same levy and provisions as above (ibid., art. 25). Schools in cities of 40,000 to 100,000 population.-The same levy and provisions as above (ibid., art. 26). GENERAL Aid to housing projects. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine, cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects (ch. 71, art. 35). NOTE. Chapter and article references are to Nebraska Compiled Statutes of 1929 and 1937 Supplement. NEVADA Municipalities classified.-Municipal corporations are divided into three classes, as follows: those having 20,000 or more inhabitants are cities of the first class; those having more than 5,000 and less than 20,000 are cities of the second class; all others are cities of the third class (sec. 1106). CITIES AND TOWNS PARKS Powers of council. The city council is empowered to levy and collect taxes within the city for general and special purposes; to lay out, establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave, or otherwise improve streets, avenues, parks, and public grounds and to vacate the same; to plant or direct and regulate the planting of ornamental shade trees thereon; to regulate and control the use thereof, and to prevent and remove obstructions and encroachments upon the same (sec. 1128). Lands dedicated for public parks, etc., reconveyance. The governing board of any incorporated city may, upon signed petition by electors equal in number to at least 51 percent of the number of votes cast at the last congressional election, reconvey, upon such terms as may be prescribed, all the right, title, and interest of the city in and to any land donated and dedicated for a public park, or land held in trust for any public use, or any part thereof, to the persons, association, or corporation from whom such land was acquired; or to the heirs, successors, or assigns; provided the governing body has determined that the maintenance thereof is unnecessarily burdensome, or that such reconveyance will be advantageous to the city and its citizens (sec. 1264). SWIMMING POOLS, ETC. Permits.—It is unlawful for any person, corporation, institution, or municipality to construct or to operate or to continue to operate any public swimming pool, bathhouse, or nudist colony without a permit from the State board of health (ch. 38, Laws of 1935). Application; requirements.-When it is desired to construct, or to operate and maintain, any public swimming pool, bathhouse, or structure intended to be used for swimming or bathing purposes, an application to do so must be filed, with description of the source of water supply, amount, and quality of water available and intended to be used; method and manner of water purification, treatment, disinfection, heating, regulating, and cleaning; life-saving apparatus and measures to insure safety of bathers; measures to insure personal cleanliness of bathers; methods and manner of washing, disinfecting, drying, and storing bathing apparel and towels; and all other information and statistics that may be required by the board. The board is thereupon to cause an investigation to be made of the proposed or existing pool. If it determines that the pool is or may reasonably be expected to become unclean or insanitary, or may constitute a menace to public health, it must deny the application (ibid.). Right of inspection.-The State or county board of health, or any public health officer or inspector is authorized to enter upon the premises at stated intervals designated by the State board of health to examine, investigate, and determine the sanitary conditions of such places and whether the provisions of law or the rules and regulations of the board are being violated. Any permit granted is revocable or subject to suspension at any time for cause. Any swimming pool constructed, operated, or maintained contrary to the provisions of law is declared to be a public nuisance, dangerous to the health, and may be abated or enjoined in an action at law (ibid.). COUNTIES PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS AND AREAS Certain counties; powers.-The county commissioners of counties having a population of 15,000 or more may operate, manage, improve, and maintain all public parks, golf courses, and other public recreational centers and areas, the construction of which has either been initiated or completed and the title to which is held by the county (ch. 71, Laws of 1939). Reconveyance of land dedicated for parks. Same authority as cities and towns (secs. 1994 and 1995). NOTE.-Section references are to Nevada Compiled Laws, 1929. NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWNS AND CITIES PARKS, ETC. Appropriations; bylaws.-Towns may grant and vote such sums of money as they deem necessary to establish and maintain parks and commons, to establish and maintain suitable coasting and skating places, not exceeding $500 annually, and to establish, equip, and inaintain suitable places for public playgrounds; and may make bylaws for the care, protection, preservation, and use of public parks (ch. 42). Trust funds; trustees. Towns may take and hold in trust gifts, legacies, and devises for the establishment, maintenance, and care of parks and for any other public purpose that is not foreign to their institution or incompatible with the objects of their organization. All trusts are to be administered by a board of three trustees, one trustee to be elected at each annual town meeting for a term of 3 years. Vacancies are to be filled by the selectmen for the remainder of the term. In cities the trustees are to be chosen and hold their office for such term as is provided for by city ordinance. The trustees have the custody of all trust funds, which are to be expended to carry out the objects designated by the trusts. If there be no trustees or agents, then expenditures are to be made by the full board of town trustees. The trustees must serve without pay, but their actual expenses must be paid by the town (ibid.). Discontinuance of parks; damages. Whenever there is a public necessity for the discontinuance of any public park or common, the same may be discontinued by a three-fourths vote of the voters present and voting at any town meeting held for the purpose, or by three-fourths of the city council present and voting. If any person suffers special damage by the discontinuance of a park or common, he may have the damage assessed in the same manner as special damages are assessed in case of the discontinuance of a highway (ch. 55). PLAYGROUNDS Establishment.-Any town may take land within the municipal limits in fee by gift, purchase, or right of eminent domain, or may lease the same, and may prepare, equip, and maintain such land or any other land belonging to the municipality and suitable for the purpose, as a public playground; may authorize the collection of admission fees for amateur athletic contests thereon; may conduct and promote play and recreation activities; may operate public baths and swimming pools and charge admission and bathhouse fees; and may employ such play leaders, playground instructors, super |