In Re Cowles

OPINION

By the Court,

Ducker, C. J.:

This is an original proceeding in prohibition.

The amended petition, which will be hereinafter referred to as the petition, alleges, inter alia, that the petitioner, R. H. Cowles, is a citizen of the United States, and of the State of Nevada, residing at Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, and a taxpayer in said county and elsewhere in said state. It is further alleged that the legislature of the State of Nevada in 1925 passed an act (Laws 1925, c. 40) entitled, “An act authorizing the construction and equipment of a Nevada building in the city of Reno, and the…