a set number of weeks, either 52 (364 days) or 53 (371 days). Thus, defining the word “year” to mean 365 days in every situation fails to recognize the reality of the varying uses of “year” in the Nevada Constitution. The critical issue in the instant case is determining whether the framers of the 1970 amendment to Article 5, section 3 contemplated a “calendar year” or an “official year” in prohibiting a person who has served as acting governor for “more than two years” from being elected governor more than once. The amendment does not clearly indicate what type of year is intended. Thus, it is necessary to use canons of construction, and to give effect to all controlling legal provision in pari materia. See Walker v. Reynolds Elec. & Eng’r. Co., 86 Nev. 228, 233, 468 P.2d 1, 4 (1970) (<HOLDING>); see also Colorado Project-Common Cause v.
holding that where two statutes seemingly conflict they should be interpreted to give effect to both recognizing that the doctrine of in pari materia requires that statutes relating to the same subject be construed together to harmonize the statutes and give effect to legislative intent holding to the same effect holding that two statutes relating to the same subject matter could be given simultaneous effect without conflict and in pari materia holding that where there is a conflict between statutes the more recent statute is controlling and a specific provision prevails over a general provision relating to the same subject matter