Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-27

On the % OF Marens 1900 thefe Was
approved an a~mendatory act 10 the above,
which now reads in the officially printed
statutes as follows: ~''
The People of the State Of Nerada, repre-
ssnted IN Senate and Assembly, do enact
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SEcrioS l. Section Six Of the Act Of which
this is amendatory, is hereby amended so a.
to read as follows: Ill -.sssl I'm
"Section Six. All outstanding warrants
Of said county are hereby divided into two
classes. All warrants issued prior to the
twenty-6fth day Of July, A. D. one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four, shall be deemed
the first class /; and all issued subsequent to
that date shall be deemed the second class.
In the consideration Of any bid, or bids, made
in pursuance Of the provisions of this Act,
the County Commissioners shall give q pref
erence to bids on first class warrants, over
and above the lowest bid on second class
warrants, Of fifty cents on the dollar, taking
the principal and interest Of the second class
warrant, or warrants, named in such lowest
bid, as the basis upon which to compute the
said fifty per centum."
Observe: The first law rays that the
County Commissioners shall give a pref
erence of thirty-Eve per, cent. to warrants
of the first class over and above those OF
the second class" Now, re-read the last
sentence Of the law of March Sd, and you
will find that the preference is marked at
fifty cents on the dollar mot fifty per
cent, but fifty cents on the dollar So, il
a second class warrant is bid forty cents,
the first CHASER calls for, not sixty cents,
but ninety cents. Was it the intention OF
the Legislature to give this l25 to 200 per
cent. advantage to the first-class warrant
holders /; or did they only intend to give
them fifty per eentum advantage We
know of several legislators, Of last years
record, who declare that the latter was
their explicit intention; and they believe
that there was shenanigan somewhere, by
which "per csntum" was trans-substan-
tiated into "cents on a dollar" But
they dom. like to make a fuss about it at
the present time, for the reason, probably,
that their watchfuIness might be impeached
by q full disclosure of the facts in the
premises. .a-..- ... ...
But there is more than this now out
side suspicion to authorize the peo-
pie to question this as a mistake"
The last sentence of the Sd March bill is
inconsistent in its terms: " as the basis
upon which to compute the said fifty per
esntum." To what does this said refer :
There is no q" fifty per centum " above it
is "ffty cents on the dollar" How then
did it happen to read, " the said fifty per
eentumF" Is not this something Of strong
circumstantial evidence, tending to show
a rascally substitution of phrases in this
bill: Here Is not merely incongruity
here is inconsistency, here is contra
dicsion /; and on application for injunction,
a Court would be apt to hold county dis
bursements within the figures indicated by
the honest per centtn clause,-which was
left in its original place, by mistake
Wherever the fault in this matter may
have been, it is a warning to our delega-
ton to look very carefully to the exact
wording Of their bills, and let no such
trick as this-if trick it was-be again
played upon them. 1t is notice and adj
vice to the Legislature, also, to use great
care in the selection Of clerks, especially
enrolling and engrossing clerks. 1t may
be a hint to the appointing powers, to ex-
ercise great caution and wisdom in the
selection of Chairman of Enrolling and
Engrossing Committees,-seeing to 1t that
they are men who will give close attention
to the duties Of their place, will themselves
read over the bills, in comparing FORM
or see that the same is done in every in
stance. either by themselves or compe-
tent members Of their committee. There
is another suggestion that grows out OF
this character Of mistake" every bill
should be printed. 1t Is not necessary
that every local bill for Storey county be
printed at Carson, in elaborate Stnte-prin-
ter style, for they can be published by our
county papers, and answer as well the
purpose to be gained by publication.
Though few measures be adopted, they
should be well understood, and their let
tiers should be definitely known to legisla-
tors, before passage. No more Registry,
and School and Railroad Incorporation
Bills introduced and passed on the heel of
the session. without perfect intelligence as
to their contents. Above all no inan-
cial bills for our folks, without the clearest
appreciation of all the propositions in the
measures by all the delegation. Then
there will be small danger of "said fifty
per centum,' referring to an honest lber-
atty that has been manipulated out OF the
preceding text.