The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-17
ASsE NBf.S.

MONDAY. jan. 10. lSsi.
Assembly convened at ll:l0 4. IN.
Speaker iowcry in the Chair.
Roll called. Mr.. Potter excused for
the day, and further proceedings un-
der call dispensed with.
Prayer by Rev. J.. u. Hammond,
Chaplain.
Journal read and approved.
COMMUNICATIONS
The Clerk read the following com
munication:
To the Honorable the Assembly:
The Trustees of the Nevada orphan
Asylum present their compliments o
the Honorable Body, the Assembly,
and earnestly request thCE VIII APP
point a Committee tn visit the Asylum
on any day il Will DO convenient.
Most respectfully yours,
SISTER VI. F~'EEpRTCA.
Nevada Orphan Asylum, Virginia,
Jan. IA. ISL.
Burlingame presented a communi-
cation from =. y. Cary. Supcrintcu-
dent of the Nevada state Orphans
Home, extending an invitation Go the
members of the Assembly Ia visit
that institution nj their convenience.
Tanuaui, from the special Commit
toe on ClerkshipS, reported 4 schedule
distributing five clerks among h va
riouS standing committees. each Clerk
to be paid 81 per diem. Adopted.
Hay. from the Gold llill portion Of
the storey county delegation, To " hoin
was referred Assembly 1911 No II, re
I ported back the same, recommending
is passage without amendment.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Jones offered a resolution that the
w.-.. E-..E-I 49, 81. ~a-ra8yRa All
Arms be not accepted. said map not
being Of the latest edition.
Adopted.
Bowman. a resolution that tho fire
men of the Assembly Chamber he al
lowed - per diem.
Cowen amended to s. per diem.
Adopted.
srECTAL ORDER
Tho hour having arrived for the Sc
lection of n Speaker pro tenn. for the
session. Mr.. Beck placed IN naInina-
ton Thomas j. Tenant.
Hatch opposed the creation of such
an office.
Tenant was elected viva o
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Garaghan offered a resolution in.
structing the Committee on state In.
] summons " Imply ANAA ANN' A'hthAN
of the Sisters of Charity, and visit tn,
Nevada Orphan Asylum at Virginia
Lost.
4 motion was made to reconsider
which was lost.
\ message was received from tn,
Senate transmitting several concur
rent resolutions and appointments o
committees Hereunder.
Dovey gave notice of his intention 4
introduce a bill for an Act ameudatorI
of an Act regulating proceedings il
civil cases.
SPECIAL ORDER.
At l. o'clock the special order
Senate bill No. =. an Act to create Leg
iSlative ftnds-was called up, ma
ioritv and minority r~eportsand hiStor,
az the bill read, when the House wen
into Committee of the Whole, Spcake
pro tenn. Tcnnant in the Chair.
Bill read ut length, and second tim
by sections.
Williams spoke at some length /
! favor OF an amendment offered b
, himself To section L.. lie disclaime
any purpose to Stradile the hill vii
a rider, VET wanted some OF its mo-
Objectionable features modified hefGr
passage. said that the whole bill wa
wrong in principle; that there wa
! really no difference in violating I'll
Constitution indirectly by issuing PR
ferred scrip at a heavy rate of intere.
in order to bringthe per diem of men
q bers up to the equivalent of So in coli
o and in violating that instrument d
rectly by issuing to each member :
in scrip i'll order to accomplish ii
same purpose.
a[Amendment makes provision E
paving with same scrip for furnitur
Y carpets. etc, used in legislative halls
: After further discussion 10y Burli
" game, Brown and others, on motto
the Committee rose Speaker Lowe,
in the Chair, reported progress al
recommended the passage of the b
IF without amendment.
The report was adopted.
: Williams made an unsuccessful {
I fort to renew his amendment.
At l:t5 the House took Il reces I
Z one hour.
100. 500