Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-01-29
BILLS RECEIVED.

We are indebted to our Representatives
at Carson for a number of printed bills
received by the last mail, synopsis Of
the most important of which we give be-
low:
A bill concerning elections provides
that at the time the Governor issues his
proclamation concerning the election. be
shall at the same time accompany it with
reward to be paid for the detection and
conviction Of any person attempting to
practice fraud upon the ballot-box. All
tickets or ballots used at any election
must be Of uniform size, color, weight,
texture and appearance, and must be
furnished by the Secretary of State, and
must be folded in such manner that the
contents will be unknown. 4 penalty is
provided for violation of this provision.
No ticket must be given to or received
by any person, except to the judges and
inspectors Of election, on election dav,
within one hundred and fifty feet of the
polling places, and no person shall ac-
company another to the polls for the
purpose OF ascertaining how he casts his
vote A heavy penalty is provided for
the detection and conviction of any per-
son causing himself to be registered in
fraud of legal qualifications. Any per-
son being candidate for office who
shall, to promote his own election, offer
any inducement or reward of any kind
or nature whatsoever, either by himself
or by any other person, on his behalf,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be punished therefor. Every
person who gives or offers any bride or
pecunlary lnducement to any member of
the Legislature to influence his vote in
any manner, and any member who shall
accept such pecuniary reward for his
influence, either for or against any mea-
sure before the Legislature, shall be
punished by imprisonment in the State
Prison not less than one nor more than
fourteen years. II this bill should be-
come a law its faithful enforcement
would effectually prevent, in future, the
re-enactment of the disgraceful and
shameless bargain and sale which has
characterized all recent elections in our
State
A bill for the government of towns and
cities IN this State provides that the
County Commissioners of each county
shall be clothed with all the powers usu-
ally vested, by town corporations, in a
board OF trustees, giving them entire
control and management of all city
affairs, where not previously incorpo-
rated. This might operate very well in
the case of small towns not able to bear
the burdens of a city government, but in
large cities it would impose duties which
could much better be entrusted to q
board Of city. trustees who were residents
Of the city and conversant with its pecu-
liar wants.
A bill to compel the attendance of chill
dren at school provides that every pa
rent, guardian or other person having
minor children under his or her charge.
between the ages of eight and fourteen
years, shall be required to send them to
school, at least eight weeks in each year,
and failing so to do, after notice given,
shall be liable to fine of not more than
fifty dollars for the first offense nor less
than one hundred for each subsequent
offense. If parents and guardians are to
be compelled by law to educate the chill
dren under their control the length of
time they are required to keep them in
school, should be very materially in
creased, as they had about as we'll not
attend school at all as to attend so short
term in each year. They will forget
more in the remaining forty-four weeks
than they will have learned in the eight.