Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-29
A QUESTION OF PKlNlISG.

themselves of the .sncntS vi II town ILL.,
corpuraiIou.-R Record.
Knowing that considerable time must
necessaIl y ei.pse te1ufe the laws could
be gwen ~ the pubic ia book iorln, the
wri.er hereof introduced 1t Oil providing,
Tor tie legal publication of ali laws liz
the Isrrsto, iui Enterprise. According 10
the terms III the Oi,i, Inc cost To the State
would not nave been lii eAcesS ut 81 z,pJ.
The measure received just tour votes III
the Srnate. Pending me publication vi
the statutes by the State Pant. +, VINO got
them cut, by the WY, as promptly AS
Was p,s>lole, Eureka county alune paid
the Secretary VI State almost one-tnifu
the amount, ii would have cost the State
under the Enterprise Till, for ceIulhed
copies Of laws. Otner counties, We pre-
sumo. dbl tn. same thing. Saying nuih-
ing about the general Inconvenience, 1t Is
pretty certain that the people OF the
State saved nothing by the failure OF tue
bill In question. But what We started
out u note, Was the great i:ntlpathy OF
Nevada Legislatures to the press. 1t
WAS by mere ,tint of hard work that the
bill providing for the Publication Of
Sncrffs sales b, c ,m- II Law at the last
session. Why this Is thus We cannot ex-
plain, but that it is true that every Leyis-
l,turr in Nevada has been bitterly oppo-
ked t. fostering and encouraging the
press does not admit of a doubt. And
why? That Is the question. Cant
Brother Mlshels, of the Appeal, emil hit
en- Us on the subj ect ?-Eureku Sentinei.
One can hardly give the explanation
asked for without going back and q. ell
ing up the corrrllstive history of the
press and the Legislatures of the State
and even with that much Of dreary pros
pactins amongst old rubbish heaps. it is
doubtful if the desired solution could be
obtained. Here are some facts, however,
and it is possible that a theory expl.na-
tory Of this apparel enmity may
be evolved therefrom The Legislature
which reelected Hye to the Senate, that
is to say the L .gisl,ture of 1867, did
pass bill providing for the publication
of the Laws in Forbes Trespass, but
Blasdel vetoed the bill. Then u bill was
passed making it the duty Of the S-cre-
t.,ry of State to contract with the lowest
bidding publisher of d,iiy paper for
such publication. Then the APPEAL got
the contract. That was the Last time
that any bill was ever passed. providing
for the publication Of the L,ws in adj
vance Of the regular volume of statutes.
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the State less thah $500. A mole PEN
ny-wise and pound-fuolish sort of non
action never prevailed in any States
Legislatures than has prevailed in Uppo-
sition to this plan Of glving To the people
an early, authorized and duly alt-sted
copy uf the general Laws. The rouve-
nience to Coarts and the general public |
is very great; and the expense mi ht |
well be very light. With regard to the
Matter of the publication of Sheriff,'
sales We will state that it has often bee
charged that that custom WIS dropped |
lin the Legislature of 1861 through the |
agency of certain PARTIES who wanted to
hurt the Enterprise. H .wever this may
be. this We know, namely: that when |
NJ. Hiliycr WAS Chairman of the Judi |
ciary Committee of the House, (lo69) |
and as such had charge of the Civil Prac- |
lice Act, We took special p ,ins to remind |
him of the omission of these advertise |
ments from the law as it then existed |
and to urge upon him the restoration of
The excepted claus, and he promised |
10 do so; and We supposed h. h II until
The Act ITSELF wti p rejected. d pubtless
he forgot to do as he hal promised. 1t |
WAS stated then, as it has been since aver
red tn It Gen. Thos. II. William. was the |
real autnor or compiler Of the said Prac-
lice At: an ii such be the c,,se the |
omission WAS as mnch his fault as that |
Of anybody else. That there has been |
. certain sensitive disfrustfulness if not |
4 settled ''aniipathy" to the press by all |
The Nevada Legislatures with which We /
have had an acquaintance has always
Dern very evident. The cause Of this
ceiling is difficult of divination, though