Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-02-16
CARSON. Fob. le, 1875.

SENATE.
Cassidy, from the Committee on Re-
apportionment, presented a substitute
bill on respportionment, as follows
Storey county, 4 Senators and IA Assem-
blymon ; Douglas. l Senator and 2 As
semblymcn ; Eureka. 2 Senators and 4
Assemblymen ; Lander, l Senator and )
Assemblynen ; Nye, I Senator and )
Asssnblymen ; Esmeralda, I Senator
and 2 As.emblymen White Pine. 2
Senators and 3 Assemblymsn ; Lincoln,
9 Senators and 8 Assemblymsn ; Lyon,
9 Senators and . Assemblymen; Church
i'll, l Senator and l Assemblyman
Ormsby. 9 Senators and 3 Assemblymen
Elko, 2 Senators and 3 Asssmblymen
washoe, 2 Senators and 8 Assembly.
men ; Humboldt. 2 Senators and 3 As
semblymsn.
Shepard gave notice OF q bill to en-
able women to hold school Offices.
Davenport gavo notice Of an amend
ment recognizing the militia.
New bill were introduced as follows:
by Piper. to provide for tho govern
ment OF the State Prison. II makes the
Lieutenant Governor eI.oficio Warden,
at a salary Of $4,000.
BY the Committee on Ways and
Means, an amendment 70 the Revenue
Act. 1t provides for taxation Of all
species Of property. leaving mono OK
empt but United States. State, county,
municipal. educational and library prop
erty Except when private property also
hospitals, cemeteries Except privats),
asylums and mines and mining claims.
by Lockwood, granting the right Of way
to the Nevada i Oregon Railroad Com.
pany. from Virginia to Umatilla, Oregon.
BY westcoait. to provide for the floating
indebtedness Of Lincoln county. BY
Ross, an amendment to the act for the
incorporation Of railroad companies. By
Cassidy, amendment to the act TO pro-
vide for the government Of the State
Prison; 1t compels the Warden TO give
an account OF manufactured articles to
the Comptroller. By Thompson, an
amendment to an act to regulate pro-
ceedines in civil cases. BY Davenport,
to prohibit gaming.
Assemblyman ]. p. Smith. from the
special joint committee on the new pris-
on at Reno, presented n report stating
that the State paid for 2O6 acres Of land
at Reno, for a sito. s3,3ls 75; that the
site is u healthy one, and that tho waier
OF tho Truckce river adjoining can be
chsaply utilized for manufacturing pur-
poses; that n foundation wall has been
erected around five and a half Rcros, and
also that the sagebrush and stone has
been cleared of. The total cost Of this
work has been S5O.7il "a, but the
committee estimate that the whole could
have boon properly done for $4,000.
The committee estimate that an M.
preparation Of 100000 will DO SUI
fcient to complete the wall and cells
sufficiently to enable the prisoners TO be
removed to assist in completing the
prison. Two estimates arc presented OF
the cost Of completing the whole Of the
work. ono Of which places the cost at
S3i5. li3 ca. and tho other 1901, 352 %.
The committee recommend that n COM
pstent architect b employed when work
Is resumed, who will give bonds for the
faithful performance Of the work; that
tho present. experimenting architect
employed by the State at a salary Of
$500 per month, DO dispensed with;
that all work in future shall DO let by
contract to the lowest bidder, and that
the law DO amended so as to add two
moro members to the Board OF Prison
Commissioners. No opinion is eI-
pressed ms to the propriety OF continu-
ing the work. The report Is signed by
yariau from the Senate. and ]. P.Smith,
Spencer and Morrill, from the Assembly.
A minority report was presented signed
by W. L. Ross. Of the Senate. stating
that the State had received full value
for all money expended.
Nichols moved the adoption OF tho
jority report.
Bucknsr, late Attorney General. and
one Of the late State Prison Commits
sioners. whose conduct IL impugnsd In
the majority report. offered an amend
ment that tho reports Ito on the table
for one day. The amendment was car