Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-20
PENDING BILLS.

PENDING BILLS.
We find on our table several bills
which are nov under consideration by
the State Legislature.
Among them Is Senate Bill No. So.
introduced by Cassidy, providing for
tho re~ctification of frontier between
Elko and Eureka. The bill prof. o :os
70 transfer to Eureka the same terri.
tory - Is transferred by Rickey's bill,
to which We made allusion yesterday.
The only practical differences between
the two bills are: First-That Cassidy
proposes to allow the Recorder of
Elko county only half fees for tran
scribing the records. Second-That
no also proposes that Eureka should
pay Elko 100 in gold coin in consid.
Grafton Of the transfer, whereas Rick
ey's bill provided for An absolute
transfer without consideration. As
u Senator's bill was introduced after
Mr.. Rickey's. we presume that he has
doomed 1t advisable to make the con-
cessiOn alluded to, in order to facilitate
the passage Of the measure. At all
evonts the Eureka delegation in Car.
son are abundantly able to manage the
affair, and in their hands the people Of
Eureka confidently lesye their inter.
ests.
Ross, of Washoe, has introduced in
the Senate an act to amend the gaming
license act. Tho amendment provides
that no gambling shall be conducted in
"any room on the first or ground floor
of any building; and that no person
under twenty.one years Of age shall be
admitted in any gaming room. Penal.
ties for violations Of these provisions
arc affixed. The amendment exclud.
ing boys meets hearty approval,
and We hope 1t may become q law and
be rigidly enforced. We also unqual.
ihedly approve Of the spirit OF
Of the first part OF the amend
ment: but the language is ambigu-
GUS and uncertain, and in the hands Of
= shrewd lawyer might be so construed
~ to defeat the purpose sought. We
refer Senator Ross to the views Of ex.
Mayor Schultz, Of Eureka, which were
frequently and ably expressed in the
columns Of the SENTINEL some two
years ago. "Thirteen feet above ground
and more private" should be made the
test.
Assembly Bill No. 80, introduced by
Hawkes.. Of Storey, provides for the
Of minor children of INDECENT and
incompetent parents. 1t proposes to
send to the Orpans' Home any child
under fourteen, whose parents or
guardians may by the District Court
be adjudged INDECENT or otherwise in
competent to provide for it. Any per-
may petition the Court for the or
der. Tho expenses of sending the
child to the Home are to be borne BY
the county, and when there it is to be
. State charge. There is no provision
for discharging the child except upon
she petition of the parents. Such a law
might prove q benefit In some cases,
but It is liable to great abuses. The
Homo is one of our best ed
ucatioral institutions, and we appre-
bend that many parents would be
found only too willing to incur the
odium OF imposing their children as a
,sre upon the public, provided the
,hildren were assured Of the treatment
hey meet with in Carson. The bill
should certainly more efficiently guard
he State against fraud, and provide that
he parents, as soon as able, should re.
move the child or pay such charges
or lts maintenance as their means per-
nit.
Accompanying these bills we find
Judge Baily's peace resolution. 1t Is
" follows:
Resolved By the Assembly, the SEM
Ute c~0ncuyving, That We, as represent
.tives OF the people OF the State of Ne. |
ada. irrespective of party and indie |
'endent OF all partisan bias or preju-
lice, respectfully urge upon our Sena-
ors and Representatives in Congress