The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-03-01
The COMMITTEES OF FOUa TEEN.
rho Minority Report on the wool
burn Bill

reasons for recomm sUdIng the amend
meut aud pass'ase Of tue Wobdonrn
bail. Though they are clear. coucise
and to the point, IN 'jo'hy of the Lrg
isl-ture voted against the bill, tber-oy
violating their soi-mu pledges to the
people. aud damuing themselves forever
stItuenis wao hold TO tue opiulol that
promises gwen by can lid ,tes. before
election are binding ou them after they
are ets cted:
MIR. PRESIDENT: Tn undersigned
n ambers of tue Special JJlut Commit.
lee of the Senate aud Assembly, to
whom were referret. S-utte aud As.
sembly bills aud otner propo ,ed III -as.
ures looklng to aud provlding for the
REGULATE IN OF freishts aud fares upon
Ri roads. in this State, beg leave to
submit the following minority reporf:
Having had the same under consi Ter.
alton. aud having. heard petitions,
written aud oral -tateme Its and arsu.
meut- 10 relation thereto, we are com
PEELED to Reach diff sreut conclusions
thereon titan those expressed IL tue ma
jority report of tue Committee
The Committee having already re-
ported to the Assemb bly, favor ,bly on the
proposed bill TO regulate freights aud
fares upon inter Stat r.ilr ,ads IN the
State bnt little need be said in this re-
port in respect to the same Believing.
however, that if the s.me became a law
1t would in n great degree relieve the
people of our State frru excessive aud
unjust charges. Don freights and fares
aod p event that still more uujust
thing decentralization in such charges
against our people aud their property
transported over such railroad still
we believe and recon mend that the
maximum of freight charges should be
reduced from six ceuts. as mentioned in
the bill. to four csnts per too per mil;
and also the rate per mile per passed
ger, rs named in the bill. shonld be re.
dhced, rs being fair to the people Oh
the one hand. aud 1T the sane tune al
lowing just aad fair com oens .tion for
the transp"r tation of freight aud pas
sengers 10th. railro id com Danies
We do not deen it necessary, nor
can ii we'll be doue ia this report, to re.
cite the reasons aud facts, sufficiently
we'll known to every member offthe
Legislature why the proposed bill
should be amended, aud as amended,
become law
the proposed bill, relating to rail.
roads the termini of which are ia the
Sta e of Nevada, has attracted much
more of the time and attention Of the
Committee than any other like meas
urs. rnis Was occasioned from the
great interest manifest and the matter
to be heard and considered Iu respect to
the same.
After consiieriti ~ of the matters III
the nature of evidence submitted To u
as members of the Com mites. we have
Concluded aud do recon n-nd the pro
posed bill be amended oy striking there
from tue whole of section seven, which
re IDS as follows:
Section z. Nothing ir this Act con.
tained shall b. construed a4 iu any
mtneer affecting or regulating the
transportation Of ores or bullion pro-
ducsd within this State"
We do this b-c,ns such amendment
meets with the clearly expressed wish
of the friends of the bitliand is not Cd
pos-d by It's enemIss, aud also will
clear the bill IRON any constitutional
& Iestion As To elias, or special lie gisla.
too. prohibitei by the Constitution.
Also. after considering the N alters pro
ducei ani subnitted oy the Iesdiag aud
Intelligent business meu representing
the paramount aud leading interests
and industries OF tue State aud Ia Iii
rect bu-ineSs contact with such rail-
roa.is, as we'll as IN sttsrs produced by
the agents of the ryats. we reco n'nend
thab the bill be 80 AMENDED, aud that
h1a 1t Il