Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-02-26

Company propose the construction Of .
branch road from the Mound House to
Bod;e the coming season It has also
been given out by Superintendent Yer
ipeton that Cinnamon viii be employed
On the work. 1000 to be imported from
SAN Francisco for this purpose The Viz
einia Chronicle and Carson Appeal are
wazing . manly war against the impOrta-
.;on Of this hezthen horde, which, - they
correctly argue must DroFe = seriozs IN
Jury to the unemployed white men Of our
own State There are too many poor
white z,en without work in Nevada to
render it desirzble for anybody to bring
within our borders . further supply Of
Chinese labor. We already have too
many Of the heather In this State
Bat aside from the bad policy Of the
business. Mr.. Yerington's proportion il
clearly in conflict with the spirit. If not
the very letter, Of = couple Of statutes
enacted at the Last session Of the Nevada
Legislature. We quote a. follows:
CHAP. xCIX--An Act to prevent slavery
or involuntary servifnie. unless for the
punishment Of crime, in the State Of
Nevada, and to enforce the provisions Of
Section ~ Of Article l. of the coasfit1-
ton Of the State Of Nevada Approved
March 8, 1921
WHERKAs, al Chinese vho cOme 20 this
Coast arrive here under . contract 10 labor
for . term Of years, and are boand By such
contract, not only By the sopersfrl0ns o.
their peculiar religions, bzf by leaving
their blood relations fathers. noihsrs-
sisters, brothers, or cousins. ~ hostages IN
China for the fulaIinens Of their part Of
the contract and whereas. szea slave
labor and involuntary sersirade l. 0ProsSd
to tbe genius Of our institutions. opposed
10 the prevailing spirit Of the age, - vel
- to humanity and christianity, and de-
grades the dignity Of labor. which . The
foundation Of Republican Institutions, and
whereas Section IL Of Article l. Of the Con-
stitution Of the State Of NeySdA reads ~
follow: Neither shvery NOR lnv0lun-
tary servifude. unless for the punishment
Of crimes, snagi ever be tolerated in this
State I; therefore,
The People Of the State Of yevada- repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
- follow
SECTION 1. Tbs immigration 70 this State
Of all slaves and other people bound By
contract 10 involuntary ssrvlr1de for = term
Of years, Is hereby prohibited
SEC e. It shall Be unlawful for Any c0n-
panys person or persons. % collect the
wages or compensation for the labor a the
persons described in the FIRST section Of this
Act.
SEC 8. II shall be unlazf1I for 4 coz
po~rafion, company. person or persons. to
pay to any owner, or agent Of the owner Of
any such persons mentioned in Section l
OF this Act, any wages or compensation
for the labor Of such slaves or persons 50
bound by said contract % Involuntary
servifude-
SEC f. Any violation Of any Of the pro-
visions OF this Act shall be deemed q mis-
M shall be punished by 4 fine
OF not less than three hundred dollars, nor
more than one thousand dollars, or By i'm
81 not less than three months or more than
Viz months, or by both such fine and i'm
Not . Chinaman can be imported from
who does not come within the
Of the above law, for IT il
veil known that all large bands of Chi
sese, such a. are needed by q railroad
company, are always furnished by one Of
he Six Companies Of San Francisco
They are, in every case. furnished on
contract, and constitute just such = sys-
Of alavery. or servils labor, a. the
statute says shall never exist in
Nevada But we have still another law
1 pretty much the same tenor. 1t Is as
LXXIII--An Act to prohibit the
employment Of Chinese and MongoliAns
in certain cases. fApproved March 8.
1879.
The People Of the State Of Nevada. rep
esented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
. follow :
SECTION 1. From and after the passage
I this Act. NO Chinaman or Monaghan
hall be employed directly or indirectly in
~ capacity on any public works, or in or
bout any buildings or institutions, or
rounds, under the control Of this Act
SIC. 2 Hereafter no right Of way or
harfer, OF other privileges for the con-
truction Of any public works BY any rail-
Dad or other corporation or association
hall be granted to such corporation or as
ocistion. except upon tbs express condi-
that no AongoIian or Chinese shall be
mployed on or about the construction Of
nch work in any capacity
SEC. s. Any violation OF the conditions
I this Act shall work . forfeiture Of all
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uch corporation or association
True, the Virginia and Truckee Com
any has no special franchise for its Bodie
Dad, and it may be said for that reason
no rights to forfeit Let Us see how
hat works. The last quoted law treats
I rights Of way and franchises in gen.
raj, and being the last enactment Of the
on the subject. may it not be
ED by the Courts to supersede the gen.
rzl law itself. 1t, at least, raises .
oubt, which the railroads should have
,e dseency to respect. The corporations
California quite generally are obeying
va, aimed at the Chinese curse, scarcely
ore pointed and direct than either Of
Ie above Nevada corporations should
low equal respect for the law of the
nd Mr.. Ysrington win neither make
onsy o friends for his company by
troducing this worthless horde Of Chi
lepers-
BUREAU OF QINING.
An effort il being made to establish >
areau Of Mining by the California Leg
allure. Hon. Jos WATSON, Of the As
mbly, has introduced = bill. of which
. following il . synopsis: