Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-10

TENTH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DAT.

TENTH neutrality-suspicious. pAX.
senate
CAasoS. February o. 1881.
The Senate met at II o'clock.
The special committee to whom was
referred the bill dstsehing Q portion Of
White Pine county and adding II 10 Eu-
rska county recommended Its passage.
The Committee on Military and In.
dian Affairs recommended the pssssgs
OF Joint Resolution No. 1.
Pewning introduced q resolution AJAX.
ing Congress for an appropriation OF
$l0o. 900 for erecting . United States
States District and Circuit Court In Car
son City.
M.dsr moved that the appropriation
Of 800. 900 DO made $5o, GOO.
The resolution passed by . unanimous
vots.
On motion Of King the vote whereby
Senate Bill No. 50 Was lost was recon-
sidersd.
The Clerk Of the Assembly announced
that the Act concerning interpretations
and the banking business had passed the
Assembly.
Senate Bill No. 90. an Act to appro-
pirate money for the payment OF certain
claims against Nevada. was read Q sec
ond time and referred TO the Committee
on Claims.
Assembly Bill No az. an Act concern
Ing oorporations, Vas read . second time
and referred to the Committee on Ger
poraiions.
wssterasld introduced Senate Bill No.
80, an Act to provide for the selection
and sale OF lands. Referred to the Com.
mittes on Public Lands.
Wheeler introduced . bill amending
the Act providing for the government OF
the State Prison. Referred to the Com
mittss on State Affairs.
Senate Bill No. 45. an Act for the 70.
lief Of W. II. Little, Wal placed on hle.
Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 49,
an Act in relation to the State Library,
wa made the special order for l o'clock
tomorrow.
The Williams resolution came up on
special order.
Psrley moved that Q committee OF one
be appointed to strike outIthe preamble.
Seconded by King. :.
Hsines spoke against the passage OF
the resolution. and hoped that II would
not pass until the Senate had moro light.
He believed that the Reagan bill would
destroy the agricultural interests Of the
State, although he admitted be did not
fully understand the provisions OF the
bill.
Mcconnell replied to Hainss' remarks
on agriculture, and asserted that he bad
misststed the price Of grain and the
freight tariffs In Humboldt county.
Haines-Don't you know that every
farm 10 Humboldt county 10 m~ortgagsd :
McConnsll-Wil the high freights on
grain help to Lift those mortgages .
Psrley rose 10 Q point Of order. holding
that the Senators were not talking TO the
issue.
Shepherd said that be understood that
q petition Wal being circulated against
| the Williams memorial in Elko county.
He wanted . dispatch read from Elko
county.
The Clerk read a. follows
"To Senator Shepherd Petitions are
being circulated against the Williams
resolution. The farmers are dead against
it.-EDorr."
Williams held that bis statements had
not been coutradicted. The petitions
coming In from Elko were Of the same
| character a. came In two years ago, and
the people feared that the Central Pacific
| would punish them fer the votes OF their
representatives. =.
Shepherd moved to lay the memorial
on the table until he could hear from his
constituents.
King made q psint Of order. holding
the motion not debateable.
The vote to table was o tie. The Chair
voted in the negative.
Motion to amend lost.
Resolution passed by q vote Of Is TO 3.
Recess taken Tor one hour.
AFTER RECESS.
A call OF the Senate was bad, and
Powuiug, Rockhill, Schooling, Perley.
westerfeld and Hobart were hned u
each fer hardness.
McConnell's bill. to reduce fares on
the Central Pacific Railroad to four cents
a mile, was lost by u vote Of IL to IL.
GENERAL FILE.
Thu bill to make Public A~dministra-
tors eX-oficio Coroners was lost.
Harris bill, relative to public high
ways. passed. -.
G~allagher's bill. to enable defendants
to testify in criminals cases. passed.
Meader's bill, to provide rsvenue for
the support Of the State government
was lost.
Adjourned to Thursday.
Assembly.
The Assembly met at II o'clock.
Messrs. Waldorf. Mallon. Copeland
and McBurpey were granted leave OF ab.