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

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from the Senate aud three from the As
ssmbly-to inquire into the cases OF
prisoners serving sentences Of hftssn
years or more, was adopted.
Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 81,
70 provide for q new compilation Of the
laws OF Nevada, was adopted.
Substitute for Senate Bill No. is, to
amend the Act TO provide for the sslsc-
ton and sale Of State lands, was referred
70 the Committee on Public Lands.
Assembly substitute for Senate Con.
current Resolution No. Is, relative to
committee to inquire int the cases Of
certain osnvicts; passed BY an unanimous
vote.
Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 81.
to provide for Q new compilation OF the
laws OF the State Of Nevada, Was re-.
ferred to the Committee Of the Whole,
and made the special order Immediately
after the disposal Of the other special
order for today.
Assembly Bill No. 50. to amend the
Act to provide State revenue, came up.
The amendments were adopted and the
bill was ordered enerossed.
Senate Bill No. 80, 10 license and reg.
ulate insurance business, was amended.
and. on motion Of CONN, was referred
to the Committee OF the Whole, and
made the special order for Friday at I
o'clock.
Levers Introduced. without previous
notice, Q bill for the relief oil the Frank.
tovn sufferers. appropriating $500, to
take eject from the time OF Ito passage.
On motion OF Smyth, the rules were
suspended. and the House went into
Committee OF the Whole. Speaker Mer-
rill In the Chair. to consider The bill.
Smyth moved that the committee arise
and report In favor OF the passage OF
the bill. Carried. Bill passed BY . vets
OF 33'to 8.
Mr.. Bell received leave Of absence for
two days. on account Of the death Of bis
father.
Recess until 2 o'clock.
AFTER RECESS.
The Assembly convened at Q o'clock.
Assembly Bill No. IS, for tbs relief Of
sursties on official bonds, came up 90
cording to special order.
Mckenzie moved to amend lines two
and four by striking out the words shave
failed" and TO insert In lieu thereof the
words "shsll fail;' also 10 insert Q new
section 10 the bill-Section 2%-providin0
for penalties, eto.
CONN moved to amend the hrst amend.
mont offered. BY inserting In the bill
after aud wherever the words "have
failed " occur. the words ''or shall here
after fall" which was adopted.
The vote was then taken on McKen.
xis's frst amendment, which resulted In
the loss OF the amendment.
MoKsnxis's amendment, adding Q nav
section to the bill providing that any
Board Of County Commissioners who
shall fail to comply with the provisions
Of Section l Of the bill will be guilty Of
Q misdsmesner. punishable individually
"a Q Board OF County Commissioners by
. Ans not exceeding $1,000. individually.
or imprisonment In the county jail not
to exceed six months. or by beth fine
and imprisonment, ct the discretion Of
the District Court, wa then passed by
the following vote, Mckenzie voting
against his own amendment:
Ysas-Adsms. Bailey, Bsllinger. Bar
rett. Bell. Berry. Blair. Bradshaw, Coffin,
Corbstt. Fsllon, Giguoux. Havenorr IT.
vine, Kelly. knight, Longley. Masel,
May, McBurnry, MCGOWAN. Organ.
Parker. Psnoyer, Psaton, Plank, Souls,
Tusks-28.
Nsys-Condon. Drexlsr. Duffy. Euplis,
Green, Levers. Mckenzie. Mooney,
Moriarty. Newell. Richards. shier,
Smyth. Waldorf. Speaker-l5.
Mr.. Ford did not vote. but stated "a
the Speaker that he was o OF Carrick's
bondsmen, and. a. be vas interested 10
the passage Of the bill, some persons
thought he ought not to vote. The
Speaker stated, without deciding th'
point, however. that the House Of R-p.
ressutativss at Washington bad just such
. rule, and that the Speaker had just
decided an exactly similar ease by say
ing that O strict construction OF the rul,
would often leave the House without {
quorum, a. q bill could hardly be named
in which members were not more or lssi
interested.
After the vote was taken the Speaker
stated that a. Mr.. Ford's vote would mol
change the result be would not decide
the point rsissd.
The bill passed the Assembly BY %
affirmative votes. and II Mr.. Mallon.
who occupied the same position Of inter
est In the bill that Mr.. Ford did. had
voted. there would have been 80 votes In
favor to Is against.
On motion Of Waldorf, the second
special order, set for today, was post.
ponsd until tomorrow IL O'Clock.
Drexer offered q resolution that the
Speaker appoint . Committee Of One 10
nstify the State Board Of Commissioner
for the Care Of the INDECENT Insane thai
q concurrent resolution had been passed
requiring them 10 ascertain and receive
bids for the care Of the INDECENT insane
for one, two. four and six years.
Adopted.
Adjourned until Thursday ct II A. n,