Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-10
SAVE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS.

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The following leading article from the
Enterprise Of Sept. 7 is a specific propo'
sition of economy and is worthy OF full
consideration:
The people of Nevada can stop one
formidable leak in the State Treasury
this year, if they want to and are willing
to try the experiment. They need not
wait for a constitutional amendment or a
legislative enactment to begin the work
of retrenchment. In a few days the va.
rious county conventions of both parties
will assemble, and in those bodies the
first step can be taken toward saving
SOS, 900 of State money. This is the
plan: Pledge every candidate for a legis-
lative Office, before the nominations are
made, Il vote to adjourn sine die the
next session Of the Legislature at IL
o'clock midnight on Saturday, Feb. ],
1885. This will allow that body 30 full
working days, exclusive OF Sundays, in
which to transact any business which
can reasonably be expected to coIle be-
fore it.
There is no law to prevent this being
done. The following provision OF the
State Constitution ARTICLE ", Section
29) embodies all there is in that instru-
ment which regulates the time during
which the Legislature is permitted to ex.
ercise its functions:
The first regular session of the Legis-
lature, under this Constitution, may ex-
tend to 80 days, but no subsequent reg
ular session shall exceed 60 days, nor
any special session, convened by the
Governor, exceed 20 days.
1t does not require any constitutional
lawyer to interpret the foregoing. A
nine-year-old schoolboy can understand
and tell what it means. The Legisla-
ture may, within its discretion, sit for
10 days or for 60 days, but its session
prolonged n day beyond 60 would
render any of its Acts on the 6lst day,
or thereafter, void, invalid and ~unconsti-
t~utional.
The election Of a United States SEN
ator, the passage of an appropriation
bill to carry on the State government for
two years and the consideration of GER
tain constitutional amendments consti-
tute the principal business which will
demand the attention of the next Legis-
lature. The legislative needs of the
State in other respects can be met by the
introdu ction of half a dozen good bills.
Who will say that the Legislature can
not transact all of its business within
80 working days, and even then have
time to spare to see the elephant in Car
son at the public expense.
There is another way to accomplish
the same object. Another kind of a
pledge will answer the same purpose.
Pledge your candidates to vote to limit
the appropriation for legislative purposes
to $50. 600. This plan might be the bet.
ter of the two because it is a dead sure
thing that the appropriation will be ex-
hausted within the 80 days, and that a
man will hardly dare to face his ~constit.
uents after solemnly pledging himself tc
limit the appropriation to a given sum
should he violate his pledge by voting
for any additional appropriation. Now
let US do a little figuring and see what it
would cost for a 30-day run of the legis.
lative mill.
According to the report of the State
Controller for the year ending Dec. 81,
1883, the following sums were expended
to defray the expenses of the last Legis'
lature.