Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-04-29
RESo IN THE DUxPx.
A Legislative Hitch in the Bni-
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| A Legislative Hitch In the Uni'
| versity Business.
| After the adjournment of the
Legislature, the APPEAL pointed
out to Reno, the various defects in
the bills which were intended tc
pack up the University from Elko
and land it in Reno, without even a
single square yard of plasterine
displaced. The Reno press laughed
at the absurdity of the APPEAL
opposition, but it appears from the
following extract from the Gazette,
that the County Commissioners
think just as we did. Il saws
As the matter is of especial in
terest to the people Of Reno, it
may not be out of place to call at
tention to certain express features
| of the two acts which may possibly
| render both imperative. As both
| acts relate to the same subject
| matter, and were approved upon
the same day, they will be con-
| sidered by the courts as the stimuli
taneous acts of the law-making
power, and construed together, and
If any two sections are found to be
in direct conflict, both must fall;
for, were it otherwise, the courts
would be assuming the functions
Of the Legislature.
Section one of the act providing
in direct terms for the removal OF
the University, reads as fol-
lows:
The State University, as de-
scribed in section four of article
eleven of the Constitution OF this
State, is hereby located at the town
Of Reno, Washoe County, State OF
Nevada; provided that the Central
Pacific Railroad Company shall
deed and convey to Elko county,
State of Nevada, the premises now
occupied and used as such Uni
versity at the town of Elko, Ne
vada; and further provided shat
the Beard of Commissioners Of
Washoe county shall pay into the
treasury of Elko county the sum
of $4,000 as required by law, au-
thorizing Washoe county to issue
certain bonds for such purpose,
and that no removal Of the Uni
versity shall take place until such
payment is made.
It will be seen by this that the
removal will depend on certain
contingencies; irst, deed from the
railroad company to Elko county
to the present University grounds,
land this, by the way, is the first
intimation this writer ever had
that the State was not the owner
of the aforesaid premises); and
second, the payment by Washoe
county to Elko of the sum Of &c.
600. When all this has been done,
and not until then, shall the Unl-
versity be located at Reno.
Under section 2 Of the same act
the Board of Regents are not au-
thorized to select site nor to pro-
vide buildings for the University
| until the citizens or the Commits
| sioners of Washoe county have
| paid to the Regents the sum OF
5000; and this sum must be paid
within six months after the pas
sage Of the act, or before October
7th, 1885. The sister actor
they must be considered twins
thorizing the Commissioners OF
Washoe to issue bonds to raise the
necessary funds to render the act
of removal operative, starts out
with this provision:
Upon the location of the State
University in the town Of Reno,
said Washoe county, and the COM
nencement of the buildings for the
use thereof authorized to he con-
structed at this session of the Leg
islature, said Board of Commits.
sioners shall cause to be issued
the bonds of said county to the
| full amount of twenty-five thous'
and dollars, which bonds shall be
drawn and made payable.
| Now, as the law stands where il
the first move to be made ? The
University certainly remains at
Elko until Washoe pays into the