Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-15

Proceedings of Their Meeting Held
Yesterday.

ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
CARSON, Feb. IA most interesting
discussion in the Assembly arose over q
bill introduced by Archer to enable the
castle-breeders of the poorer class TO water
their stock in streams or sloughs monopo-
LIKED BY their richer brethren. II appears
hat the latter are in the habit Of fencing
in waterways running through their land,
so as to make them inaccessible to cattle
pasturing beyond their boundaries.
Archer's bill proposes TO remedy this in
Justice by requiring County Commission
ers to open highways to rivers at intervals
Of no less than one mile, and not more
than two from every road passing within g
mile OF such rivers. Upon motion of Pike,
the bill was amended 30 as to insert the
word natural bodies OF water " after the
word "rivers." Leavitt offered an amend
ment, leaving it optional with County
Commissioners TO open the highways.
This was voted down, and the bill was
ordered engrossed.
Each house was the recipient OF q veto
message to-day. The Assembly bill intro
duced by Flanningham in relation to cleo
tions in school districts was vetoed at the
request Of the author, who found the title
OF the bill was defective. The Senate re-
ceived the following veto message:
To the Honorable the Senate: l return
to you without my approval Senate bill No.
SO, an Act relating TO the granting Of .
leave Of absence TO W. s. Dryden, County
Clerk OF Nye county, n to David 8.
Truman, District Attorney Of Nye county,
and 10 Charles Chenowith, superintendent
OF Schools Of Humboldt county. / decline
to sign the above bill, because 1t 10 special
legislation when q general law can be
made applicable. The Legislature has
frequently passed resolutions granting 8
leave Of absence to County Officers for 9
longer time than 80 days. Such resolu-
tions do not come to me for approval, but
even il they were approved by the Gov
ernor they would be absolutely void, and
the Board Of County Commissioners would
have the power after three months absence
to declare the office of the absentee vacant.
and to at once fill it. There
should be 9 general law authorizing the
Board Of County Commissioners TO allow
county officers 70 absent themselves for more
than three months from their counties or
state, containing we'll guarded conditions
that win secure to the people a faithful
execution OF the duties Of the Office 10
which such absentee was elected.
j. W. ADAMS, Governor.
The Senate, after q short discussion. sus-
tanned the veto. Boyle Was the only Sens-
tor voting in favor OF its passage. Among
other business transacted was the intro
| duction by she Committee on Ways and
Means Of the Civil Appropriation bill, and
by Gallagher Of q bill providing for the ap-
pointment OF q commission to codify the
laws.
The Senate indefinitely postponed the
| Assembly bill, authorizing to guarantee
| companies to act as sureties on official
bonds, and rejected Flanningham's bill,
| providing for the election Of 3 Warden OF
the State Prison by the people. The bill
WAS lost by Z yeas to 3 nays.
A bill TO amend the Bullion-Tax law WAS
| made a special order for Tuesday next.
In the Senate ii, 900 copies Of the report
OF Prof. c. W. Friend, State Meteorolo-
gist. were ordered printed.
The bill to amend the School laws, 30 90
| to make one section conform to the Con-
stitution Was defeated in the Senate.
The Assembly defeated Gallagher's In
~soivency bill, providing that debtors shall
pay 80 per cent OF their Indebtedness be-
fore being permitted to go into bankruptcy.
The same body passed Senator Williams
bill, providing for the adoption OF chill
dren.
A Joint committee began the investiga-
| ton Of the charges against DR.. Bishop,
Superintendent of the Insane Asylum
in the Supreme Court Chamber. About
Is witnesses have been subp9naed and q
protracted inquiry is expected.