The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-01-24
mR. sTEARNs, RELIEF BILL.

600 for the reliefof White Pine county,
which went through the House with
out much opposition, and is now
before the Senate:
An Act Appropriaiing Ten Thousand
Dollars for The Immediate nelief Of
White Pine County, Nevada.
The People of the State of Nevada,
represented in the senate AID As
seubly, do enact as follows:
SECTION l. For the purpose of az
fording immediate relief TO White
Pine county, Nevada, whose Court
house and Jail were destroyed by fire
on January 8, 1885, the sum of len
thousand dollars is hereby appropri.
aled out OF any moneys in the State
Treasury not otherwise specially ap-
proprialed.
Ser. z. The sum appropriated by
Section one OF this Act shall be placed
In the hands OF the State Treasurer,
subject TO the order of the Board of
Commissioners OF White Pine county,
TO be by them used for no other pur-
pose than the renting, purchase or
construction of n building or build
ings thereof, 10 be used for county
purposes; provided that any build
ings so purcha sed or con strncted shall
be the property of White Pine coun-
~, Nevada.
Sec. 3. The State Controller Is here
by authorized and directed To draw
his warrant in favor of White Pine
county for the amount appropriated
by this Act and place the same in the
hands OF the State Treasurer, who j.
hereby directed To- l,ay the same to
The Treasurer of White Pine county
upon the order of the Board OF County
Commissioners of said county, prop
erly certified 10 by the Clerk OF said
BOARD.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take immedi
dia1e effect after It's passage.
Mr.. Liddle, of White Pine, made
pitifnl appeal for the appropriation.
He sal /: "ln asking for 1t we know
we have no rights. We don't come
here 10 make any demands. We have
no money IN our County Treasury
We ask the appropriation a. "A favor
AS charity. Tue position of our
delegation Is not AN enviable one.
We ask only charity" Mr.. Lay cock.
OF Wa>hoe, argued in favor oi the blll.
lie said there were presidents for IL.
Relief had been extended by The
Legislature Ia LDe Sufferers by the
Franktown Hood, To the sufferers by
the Reno fire and To the people OF Sill
yer CITY, aud now we have this mod
est request from White Pine, hosj
people were struggling nIanfulIy
against en ADVERTISEMENTS. Mr.. Stearns,
OF White Pine, read some figures
showing that bis county had paid
taxes 10 ihs State since It's organiza-
ton i'm 1869 10 the amount Il S2ja,-
So5 VI, All average of slo, ~ per i, ear.
lie illustrated The difficulty under
which White Pine county MAS now
laborlng by relating the incident OF
her asking her nelghbor
codnty-Lo take care OF TWO of her
prisoners, rendered jallless by the
nre. Eureka county mad refused The
accommodation OH The ground that
the credit OF While Pine WAS not good.
Mr.. Slearns thought it MAS economy
Tor the State 10 appropriate this money
rather tnan lot White Pine county go
oul OF the family Of counties. Mr..
Folsom, OF Ornsby, thought the bill
very worthy one. s'Ihe money
could be spared Ii we were n little
careful oi Our other appropriations"
All the friends OF the bill having been
heard, MIR. Harper, OF Storey, said
that, while he felt the profoundest
sympathy for the good people OF White
Pine IN their distress, he, nevertheless,
had duty to perform toward his
own constituents. He thought the
States money WAS for State purposes
only. IL WAS not such a case for The
exercise OF charity as the extension OF
relief 10 whole communities suddenly
impoverished by Hoods or coDfiagra-
tions. OLIer codnties had met with
great losses; had, in fact, lost their
Court Houses by fire, yet they had
not sought relief of this sort. IL was
not the true business. The passage
of the bill would establish very dan
gerous precedent, and he should vote
against IL. The Committee oil the
Whole inv. Slearns In the chair then
rose and reported favorably on Its
massage. As this record of legislative
charity may be worth preserving, the
vote on the bill on its final passage In
the Assembly, IL given a. follows
Yeas lien, Archer, Birmingham,
Byrns, Fassett, Flanningharn, Fol-
som, Getchell, GoodinE, Gonirey'