Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-01-19

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portant bill Of the batch vas Al Act TO
repeal the destruction Of noxio1s ami
mails" statn.e. This is the Law that for
the past four years Ia. assisted materially
IN depicting county treasures, and one,
under which il vas claimed the Justices
Of the Peace in several counties were
working in With the claimants and col
Letting 8 double bounty. As il stands
on the statutes it Is . good Las to repeal.
This food Of bills created considerable
comment, particularly when the adjourn
nent Of Tuesday was OoeAsioned By no
one having any new bills to introduce,
an unheard Of Circumstances heretofore.
In the Assembly MI. Dunkle presented
q bill repeating the present Law requiring
partners to 6ls and publish the names
and residsnces Of members Of partner
ships. It Is likely to meet with . deter
mined opposition, bat coming from news
paper men in The main. IL has never
been generally complied with in any
county in the State, and our merchants
woald be startled were they told that
partners not complying with its provis-
lens cannot maintain any action upon
contracts made or transactions had IN
their partnership name. Yet what 10
there to hinder them assigning the claim
and sui. being brought BY assignee. Can
any one suggest the good TO be derived
from . Law 80 easily evadedi Il is .
statute likely 10 entrap an innocent per.
son, and AssemblymAn Dnnkle has done
wisely in taking steps looking to its re-
peal.
As~semblyman Cheney is doing excel.
lens work also. He is diIigent and pains
taking, and the Carson and Virginia pa
pers have several times spoken highly Of
his abilities. On Friday be introduced
= bill consolidating certain county Offices.
The bill proposes the consolidation of the
Sheriff and Assessor, fixing his salary at
5000 per annum, the Clerk and Treas.
arer. with . salary Of g., 200 per annum,
the Recorder and Auditor, with a yearly
stipend of 81, 500. Il further provides
that the officers named shall be entitled
10 collect and retain for all services rem
dered by them for any person, State, or
other county than the county in which
elected, and that the Sheriff shall keep
and pay one competent deputy as night
Waterman at a salary Of not more than
81 per day, and the other officers shall
appoint and pay their own deputies, il
they desire any. The provisions Of the
bill apply to counties which in 1890 shall
cast not less than 925, or more than l450
votes for member Of Congress. The bill
is thought well Of here, county retrench.
ment being more needed than State. As
Eureka county comes under its provis-
ions a large number Of copies Of the bill
will be distributed TO her taxpayers and
citizens. accompanied by an able and care
fully prepared report on the subject.
Monday was another "bill-ious" day
as our Chaplain terms sessions with
food Of bills. No less than eleven wer'
presented. Assemblyman Allen intro
duced an amendment to the County Com
m%issioners Act, enabling the county dad
to purchase monthly not more than 80
worth Of supplies from one Of their owl
number. Read and referred to Commit
tee on Judiciary. This was followed b,
Assembly bill No. IA, introduced by As
semblyman Cheney, amending an Ac
relating to proceedings In Courts of Jus
tice, so that the trials Of civil causes can
not be indefinitely prolonged by the clerl
Of the Court being required to take dowl
the testimony in full.
The White Pine members have no
been idle either. Riepe . day or SO ag'
introduced N amendstOry Act requiring
the County Treasurer Of White Pint
county to give three weeks notice b,
publication in . newspaper wheneve
there shall be the sun of $500 or more il
the Redemption Fund, instead Of givini
such notice by posting at the courthous'
door, as now required. The bill passed
the Assembly and is now in the Senate
Mr.. McQuitty introduced . bill exempt
ing persons Of the age of 65 years from
jury duty.
A committee Of seven, three Senators
and four Assemblymen, have been ap
pointed to interview the California Leg
i~slature with regard to securing its relin
quishment TO that portion Of Californii
cas-. of the summit Of the Sierras.
Your correspondent learns Of a LOTTERY
bill. an amendment to the gambling law
and an Act to provide for the storage o
water to be sprung shortly. Wher
introduced you shall have full details.
The social gayeties have not as yef
fairly commenced, but when they do ths
young men Of both Houses will be il
clover. Reason why! Girls in the ma
jority, about three to one, and pretty
maidens at that. And they are business
from the word "goP' First comes thu
"pen picture fend. and each and ever,
member and attache is described in de
tail. Then las all the men are single
comes the 6end with his monographs
chart, in which is given age, profession
or occupation. whether married or sin
gle and as full . genealogical tree as car
be pumped from the member or ct