Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-01-30
THE BILL SIGNED.
Glove Contests May Now Come
OF IN Nevada.

VI III NevdOd.
Yesterday afternoon Assembly Bill
NO. 8 known as the prize fight bill
reached the Governor and he afixe,
his signature. The bill reads as fol
laws:
Section l. Any person over the az,
Of 2l years may procure a license TO,
an exhibition in a public place of an,
contest or exhibition with gloves be
tween man and man for a wager or re
ward, and the weight Of the glove,
shall o be less than four ounces used
IN said contest or exhibition.
Section 2. The Sheriff of any count,
IN which the exhibition named in See.
ton l OF this act is to be held shall
Issue a license for said exit bitiou OF
contest upon the payment to him OF
the sum OF ST., 900.
Section 3. Blank licences shall he
prepared by the County Auditor Of the
county in Which the exhibition er con
TEST named in Section / OF this act is
70 De held which license shall be issued
And u ed for as is by law p1o-
vided for in respect to other equity
licenses. Each license delivered by
the Sheriff under the provisions Of this
act shall contain the name OF the con-
testants for the reward or wager Of
feTed for such exhibition or contest.
Section 4, The licensee shall, ten
hours before any proposed contest or
exhibition under the provisions of this
act, file with the County Clerk where
such contest or exhibition is to be held
a certificate in writing executed by two
Regular practicing physicians of this
State showing that the contestants
named in the license are in sound phy
steal health and condition.
Section 5, That such exhibition or
contest shall be within an enclosure
suhlcient to exclude the men of the
public not in attendance thereat. and
no intoxicating liquors of any kind
shall be sold or given away at or dur
Ing the contest or exhibition as afore-
said upon the grounds or within the
enclosure where said exhibition or
contest is held.
Section 6. No town, city or munich
pal corporation in the State shall have
power to prohibit, suppress or regulate
any such glove exhibition or contest.
or ~ icense therefor as provided bv
this act, and no such exhibition or
contest shall take place on Sunday.
"n Z. All moneys received for
under the provision of this
III be paid one-tenih:into the
10y Treasury and nine-tenths into
the State Treasury for general COUNTY
and State purposes.
Section 8. Any person procuring
said llsense is hereby authorized to
charge an admission fee to such ex.
hibition or contest.
Section 9. Any person or persons
Who shall participate in, conduct or
nanase any glove contest or exhibit
ION contrary to the provisions of this
act snail be deemed guilty of a misde-
neanor and on conviction thereof he
punished boya fine Of not less than.s2OO
nor more than 81, OOe, or by imprison-
nent 10 the county Jail not to exceed
Tx months.
Section 10. This act shall take effect
rom and after its passage. All acts
nd parts OF acts in conflict herewith
re hereby repealed,
The prize fight bill was signed nv
Sadler at five minutes mast
o'clock and the news was on the
IRE two minutes later The bro.
loters or the scheme had arranged
signal by which they could commu- +
lcate with a man in front of the tele- ,
office. After the pen which r
lgned he bill was laid aside the r
OF an eastern paper was on E
eek with a camera to take a photo. 6
raph OF the bill AS it came from the +
Committee. He was not q
to do so, however. .
Governor Sadler, when asked to U
ate his reasons for signing tse bill i
aid: .
1t was passed by a decisiv., major. h
y IN both Houses. I rec ed tela.
and letters from ali over the h
ate for and against the bill and the ~
tilions, letters and dispatches stood r.
'out Is to l in favor of the bill. n
sentiment is for it and I he. a
we it will bring not only a great m
al OF money to the State, but it will ir
ing monied men here who will be 8,
TO personally Investigate our re- ir
'urces. The license 81, 900 is high &C
ougn to shut out everything but the &C