Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-03

heng according to the history on the
bnck of the enrolled mll as follows:
@Yras 81, nays S, absent 4.
The manner of enacting laws is
prescribed by Section IL of article w
of the State constitution. An exam
nation of that section will convince
any one that from the history of SEN
ate bill No. 76. first given above, it
passed through every stage OF legis.
lation prescribed by the constitution
and pc ssesed all the constitutional re
quirements to make it valid statute
had the Governor affixed his sIgrture
This section of the constitution reads
as follows:
"Section l8. Every bill shall be
read by sec ions nn threee separate
days in each house. unless in case of
emergency, two-thirds Of the house
where such bill Lay he pending shall
deem it necessary to dispense with
the rule; but the reading OF bill by
sections, on it final passage shall in
no case be dispensed with an' he vote
ON final passage Of every b II or Joint
resolution shall he taken by yeas and
nays to be recorded on the journals of
each house; and majority of all the
members elected to each house shall
he necessary to pass each bill or j int
resolution, and all bills or ,int reso.
lu'ions so passad shall be signed by
the presiding officers nt the respec-
tive houses and by the Secretary OF
Senate and Clerk OF the Assembly
Had the Governor signed the bill it
wonld have been upheld by the Su
preme Court under the doctrine laid
down in the following cases reported
in the 10Th Nevada: State Of Nevada
vs. Swift, pages 10000, and State
OF Nevada VS.. Rogers, pages
250-26l, In these cases the
court held that it would not look be
You'd the enrolled bill IN the office Of
the Secretary of State, in order to in
form itself of the existence or terms
Of a law.
From the following letter to the
editor of the IND PENDENT, it would
seem that the Governor hangs h 8
veto on the fact that this measure
was defeated i'll the Assembly ON
March 9th, was sent to the Senate on
the same day and recalled 10y the As
embly on the 9th of March and
passed:
CARSON CITY, New, March 81, 1899.
w. w. BooHER, ESQ, EDITOR IN
DEPENDENT, ELKo, NEVADA; My Dear
Sir:--In your letter of the Goth lu-
slant to the Honorable, the Secretary
of State, you say:
"Yours OF March 18th, enclosing
history of Semitic Bill No. 76 is ut
hand, accept thanks for same. From
the history sent 10y you I cannot see
on what the Governor based his veto
as it appears to be all straight
The Deputy Secretary of State,
who in 'orms me that he replied to
your communication Of the 2Sth
inst, says that he did not incorporate
in his answer of Goth instant the fol-
lowing message from the Assembly
to the Senate relative to Senate Bill
No. 76'
Assembly Chamber, }
State Of Nevada.
carson CRY, March 8, 1899. J
"To THE HONORABLE, THE SFNArE:
81 have the honor herewith to re-.
turn to youi Honorable body, Senate
Bill No. 76 which was lost by the fol.
lowing vote-yeas Is; nays IL; absent
3.
"Also Senate Bill No. 49, which
passed this House this day, by the
following vote-yeas 81; nays 3; alb
sent 3.
"Also Assembly Bill No. 1913 winch
passed this House this day by the fol-
lowing vote--yeas 81; nays 3; absent 3.
"Respecttully,
"W. Il. VIRGIN.